Count get count of virtual desktops to pipeline (short: /c). List list all virtual desktops (short: /li). Break /Continue break (default) or continue on error (short: /b and /co). Verbose /Quiet enable verbose (default) or quiet mode (short: /v and /q).

Parameters (leading / can be omitted or - can be used instead): The result of the last command is returned as error level. The result - most of the times the number of the processed desktop - can be used as input for the next parameter. Parameters can be given as a sequence of commands. Generate:Ĭompile with Compile.bat (no visual studio needed, but obviously Windows 10 or 11) Description:Ĭommand line tool to manage the virtual desktops of Windows 10 and 11. Using Compile.bat all executables will be generated. I provide six versions of virtualdesktop.cs now: virtualdesktop11.cs is for Windows 11, virtualdesktop11-21h2.cs for Windows 11 21H2, virtualdesktopserver2022.cs is for Windows Server 2022, virtualdesktop.cs is for Windto 21H2, virtualdesktopserver2016.cs is for Windows Server 2016. With Windows 11 22H2 Microsoft did change the API (COM GUIDs) for accessing the functions for virtual desktops again. (look for a powershell version here: or here: )

renamed version for Windto Windows Server 2016.instead of a desktop name you can use LAST or *LAST* to select the last virtual desktop.new parameter /CloseWindowsOnDesktop - close windows on desktop.new parameter /MoveWindowsToDesktop - move windows on desktop to another desktop.

new parameter /ListWindowsOnDesktop - list handles of windows on desktop.

With Windows 11 Insider version again thanks to NyaMisti! C# command line tool to manage virtual desktops in Windows 10 and Windows 11

Displayfusion virtual desktop