Once on the new desktop you can launch Sticky Notes by clicking the Start button and typing Sticky. For example, press + Ctrl + Right Arrow to move forward through your desktops and + Ctrl + Left Arrow to move backward through your desktops. You can also quickly switch desktops without going into the Task View pane by using the Windows key shortcuts. Figure A Accessing Task View and creating new desktops in Windows 10 is easy. You can now switch to the new desktop by clicking its thumbnail. You'll then see a thumbnail preview of the new desktop, alongside the current desktop. When you see the Task View display, click the New Desktop button. To create a new desktop, click the Task View button on the Taskbar. To begin, you'll want to create a new desktop on which you'll post your sticky notes. SEE: Want to try Windows 10's oldest ancestor? Get hands on with the OS from the first IBM PC Creating a Sticky Notes desktop Along with the feature improvements made to Sticky Notes in Windows 10, I'm now really taking full advantage of all that this app has to offer.Īs such, I thought that I would share this information with TechRepublic readers by way of an article. More specifically, I do my main work on desktops 1 and 2 and keep all my notes open on desktop 3 or 4. However, since I have been using Windows 10, I've discovered that the Task View virtual desktop feature allows me to keep my notes handy but out of the way of my regular work. For example, if I minimized Sticky Notes and then forgot to restore, I'd miss out on any reminders, which of course defeated the purpose. I've used the various versions of Sticky Notes since Windows Vista and while I found them useful, I always bumped into various little issues that discouraged me from using them to their full potential. Sticky Notes, one of the Windows Store Apps that comes pre-installed in Windows 10, allows you to mimic the little Post-it notes we all stick around the edges of our monitors to remind us of various things.

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