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Actual Virtual Desktops Changelog

What's new in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.15.0

Jun 26, 2023
  • Security: Now all Actual Tools runtime executables natively support the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) security technologies provided by the system. That hardens the overall system security by preventing various exploit attacks.
  • Title Buttons: Numerous fixes and improvements in Chromium-based apps:
  • Glyphs on extra buttons did not change their color when toggling an app's window active/inactive automatic gradual compact mode did not work in Opera and Vivaldi (so the extra buttons covered the browser tabs and the "New tab" button)
  • Note: If you have specific windows settings for these browsers (either factory or custom) then you need to reset there the "Title Buttons > Options > Shift the buttons horizontally" value back to 0 to make the gradual compact mode work properly.
  • In some cases current title bar color could not be detected correctly, and the glyphs looked wrong (e.g. white in the Light visual theme)

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.14.7 (Jun 23, 2022)

  • Memory consumption and overall system load is slightly reduced.
  • In some rare cases multi-window applications might crash silently after
  • closing and re-opening a window of the same type (e.g. separate message
  • window in email client).
  • Compatibility is improved with custom cursors provided by Yolo Mouse.
  • Title Buttons: Compatibility with Bluebeam Revu is improved.
  • After exiting and then starting Actual Virtual Desktops back,
  • some features in some applications might work erratically.
  • In multi-window applications memory leaked slightly after each cycle of
  • closing a window and then opening two windows in a row.
  • Excel 2007+ hung after closing some of its standard dialogs: Protect Sheet,
  • Conditional Formatting, Chart Data, etc.
  • Windows 11, Title Buttons: In some system applications (e.g. Windows Paint)
  • unwanted visual effects might appear if any extra buttons were added to
  • their windows.
  • Title Buttons: X1 Search hung at startup if any extra buttons were added
  • to its window.
  • Title Buttons: In some specific applications (especially having windows with
  • non-standard frames) title buttons might appear invisible.
  • Title Buttons: In some specific applications (e.g. X1 Search, SnagIt!)
  • the Compact View popup toolbar appeared empty.
  • Title Buttons: In some cases, extra buttons might not work in MDI windows.
  • Configuration: The Send to Tech Support feature did not recognize
  • Windows 11 marking the sent configurations as Win10-built.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.14.5 (Feb 13, 2021)

  • Overall system load is reduced.
  • Windows 10 Insider x64 build 21277+: The program crashed at startup.
  • Licensing: The evaluation period is prolonged by a third of its original duration for the update versions released after the Free Updates Subscription expiration date.
  • An invalid memory operation could cause cascading errors in the Control Center at its startup if the "Collect usage statistics" option was enabled.
  • Some application windows (e.g. Directory Opus) stopped reacting on Control Center commands (like pausing/resuming or modifying the settings).
  • Virtual Desktops: Virtual Desktop Switcher displayed above screen saver if the program was installed with the enabled "Support system utilities and administrative tools" option.
  • Virtual Desktops: Numerous fixes for the Independent mode:
  • Control Center might crash upon unloading or turning off a secondary monitor
  • The "Virtual Desktops" submenu in the notification area icon's context menu showed the lists of desktops for the monitors currently turned off; the same was true for a context menu of the Move to Virtual Desktop title button and the system window menu's submenu
  • At startup, Virtual Desktop Switchers from different monitors might appear on the same monitor in certain desktop configurations
  • Virtual Desktop Switchers from secondary monitors moved to a primary monitor instead of hiding after turning off their host monitor
  • Virtual Desktop Switchers did not update their position after changing taskbar position/size

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.14.4 (Oct 10, 2020)

  • Internal security has been accurately revised and tightened to follow the
  • principle of least privilege (in particular, for kernel objects used for
  • inter-process communication).
  • Internal error handling has been revised and improved for better
  • interoperability with apps using .NET runtime (and probably some other
  • frameworks).
  • Internal handling of display-related information has been optimized to
  • reduce the overall delay after changing the desktop geometry (i.e.
  • attaching/detaching a monitor or changing a monitor resolution).
  • Virtual Desktops: The ability is added to customize floating Virtual Desktop
  • Switcher windows on-the-fly via context menu. The following features can be toggled:
  • "on top" state
  • Orientation (horizontal/vertical)
  • Border and title bar
  • Resizable frame
  • Selected options are remembered independently per each monitor.
  • The context menu can be invoked by the following means:
  • Right click on a title bar
  • Right click on gray interior area around the desktop boxes
  • Alt+Space hotkey (the desired Switcher window must be activated first)
  • In some rare cases some apps might get hung after reapplying their window
  • settings or unloading Actual Virtual Desktops.
  • Virtual Desktops: Oracle VM VirtualBox's guest OS window stopped receiving
  • mouse/keyboard input after switching virtual desktops.
  • Virtual Desktops: The "Auto-switch desktops" feature stopped working.
  • Title Buttons, Windows 7+: MS SQL Server Management Studio got hung after
  • trying to close it via "File -> Exit" menu command if any extra buttons were
  • added to its main window's title bar.
  • Title Buttons, Windows 10 x86 build 19041+: UWP apps crashed at startup if
  • any extra buttons were added to their window's title bar.
  • Title Buttons: Mozilla Firefox got hung after activating an Adobe Flash
  • element in a web page, if any extra buttons were added to its window's
  • title bar.
  • Title Buttons, Slack for Desktop 4.5+: Extra buttons covered new elements in
  • Slack window' title bar (like Search edit box, Help button, or user's avatar
  • button).

