A Desktop of Your Own

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re: A Desktop of Your Own

Chris Jackson - MSFT — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:00:51 GMT

nbaskar1983-

Erm ... don't switch to a separate desktop? Architecturally, the only desktop where the DWM operates (today - not sure if/when this will change) is the default desktop.

Thanks,

Chris

re: A Desktop of Your Own

nbaskar1983 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:53:13 GMT

Thanks for replay chris

Any other solution for this.

re: A Desktop of Your Own

Chris Jackson - MSFT — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:26:07 GMT

Hi nbaskar1983,

Above, I reference the lack of DWM in additional desktops: "However, the desktop window manager (DWM) only runs on the primary desktop, so you won't be able to use Glass on any additional desktops you create."

Unfortunately, Flip 3D is implemented by the DWM, so that's gone also.

Thanks,

Chris

re: A Desktop of Your Own

nbaskar1983 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:51:51 GMT

i created new desktop using CreateDesktop API,then i move to that desktop using SwitchDesktop API.

here i couldnt able to access Flip 3D (Windows key+Tab) .what is the solution Chris.

Multiple Desktop Resources

Noticias externas — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:09:01 GMT

I've been exploring using multiple desktops in Windows and found some great resources online: Chris

Multiple Desktop Resources

Projections — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:53:07 GMT

I've been exploring using multiple desktops in Windows and found some great resources online: Chris Jackson

re: A Desktop of Your Own

Chris Jackson - MSFT — Wed, 02 May 2007 16:39:49 GMT

I am not aware of any plans, but we are still fairly early on in the planning process. If you have a scenario or scenarios (the more details, the better - including the name of your org helps as well) feel free to send them to me via the email me link, and I will make sure that feedback gets into consideration for future releases.

re: A Desktop of Your Own

Alex Khristov — Wed, 02 May 2007 11:34:58 GMT

Hey Chris,

Do you know if there are any plans on making DWM support multiple desktops in future releases of Windows? Thanks. :-)

Alex.

re: A Desktop of Your Own

Chris Jackson - MSFT — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:51:45 GMT

Richard, that is not something I have experimented with, so unfortunately I don't have a lot of information to help you here. I don't see any way to specify the device; there is an lpszDevice argument, but it is reserved and must be NULL.

If you want to secure access to your desktop, you can provide a security descriptor in an argument to CreateDesktop(Ex), but it's going to be difficult to keep processes from calling EnumDesktops and then calling OpenDesktop if other processes are running with the same credentials as yours are (unless you get creative).