VirtuaWin Portable 4.4 has been released. VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager that allows you to have up to 9 independent virtual desktops with independent application windows open. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.
Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.
Features
VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows . A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called 'workspaces'). Virtual desktops are very common in Unix/Linux, and once you get accustomed to using them, they become an essential part of a productive workflow. You can configure as 1 to 9 independent desktops and switch between them with a hotkey (CTRL-ALT-ARROWS by default) or menus.
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
VirtuaWin Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.
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VirtuaWin Portable is available for immediate download from the VirtuaWin Portable homepage. Get it today!
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Comments
Overwrote old preferences
It looks like installing the new version (4.4) via the App Update feature when PA first starts up overwrites the previously saved settings. I had to recreate my desktop grid (5x1 instead of 2x2) and my keyboard shortcuts.
Edit: When submitting my comment above, it also wouldn't let me submit at first saying that I had triggered the spam filter. The only thing I changed was in the last sentence, I had "needed" instead of "had". Weird.
Shouldn't
The installer doesn't overwrite anything except what is in the app directory. Nothing except the app should be there unless you accidentally run ViruaWin.exe directly or set it to run at Windows startup. In which case it will happen with every upgrade. Be sure you are only running VirtuaWinPortable.exe.
Running processes
Hello,
I'm having a a little issue.
Usually, when I run any program from PortableApps, I can find in Task Manager TWO processes:
- [app].exe (the program itself)
- [app]Portable.exe (the launcher)
For VirtuaWinPortable I can see only the first, while there is no trace of the running launcher:
Why is it? Is there any possibility to have it running? I need it for a script running on my pc, which launches the startup programs and checks if they are running.
Thanks, Marco
Not just VirtuaWin
Some apps (including VirtuaWin, I also know dotNETInspector is the same and there are others) do not require any cleaning up after the app has run, so the Launcher runs, launches the associated app, then closes.
If you absolutely need the Launcher running, open the .ini file in <app directory>\App\AppInfo\Launcher.
Where the line is that says
WaitForProgram=false, you can either delete the line, change false to true, or comment out the line with a #.Wow !!1 Thanks !!!! Marco
Wow !!1
Thanks !!!!
Marco