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.14.3 (Dec 27, 2019)

  • In some rare cases, running applications might crash randomly.
  • Some applications (Adobe products, TechSmith products, Parametric
  • Technologies products, and some others) got hung if two or more Actual Tools
  • programs were running at once (exiting all but one Actual Tools programs
  • made hung applications responsive back).
  • Virtual Desktops: The ability is added to resize a Virtual Desktop Switcher
  • window on-the-fly as any regular sizeable window. Set location/size are
  • remembered (per each monitor either in Independent mode or for cloned
  • switchers in Classic mode).
  • Virtual Desktops: The following bugs are fixed:
  • Suspending/resuming the Actual Virtual Desktops Control Center
  • might cause random memory errors in the Control Center process
  • An active window on a desktop did not always get foreground when
  • switching to that desktop
  • Activating a desktop by clicking empty space of its cell in the switcher
  • forced the desktop to lose its active window (if any)
  • An active window lost its activation after being moved to "all desktops"
  • (either manually or automatically)
  • Changing a mode (Classic/Independent) messed Z-order of currently open
  • windows
  • Excel 2013+ "Find and Replace" dialog disappeared after switching to
  • another desktop and back
  • Launching Mozilla Firefox on a certain desktop, then switching to another
  • desktop and launching another Firefox instance activated the first desktop
  • First virtual desktop got activated always when invoking a notification
  • area icon's context menu for the following applications: Intel Graphics
  • Control Panel, Skype for Desktop, Slack for Desktop, MS Teams, KiTTY,
  • Insync, Everything
  • After switching from Classic to Independent mode, on some multi-monitor
  • configurations two switchers might appear on the same monitor
  • After changing a mode, switcher's placement stored and restored incorrect
  • Tooltips with desktop names sometimes appeared in the top-left corner
  • instead of the center
  • After dragging a minimized window's icon between switchers on different
  • monitors the source switcher retained the icon until window's restoration
  • Title Buttons, Windows 10: Extra buttons looked shorter than regular ones
  • in maximized windows of Chromium-based applications (Google Chrome, Slack
  • for Desktop, Vivaldi, Opera, Yandex.Browser, Spotify, etc.).
  • Title Buttons, Slack for Desktop: The following bugs are fixed:
  • Extra buttons covered the regular ones if zero horizontal button shift
  • was specified
  • Extra buttons were almost invisible as their glyphs were of the same color
  • as the title bar
  • Window couldn't be maximized correctly if there were any extra buttons
  • Title Buttons: In some rare cases, extra buttons might disappear until
  • a window got dragged/sized.
  • Title Buttons: Extra buttons might either get behind their host window's
  • title bar or get visible through other windows in the following cases:
  • After minimizing and then restoring windows via Aero Shake
  • After starting a capture in Windows Snipping Tool
  • In Excel 2013+, after opening the "Find and Replace" dialog and then
  • activating a main Excel window
  • Text on buttons in the Evaluation dialog was garbled in some Asian languages
  • (Chinese, Japanese).

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.14.2 (Oct 29, 2019)

  • Numerous fixes of runtime internals to improve speed, robustness, andreliability.
  • Ability to update an existing license key is added: see the "Enter new license key" item either in the "Tools - License" Configuration window panel or in the Actual Virtual Desktops notification area icon's context menu.
  • Title Buttons: Automatic placement of extra buttons is restored in Google Chrome 75+.
  • Virtual Desktops: The following bugs are fixed:
  • The "Auto-switch desktops" feature stopped working
  • In Windows 8/8.1, hidden windows on inactive desktops did not appear back after their desktop's activation
  • If a window got hidden on an active desktop and then another desktop was activated, switching back to the first desktop forced the extra buttons of the hidden window appear (they looked orphaned as their master window remained invisible)
  • Windows Monitoring Log: The following bugs are fixed:
  • Dragging an excluded window filled the log quickly with duplicate"New window" events
  • A "Caption changed" event was always followed by the duplicate "New window" event
  • The Log window itself did not appear in the log

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.14.1 (Jul 10, 2019)

  • Internal logic of global hook handlers is revised to improve the compatibility with the systems running on multi-core CPUs.
  • Title Buttons, Windows 10 build 18362+: Notepad got frozen when opened empty (i.e. with no document specified).
  • Virtual Desktops, Windows 10: Icons of some UWP apps did not display in the Virtual Desktop Switcher until their windows' first activation.
  • Windows 10: Default icon was used for UWP apps right after their launch instead of their native icon.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.14.0 (May 16, 2019)

  • Microsoft Office 2013+: Application windows got frozen for a long time (up to several minutes) after locking the user session and then unlocking it back.
  • Configuration: Now configuration windows and dialogs correctly scale their content to a current DPI resolution, including on-the-fly scaling when dragging them between monitors with different DPI resolutions.
  • Title Buttons: Extra buttons covered the standard ones in Firefox Quantum windows maximized on a secondary monitor that was shifted up or down relative to a primary one.
  • Title Buttons: Main window of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010+ got hung after closing it via the "File - Exit" menu command or the Alt-F4 hotkey if the
  • Aero visual theme was active and any of extra buttons was added to that window's title bar.
  • Title Buttons: Extra buttons looked and placed wrong in Microsoft Office 2019 windows in high DPI resolutions.
  • Title Buttons: Extra buttons did not work in Sticky Notes windows.
  • Window Actions: Service windows, like "Change transparency", "Move to monitor", did not scale properly to a current DPI resolution.
  • Window Actions: Minimize-to-Screen floating icons placed at the right/bottom edge of a monitor might get out of sight after reducing the monitor's resolution.
  • Window Actions: After minimizing a window being snapped to left/right half of a monitor to notification area, the window lost its snapped state after restoration.
  • Configuration: The "Copy settings from" command stopped working.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.13.3 (Nov 29, 2018)

  • Windows 10 build 17763+:
  • System SmartScreen process ate up to 100% CPU resources when Actual Virtual Desktops was running.
  • Window Settings:
  • Exclusions stopped working since the version 8.13.
  • Virtual Desktops:
  • Adding a classic desktop item after some independent desktop items were added broke the associations with those independent desktop items in window settings ("Startup - Move to virtual desktop - Specific") and custom Move to Virtual Desktop hotkeys.
  • Title Buttons, Windows 10:
  • Glyphs on extra buttons flipped in systems with right-to-left writing languages (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.).
  • Title Buttons:
  • Extra buttons did not update properly after toggling any of them on/off in the Aero visual theme in systems with right-to-left writing languages (Arabic, Hebrew, etc.).
  • Title Buttons, Windows 10 build 17763+: - extra buttons appeared in wrong place if any of secondary monitors was located in negative screen coordinates - extra buttons overlapped the system ones in maximized windows of Microsoft Office 2007 apps and might cause temporary hanging when moving the mouse over the overlapped Minimize button - glyphs on extra buttons blended with title bar in the Dark visual theme if the "Show color on title bar" system option was off
  • Title Buttons, Windows 10 Insider build 18267+: - glyphs on extra buttons blended with title bar if the "Show color on title bar" system option was off - extra buttons did not react on changing the system accent color
  • Title Buttons:
  • Mozilla Firefox 50+/Quantum might hang when displaying content-rich pages.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.13.2 (Oct 13, 2018)

