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Re: Virtual Desktop?

From Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Virtual Desktop?
Date 2024-12-30 08:25 +0000
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Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:
> T wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> Can I do a "Virtual Desktop" in Window?   Or is that
>> only a Wine/Linux thing?
>> 
>> A "Virtual Desktop" opens a windows of a specific size and the
>> programs that run in it think they are running at the resolution
>> of the window.
>> 
>> This gets around programs like Lotus Approach that weird out
>> on high resolution screens.  (Approach is only stable up to
>> 1920x1440.  My screen is 4096x2160.)
> 
> Isn't the whole point of the Windows operating system that the user can 
> control the size of any window used by a program?  Does Lotus Approach 
> disable this facility?  (I've never used it.)
> 
> I have a suggestion.
> 
> Get a second PC which will run the "Professional" version of your chosen 
> MS Windows OS.  

Cheaper option would be to get a second, lower resolution, monitor and pin
the app to that screen. 

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  Re: Virtual Desktop? Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2024-12-29 13:29 +0000
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    Re: Virtual Desktop? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-12-30 08:25 +0000
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