Actual Virtual Desktops versions

Program to create and customize multiple desktops, as in Linux
8.9
Jul 30, 2016
Review
8.8
May 6, 2016
8.7
Feb 13, 2016
Review
8.6
Oct 20, 2015
Review
8.5
Sep 3, 2015
Review
8.4
Jun 2, 2015
8.2
Oct 27, 2014
Review
8.1
Oct 22, 2020
Review
8.0
Aug 24, 2013
4.5
Mar 30, 2013
4.4
Jan 5, 2013
Review
4.0
Mar 17, 2012
Review
3.2
Oct 29, 2011
Review
3.1
Aug 7, 2011
Review
3.0
May 3, 2011
May 2, 2011
2.5
Feb 12, 2011
Editorial review
rating
2.4
Nov 25, 2010
2.3
Aug 8, 2010
2.2
Jun 5, 2010
2.1
Mar 5, 2010
2.0
Aug 21, 2009
1.2
Apr 16, 2009
1.1
Dec 3, 2008
Review

What's new

v8.9 [Jul 30, 2016]
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Actual Virtual Desktops 8.8.2 (06.05.2016)
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[*] 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.
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Actual Virtual Desktops 8.8.1 (29.04.2016)
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[!] Windows 10: False-positive SmartScreen warning about setup file corruption
is finally remedied.
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Actual Virtual Desktops 8.8 (31.03.2016)
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[!] 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.

v8.7 [Feb 13, 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.
Hotkey combinations for list operations have been unified for all list-editing panels.
Hotkeys now work in Metro apps.

v8.6 [Oct 20, 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.

v8.2 [Oct 27, 2014]
Fixed errors:
- 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.

v8.1 [Jan 28, 2014]
- Ability to specify file masks 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.

v4.4 [Jan 5, 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.).

v3.2 [Oct 29, 2011]
- Auto-scrolling of tabs in the Settings dialog is added so the active tab should remain always visible and other tabs fill the entire visible space.
- Norwegian language is added (translation provided by Stale Pedersen).

v3.1 [Aug 7, 2011]
Actual Virtual Desktops 3.1 (01.08.2011)
- 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.

v2.5 [Feb 12, 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.

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