  • Windows Vista/7: Process dwm.exe crashed each time after unloading Actual Virtual Desktops Control Center.
  • Title Buttons, Windows 10: Extra buttons automatic placement is improved in Google Chrome of version 66 and higher in non-standard DPI resolutions.
  • Title Buttons: Extra buttons now work in such Chromium-based applications as Opera/Vivaldi/Yandex web browsers, Slack desktop client, Spotify UWP app.
  • Configuration: In really high DPI resolutions (> 200%), caption of a first option in each group overlapped the group's title.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.13.1 (Sep 27, 2018)

  • Windows 10: In some cases the Task View window might get broken when
  • Actual Virtual Desktops was set to load at system startup.
  • Configuration: Now all toobars respect the options of the "Toolbars" group
  • in the "Options - User Interface" panel.
  • Windows 10, Window Settings: Specific settings did not apply to UWP apps
  • running full-screen (e.g. Groove, Solitaire Collection).
  • Windows 10, Title Buttons: After switching a UWP app from full-screen to
  • windowed, the extra buttons did not show in its title bar.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.13.0 (Aug 22, 2018)

  • Windows x64: The overall workload on a system has been reduced significantly, especially on multi-core CPUs.
  • Configuration: Windows are now properly scaled at startup to conform with the DPI resolution set for a monitor, which they are opening on.
  • Title Buttons: Extra buttons did not react on right clicks in Foxit Reader.
  • Title Buttons: Detecting free place for extra buttons stopped working in Google Chrome in high DPI resolutions since its version 67.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.12.2 (May 21, 2018)

  • Windows 10 Spring Creators Update: Metro/UWP apps crashed at startup when Actual Virtual Desktops was running
  • Windows 10 Spring Creators Update, Title Buttons: In some cases, extra buttons got invisible in some windows (like Settings applet)
  • Title Buttons, Windows 7: Auto-detection of free space for extra buttons did not consider the own extra buttons in Mozilla Thunderbird and the Microsoft Office 2013/2016 apps in the Classic and Aero Basic visual themes
  • Title Buttons, Windows 7: Extra buttons got shrunk vertically in maximized windows of Mozilla Thunderbird and the Microsoft Office 2013/2016 apps in the Aero Basic visual theme
  • Title Buttons, Windows 10: Extra buttons got shrunk vertically in maximized windows of the Microsoft Office 2016 apps

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.12.1 (Apr 21, 2018)

  • Windows x64: In some rare cases applications might crash.
  • Title Buttons, Windows 10: In some applications extra buttons looked and
  • located incorrectly when dragging an application window between monitors
  • with different DPI resolutions (from lower to higher).
  • Title Buttons, Windows 10 Spring Creators Update: In some applications
  • glyphs on extra buttons looked too large on monitors with high DPI
  • resolutions.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.12 (Mar 3, 2018)

  • Title Buttons: Extra buttons overlapped the My Account button in Google Chrome since its version 64.
  • Title Buttons: In some cases extra buttons in Firefox Quantum got misplaced and drawn in wrong color.
  • Some applications (e.g. Malwarebytes) might hang at startup if Actual Virtual Desktops was running.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.11.2 (Sep 28, 2017)

  • Windows 10 Creators Update: Metro (UWP) apps crashed at startup if Actual Window Minimizer was running.
  • Windows 10 Creators Update: Extra title buttons now have correct
  • glyph/background colors in Metro (UWP) apps with custom-colored title bars
  • (Edge, People, Store, Maps, Settings, Connect, Xbox, Alarms & Clock, Calculator, Paint 3D):while being mouse-hovered/pressed
  • in the Compact View popup toolbar
  • Title Buttons: In Metro (UWP) apps, popup toolbar popped up again instead of
  • closing after a second click on the Compact View title button.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.11.1 (Jul 27, 2017)

  • Title Buttons: Auto-detection of free space for extra title buttons is improved in the latest versions of Google Chrome.
  • Windows 10: Some apps (like Visual Studio 2012 installer and components, or iTunes Helper) crashed when Actual Virtual Desktops was running.
  • Windows 10: Windows Magnifier got hung when its Lens mode was active and Actual Virtual Desktops was running.
  • Title Buttons: System window menu flickered constantly in apps where auto-detection of free space for extra title buttons enabled (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Windows Explorer, Microsoft Office apps).

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.11 (Jun 23, 2017)

  • Windows 10: Now you can create specific window settings for Metro (UWP) apps (e.g. Settings, Edge, Skype, Store, Xbox, Calculator, etc.).
  • The factory exclusion rule "All unnamed windows" is added to skip all windows with an empty caption.
  • Windows 10: Actual Virtual Desktops prevented the background spellchecking in Microsoft Word 2016.
  • Configuration window did not appear after invoking the "Modify applied settings", "Create new specific settings", "Exclude this window" commands via Actual Virtual Desktops Log window context menu.
  • Configuration: Captions on the Tools panels got cut in high DPI resolutions.
  • Configuration: Exclusion detail panel did not refresh after adding a new exclusion in the list.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.10.2 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • Title Buttons: Extra buttons overlapped the standard ones in the Start Screen window of Office 2016 apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) since the recent update.
  • UltraEdit main window consumed CPU a lot with Actual Virtual Desktops running.
  • Configuration: In Windows 7+, web links always opened in Internet Explorer, not default web browser.
  • Title Buttons: Numerous Windows 10 compatibility fixes:
  • incorrect Compact View background color fixed
  • incorrect glyph color fixed with the enabled auto-selection of the main UI color
  • incorrect glyph color fixed in UWP apps in the recent builds of Windows 10 Insider Preview

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.10.1 (Feb 21, 2017)

  • Localizaton: Arabic language is added (translation made by Thamer Mousa).
  • Windows 10: Title buttons now look correct in the Office 2013/2016 apps when their "File" tab gets active.
  • Configuration: Test Regexp dialog displayed an error if it was opened on a monitor with high DPI resolution.
  • Updating: If the "New version is available" balloon notification was shown, right click on the Actual Virtual Desktops notification area icon started the installation instead of displaying icon's context menu.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.10 (Dec 29, 2016)

