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v1.1.2 — keyboard shortcuts, easier download

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@paehtz paehtz released this 22 Sep 16:58
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v1.1.2
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⬇ Download

DeskTabs-Setup-v1.1.2.exe (2.7 MB) — a normal setup wizard: pick a folder or keep the suggested one, tick autostart, done. No admin rights needed, and DeskTabs shows up in Apps & features with a proper uninstaller. An update keeps your settings, icons and time logs; uninstalling asks whether to keep them.

DeskTabs-v1.1.2.zip (0.9 MB) — the portable route: unpack it anywhere, keep the folder together and run DeskTabs.exe.

Both files are also listed under Assets at the bottom of this page. One line in PowerShell works as well:

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paehtz/DeskTabs/main/setup.ps1 | iex

Keyboard shortcuts

Jump straight to a desktop with a number key — from the number row or from the numpad, which works whether NumLock is on or off. Off by default, so DeskTabs never takes a combination from you unasked.

Turn it on in the right-click menu under Keyboard shortcuts; the menu entry shows the state at a glance ("off" or "Ctrl + Windows + 1 … 0"). The modifier is yours to build: Ctrl, Shift, Alt and Windows can be combined freely, at least one has to stay. Picking a modifier while the shortcuts are off switches them on.

Both settings live in settings.ini as [View] Hotkeys and HotkeyMod (for example ^+#) and take effect immediately, including when the file is edited from outside.

Finding the download

  • The README now opens with a download block, and every release starts with the file to grab.
  • https://github.com/paehtz/DeskTabs/releases/latest/download/DeskTabs-latest.zip is a link that always points at the newest version.

Windows may block the app

DeskTabs is not code-signed yet, and two Windows features react differently to that:

  • SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC" — click More info → Run anyway.
  • Smart App Control blocks the executable with no way to allow it, not even a "run anyway". Verified on a clean Windows 11 laptop. If you have it switched on, run DeskTabs from source instead: install AutoHotkey v2, download the source ZIP and double-click DeskTabs.ahk — that route was verified to work with Smart App Control enabled. Please do not switch the protection off for this app.

Free code signing for open source is being applied for (#10); it will remove both warnings.

Also in this release

  • New screenshots, showing the bar with icons instead of the old text-only look.
  • The German README uses German screenshots.
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