DeskHedron is a tool which switch the desktop by using 3D GUI.
*This software doesn't support multi monitor environment.
At 3D view you can switch the desktop by mouse wheel or left and right cursor keys.DeskHedron can organize apporoximetely 9 desktops, and switch the desktop.(Japanese Page/日本語ページ)
Requirements
OS : Windows 2000/XP
Library : DirectX9.0c(2004 Summer) (It is included in XP SP2 or later)
available at Microsoft Corporation under:
DirectX 9.0c Redistributable
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DeskHedron Ver.1.00
Please read readme_e.txt carefully before you satrt using the application.
ReadMe_fr.txt(French) is available ! Translation by Machenzy
Russian Version by goraVisit DeskHedron Russian introduction page.
ReadMe_it.txt(Italian) is available ! Translation by Enrico MaioSource code
This software is the open source software under Apache license 2.0.
DeskHedron Ver.1.00 Source code(See also How to compile)
*VisualC++ 2008 is required.(You can download free version(Express Edition) from microsoft web site.)
* DirectX 9.0 SDK(2004 Summer or later) is required(You can download DirectX 9.0 SDK from microsoft website.)
Related links
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How to use
(1)launch DeskHedron.exe
(2)To enter 3D view left click on tasktray icon or press CTRL + SHIFT + Z key.
Initialy 2 desktops available to switch when start this software.
(3)To select desktop left click anywhere or press ENTER key.(Switch the desktop by mouse wheel or left and right cursor keys.)
(4)to add a new desktop, you'll have to select "Desktop +" from the menu on tasktray icon by the right click. "Desktop +"...Add desktop(max 9）
"Desktop -"...Decrease desktop(min 2）
(5)To quit this application right click on tasktray and select "Quit".
Screen shots
3 desktops
4 desktops
81 コメント:
Great program!
Add more features like select a desktop by pressing a number!
Regards
Works really well. I'd love to see you add a keyboard shortcut to switch to between desktops like alt+tab does with windows.
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Fantastic program, hats off... but i saw something you might not know, when you exit the program it leaves an explorer.exe process for every virtual desktop you created, can you do anything to clean that up in the next version? and add a program icon lol icons are cool... laterz
Thanks for your comments -crazy-, limma, admin and phoenix. I'm very happy.
@phoenix
You are right. It's one of point to increase this program. But there are some of problems to fix the bug. I'll try to find the way to make it better.
Cheers,
Koji
try shift+tab, not used in windows or in browsers.
mozzila and stuff does ctrl+tab, so my guess is it would be ideal
Love the quick animation.
Note: Not all systray icons show up on second window - I'm using W2K.
Congratulations!
Very good program.
Only a question:
- After I choose another desktop CTRL+ESC and anothers key combinations work only in the main desktop and not for anothers... this is a bug ?
Great response! Probably the fastest of its kind. It looks cool, it's simple and does the trick quite well.
BUT, as I'm using Litestep as an alternative shell, I get NOTHING on the 2nd+ desktops but an explorer window, and specially: there is no way to change a window to another desktop.
Is this even possible, due to the way it's implemented?
And I second the idea of using a hotkey to switch from one desktop to another, not only the hotkey+mouse approach.
Do you need somebody to tranlate sth into german? Or to make a german webpage for example?
I realy love your progs and want to help!
EMAIL: mhmk AT hotmail.de
Moritz
on my computer I can't have more than 2 desktop.
when I clik on "desktop +", deskhedron exiting :(
when I start it again, there is ever 2 desktop...not more.
anyone has an answer please? :)
shortcut keys please
"shortcut keys please"
yeah. ctrl-alt-left/right etc would be great. even better: set them yourself.
also mouse-edge flipping
otherwise it looks great. compiz for windows etc etc :)
hi, my english is so bad, i'm sorry
But i tested this application on windows vista SP1 environement.
This programms work correctly, i dont looked bugs.