  • Windows 10: Extra title buttons now look correct on windows with colored title bars (Messaging, Phone, Photos, Windows Mail) and in the Dark visual theme.
  • Windows x64: Stability is greatly improved (there should be no more high CPU usage or app crashes at Actual Virtual Desktops startup).
  • Configuration: Test Regexp and Select Window From List dialogs now look and work correct in high DPI resolutions.
  • There was possible (of low probability, though) security breach when running Actual Virtual Desktops library from the %Temp% folder.
  • Extra title buttons covered standard title buttons in the Microsoft Office 2016 apps.
  • Windows 10: Extra title buttons covered tabs in Google Chrome windows.
  • Configuration: Check box and radio button captions got cut in high DPI resolutions.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.9 (Jul 30, 2016)

  • The ability is added to invoke advanced title button dialogs (usually invoked via right-click on a button) for a currently active window via hotkeys. The following hotkey has been added
  • Show the "Move to specific virtual desktop" menu (Win-Ctrl-)
  • You can change the default key combination in the Hotkeys-Actions panel
  • This feature can be useful on monitors with high resolutions (up to 4K) where distance to a required button may be too long to drag the mouse there just to invoke the dialog via right click. Using the hotkeys above will make the dialogs appear exactly under the mouse pointer, ready for immediate use.
  • The CFL command line switch is expanded with the ability to specify an arbitrary folder where the configuration files should be stored ActualVirtualDesktopsCenter.exe CFL ""
  • Overall stability is improved
  • Proper scaling in high DPI resolutions has been finally implemented for:
  • Virtual Desktop Switcher
  • extra title button
  • Log window
  • Evaluation dialog has been restyled.
  • Proper scaling in high DPI resolutions has been finally implemented for program dialogs (About, Register, Check for Updates, etc.).
  • Auto-detection of free space for extra title buttons worked incorrectly in high DPI resolutions for Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office windows.
  • Some features stopped working in Skype windows after saving the Actual Virtual Desktops configuration.
  • Windows 7+: Specific window settings with certain Window Caption criterion specified did not apply to Microsoft Management Console windows (Event Viewer, Task Scheduler, Disk Manager, etc.).
  • Intuit QuickBooks windows hung for a while after right clicking the extra title buttons.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.8.2 (Jun 3, 2016)

  • Configuration: Navigation pages now display a tooltip with the full caption text over their header if the caption text does not fit the header visible area.
  • Windows 10: Virtual Desktop Switcher displayed irrelevant entries for invisible Metro app windows.
  • Configuration: With large interface font size (either set manually in the User Interface settings or generated automatically because of a high screen DPI resolution), navigation page captions did not fit the headers.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.8.1 (Jun 3, 2016)

  • Windows 10: False-positive SmartScreen warning about setup file corruption is finally remedied.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.8 (Jun 3, 2016)

  • Configuration: Global options of window settings (like title buttons skin, window menu items order, pre-defined window sizes, etc.) have been moved from the Options category to the Window Settings category in the main Configuration window.
  • Configuration: Global Options subitems have been removed from the Window Settings navigation tree and transformed into tabs of the Global Options detail panel.
  • Configuration: Back/Forward buttons have been added into each Configuration window to provide the navigation through the user interface panels like in web browsers.
  • Configuration: Undo/Redo commands now track the changes separately for each window.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.7 (Jun 3, 2016)

  • The navigation panel in the main Configuration window has been replaced.
  • Configuration: Ability is added to select all items in the lists with multi-selection allowed by pressing the Ctrl-A hotkey. As this key combination was reserved for adding a new item to a list, the New Item hotkey has been changed to Ctrl-N.
  • Configuration: Confirmation request for the Delete Item operation has been removed in all list-editing panels. If you accidentally removed the needed item - you can click the Undo button in the bottom-left corner of the main Configuration window or press the Undo hotkey (Ctrl-Z by default).
  • Configuration: The flickering has been reduced significantly when resizing either the Configuration windows themselves or their internals.
  • Windows 10: Hotkeys now work in Metro apps.
  • Windows 10: Extra title buttons now work in the Edge web browser (and probably other Metro apps).
  • Office 2013+: Extra title buttons overlapped the standard ones.
  • In some cases, extra title buttons did not redraw in the Aero visual theme.
  • Installer: The uninstaller popped up interactive dialog requests even if it had been launched with /SILENT or /VERYSILENT command line option.
  • Configuration: Minimized windows did not restore on clicking the notification area icon or pressing the Configure hotkey.
  • Configuration: Hotkey combinations for list operations have been unified for all list-editing panels:
  • Ins, Ctrl-N - add new item
  • Del, Ctrl-D - delete selected item
  • F5 - copy selected item
  • Ctrl-=, Ctrl-Num+ - enable all items (where available)
  • Ctrl--, Ctrl-Num- - disable all items (where available)
  • Ctrl-A - select all items (where available)

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.6.1 (Nov 23, 2015)

  • Overall stability is improved.
  • Buttons on the "Tools - Control Center" panel are made more usable.
  • Windows 10: Virtual Desktops Switcher showed unusable entries for running Metro applications.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.6 (Oct 8, 2015)

  • Now you can suspend/resume Actual Virtual Desktops via command line using the following syntax, respectively: ActualVirtualDesktopsCenter.exe suspend | ActualVirtualDesktopsCenter.exe resume
  • If Actual Virtual Desktops was installed into a trusted location (such as "Program Files" folder) using administrative privileges and then used under non-privileged user account, Actual Virtual Desktops update installer now warns that it must be run as administrator to update the installation in a trusted location.
  • If a Remote Desktop Client window was open full-screen and then was switched back to windowed mode, extra title buttons did not appear in the title bar.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.5.3 (Sep 21, 2015)

  • On some combinations of video hardware and drivers Actual Virtual Desktops crashed at startup.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.5.1 (Sep 7, 2015)

  • On some hardware configurations, Actual Virtual Desktops crashed at startup.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.5 (Aug 28, 2015)

  • Windows 10: Numerous fixes for extra title buttons:
  • size was calculated incorrectly
  • used button glyphs were of improper color
  • Compact View window looked wrong
  • detecting free place for extra buttons worked wrong

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.4 (Aug 28, 2015)

