🖥️ NoBS Desktop Organizer

A no-bullshit Windows workspace and desktop layout manager.
Launch apps. Restore layouts. Stay out of your way. No bullshit, just organization.

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NoBS Desktop Organizer is a lightweight Windows 10/11 desktop workspace manager that launches applications, tracks their windows, and remembers their size and position — without locking your desktop or fighting user input.

This is not a tiling window manager.
This is not an overlay-based gimmick.
This is a tool built for people who want their desktop to behave consistently without losing control.

No bullshit.

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🧩 Features

• ✅ Profile-based desktop layouts
• ✅ App launch sequencing
• ✅ Live window tracking
• ✅ Wallpaper change per profile
• ✅ Volume adjust per profile
• ✅ Select & apply profiles to virtual desktops
• ✅ PID & HWND persistence
• ✅ Electron / UWP friendly
• ✅ Tray icon support
• ✅ Tray-icon context menu with full controls
• ✅ Read current windows upon profile creation
• ✅ Kill-on-switch support
• ✅ Launch delay per app
• ✅ Wait-for-stable-window option
• ✅ No forced window locking
• ✅ Updates layout when you move windows
• ✅ Hotkey-based profile switching
• ✅ Per-app “force loading apps for X seconds”
• ✅ Portable build w/ logging & profile system
• ✅ Suggested apps tab
• ✅ Force reposition of apps from disabled displays
• ✅ Online/Offline status per profile
• ✅ Fresh reload of apps to last task's coordinates

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❓ Why NoBS Desktop Organizer Exists

Most Windows “workspace” or “window manager” tools fall into one of two categories:

• Too weak – only launch apps, no real tracking, no recovery
• Too aggressive – constantly force windows back into place, break Electron apps, and ignore user movement

NoBS Desktop Organizer sits in the middle — intentionally.

• Launches apps when you want
• Watches windows after launch
• Learns when you move or resize them
• Updates the saved layout instead of fighting you

You move it.
It remembers.
It shuts the hell up.

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🧠 Core Concepts

📦 Workspace Profiles

A Workspace Profile is a saved desktop setup containing:

• A list of applications
• Their window size and position
• Runtime behavior flags (kill on switch, wait for stability, etc.)

Switch profiles → desktop reorganizes itself.

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🚀 Application Launching

When you apply a profile:

1. Existing windows are minimized
2. Selected apps are optionally terminated (if flagged)
3. Apps are launched in sequence
4. Windows are detected once they actually exist (important for Electron/UWP)
5. Positions are restored once, not permanently locked

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👀 Live Window Monitoring (The Important Part)

Instead of blindly forcing positions, NoBS:

• Monitors the app’s actual window
• Detects:
  • Window recreation (Electron apps do this constantly)
  • Size changes
  • Style changes
• Updates the profile when you move or resize the window

Result:
You can drag, resize, maximize, snap — and NoBS adapts instead of snapping it back.

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⚙️ How It Works (Under the Hood)

• Uses native Win32 window detection
• Tracks:
  • Process ID (PID)
  • Window Handle (HWND)
  • Window bounds
  • Window styles
• Detects when apps:
  • Recreate their window
  • Delay window creation
  • Change styles after launch
• Handles:
  • Classic Win32 apps
  • Electron apps
  • UWP apps (as much as Windows allows)

No polling nonsense.
No global hooks.
No overlays.

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🖱️ UI Philosophy

• Simple
• Clear
• Status-driven
• Tray-friendly

Live indicators show:

• Not Running
• Launching
• Running
• Failed

Switch profiles, switch views, come back later — status stays accurate.

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🆚 Why It’s Better Than Other Tools

Feature	NoBS	Most Tools
Window recreation detection	✅	❌
Electron-friendly	✅	❌
Lets user move windows freely	✅	❌
Profile-based workflows	✅	⚠️
No overlays / tiling	✅	❌
Lightweight	✅	❌

Most tools treat the desktop like a chessboard.
NoBS treats it like a workspace.

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🛠️ Built With

• C#
• WinForms
• Native Win32 APIs
• Zero external dependencies
• Designed for Windows 10 & 11

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🧪 Current Status

Stable, actively developed

The core system is solid and already handles:

• App launching
• Window tracking
• Profile switching
• Real-time updates

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🔮 Planned / WIP Features

These are actively planned and designed — not vaporware.

• 🔜 Smarter stability detection for slow Electron apps
• 🔜 Export / import profiles
• 🔜 UI polish and animations

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🧠 Philosophy (TL;DR)

• The desktop belongs to you
• Software should adapt, not dominate
• If you move a window, that’s intentional
• Tools should help — not nag

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NoBS Desktop Organizer
Because your desktop doesn't need to deal with bullshit