[Shohei Yamada’s Re: config.sys]Short the strap and install it outside your Watch

Large Desktops, Small Desktops, Multiple Desktops, Single Desktops, Virtual Desktops. Everyone has a different environment, such as the number and size of screens, but a computer desktop is a valuable property for everyone. I want to increase productivity without wasting even a point.

Manage apps that don’t rely too much on taskbar buttons

The Windows taskbar is surrounded by buttons to open applications. It does not matter whether the application is already running or not. You can pin the apps you use often and arrange them side by side, and when you start them up, you can see that they are running using a bowl at the bottom of the button. In short, it is a radio button-like GUI that tells you whether the taskbar button is pressed or not. If you hover your mouse pointer over the pressed button, the thumbnail of the opened window will also be displayed. Also, the apps that are open in other ways will be added as buttons, and if you close the app, the unpinned buttons will disappear. In other words, the application buttons on the taskbar are

• Unlimited install app
• Install app launched
• Uninstalled apps launched

3 types mixed.

The length of the taskbar depends on the length of the bottom of the desktop. If you collect a lot of buttons, it will be difficult to use them. If you open a lot of programs and the number of buttons exceeds the length of the bar, you won’t be able to access it since Windows 11. So be careful with the pin buttons on the taskbar.

Frequently used applications may be pinned, but the taskbar is short. You may want to consider uninstalling unnecessary things completely and pinning them directly to your Start Menu.

The idea of ​​Windows Tasks has been given a weird direction by displaying buttons on the taskbar with a mix of running and non-launched applications. This is probably due to the behavior of the outdated Store app, the so-called closing does not necessarily mean closing.

Also, in the application,

• Application to open a file
• Applications that do not open files

there. This is not the time when opening a file means monopolizing that file as before. Therefore, it does not make sense to think that the application has started or not. If it doesn’t start, start. not more than that.

Anyway, on a desktop where you have many applications open and running at the same time, it is very difficult to just rely on the taskbar to see which applications are open. There are many unique functions of the taskbar, so consider managing tasks in progress while making good use of them.

To switch tasks successfully, switch by desktop

There are several ways to see which applications are open on the Windows desktop. There are the following three types as typical types.

1. The task of switching the thumbnail displayed by Alt + Tab
2. The task view is displayed by clicking Windows + Tab or the System button on the taskbar.
3. The task manager task list is opened by Ctrl + Shift + Esc

Regarding 1 and 2, Windows seems to be thinking about how to deal with it, and it’s not clear what will happen in the future. Also, for 3, switching between detailed view and simple view is annoying. For now, it seems safe to get used to deploying Windows + Tab. You can also manage your virtual desktops here, so you can see what’s going on in a more integrated way.

The window that the app opens varies depending on what you want it to look like. Specifically, because the content is updated from time to time, there are some things I want you to get somewhere in the field of view and still be displayed, and some that don’t. Since the size of the desktop is limited, the window you want to always display and the window you only want to use at that time will compete for the desktop.

Virtual desktops present a challenge to extend your limited desktop space through appearance alone. It is not always visible, but can be immediately summoned by operating a switch or pointing device. For example, Ctrl + Windows + Left / Right arrow keys are shortcuts for switching to another desktop. With this shortcut, you can see your desktop as if you were looking at another screen next to you.

In fact, it’s easy to manage from the screen Windows + Tab displays, and you can switch desktops here. To turn on the mouse, you can click on the task view button displayed to the right of the Windows button. As for how to use it, by arranging the application windows so that it is easy to use and switching the desktop, it becomes an image as if you are replacing multiple computers.

Personally, I think it’s a good idea to fix regular apps that you always want to see as a background-like environment for every desktop you add.

First, arrange the application windows that you always want to display on the first desktop so that they are easy to see. For example, arrange the Mail app and TweetDeck horizontally in a quick layout.

Let’s say you opened the browser as a third window in this case. The email app and TweetDeck windows you want to see all the time are probably pushed behind your browser window. If you maximize the browser window, it will be completely invisible.

What happens on the desktop when the Mail app is called up from the task view? The Mail app window might be halfway above the browser window, and the TweetDeck window might still be hidden behind the browser. It’s complicated anyway.

So, in the Task View screen, right-click on the Mail app and the TweetDeck app, and select “Show this app window on all desktops (Show this window on all desktops)” from the shortcut menu. Regular applications line up on your virtual desktop as normal. Adding a new virtual desktop will add the usual desktop with the app open and its window.

This way, if you swap out one crowded desktop for another, you can create your usual desktop environment. So to speak, it is a typical desktop model, wallpaper made by an application. If you can use the wide desktop freely, you may not care too much, but in order to take full advantage of the laptop’s built-in single screen, I like to challenge the different methods.

If we could add monitors with a small investment, we wouldn’t have to work hard to acquire these skills, but I’ve heard that there are many workplaces where the cost to invest in IT is the minimum necessary. I wonder if that’s really good, but reality can only be accepted as fact.