  • Automatic detection of free place for extra title bar buttons is added in:
  • popular web browsers: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox;
  • Microsoft Office applications (since Office 2007);
  • Windows Explorer (since Windows 8).
  • This feature should prevent the overlapping of extra title bar buttons provided by Actual Virtual Desktops with standard controls available in a window (like standard buttons, browser tabs, New Tab button, etc.).
  • Automatic gradual Compact View is added for extra title bar buttons: now the buttons are getting hidden/shown 1-by-1 if there is not enough (or enough again) place in the title bar to show the full list of enabled extra buttons. When some buttons get hidden, the special Compact View button automatically appears on the left of remained buttons: click on this button will display the currently hidden buttons.
  • Sometimes running programs might crash after unloading Actual Virtual Desktops.
  • The bug prevented NuSphere PhpEd 15 debugger from starting is fixed.
  • Magix products (Movie Edit, Music Maker) stopped responding during loading.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.3 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • The overall support of high screen DPIs is improved
  • Last used path is saved in the Configuration Backup/Restore dialogs
  • Windows 8/8.1: Title buttons didn't change their color on mouse hovering
  • "Shift the buttons vertically" and "Compact view" options were absent in Default Settings
  • The multi-selection of specific window settings got broken

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.2.2 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • Windows disappeared after minimizing/restoring them on the taskbar button click
  • If the compact view for title buttons was on, sometimes the popup toolbar appeared behind the main window

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.2.1 (Oct 25, 2014)

  • Title buttons compact mode now works correctly in systems with right-to-left languages (like Arabic or Hebrew).
  • Title buttons in compact mode were positioned incorrectly in the following cases:
  • in Windows 7 and later with the Aero visual theme activated
  • with vertical shift applied
  • when maximizing/restoring a window where the compact mode was activated automatically (i.e. the window's title in normal state was too narrow to embrace the full list of buttons)

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.2 (Sep 24, 2014)

  • The Configuration Module now can run multiple windows at once.
  • For example, you can open several Window Settings windows using the "Manage window settings" title button (separate window for each settings).
  • When several configuration windows are open at once, changes made within a particular window are isolated there until you click the Apply button in that window.
  • Changes made in the Default Window Settings now are propagated automatically to all existing specific window settings (provided that the old value was the same in both Default and particular specific settings).
  • Quick Setup wizard is added. It allows to tune up quickly the most frequently used features (according to collected and analyzed usage statistics) without diving into details.
  • Compact mode for extra title buttons is now available: it displays the small narrow button instead of the full list of active buttons.
  • Click on this button expands the list of active buttons so they can be used as usual. Second click on this button or click somewhere else collapses the list of active buttons so they do not block the view (this can be especially useful in non-standard windows like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox).
  • The compact mode activates either automatically (when the extra buttons do not fit the title bar) or it can be set permanently for particular windows in the Window Settings options (see the "Title Buttons - Options" group).
  • In addition to a right click on extra title buttons, now you can hold the left mouse button on them for some time to invoke their extended abilities (like context menus or special dialogs).
  • Compatibility with Windows 8.1 Service Pack 1 has been improved.
  • The window invoked by the "Copy Settings from..." command now does not display the target Window Settings item.
  • Downloaded setups of newer versions were installed automatically even if the automatic updates were disabled (which prevented the rolling back to any previous version if a newer version setup was available).
  • In some cases extra title buttons in Microsoft Word 2013 might disappear.
  • Extra title buttons did not work in Autodesk Design Review 2013.
  • Extra title buttons did not appear in X1 Search.
  • NuSphere PhpEd 12 crashed when trying to scroll the File Explorer view.
  • Windows 7: Tooltips did not display in command prompt windows.
  • Unloading 1st Clock right after restoring from hibernation made Windows Explorer hung.
  • In some cases, after switching the Virtual Desktops mode in either way (classic to independent, or vice versa), windows got duplicated on all virtual desktops despite their current selection.
  • Unwanted extra buttons of Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint or Adobe Acrobat appeared in the Virtual Desktops Switcher after switching the desktops with those programs running.
  • Canceling the download in the "Check for Updates" dialog caused an error.
  • Pressing Enter in the "Check for Updates" dialog after the download was started caused the restart of downloading.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.1.4 (Apr 11, 2014)

  • German translation is revised.
  • Windows XP/Vista: Command prompt windows launched after starting Actual Virtual Desktops remained unprocessed.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.1.3 (Mar 21, 2014)

  • Incompatibility with Mikrotik's Winbox windows is fixed.
  • Adobe Acrobat Standard X/XI crashed upon trying to start a new scan.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.1.2 (Mar 21, 2014)

  • Ability to specify file masks (using the "*" and "?" symbols) for the Program target window criterion is added.
  • Additional title buttons are now compatible with Stardock WindowFX.
  • Compatiblity with Agnitum Outpost Security Suite is restored.
  • Compatibility with Foxit PDF Reader is improved.
  • Windows 8/8.1: Internet Explorer 11 closed immediately when running in Metro mode.
  • In some cases opening a new window of Internet Explorer 11 also opened additional unwanted IE window.
  • Adobe Flash Installer crashed after clicking the Quit button if Actual Virtual Desktops was running.
  • In some cases changing Actual Virtual Desktops language made some of additional title buttons and window menu commands disappear.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.1.1 (Mar 21, 2014)

  • Sometimes running programs might crash after unloading Actual Virtual Desktops.
  • Some kinds of windows stopped working correctly when extended by Actual Virtual Desktops (in particular, windows of the Investor/RT app)

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.1 (Mar 21, 2014)

