Comments on: Virtual Dimension: A free desktop manager for Windows

By: analogAI

analogAI — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:44:33 +0000

Virtual Dimension doesn’t consume much memory, currently taking less than 5MB on my system… highly recommend it over other multiple-desktop managers. No need to squint and see desktop thumbnails since it’s fast flipping through and to the actual desktop you want to work with. Works great with multiple monitors too!

By: Josh Dunlavy

Josh Dunlavy — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:34:42 +0000

I’m late to this post (several years late!), but the Microsoft Desktop Manager doesn’t *work.* Sometimes, when an application did some work and stole some CPU cycles (like an update check or refreshing an opened file that’s been modified on the file system), the application would relocate to the active desktop. Having self-moving crap became irritating and counterproductive after awhile, and because of this broken behavior, I ended up choosing the vastly superior Virtual Dimension. I think development on Virtual Dimension is dead, though. It would be nice if it got an update.

By: Howard

Howard — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:07:09 +0000

I just started using this. You can use the configuration tool and click “display” then choose a color. The active desktop color is different than the rest and you can use the “aways on top” simultaneously to see which is active.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:02:47 +0000

Hi Soeren. Thanks for the hint. I used Microsoft’s desktop manager for a while, but then uninstalled it. I can't remember what I dislike about it. I think, it was the slow preview function. It certainly has less features than Virtual Dimension.

By: Soeren P

Soeren P — Wed, 10 May 2006 15:38:10 +0000

Why dont you try Microsofts own Virtual Desktop Manager?"Manage up to four desktops from the Windows taskbar with this PowerToy."it’s a little simple but it’s ok for what it is… http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx