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Copper Contributor

Sep 02, 2021

Slow virtual desktop switching on windows 11

Hi, I recently joined the windows insider program and installed Windows 11. But since then, I am facing a significantly slow virtual desktop switching, compared to windows 10 (4 fingers slide ges...

cheema33

Copper Contributor

Feb 28, 2023

If you change your touchpad settings so that four-finger swipe performs the Ctrl+Win+Right/Left Arrow key, you lose an important function. One of my virtual desktops is a remote desktop session in full screen mode. I can switch in and out of it with touchpad gestures. I cannot with keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts are sent to the remote computer.

The other suggestions of setting a single color background mostly solved the problem for me.

And turning off "Snap Windows", like another user suggested, did not provide any additional benefit, so I turned it back on. I like black backgrounds anyway (fewer distractions), so it is a win-win.

Maybe in a few more years Microsoft will fix this problem. I have a Mac also, and it is flawless with these sort of things.

bennie1180

Copper Contributor

May 16, 2023

I have to admit that the engine used for virtual desktops in Windows 11 is simply bad, I have been using both Windows and Macbook for years, and in a Macbook with basic hardware, everything works smoothly without any problem, while in Windows with a powerful processor and graphics accelerator for games, moving windows looks like I have a Pentium 4..., Time to wake up, even the free Linux does it without any problem.

rogueleardr
Copper Contributor
Oct 02, 2023
bennie1180 so true! couldn't have said it better