  • Now it is possible to specify the default location of configuration files via command line: run "ActualVirtualDesktopsCenter.exe CFL 1|2|3|-", where
  • 1 - program installation folder
  • 2 - "Application Data" folder in the All Users user profile
  • 3 - "Application Data" folder in the current user profile (default)
  • - remove the value from the Registry
  • Sending of collected usage statistics is added.
  • Check for Updates options are moved into separate panel in the Options page.
  • Now it is possible to open the Check for Updates options from the Check for Updates window.
  • Now it is possible to restore the lost registration code from the Registration dialog.
  • Windows 8/8.1: Running programs in "Windows XP/Vista compatibility" mode made them hung at startup.
  • Flash Player running in the Firefox Plugin Container consumed system resources constantly.
  • Unloading 1st Clock made Windows Explorer hung.
  • Zoom screen sharing utility worked improperly when Actual Virtual Desktops was running.
  • Google Chrome crashed when Actual Virtual Desktops tried to display tooltips for its title buttons.
  • Windows 7+: Title buttons did not appear in:
  • Remote Desktop Client
  • Steam client
  • Spotify
  • Flickering of title buttons in MS PowerPoint 2010 windows is reduced.
  • Some hotkeys remained operative even if the Control Center had been stopped.
  • Windows 7+: The "Program" target window criterion did not work in console windows.
  • Dimensions for some kinds of windows calculated incorrectly in Aero visual theme.
  • Automatic update always downloaded the latest available setup file from the server no matter it was already downloaded or not.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.0.3 (Mar 21, 2014)

  • After downloading the update, setup did not run after clicking on the tray balloon "Click here to install it right now" message if the "Load at startup" option was enabled.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.0.2 (Mar 21, 2014)

  • With larger size of system dialog font, registration codes were cut down after pasting into the Registration dialog so that the program could not recognize them as valid codes.
  • Installer froze for 10 seconds after copying the files.
  • The "Move to virtual desktop" custom hotkey did not work with the "All desktops" option selected.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.0.1 (Mar 21, 2014)

  • Uninstallation did not work because of the "DLL not found" error.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 8.0 (Mar 21, 2014)

  • Beginning from the version 8.0, the Licensing Policy changes: now you must purchase as many copies of the program as many users will use the program simultaneously. There is no limit on the number of computers the program can be installed on and registered with the same registration code as long as the number of simultaneous users is less than or equal to the number of purchased copies. For more information, please refer to the license.txt document in the program's installation folder or visit this page.
  • Beginning from the version 8.0, the Upgrade Policy changes: now purchasing the registration code grants you the Free Upgrades Subscription for a certain period (a year). During this period, you are eligible to get any new versions of the program for free. After this period expires, you will have to purchase another registration code to prolong the Free Upgrades Subscription (in case you want to do so). Otherwise, you can continue to use the last actual version of the program, it will remain registered and fully functional.
  • Support of child windows within multi-document interface (MDI) applications is added. The most well-known example of such windows are Microsoft Excel orkbooks. However, because of speciality of such windows some window actions cannot be applied to them, and others work differently than for usual top-level windows (for more information, please refer to User Manual).
  • Korean language is added
  • AutoUpdate is finally available. Now, Actual Virtual Desktops not only checks for a new version but also downloads and installs it automatically.
  • Collection of usage statistics is added. When enabled, it is keeping record of any window manipulation you undertake in a special log file.
  • Collection of usage statistics is enabled by default. If you encounter any problems with it then you can disable it in the "Options - General" panel.
  • Otherwise, please keep it enabled for a sufficient time (at least several days) to let Actual Virtual Desktops collect enough statistical data. Then, please send us your configuration using the Send to Tech Support button in the "Tools - Configuration" panel. This will help us analyze and better understand the preferences and needs of our users and improve our products more consciously and purposefully.
  • The "Current Windows background" option is added for the Independent mode of Virtual Desktops. It lets to keep current desktop background untouched when independent virtual desktops are active.
  • Dutch translation is revised.
  • "Hotkeys - Actions" panel's look and behavior is restored.
  • Title buttons did not appear in Bluebeam Revu windows.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 4.5.1 (Apr 12, 2013)

  • Windows x64: In some environments, memory might leak gradually in the Control Center.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 4.5 (Mar 26, 2013)

  • Global system hooks are replaced with the hooks local for each process. This should fix some known compatibility problems (e.g. with Lotus Notes, Adobe Acrobat) and also improve the overall stability.
  • Hotkeys now work in applications (mostly, video games) that use DirectInput to provide keyboard/mouse control (e.g. Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Battlefield 3, etc.).
  • List of hotkey actions can be filtered by hotkey category (Virtual Desktops, Tools, Custom).
  • Windows 7: If Internet Explorer is already open, launching a new instance of it opened an unwanted extra window.
  • The bottom of title buttons was clipped in JRiver Media Center window.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 4.4.3 (Feb 19, 2013)

  • Compatibility with MAXQDA is improved.
  • In some cases specific window settings did not apply to 64-bit applications (e.g. Waterfox)

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 4.4.2 (Feb 6, 2013)

  • Compatibility with PTC products (Creo, Windchill, Arbortext, Mathcad, Integrity) is improved.
  • Virtual Desktops Switcher now looks correct in the systems with the right-to-left writing language installed (like Hebrew, Arabic, etc.).
  • Program dialogs now look correct in the systems with the right-to-left writing language installed (like Hebrew, Arabic, etc.).

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 4.4.1 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • The ability to toggle the logging on-the-fly in the Log window is added.
  • The ability to open the Configuration window for certain window settings or an exclusion by double-clicking its entry in the Log window is added.
  • Compatibility with Adobe Premiere is improved.
  • Title buttons now look correct in the systems with the right-to-left writing language installed (like Hebrew, Arabic, etc.).

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 4.4 (Dec 19, 2012)

  • Additional title buttons work correct in Mozilla Thunderbird 17.
  • Compatibility with JRiver Media Center 18 is finally fixed.
  • SURFCAM 6 crashed in some cases.
  • Windows 8: Virtual Desktops switcher displayed buttons for Metro applications.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 4.3 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • Compatibility with the following programs is restored:
  • Logitech SetPoint
  • WordPerfect 12
  • Compatibility with the following programs is improved:
  • SmartDraw 12
  • HTML-Kit Tools
  • Windows 8: Look of title buttons is improved.
  • Additional title buttons are now available in JRiver Media Center.
  • Language Bar's context menu disappeared immediately after popping up.
  • In some cases, on 64-bit systems some windows might display their caption text in Chinese.
  • The "&" symbol did not displayed in window captions.
  • Tooltips disappeared in Microsoft Office 2007 and higher.
  • Title buttons appeared on fullscreen GOM Media Player.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 4.2 (Sep 7, 2012)

  • The library file avdemb64.dll is built using another compiler so we expect the increased stability on 64-bit systems (especially on Windows 7 and Windows 8).
  • Windows Vista/7: The speed of virtual desktops switching in Independent mode is significantly increased.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 4.1 (Sep 7, 2012)

