How to open a file or an application on a virtual Windows 10 Desktop?

Finally, Microsoft has also added Virtual Desktop feature (Virtual Desktop) on Windows version 10. Virtual Desktop (Virtual Desktop) is one of the extremely useful features, this feature helps users to open multiple applications. Use on many different Desktop screens.

If you want to open a file or program on a virtual Desktop, you can use Task View to create a new Desktop, then switch between Desktops and open the files and programs you want to open in the virtual Desktop.

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However, the simplest way to open files or programs on Virtual Desktop is to use the free tool to add these options to the context menu (context menu).

Download Vdesk to your computer and store it in any folder on your hard drive. With Vdesk you do not need to install like other traditional programs, do not need to double-click the file to run the program, just save the file in a safe location (where the file cannot be deleted), and Use commands to add context menus.

Download Vdesk and save it here.

Open File Explorer and navigate to the folder where you store the file Vdesk.exe. Right-click the file and select Open command windows here .

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To add an option to open a virtual Desktop file or folder into the context menu (menu context), enter the following command into the Command Prompt window and press Enter:

vdesk -install

Click the X icon in the top right corner of the Command Promt window to close the window.

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To open a file or a program on a virtual Desktop, right-click the file's .exe file, program, or program shortcut you want to open, select Open in new virtual desktop .

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Now a virtual Desktop is created, and you can select the file or program to open in the virtual Desktop.

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To remove the Open in new virtual desktop option on the context menu (menu context), take the same steps to open the Command Prompt window, then enter the following command into the Command Prompt window and press Enter :

-uninstall vdesk

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In addition, you can choose to open a specific file or program on the Virtual Desktop when Windows starts. For example, you can open a text file on Notepad every time you log in to Windows to save the log.

Vdesk is a command line tool, so you can create a batch file (the text file with the extension .bat) that Vdesk runs automatically with the appropriate commands when Windows starts.

Such as:

vdesk "C: UsersLoriDocumentsMy WorkMyLog.txt"

Make sure you have entered the correct path of the text file you want to open. Also do not enter "notepad" after "vdesk". Doing so will open a new Notepad, open a blank text file instead of a specific file.

Simply enter the full path of the text file after the "vdesk" command to open the text file on the default text editor.

If you use the "vdesk" command without the full path above, you will have to create a full path to the vdesk.exe file on the Path system variable.

If you do not want to add a path to the Path system variable, make sure that you have entered the full path to the vdesk.exe file on the Batch file.

Vdesk can be used with batch files to automatically set up virtual Desktops to open files and programs you use every day when you start Windows.

Alternatively, you can use Vdesk to open specific virtual desktops without opening specific files or programs on the virtual desktop. For example, you can use the following command to open 3 virtual Desktops:

vdesk 3

Refer to some of the following articles:

1. How to use Virtual Desktop on Windows 10?

1. How to re-activate Windows 10 after changing the hardware?

1. Instructions to reset Windows 10 password without using the 3rd tool

Good luck!