Virtual Desktops have finally made its way over to the lush, expansive meadow that is Windows 10, providing a lauded productivity and organizational tool for anyone willing to use it. The idea is to segment programs into different desktops and switch to them on the fly, rather than display all open programs and windows in a single, traditional desktop. This may seem tedious at first, but after only a short time you will find yourself using virtual desktops with ease!
Say you have a word document you’re going to be working on for an extended period of time, and it requires continuously referencing a spreadsheet. You can create a virtual desktop environment for just these two files, meaning they will be the only windows displayed on that desktop or taskbar. This prevents needing to minimize/click/Alt+Tab your files to the front. Instead you can sort your workload onto multiple virtual desktops and scroll through them using Ctrl + Windows Key + Left/Right directional Key.
Sometimes you will want to move windows from one virtual desktop to another. This can be done by hitting Windows Key + Tab on the keyboard.
It will show you a miniaturized display of all open Windows on the current virtual desktop, and it will allow you to manipulate them. Right-clicking a program will give you the option to snap it to the left/right sides of the current screen or move the program to a new virtual desktop altogether. You can also left-click a program to pull it up outside of task view or click and drag it to a new virtual desktop.
That’s about it! Now get to virtualizing!