But i tested it during 30 minutes.
Its more light and free contrary to CubeDesktop Pro v1.3.1
I was eager to download your program, and I think from what I hear it will work well, but as of right now, when I double click the .exe, the icon appears in the task bar tray, and then suddenly disappears after 1-3 seconds. I have checked and double checked that I have all the requirements. (I could use Yod'm 3D as well, so why not DeskHedron?) I've tried running it as a new process and I'm very good with computers, but I just can't get this to work. Any suggestions?
IMPORTANT, SOME IDEAS
you should be able to press ctrl + shift + 1(up to 9) and it should zoom out spin round to desktop 1 and auto zoom in. that would be so much easier and more awesome.
I just bought a new gaming computer and when i go up to 5 desktops the program crashes, i dont care, i dont use that many but still...
apart from that this is awesome, best 3d cube thingo around!
Hi and Great Program!
Can I StartUp always with 4 Desktops?
Like starting with Arguments from console?
Thanks
Great program! This works fine on my computer after I restarted it. Fast response time and easy to operate. Doesn't use too much of my system resources either! =D
Just one suggestion though, if you could incorporate a way for WinFlip to work in the new desktop, because on the second desktop, the only program running is DeskHedron. Is there a way you could transfer current processes as well? Thanks.
Excellent work!
There are a couple of minor bugs that need to be worked out:
If you close a desktop, the child processes of that desktop's explorer instance are no longer accessible. I'm not sure if there is a way to connect the orphaned processes to one of the remaining instances or not. That's not something that is easy to resolve.
Also, if you close DeskHedron, the explorer processes remain open, but are once again inaccessible.
Windows hotkeys, such as Alt-Tab or Winkey-R, are caught by the first explorer instance and not the one currently on-screen. This is probably because the first instance installed the traps first. If there were some way to fix the traps for the current desktop... or maybe pair this with AHK somehow...
@ alternate desktop users (i.e. LiteStep) -
You could change CreateNewDesktop in CDesktop.cpp to point to your desktop manager instead of explorer. Explorer is hard-coded in this file as the desktop manager.
The ideal change would be to load the desktop manager path from the Shell registry enty.
can anyone tell me how to have different wallpaper for every desktop?
hello, this is one great product but could you add a code so we can set a shortkey to the next desktop and previous desktop, as this would be a much needed function. thanks again for this product, and hope you the best with your next product
hey I got this program today and its really cool. The problem is though when I restart my laptop my real desktop is back and i have to then again start the whole program and set it all up.
Does anyone one where to find the options for this program??
@Anonymous -
There are no options yet. When you first open DeskHedron, there are only two desktops - regardless of what you had last time it ran. Put a shortcut to DeskHedron in Start -> All Programs -> Startup and it will run every time you boot.
Amazing, runs well on an Eee Box!
Need to intergrate different backrounds for each desktop. Very useful for multitasking Thanks
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Hi There!
It is a great program and works fine in most of the cases, but I think there are some uncontrolled situation. My major issue is that if I open Firefox (my favorite browser) in desktop 1 then I can't automatically jump from mail messages to open a website, becasue it wants to open Firefox again. The system sais Firefox is already running, but not responding!
Could you help me?
Thanks and regards
Csili
When I click "Desktop +" I get the "this app has encountered a problem needs to close". How do I fix this? I run Windows XP SP3 with Vista Inspirat 2. Email me at dave47561879@yahoo.com
i cant see my mouse only on desktop1.
help ...
10x
@Anonymous regarding Firefox -
Firefox sets a per-user semaphore when running to keep it from opening multiple times for the same user. Unfortunately, each desktop is its own isolated session, so Firefox can see its semaphore (same user) and knows it is running, but can't communicate with it because it is on a different session. The only option here is to run your mail client and Firefox in the same desktop. Or copy-paste your links.
