I was thinking one of those might be the source of the unknown desktops. I have a hard enough time dealing with a single desktop. Don EddieB wrote: > Don, > > I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're looking for. There is a theme > manager built into Windows. There are many utilities out there to extend > that functionality, like the infamous Stardock WindowBlinds. Stardock has > several products to customize Windows. There are several others, but I > can't think of their names right now. > > I'm not sure if those things are what you are talking about, or if you're > talking about virtual desktops, where you can run programs on different > virtual desktops and switch between them easily. There are several of those > also. I read about one recently that uses a 3D workspace. Ah, here it is, > a program called Deskspace at http://www.otakusoftware.com/deskspace/. > > Now that I re-read your message I'm thinking you are most likely talking > about the virtual desktops. I haven't used one in a long time, but I can > see what I can dig up. Do you want one with just the basic functionality of > a tray icon that lets you switch easily and have different wallpaper? Or > would you be interested in more functionality? Here are a few I see from a > quick search: > > VirtuaWin - The Virtual Desktop Manager for Windows (up to 9)(free) > http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/ > > WinXP PowerToys - Virtual Desktop Manager (up to 4)(free) > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx > > Vista/XP Virtual Desktop Manager (infinite)(looks free) > (this one looks interesting... I'll have to play with it) > http://www.codeplex.com/vdm > > This is not what you want, but interesting: > http://www.virtualdesktop.org/ > > Some downloads from cnet: > http://download.cnet.com/windows/virtual-desktop-managers/ > > Ed > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------