Save State for future use

jerryglen · 26 Jul 2022

I have several projects going in parallel and it would be great to switch between them rather than having a zillion unorganized apps running at one time.

Is there a way to store my work environment along with all the files (and preferably where they were on the screen) so that I can easily open say, 'WorkCustomer-1' and everything that was open is retrieved and I can pick up where I left off. Ideally there would be no limit to the number of projects (States) that are saved.

I have considered Virtual environments but that is rather resource intensive since it packages the OS with the environment which is not necessary for the requested functionality.

I am not looking for 'Hibernate' as that only stores one state.

file3456 · 26 Jul 2022

What I think you're looking for is something called a virtual desktop software. Here are two that look promising:

Dexpot - virtual desktop mananger

WindowsPager - organize your windows on multiple desktops

On a nerdier note.

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