This program is not for the casual user. It's functionality rests in the realm of "hack" as it changes the expected behaviour of certain things in Windows. I have reviewed the source and I definitely don't see any way to reliably overcome these obstacles... at least not any straightforward and safe way.
muy buenas las funciones
Excellent tool guys! I think it's amazing...
I just want to mention that I found one issue and I don't know if you already know about it.
When you try to use the next shorcut
"windows button + r" to open the execute window it will only open the window in the first desktop, so I think you just have to check something like which desktop is active and then just open the window in that desktop.
Keep up with the amazing work!
I have a problem with the application. "DeskHedron.exe" doesn´t launch.When I go to the tasktray it disappear. What can I do?
This is impressive. Great job and keep up the good work. (By the way, it does mostly work on Vista too)
Works fine for me in Vista Home Premium.
That is one of my favorite functions of Linux or Unix. But this does less, but is still usable.
Thanks ur information
it very useful
Maybe there's someone out there who can help? Obviously, I'm not the only one experiencing the launching problem. The taskbar item disappears as soon you bring the cursor near it.
Sorry, but if there's no one giving a hint here, the whole thing is a joke to me.
would be great if you could move items like a firefox window to a different desktop (you can't open a new firefox instance in a new desktop) . If you can I can't figure out how.
I've just discovered this great application and I'm already a huge fan.
I'm using W2K PRO.
DeskHedron can has 4 desktop,
but not different, all the same.
how could fix it?
crashed on me. Compiled it from source and it's accessing memory it shouldn't with d3d stuff. (line 112 of C3DViewWindow.cpp)
Just add hotkeys to change desktop - and this soft will become complete for me!
Preferably Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right - these worked excellent in MegaScale MDM. (However such hotkeys always should be configurable...)
GRAN PROGRAMAA!!
nice!
Very CooooooL
what about support for multi monitors? I have 2 monitors
Tested on WinXP SP3 P4 @ 2.8Ghz, 1.5Go Ram, 6800 GS AGP. Using your soft with 2 virtual desktop at the moment.
Verdict : nice soft! Free, low (very) on ram, fast.
But :
- add the possibility to change hotkeys to change desktop
- doesn't work with rocketdock : the dock doesn't appear on the second virtual desktop. Idem for applications such as WLM Plus! where floatting contacts only stay on the main desktop.
- Application reduced on systray are not accessible/doesn't appear on secondary desktops.
Keep on going on!
Good but there is a problem : when applying a style to the icons (ex. Vista Inspirat Pack for XP), the icons on the secondary desktop are the orginal ones. And on the main desktop, I have the Vista pack icons as it shoulb be on second desktop.
Otherwise, promising program
ok ... Good start ... But ..
Things which need adding:
* Keyboard shortcuts (as stated before)
* Option to auto start programs in new instance (Like Launchy)
* Auto Clean up (As stated before)
* Possibility of moving applications onto the main instance at shutdown?
* Option of moving applications during runtime
* Icon for system bar
* Icon for exe
* Dual monitor support is a must!
* Configuration (options for animation? Startup objects? etc)
I missed something! Terminal server support .. (Screens appear as black boxes currently)
cool program but there is a flaw. Programs that ran in the other desktop will not appear if closed suddenly
Compatibility with the Emerge Desktop would be awesome - but I still like it!
Thanks.
I can only have 2 desktop every time and the remaining are my original desktop with no icon. I am using Vista. Why?
Does not work if using an external monitor (for example with laptop) if the laptop has higher resolution. Even if the laptop monitor is not in use at all...
Excelent program!
But I have a little problem. I lost web cam image when I return to the desktop where the web program image is.
Great program. So far the program responds really fast and I am impressed. Thank you.
Just reporting a bug:
When running an online game like Anarchy Online (only have this one game on the pc at the moment, so cannot test with any other)in one of the Desktops, going to 3D view once and going back to that desktop will crash and vanishes the game client.
Seems it might be the same bug as the previous poster.
