I like a tidy desktop. Spartan, even. Usually this means 3-4 icons, tastefully placed and theme appropriate, one being a folder with all sorts of other shortcuts in it.
But as I was shoving my "etc" folder into the corner and trying to find a nice folded page icon to make it look like there was something under the desktop, it occurred to me...COULD something be put "under" the desktop?
I'm not really talking multiple monitors or folders or anything, but is there actually any way to have your wallpaper and desktop shortcuts (with desktop position data intact) changed with the click of a button? And then changed back with another? In a sense like changing users, but without logging in and out or having separate users, really much more rudimentary than that.
The reason for this would essentially be to have my work desktop and personal desktop just a click away from each other for when I need a quick break. No closing of programs or halting of processes, just a quick little change to perk me up mentally.
I tried searching for something like this, but my google-fu is weak and couldn't penetrate the pages upon pages of tutorials for multiple monitors or changing wallpapers. It might even be a job of a gadget, I'm not sure...but I figured if there was any place people might know something like this, it'd be here.
Even if something like this doesn't exist, knowing how many "change desktop daily" sorts of things there are I'm sure this can't be prohibitively difficult, right? If this didn't exist already, how might it be done?
EDIT: How embarrassing, I found a solution right after I posted this. Virtual Desktops and any application that manages them should very easily have the capability to handle this; they're not solely for multiple monitors like I thought.
But as I was shoving my "etc" folder into the corner and trying to find a nice folded page icon to make it look like there was something under the desktop, it occurred to me...COULD something be put "under" the desktop?
I'm not really talking multiple monitors or folders or anything, but is there actually any way to have your wallpaper and desktop shortcuts (with desktop position data intact) changed with the click of a button? And then changed back with another? In a sense like changing users, but without logging in and out or having separate users, really much more rudimentary than that.
The reason for this would essentially be to have my work desktop and personal desktop just a click away from each other for when I need a quick break. No closing of programs or halting of processes, just a quick little change to perk me up mentally.
I tried searching for something like this, but my google-fu is weak and couldn't penetrate the pages upon pages of tutorials for multiple monitors or changing wallpapers. It might even be a job of a gadget, I'm not sure...but I figured if there was any place people might know something like this, it'd be here.
Even if something like this doesn't exist, knowing how many "change desktop daily" sorts of things there are I'm sure this can't be prohibitively difficult, right? If this didn't exist already, how might it be done?
EDIT: How embarrassing, I found a solution right after I posted this. Virtual Desktops and any application that manages them should very easily have the capability to handle this; they're not solely for multiple monitors like I thought.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bitIntel Core i7 960Kingston DDR3 2gb x3GeForce 210
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- N/A
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 960
- Motherboard
- GA-X58A-UD3R
- Memory
- Kingston DDR3 2gb x3
- Graphics Card(s)
- GeForce 210
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ViewSonic VA2012wb 20.1" LCD Monitor
- Hard Drives
- Seagate 2tb ST2000DL003
- PSU
- Rosewill 700w
- Case
- Antec Three Hundred Mid Tower ATX
- Cooling
- Air