Sysinternals Desktops

Sysinternals Desktops is a software tool that can be used in order to help individuals create several virtual desktops and toggle between them with great ease.

This utility is portable and thus, you are not required to go through the installation process. Under these circumstances, you should know that the Windows registry is not going to suffer any changes, and after its removal, there will be no traces left behind.

In addition to that, by placing the program files to an external data device, you can take Sysinternals Desktops with you everywhere and run it on any machine you can connect to, without having to worry about installing it.

The UI encloses a clean and minimal design, as it only contains a few check boxes and radio buttons. Moreover, it is non-obtrusive, as it goes in the system tray from the first launch.

It is accessible to all user categories, including those that have minimal previous experience with computers.

It is possible to create up to 4 virtual desktops, and switch between them by left-clicking on the systray icon and selecting the one that you want to use. By right-clicking on this icon, you bring up a context menu which enables you to also opt for a desktop, as well as access the settings panel.

The latter lets you to set up keyboard shortcuts for toggling the desktops, the default one being “Alt+ number (1, 2, 3, 4).” You can also enable automatic launch at Windows startup.

Sysinternals Desktops is a simple, yet efficient piece of software. The response time is good, the computer’s performance is not going to be burdened, the environment is accessible to all users and our tests did not reveal errors or crashes.