To move between desktops: press Windows, CTRL and Left key together or press Windows, CTRL and Right key. When you will close the virtual desktop, any running application will move to your primary desktop. To remove a desktop, open Task View and click on Close button located at upper right side of the virtual desktop. To start, click on New desktop button or press Windows+ Ctrl and D key together to get one. Windows 10 gives you a leverage of creating n number of desktops. You can move the mouse over it to check which apps are running in a virtual environment. If you are working on more than one desktop, a preview will show in the list. When the Task View is open, you can see virtual desktop on the top of the screen. To access virtual desktops, click Task View button from taskbar or press Windows and tab key. This works when you want to keep your personal tasks separate from work tasks or when you multitask between different activities. With the help of this feature, you get to create multiple environments and, on each environment, each can used to run different applications while focusing on a project. Virtual desktop on Windows 10 is a feature in Task view designed to help you manage related activities into groups. If you have pressed ALT and tab, you need to keep pressing to reach a particular application. However, the latter shows a list of applications running irrespective of the virtual desktop they are running on. Though there is a difference when you press Windows key and tab key or Alt and tab key as the former only shows the apps running on a desktop along with the options to manage virtual desktops and timeline activities listed. The reason for two options available is virtual desktop.

You can press Windows and tab together or press ALT and tab together to see the apps running. You can also move the app across virtual screen or close the app altogether. Now right click and get the context menu of app and get options to perform tasks such as change app’s position.

In Task view, you will get applications running displayed on middle of the screen and you can switch from window to another. How to work with Task View on Windows 10? Note: if you are not able to locate the button, right click on the Taskbar and choose Show task view.

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