How to use Windows 10's Task View and virtual desktops
Task View and virtual desktops are two powerful new Windows 10 features. Here's how to use them.

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Contributor, tech colony

16 oct, 2015

Windows 10 brings a lot of great features to the PC, but one that power users are greeting with an exasperated “finally” is virtual desktops. This longstanding productivity powerhouse has long been standard on OS X and Linux distributions. Windows has actually supported the feature for a while despite not making virtual desktops available natively, but now the feature is going mainstream as part of Windows 10. But virtual desktops are not a stand-alone feature. Instead, they're built into Windows 10’s new Task View, which is reminiscent of OS X’s Exposé feature that shows all your open windows at a glance.

Further reading: PCWorld's Windows 10 review

Windows has had something similar for years—you’ve seen it if you’ve ever used the keyboard shortcut Alt + Tab to cycle through open programs. But the Alt + Tab feature disappears as soon as you let go of the keyboard. Task View takes a different approach by showing all your open windows in a permanent view that doesn’t disappear until you dismiss it or pick a window to be in the foreground. read more...http://mytechcolony..com.ng/