  • Italian language is added (translation provided by Davide Pari).
  • Compatibility with Windows 8 Release Preview is improved:
  • correct work with 64-bit Internet Explorer and administrative tools correct size and look of the additional title buttons correct placement of the multi-monitor background wallpaper pictures improved quality of the multi-monitor background wallpaper pictures Multi-monitor wallpaper cache folder is cleared upon exiting the program or closing the Configuration window.
  • RocketDock is always displayed on all virtual desktops.
  • Now it's possible to drag items between different Virtual Desktop Switchers in the Independent mode.
  • Compatibility with NVIDIA nView is improved.
  • In the Aero visual theme, now it's possible to resize a window when the mouse is over additional title buttons.
  • Virtual Desktops: Parts of Windows Media Player running in a virtual desktop appeared on another virtual desktop after switching desktops.
  • Trying to select several Window Settings items in the left panel and delete them resulted in the deletion of a single item only.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 4.0 (Sep 7, 2012)

  • Configuration window has been revamped.
  • Compatibility with Windows 8 Consumer Preview is improved.
  • Compatibility with Windows Snipping Tool is improved.
  • Compatibility with TechSmith's Snagit is improved.
  • Compatibility with GOM Media Player is improved.
  • Compatibility with Gyazo is improved.
  • Actual Virtual Desktops is now compatible with virtual video devices like those added by MaxiVista or iDisplay).
  • Virtual Desktops: The Independent mode is improved.
  • The "C" command line option has been modified: now it expects a fully qualified name of a folder that contains alternative configuration files
  • to load.
  • In some rare cases, window settings did not re-apply after modification.
  • Crashes in dwm.exe happened occasionally.
  • In some cases, Control Center might crash upon reloading the configuration.
  • When launching Actual Virtual Desktops after Stardock DeskScapes,
  • Windows Explorer crashed or became unstable.
  • With Actual Virtual Desktops running, capturing a video in TechSmith's Jing made it crash upon closing.
  • Actual Virtual Desktops crashed when trying to toggle the Virtual Desktops Switcher.
  • Virtual Desktops Switcher had numerous problems in the Independent mode.
  • Title buttons did not appear in the Windows Media Center window.
  • Additional commands did not appear in the Windows Media Center window menu after switching its window back from full-screen.
  • Saving the configuration changed the active virtual desktop to a first desktop in the list.
  • Configuration windows stayed out of sight when they were located on a secondary monitor and the monitor got disabled.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 3.2 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Norwegian language is added (translation provided by Stale Pedersen).
  • Ability is added to toggle the "Run the library from the installation folder" option via program's command line (use the L+/L- command line option to turn this option on/off, accordingly; by default, this option is off).
  • Window rules (specifics and exclusions) are now compatible with windows of
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
  • Compatibility with many Adobe products is improved (however, some functions may be unavailable yet).
  • Compatibility with Mindjet's MindManager is improved.
  • Compatibility with TechSmith's SnagIt is improved.
  • Tracking of window caption changes is improved (in particular, for own
  • Actual Virtual Desktops configuration dialogs).
  • Title buttons look and behave correctly in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
  • windows.
  • Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 crashed after opening/closing the Chart Source
  • Data dialog.
  • Various Adobe products (like Photoshop, Flash, InDesign, Dreamweaver,
  • Fireworks, Illustrator) crashed upon exiting.
  • Autodesk Softimage hung at startup if Actual Virtual Desktops was running.
  • Virtual Desktops Switchers displayed even when the "Enable virtual
  • desktops" option was off.
  • After activating the Independent mode for virtual desktops, wallpaper settings lost for a monitor with no virtual desktops.
  • Virtual Desktops Switcher in the Independent mode did not react correctly on
  • switching a monitor on/off.
  • Opening first Firefox 7 window on one virtual desktop and then opening
  • second window on another activated the first virtual desktop unwantedly.
  • Title buttons' glow effect looked wrong with non-standard values of
  • Screen DPI.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 3.1 (Aug 2, 2011)

  • Indonesian language is added (translation provided by Elda Taluta).
  • Windows Vista/7: When installing a new version, special system mechanism is used to avoid the reboot after updating program's runtime library.
  • In some cases, Virtual Desktops facility crashed in multi-monitor systems.
  • Windows Vista/7: Sometimes Actual Virtual Desktops caused Desktop Window Manager's crash.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 3.0.1 (Jul 12, 2011)

  • Virtual Desktop Switcher reacts correctly on visual theme changes.
  • The Move to All Desktops option stopped working.
  • Actual Virtual Desktops hung when trying to update a preview for a hung application.
  • Sometimes Actual Virtual Desktops crashed while displaying a multi-preview.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 3.0 (May 17, 2011)

  • The Virtual Desktops facility allows having independent lists of virtual desktops on different monitors. Each monitor can display its own Virtual Desktops Switcher.
  • The ability is added to duplicate the Virtual Desktops Switcher on all available monitors.
  • Compatibility with the fullscreen mode of Adobe Flash Player is improved.
  • Virtual Desktops Switcher more accurately detects the switching of a fullscreen window to windowed state.
  • Virtual Desktops Switcher looks and behaves more accurately in the Aero visual theme.
  • Crashes of skinned Media Monkey windows are fixed.
  • Edit boxes worked incorrect with large values.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 2.5 (Feb 16, 2011)

  • The ability to add custom hotkeys for certain actions is added see the "Options - Hotkeys" tab).
  • The ability to backup/restore the configuration is added (see the Backup/Restore buttons in the Configuration toolbar).
  • The separate Start/Stop Actual Virtual Desktops hotkeys are replaced with the single Toggle Actual Virtual Desktops hotkey.
  • Virtual Desktops Switcher disappeared after switching desktops.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 2.4 (Nov 22, 2010)

  • The glow effect when hovering the extra title button with the mouse pointer in Aero visual theme is added.
  • Title buttons' skins for the Black and Silver Office 2007 styles are added.
  • The option to select which kind of click (single or double) on the program's tray icon is used to launch the Configuration is added.
  • Specific Settings list and Exclusions list do not display the value of criterion (class, caption, program) for a certain item if the criterion in this item is disabled.
  • Configuration panels can be scrolled with the mouse wheel.
  • Title buttons did not work in Office 2010 64-bit edition.
  • Title buttons disappeared after moving a window to secondary monitor on some display configurations.
  • If the Configuration window was closed on a secondary monitor and then the monitor had been unplugged - the Configuration window had not returned into a visible desktop area.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 2.3 (Aug 5, 2010)

