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Releases: dankrusi/WindowsVirtualDesktopHelper

v2.0

25 Oct 15:01

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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
  • Custom hot keys for virtual desktop actions
  • Autostart with Windows
  • Simple and lightweight
  • Fully configurable
  • Free

Fixes

  • Improvements to last focused window detection and restoration

Changes

  • Setup and EXE are now code-signed!
  • New powerful configuration system with lots of new configuration options via the config file or command line
  • Support theming of icons (fonts, colors)
  • Support theming of overlays (fonts, colors)
  • Custom hotkeys can now be defined in the configuration file to run various actions

Note: configuration from previous versions are not migrated - sorry!

v1.17

14 Oct 09:42

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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

  • Support Windows 11 23H2 2921
  • Minor typos

Changes

  • Show hide prev/next icon based on current index
  • Automatically grab focus on last focused window when switching desktop

v1.16

29 Jan 07:28

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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)

v1.15

20 Oct 08:40

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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

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

v1.14

25 Aug 08:07

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v1.14

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

Fixes

  • Windows 11 23H2 fix switch desktop with arrow icons

v1.13

24 Aug 07:55

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v1.13

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

  • Switch desktop with arrow icons fallback mechanism to use shortcut keys (CTRL+WIN+LEFT/RIGHT) if the API fails

v1.12

23 Aug 11:07
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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 Windows Insider 11.226x1.2050

v1.11

10 Jul 06:44

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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

v1.10

20 Jan 12:38

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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)

v1.9

11 Jan 09:15

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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