How to use Windows 10 Task View and Virtual Desktops

One of my favorite features on Windows 10 Technical Preview is task view. By swiping from the left side of the screen, I can see all the open apps and quickly switch as needed. Windows 10 goes a step further with virtual desktops. This lets you group apps in multiple desktops. For example, you can place Outlook, Twitter, and the web browser in one desktop, while you have Netflix in another desktop. The organization is up to you.

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[TheBlackstarrt]

Whats the gain from using a virtual desktop instead of just viewing different tabs?

[khqa]

just came across this powerful feature when i accidentally click on win+tab . thanks for the video!

[collincronberg]

sorry for the dumb question? how do i get out of task view just so i can view my desktop

[BrianMarcWhittaker]

Thank you. I appreciate the multiple desktops. It's a Mac feature that I'm glad made it's way to Windows.

[YaronRosen]

something really annoying is when u switch to another desktop, and sometimes you open a folder that was open in another desktop, it switches back to the previous desktop, that is really annoying, can this be fixed somehow?

[ShadowBorneAssassin]

I noticed from some of the comments that this has got to be a few years old but I just started using a Nextbook with Windows 10 & while using the arrow to move around the screen & sometimes the screen will go into the task view screen even if I only have been on 1 site can you give me a tip to make it stop doing that .

[ChibiAlly]

How do you get your icons to appear on one desk top while other icons appear on another?

Not necessarily open windows appearing on one verses another.

[AndiSkater]

How do you snap Apps in Windows 10?
I have installed Windows 10 in a virtual machine and un tablet mode there is no way to snap apps like is was in Windows 8.
I expected to be able to drag the scaled down windows in task view to the left or right, but that does not seem to work.

Could you show how multitasking and snapping up to 3 apps works on the surface pro 3 in Windows 10?

[joedoe]

what if i want to have 2 different wallpapers like in MAC OS

[roachdoggjr]

Is there any way to remote an icon or something from one desktop butt not from the other

[crocc]

Can you show/tell us if it works fine when you have 2nd monitor connected to pc? No visual bugs etc?

[waynemv]

Is there a way to move windows between desktops on a system that only has a keyboard?

(I've many times ran across situations where there is no mouse, trackpad, or touchscreen available. This can be the case on servers, and on machines where hardware or driver issues are temporarily preventing USB devices from working. But also, the keyboard is often simply faster and easier than having to take one's hand off the keys to reach for a pointing device.)

[dris]

Very cool. This has been around on Macs for years now. I think it's better on OS X but still, very welcome.

[BuzzedLightYears]

Liking everything I've seen so far for windows 10! Can't wait for the final release!

[smqiu]

How about touch pad on keyboard? Can it do multitasking view by swipe?

[DMDude]

learned something new about windows 10, the different desktops is awesome!

[ebsalonga]

I still don't get the reason behind having multiple desktops. Is this the future of multitasking?

[isaacdrake]

What device are you using in the video

[yannguerin]

THANK YOU :D I don't have a touch screen and was looking for the keyboard shortcut !!

[DeepakKumar-yxdg]

my desktop has gone somewhere was trying out task view and it disappeared. ....I can only access my desktop icons through "this pc"....please help me out