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)