{"id":5545,"date":"2008-06-04T15:59:51","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T14:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/top-10-virtual-desktop-apps\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:30:25","slug":"top-10-virtual-desktop-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/top-10-virtual-desktop-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 virtual desktop apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/06\/virtualdesktop.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 virtual desktop apps\" align=\"left\" \/>I personally like having very few icons on my desktop, so that I can show off a nice wallpaper image and I don&#8217;t get lost among dozens of shortcuts. But I know other people have a strange tendency to collect as many desktop icons as they can, eventually running out of space.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re any of them, check out this list of virtual desktop tools and you&#8217;ll always have a few spare pixels for one more shortcut.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/virtuawin.sourceforge.net\/\">VirtuaWin Portable<\/a> &#8211; An open-source tool that lets you have up to 20 virtual desktops<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.docs.kr\/entry\/Download-Shock-4Way3D-en\">Shock 4Way 3D<\/a> &#8211; Four virtual desktops that show up in an attractive 3D environment<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cubedesktop.com\/\">CubeDesktop<\/a> &#8211; Have up to six desktops, one for each side of a 3D animated cube<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.otakusoftware.com\/deskspace\/\">Deskspace<\/a> &#8211; Another 3D virtual desktop utility for improved productivity<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windowsxp\/downloads\/powertoys\/xppowertoys.mspx\">Virtual Desktop Manager<\/a> &#8211; Multiply your desktop by four with this Microsoft powertoy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xdesksoftware.com\/xdesk.html\">XDESK<\/a> &#8211; Virtual desktop manager with some interesting extra tools<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dexpot.de\/index.php\">Dextop<\/a> &#8211; Have up to 20 virtual desktops with this easy, simple tool<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hexagora.com\/en_dw_9desks.asp\">9Desks<\/a> &#8211; A handy manager that lets you have up to 9 virtual desktops<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.managebytes.com\/\">ManageDesk<\/a> &#8211; Organize your work more effectively with 4 independent desktops<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.septimiu.ro\/products.php\">Microdesk<\/a> &#8211;  For those who really need loads of space: up to 99 virtual desktops!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I personally like having very few icons on my desktop, so that I can show off a nice wallpaper image and I don&#8217;t get lost among dozens of shortcuts. But I know other people have a strange tendency to collect as many desktop icons as they can, eventually running out of space. If you&#8217;re any &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/top-10-virtual-desktop-apps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Top 10 virtual desktop apps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-5545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336065,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5545\/revisions\/336065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5545"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=5545"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=5545"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=5545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}