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@paehtz paehtz released this 28 Sep 01:25
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DeskTabs-Setup-v1.1.6.exe: 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.

DeskTabs-v1.1.6.zip: 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, together with SHA256SUMS.txt to check them. One line in PowerShell works as well:

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

A release about never working on the wrong desktop without noticing.

Desktop switches by other apps are flagged

Open a PDF while your reader sits on another desktop, and Windows quietly switches you over. If you track time by desktop, that time lands on the wrong project until you notice.

DeskTabs now tells your own switches apart from those caused by other apps:

  • Your switches stay quiet: tabs, mouse wheel, number keys, Ctrl+Win+Arrow, Win+Tab and Task View, creating or closing a desktop.
  • Any other switch is flagged: the new tab flashes orange a few times, then keeps an orange frame until you hover it or switch on purpose. A short hint above the bar names the app that is now in front.
  • Switch it off under More settings if you don't need it.

Active desktop

  • New style: solid fill in its own colour. The active tab is filled with the desktop's own colour, and the label turns white or dark depending on what reads better. The previous solid style is now called Solid fill in the accent colour.
  • Logos stay visible on a solid fill: if a website or image icon has too little contrast to the fill, it is shown as a white silhouette, or, for logos on their own dark tile, with light and dark inverted. Logos with enough contrast keep their colours.

Windows SmartScreen may warn on first start because the executable is not signed, and Smart App Control blocks it outright. Until the app is signed, people with Smart App Control can run DeskTabs from source with AutoHotkey v2, see the README.

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