Otherwise, haven't had any probs... thanks again.
Great! I'm really really happy with this.
i love it so much, but i need a version for vista
Great~ Thanks
Ummm, tokyo downstairs i was woundering if you could enhance by:
1. Making the application icon have a Real purpose icon for DeskHedron when its on the taskbar active.
2. Can you make steup adjust ment so it switches slower.
3. Can you try and make it have options?
4.But going to the icon to see the desktop animate is a bit of outdated fashion.....can u work on something like click on side or put an icon on side of desktop to get the screen on act.
Please adjust/add the enhancements to DeskHeron when you make a new version.
just tried it, loves it, unfortunately, it crashed at one point.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Application Error
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 4/4/2009
Time: 10:41:26 PM
User: N/A
Computer: --------
Description:
Faulting application deskhedron.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module deskhedron.exe, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00001417.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
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0010: 75 72 65 20 20 64 65 73 ure des
0018: 6b 68 65 64 72 6f 6e 2e khedron.
0020: 65 78 65 20 30 2e 30 2e exe 0.0.
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0030: 65 73 6b 68 65 64 72 6f eskhedro
0038: 6e 2e 65 78 65 20 30 2e n.exe 0.
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0050: 30 30 30 30 31 34 31 37 00001417
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Dr Watson:
The application, C:\downloads\DeskHedron\DeskHedron.exe, generated an application error The error occurred on 04/04/2009 @ 22:41:33.002 The exception generated was c0000005 at address 00401417 (DeskHedron)
can u make suport for true transparency because when i start dekhedron the edges are blank
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i would like to expres my support by making an icon hope u like it, waiting for true transparency support.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jmtj1dnfl1m
to express my suport to the developers i make this icon for dekhedron hope u like it :D
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jmtj1dnfl1m
bence çok güzel bir program aynı anda birden fazla masaüstü açma fikri kim bulmuşşa ellerine sağlık:D
Just tried this on Windows 2000; after launching, icon appears in tray, but if I so much as place the mouse anywhere near it the icon disappears (never get a chance to right click). Interestingly, if I relaunch, then examine running proceses, DeskHedron is not listed as running. Any ideas?
i appreciate this great tiny app,but i would love it this deskhedron can be put into password mode when in the hedron mode,so that i have my privacy while maintaining the coolness.pls pls pls consider it.thanks
I downloaded the direct X 9.0c from the link at the top of this page, and I meet all of the other requirements. I have XP SP3. After I extract the files and click on DeskHedron.exe, it gives me a dialog box that says "DeskHedron.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." Am I doing something wrong? Does anybody else have this problem?
Really Great Work ;) Thank you.
works like a charm on Acer Aspire One
PPL with problems maybe you should have
Net Framework installed before you run it...???
WolfHack
this is a very great program i like it it works well on my laptop
I just installed the program & i like it, but could use improvement. For instance, you could make it, so that you can move applications to other desktops by dragging them to the edges of the screen. You can also make it remember the number of desktops, set different wallpapers on each desktop. Also, you could fix the issue with the keyboard shortcuts, make it switch desktops by clicking & dragging with the mouse to edges of the screen. And in the Task Manager, you can see the applications from all the desktops. Otherwise, it's a very stable & useful application.
When can we expect the next (bug free and stable) version?
Can you create preconfigured desktops with different icons for every desktop.
I for instance would like to create a desktop for bussiness activities, a desktop for gaming, a desktop for downloading, video and audio editing, and burning, and a desktop for programming and webbuilding. I always want them all to be available when I start up muy computer and be abler to switch between them whith one click of my mouse.
Hi. It is a great program and works fine in most of the cases, but I think there are some uncontrolled situation.
Yous should make a new version or somebody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2.0 or 1.5 with buggs fixed and an ICON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
omg dit is echt super cool!!
vooral als je hw aant makn bent:P
Great, great app.
Good Application
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