>>Searching for a program capable of managing multiple desktops, I found a freeware called MultiDesk. It works great in Windows XP, despite the fact that it is marked as "Beta", and was not tested with Windows XP, according to the author.
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>>The idea is that those people who are crazy enough to open many, many windows at a time, may like to organize the windows into different "desktops". Once a particular desktop is selected, all other windows are hidden. Any window is assigned to one desktop; it is also possible to have "global" windows, which appear in all desktops.
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>>If you want to try it, it can be found at www.download.com.
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>>The size is impressive - 90 KB.
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>IIRC Michael Asherman offers some sort of desktop manager he calls Montage. Haven't tried it though.

I use it, though only for 'managing' IE windows, and i couldn't live without it. I know he has features for non-IE too and suspect that it is very useful for people with this sort of problem. BUT... they have to want to manage their desktops in the first place < s >
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