Mutliple desktops, open a copy of app on the desktop I'm using, not in the other desktops it's in

  • Thread starter notonyourtintype
  • Start date
N

notonyourtintype

Hi everyone,


I'm using Windows 10 Enterprise and making more use of the Desktop (Task View) functionality. Maybe I'm using it counter-intuitively, but what I need are desktops organized around the people-facing tasks I do:

  • Desktop 1 is focused on work email, products, files, web pages, SharePoint elements, and such.
  • Desktop 2 is focused on a large book-writing project
  • Desktop 3 is focused on self-development, learning, and courses in a specific area I'm studying

EACH of those desktops needs to run, and have open, the "normal" set of OFFICE programs as and when I need them there. Each needs browser windows.


But... suppose I've got Excel open in Desktop 2, for example, but I had to switch to Desktop 1 and I'm working there, and I use Windows Explorer to hunt up a spreadsheet related to the work I'm doing in Desktop 1. I double-click on the .xlsx file .... and I get switched to Desktop 2, where a new instance of Excel opens (new window, new task) with the file I just double-clicked on.


What I expected and need is for that file to open right in the desktop I'm in, and not on another desktop.


The same happens with browsers. If I'm using Firefox in Desktop 1, and I move to Desktop 2 and double-click a shortcut or an embedded URL... bammo, I'm back in Desktop 1 in a new tab in Firefox there, not where I need it in Desktop 2.



I read somewhere that this "task list" view is app or task centric.


I've tried setting "show this window on all desktops" or "show windows from this app on all desktops," but what I want is a "show windows from this app on the desktop that they were triggered or invoked on, without disturbing what's on the other desktops."



Help?

Continue reading...
 
Back
Top Bottom