How do I make multiple desktop folders?

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  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
       #1

    How do I make multiple desktop folders?


    Hi all! I was wondering if you can make multiple desktop folders so you can have one desktop with just music on the and another for games ect.

    And NO I don't mean Having multiple desktops by letting you sort windows on separate panels.

    It would be nice having multiple desktops instead of using folders on the desktop and making a mess.


    Thank you for your time!
    :)
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  2. Posts : 3,787
    win 8 32 bit
       #2

    Hello stranger. Its built into win10 but there is a tool for other windows if this is what you want Unlock Virtual Desktops on Windows 7 or 8 With This Microsoft Tool
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  3. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #3

    VirtuaWin & KvasdoPager


    I use VirtuaWin & KvasdoPager to create multiple desktops.
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  4. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    How do I make multiple desktop folders CONT.


    That is not what I meant.

    Let me show you a diagram.


    This is the basic idea


    You have in your location "C:\Users\YOURUSERNAMEinmycaseismike\Desktop"

    That is where all of the files that are on your desktop are located.

    I want to have 3 more of these folders i.e. Desktop, Desktop2, Desktop3, Desktop4

    So I can store separate files in separate places

    Not so I can organize windows into separate boxes. And yes that is helpful if you have too many windows open but I have too many files on my dtop so I want to organize without folders

    For example you have your main desktop with no files except recycle bin

    You can have another desktop with Game's Shortcuts for example BeamNG.drive or Rigs of Rods

    Then you have another desktop folder that holds temporary things

    for example I store a lot of my new downloads to my desktop so I can get to them easy but then I have a project that I want to create with Visual Basic or Unity 5 and I want to store that on my desktop. So I have to create a new folder, name it Temp or SORT THIS TEMP and cram everything into it so I have a clean space to work. And yes, I know what you're thinking now, "Well why are you so messy" or "Why don't you organize your files". Well this is because

    1. I already am organizing 20 of the 1,000,000 temp folders that I have (Side note: my temp folders are named and dated example TEMP 7/10/2017)

    2. Since I am a programmer and game developer (And player) I produce SOOOOO much stuff that I don't have time to sort all of it.



    Long complicated annoying boring story short..

    I just need more desktops

    Thank you for your help on Unlocking Virtual Desktops. I do use this but I need help on the thing(s) that I said.

    I hope you know or somebody knows how to do this.

    Thank you all for you're help and time



    PS: Since I am on sevenfourms I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit












    The end! finally.
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  5. Posts : 2
    Windows 10 Enterprise 64bit
       #5

    Sorry for necro'ing, but have you found a solution yet?


    I have always needed multiple desktop folders, and have yet to find an answer.
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  6. Posts : 191
    Windows 7 Home Premium bit
       #6

    Can you create a folder (ie La Musica!) on your C:\ drive, put all your 'music in it, & then create a shortcut to it, then drag it to your desktop? Click on it & theres all your music.

    -c-
    Last edited by cornemuse; 01 May 2019 at 13:16. Reason: feng shui
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  7. Posts : 2
    Windows 10 Enterprise 64bit
       #7

    That is NOT convenient if you only have one monitor,


    and still does not work like a desktop. the best thing you could do is create multiple user acounts, however that is inconvenient if you want to use the same files for E.G. Photoshop.
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  8. Posts : 4
    Windows 8
       #8

    Hi! I experienced the same trouble as you a couple of months ago, and this video HOW TO CREATE MULTIPLE FOLDER WITH SAME NAME - YouTube helped me a lot.
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  9. Posts : 3,615
    Win 10 x64, Linux Lite, Win 7 x64, BlackArch, & Kali
       #9

    I use Dexpot. You have to set it up correctly to use the numbed desktops.
    Dexpot
    Dexpot - Virtual Desktops on Windows - YouTube



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  10. Posts : 7
    Window 7, 32 bit
       #10

    samuria said:
    Hello stranger. Its built into win10 but there is a tool for other windows if this is what you want Unlock Virtual Desktops on Windows 7 or 8 With This Microsoft Tool
    Thank you, it really worked for me.
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