What's new in Windows Virtual Desktop Helper 1.16

Jan 29, 2024
  • Features:
  • Show desktop number in notification area
  • Show desktop name when switching desktops
  • Show prev/next desktop by clicking icons in notification area
  • Show desktop initial in notification area
  • Jump to desktop using hot keys
  • Autostart with Windows
  • Simple and lightweight
  • Configurable
  • Free
  • Fixes:
  • Better Support Windows 11 22621
  • Changes:
  • Support for Emojis on Windows 11 (Windows 10 it is not possible)

New in Windows Virtual Desktop Helper 1.15 (Oct 20, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Windows 11 Insider Canary initial support
  • Show notification on all monitors
  • Fixes:
  • Windows 11 use consistent notification tray icon labels so that icon arrangement always stays

New in Windows Virtual Desktop Helper 1.14 (Aug 25, 2023)

  • Windows 11 23H2 fix switch desktop with arrow icons

New in Windows Virtual Desktop Helper 1.12 (Aug 23, 2023)

  • Support Windows Insider 11.226x1.2050

New in Windows Virtual Desktop Helper 1.11 (Jul 10, 2023)

  • Features:
  • Show desktop number in notification area
  • Show desktop name when switching desktops
  • Show prev/next desktop by clicking icons in notification area
  • Show desktop initial in notification area
  • Autostart with Windows
  • Simple and lightweight
  • Configurable
  • Free
  • Changes:
  • Support for High DPI Monitors
  • Icons are dynamically generated
  • Support for additional icon which shows the first letter of the desktop name
  • Improved detection for Windows 11 Insider Builds
  • Fixes:
  • Bug where implementation loading with fallback actually didn't try to load the fallback, but kept trying to load the original suggested implementation
  • Fix UI to support desktop name initial

New in Windows Virtual Desktop Helper 1.10 (Jan 20, 2023)

  • Features:
  • Show desktop number in notification area
  • Show desktop name when switching desktops
  • Show prev/next desktop by clicking icons in notification area
  • Autostart with Windows
  • Simple and lightweight
  • Configurable
  • Free
  • Changes:
  • Improved light/dark theme detection
  • Settings now saved per user (note: settings from previous versions are reset when updating to this version)

New in Windows Virtual Desktop Helper 1.9 (Jan 11, 2023)

  • Features:
  • Show desktop number in notification area
  • Show desktop name when switching desktops
  • Show prev/next desktop by clicking icons in notification area
  • Autostart with Windows
  • Simple and lightweight
  • Configurable
  • Free
  • Changes:
  • Added new 500ms option for overlay duration
  • Added show Task View on Desktop Number click feature

New in Windows Virtual Desktop Helper 1.8 (Jan 4, 2023)

  • Changes:
  • Improved fallback attempts to other Windows APIs if initial guess doesn't work
  • Fixes:
  • Support Windows 11 Insider builds

New in Windows Virtual Desktop Helper 1.7 (Dec 21, 2022)

  • Features:
  • Show desktop number in notification area
  • Show desktop name when switching desktops
  • Show prev/next desktop by clicking icons in notification area
  • Autostart with Windows
  • Simple and lightweight
  • Configurable
  • Free
  • Changes:
  • Notification display is click-through
  • Fallback system which tries all virtual desktop API implementations if the best guess fails
  • Fixes:
  • Prevent crashes on failed desktop information updates

New in Windows Virtual Desktop Helper 1.6 (Dec 6, 2022)

  • Features:
  • Show desktop number in notification area
  • Show desktop name when switching desktops
  • Show prev/next desktop by clicking icons in notification area
  • Autostart with Windows
  • Simple and lightweight
  • Configurable
  • Free
  • Changes:
  • Allow custom positions for overlay (9 different positions)