  • Support of regular expressions has been added for the Window Caption
  • criterion.
  • Title buttons did not appear in MS Office 2010 applications.
  • Title buttons interfered with the tabs dragging in Google Chrome under
  • Windows 7.
  • At the high load on the system (with dozens of windows opened at once),
  • the program began to consume too much graphic resources under Windows 7 x64.
  • Creating/modifying window settings from the Windows Monitoring Log window
  • did not work.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 2.2 (Jun 9, 2010)

  • The ability to create specific window settings from the Windows Monitoring Log window is added.
  • The default key combinations for the Move to Next/Previous Virtual Desktop window actions have been changed to Win+\ instead of Win+= and in+Shift+\ instead of Win+Shift+=, accordingly, because of conflicts with Windows 7 reserved hotkey.
  • Now Vista SideBar widgets are visible on all virtual desktops.
  • Administrative tools (like Regedit, Event Viewer, etc.) are now extended in Vista/7.
  • Support of console windows under Windows 7 is improved.
  • Title buttons were drawn incorrectly in windows using right-to-left languages.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 2.1 (Jun 9, 2010)

  • The console windows support is available on Windows 7.
  • Checking for updates online by contacting Actual Tools website and retrieving information about latest version available has been added. The check process can be launched either automatically with the defined period (daily, weekly, monthly) or manually by pressing the Check Now button (see the "Check for Updates" group in the General Options panel).
  • All executable files (including setups) are digitally signed.
  • The option to prevent running the library from the %Temp% folder has been added (see the "Run the library from the installation folder" option in the "Control Center Options" group).
  • The ability to customize the background color for the "Single picture" wallpaper mode is added.
  • New "Crop to fit" wallpaper position mode has been added.
  • New hotkey combinations to suspend/resume the Control Center (Ctrl+Alt+Num-/Ctrl+Alt+Num+ by default, respectively) have been added.
  • Please note that they are disabled by default.
  • The ability to turn off automatic switching of virtual desktops has been added (see the "Virtual Desktops Options" group in the Virtual Desktops tab).
  • The Virtual Desktops Switcher now correctly displays the Unicode window captions.
  • Tracking of window caption changes has been improved.
  • The problem with the not responding Control Center while logging off is fixed.
  • Intermittent crashes of Control Center after reboot are fixed.
  • The intermittent crashes of applications written in Visual Basic have been fixed.
  • Title buttons looked and placed incorrectly in non-standard screen DPIs (e.g. if the "Large fonts" option was enabled).
  • After suspending/resuming Control Center, windows weren't returned to their assigned virtual desktops.
  • The bug with interrupted Desktop Background Slideshow feature in Windows 7 has been fixed.
  • The unwanted automatic cyclic switching of virtual desktops has been fixed.
  • The bug with corrupted icons in the Virtual Desktop Switcher has been fixed.
  • After minimizing and then restoring Photoshop CS4 there was a redundant set of title buttons.
  • The bug with the blurred title buttons in Windows Explorer windows under Vista Aero has been fixed.
  • Crash of some programs (e.g. WinZip 14 Professional) when using system menu commands has been fixed.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 2.0 (Jun 9, 2010)

  • Virtual Desktops Switcher window is added: it displays a set of toolbars (one toolbar per virtual desktop) where each toolbar shows the icons of applications running on its corresponding virtual desktop. You can toggle this Switcher window via special hotkey (Alt+` by default).
  • Windows Thumbnails feature is added. Once enabled, it creates a small preview copy for each running window (either visible or hidden) and displays this preview as a visual tip over Virtual Desktops Switcher buttons.
  • The ability to shift the extra title button along title bar is added.
  • Virtual Desktops panel is slightly redesigned:
  • background and hotkey settings are divided onto separate tabs;
  • the Switcher settings group is added.
  • The bug is fixed: in full screen applications (like games) title buttons were though invisible but still active and responded to mouse clicks.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 1.2 (Apr 10, 2009)

  • Now virtual desktops support the extra multi-monitor settings for their wallpapers.
  • The option to make additional title buttons Office 2007-like is added.
  • The Description field is added for Exclusions.
  • The amount of consumed Windows graphics resources is decreased significantly (this prevents the resource exhaustion when too many windows stay open).
  • Now hotkeys in active window work even if it has no title bar.
  • Now Settings dialog remembers its Maximized state between sessions.
  • The bug in Settings dialog with non-disappearing horizontal scroll bar is fixed.
  • Now the additional title buttons and system window menu items work as expected in Windows Live Mail.
  • Now console windows are correctly extended in the zero user session on Windows XP SP3 and Windows 2003.
  • The long unwanted pause, when closing console windows via Close title button, is removed.
  • The incorrect behavior of Virtual Desktops (activating hidden windows, such as Sound Volume Control, unintentionally activated the first virtual desktop), is fixed.
  • The incorrect behavior of Virtual Desktops under Windows Vista, when using the Alt+Tab key combination (the appearance of the Task Switcher window unintentionally activated the first virtual desktop), is fixed.
  • Now virtual desktops with custom wallpaper correctly consider the Desktop Background settings of the Remote Desktop Client.
  • The crash of Windows Vista Snipping Tool, when closing it, is fixed.

New in Actual Virtual Desktops 1.1 (Oct 21, 2008)

  • Now the title button looks fully native under Windows Vista Aero.
  • Now you can cancel the changes of Target Window edit fields made with the Window Finder by pressing the Escape key.
  • The overall stability is improved when running on Windows x64.
  • The bug caused the Explorer crash when trying to delete files under Windows Vista/2008 x64 is fixed.
  • Now the change of order in the list of virtual desktops is handled correctly.
  • Now the tool windows of Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Flash CS3 are processed correctly when switching between desktops.
  • The reaction on Win+D system hotkey is improved.
  • The compatibility with windows of Mozilla applications (Firefox, Thunderbird) is improved.
  • Now the custom wallpaper is preserved correctly while running via the Remote Desktop connection.
  • No more crashes of NoteZilla when closing its Preferences dialog.