siddhantrimal/autosetup-virtual-desktop

Command set to utilize a hacky way to start virtual desktops, with user-defined programs, using Vdesk

autosetup-virtual-desktop

Keep your batch file in %homedrive%%homepath%\start menu\programs\startup\ to start your PC with your favorite applications within virtual desktops everytime!

Command set to utilize a hacky way to start virtual desktops, with user-defined programs, using Vdesk.

created in reference to this issue

fig: Automatically create 3 virtual-desktops and, start applications (can be configured to do so much more)

Pre-requisites

• The Vdesk application
• Correctly set-up environment variables

Usage

To be noted while configuring your own

• For browser/browser-based applications (Chrome, Firefox, Slack Desktop, Skype) wrap in ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul to implement a necessary 1 second wait time.
• Do not use the noswitch:true attribute for browser/browser-based applications.
• Targeting multi-version applications that exist side-by-side on the same system is achieved with a shortcut file, when the %Path% variable is mapped out. Starting such a file exists in a different context so, context should be forwarded with start /i and waited on with the /w switch.
• Keep your batch file in %homedrive%%homepath%\start menu\programs\startup\ to start your PC with your favorite applications everytime!

Script

start /i /w vdesk create:3
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul
start /i /w vdesk on:1 run:slack
ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul
start /i /w vdesk on:2 run:devenv2015
start /i /w vdesk noswitch:true on:3 run:sublime_text
exit

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License

Standard MIT License.