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Slow virtual desktop switching on windows 11
Hello Everyone. As of Nov 5 2022, there is no OFFICIAL solution to slow touchpad desktop switching. However, I do have a solution THAT WORKS.
1) Set accent colour to manual, as suggested by artistro08
2) Now, what i noticed is, the keyboard shortcut for switching desktops is SO FAST AND SEEMLESS. So I have configured my touchpad settings as below:
a) Search "Touchpad settings > Advanced Gestures > Configure four-finger gestures".
b) Find "Swipe Left" and from drop down menu, select " Custom Shortcut".
c) Click "Start Recording" and click Ctrl + Win + Right Arrow Key.
d) Click "Stop Recording".
e) Now try and SEE THE SPEED!!!
f) For , Swipe Right, again do a similar procedure, but click Ctrl + Win + Left Arrow key.
g) DONE !! Enjoy!!
. THIS WORKS !!!! Do share if it helps :">
I had the same problem on Windows 11, and I realized that the reason was that I had different Bing wallpapers on different desktops. I fixed this problem by going into Settings >> Personalization >> Background >> Recent images >> right-click on one of the images >> Click "Set for all desktops". After that, the desktop switching was finally back to normal.
- This seems like a solution for now.
- I came here to post exactly this. I noticed switching between virtual desktops got slow just after I had set separate wallpapers on all 3 of my VDs, and as soon as I put the same wallpaper on all 3, the problem was gone. I would not advise having separate wallpapers on multiple VDs for this reason at this point. If anyone notices that this problem does not occur anymore in the future, feel free to let me know. 🙂
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.- 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.
bennie1180 so true! couldn't have said it better
- worked amazingly well, thank you
- @that works like charm.
Microsoft, please fix. no need to do such hacks.
