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- Demonstration of the CreateDesktop and SwitchDesktop Functions
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- SUMMARY
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- The SWITCHER tool allows you to manage multiple desktops. Invoking SWITCHER
- creates or opens a number of desktops and allows you to switch between them
- with the click of a button.
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- MORE INFORMATION
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- Usage
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- switcher [-t numthreads]
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- numthreads: The number of desktops you wish to manage. The maximum is 15.
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- A small viewport to each desktop appears in the client area. To switch to a
- particular desktop, right-click its viewport. To temporarily enlarge the
- view of the desktop, left-click it. A preview window will appear on the left
- side of your screen until you release the button.
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- To invoke an application on a desktop, enter its name in the edit control
- and hit Enter or click the Run Me button. If you exit SWITCHER then restart,
- applications you invoked on other desktops should still be running. To add
- another desktop, click the New Desktop button.
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- Note: You can run Program Manager, File Manager, or the Windows Explorer on
- any desktop. Each instance of these execute applications on the proper
- desktop.
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