Questions tagged [virtual-desktop]
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How to use the IVirtualDesktopManager interface in C++/Win32
I need to search for maximized windows from Win32 (by using EnumWindows) but I also want to filter for windows which are on the current virtual desktop. On MSDN, I found a page about the IVirtualDesktopManager interface but there seems to be no…

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Persistent window across multiple windows 10 virtual desktops?
I have C# WPF program with multiple windows. I've added support for windows 10 desktops, but the users would like some windows to stay on the screen when moving between desktops.
For example if window A is opened on the first desktop and they flip…

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A window with no taskbar icon, no appearance in Alt-Tab and *without* using the ToolWindow extended style
I have a problem that appears to be new to Windows 10.
I want to create a form that is visible to the user, but with no task bar icon and that does not appear in Alt+Tab.
This is perfectly doable if one is happy to sacrifice the normal styling of a…

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Allow RDP or VNC behind an active window, or to a non-input desktop
First a little background info on the problem:
My kiosk application must block user access to the computer by putting up a full screen image blocking all windows and the desktop. Users must not be able to get around this block. I can easily do…

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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…

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Windows 10 - programmatically start up a program in another desktop
Windows 10 has the option for multiple desktops. You can easily switch between them with ctrl + win + left or right arrow.
We can also start programs at boot by placing them into start up folder.
I want to start a program (that is placed in the…

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How to implement Windows 10 IVirtualDesktopManager interface in Python?
I'm trying to implement IVirtualDesktopManager interface (and hopefully IVirtualDesktopManagerInternal afterward) in Python based on this SO answer, but I'm stuck.
Edit: I want a working example in Python that will at least lead me to the…

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win api and c# - desktops
Okay, so I found this class online that "creates" a second desktop which does not run anything (ie, explorer.exe is not called and so forth).
However, this newly created desktop refuses to shutdown and go back to the orignal desktop. I have no idea…

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Citrix font errors on Fedora 13/14
I need to run Citrix Receiver on Fedora 13 to connect into a corporate VPN. I had it running originally on Fedora13, but after some previous update some time ago in the past, Citrix stopped working. Now, when opening the application, the dialogue…

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Identifying/Setting a JFrame's virtual desktop workspace
I want to simulate a Windows-Snap feature for my application for Linux working under multiple-monitor setups and virtual-desktop setups. Why? I just do, for kicks. If it comes down to it I can use some native C++ code in Linux to achieve this also,…

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How To CaptureScreen at Virtual Desktop?
I run test program windows8 or 7 64/32bit
but i can't capture screen when running virtual desktop
here is my code
hwnd h1 = createwindows(....) or dialog.. //if this line remove capture code works fine
hDesktopCurrent = NULL;
hOriginalInput =…

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Microsoft Azure AD Connect Provisioning Agent error 5
I am getting this error. How I going to solve this. Some configurations are disabled and inactive. Please help me. Thank you.
Also when connecting the Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect Provisioning Agent Configuration. Its say that error.…

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Get the count of currently active windows in the current Activity and Virtual Desktop?
There is a bug in KDE Activities where windows do not get focused and this requires to press Alt+Tab to switch to the last active window.
I want to count the number of the windows to press only when there is some, I tried
xdotool search…

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Qt: Switching 'virtual desktops' on linux makes the multimediawidgets/videographicsitem example, stop displaying the video
If you've got the Qt 5.12.8 (the version that ships with Ubuntu 20.04) examples installed + built, start playing a video with it, switch virtual desktops and the video stops (you can't hear it). Come back, and the widget is white, in some sense it…

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Failed to remove VDI assignment
I am working on a script which deals with leavers, and as part of it, it should remove the Virtual Desktop Assignment of the user. The script is executed from a remote server, and in this part it should "ask" the connection broker server to remove…

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