Questions tagged [windows-virtual-desktop]
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Why does switching desktops with AutoHotKey make my taskbar icons highlight orange?
I am yet to find a method to switch desktops that doesn't result in the taskbar icons highlighting orange.
e.g. the following script wreaks this havoc on my taskbar
^#Right::
send, ^#{Right}
return
^#Left::
send, ^#{Left}
return
What methods are…

smdanjm
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Autohotkey Windows 10 Virtual Desktops
I have an AHK script which saves window positions.
At the moment I save Title, X, Y, Width, Height, Class, FullPath etc.
I also want to save on which Virtual Desktop they are located on.
I dont know how Windows 10 handles Virtual Desktops:
Do they…

Szilvási Dávid
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Is it possible to make VSCode remember its last used Virtual Desktops in Windows?
I usually have multiple virtual desktops in my Windows 10 machine. When Visual Studio Code restarts (e.g. upgrade), it does not remember where each instance was. All of them open in the current virtual desktop.
There is a lot of issues about it in…

neves
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Detect virtual desktop in Windows 10
In Java, is there a way to determine if my frame is on the current virtual desktop or on one that is not currently visible?
The app has some popup frames (notifications), that display and I do not want them to display unless it is on the desktop…

rcantrel
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Error while pull a windows 11 image from azure marketplace using packer
I'm trying to pull a Windows 11 image from the Azure marketplace using Packer. Below is the json template I'm using :
{
"builders": [
{
"type": "azure-arm",
"use_azure_cli_auth": true,
…

Priya Jain
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How to detect changing of a virtual desktop for a window in Windows?
I want to know how to detect changing of a virtual desktop for a window in Windows? I am working in Windows API and C++. I tried to find out which messages are published by the Windows ( by using Spy++ tools from Microsoft Visual Studio ) but as you…

Reza
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What signal can Qt Widget catch from Virtual Desktop?
I have a C++ app which pops up a QDockWidget. I want this widget to close when the user clicks outside the widget, and have achieved this using the eventFilter() to catch the event QEvent::WindowDeactivate, and call Hide().
I also need the…

Supr
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WVD - az cli sample for creating host pool, workspace and application pool
for an azure WVD deployment, I’d like to automate via az cli the creation of the following elements:
1 Host pool using a w10 image from gallery, automate the join to a domain and configure settings for remote desktop.
1 Workspace
1 Application…

nicoloverflow
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How to enumerate all the virtual desktops in Windows
I have tried the interface IVirtualDesktopManager. But it doesn't have any method that will let me get names and ids of all available virtual desktops in Windows. Is this possible?

Gautam Jain
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How to use VirtualDesktopManager interface?
I'm trying to find out if a window belongs to the current virtual desktop.
I found the VirtualDesktopManager class form the winapi, but even though it is supposed to be in the "shobjidl.h" header according to here, when I compile the code it throws…

makes-sense
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Is there a way to bind an application to a second desktop in headless mode on Windows?
I need to create virtual display as
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/desktops
or
https://github.com/henkman/virgo
But i need create display in headless mode without switching my main, run application on second desktop , and…

fsdf fdsfsd
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Trying to add delegated permission scopes defined in Azure Virtual Desktop RBAC to AAD App registration by calling Microsoft Graph API - /applications
Cannot pass delegated permission scopes related to Azure Virtual Deskltop RBAC based permissions like Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization/hostpools/*/read
defined here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/rbac
as they are not listed…

Ankur Soni
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MSI/Exe to MSIX package conversion process using pipelines
I have been looking everywhere to get some guidance on MSI/exe files to MSIX package using Azure DevOps pipelines. However, I am unable to find any information regarding that.
There are plenty of articles explaining the conversion process by using…

Nitin
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How to switch desktop to the next one like { win+ctrl+ ->} in win10?
I learn some API form here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-enumdesktopsa and access violation when switching desktops
I know how to create a virtual desktop,like Win+Ctrl+D.
However, I want to go to the next…

张大傻
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Switch between virtual desktops using Python?
How can I automate switching between virtual desktops using Python on Windows 10?

Tuor
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