wpTrackerCS

wpTrackerCS is a lightweight and intuitive software utility whose main role consists of checking when the wallpapers on your virtual desktops change, should you be using the Windows 8 built-in wallpaper slideshow.

The application is very simple to handle and understand, its minimalistic appearance ensuring it does not take up too much space on your screen or prevents you from going about your daily work.

By default, wpTrackerCS runs minimized in the notification area, being able to check its activity just by hovering your mouse cursor over its icon.

A popular feature of Windows 8 is the wallpaper slideshow, which alternates your desktop backgrounds at regular intervals, gradually moving from picture to picture, in a smooth transition.

When you only work with one desktop, you can view the change happen immediately, but when you use virtual screens, the transition is less evident. To this purpose, wpTrackerCS comes to your assistance.

The program can verify on a regular basis which is the desktop whose wallpaper changed last, displaying an icon in the system tray with the number of the screen in question. When hovering with your mouse cursor over wpTrackerCS’ icon, a tooltip also informs you of the precise time the alternation occurred.

Normally, the utility checks for any modification every thirty seconds, but from the ‘Options’ window, you can customize this interval for your particular needs, by inputting the new value, also in seconds, so it can happen more or less frequently.

To summarize, wpTrackerCS is an interesting and easy to handle application developed to help you determine when your virtual desktops’ wallpaper changes and which of them did so last, all of the information being displayed in a notification area tooltip, when going with your mouse over it.