At 07:50 AM 7/31/2009, Allan Clarke wrote:
> Greetings, Jan!
> 
> I use the free virtual desktop manager from Sysinternals 
> (<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx>http://technet.microsoft.co
m/en-us/sysinternals/cc817881.aspx). 
> I like it because it is a real VDM and does not try to fake desktops 
> by hiding groups of windows. When I start the Perl debugger in the 
> PDK, it always comes up in the first desktop, even if I'm in some 
> other desktop. Its quick to download and run the VDM (called 
> desktops.exe) since there is no installer.

Interesting utility . . . I like the SysInternals stuff . . . 
generally very high quality.

I'm guessing the Active State guys will find that the root of your 
issue is in this paragraph:

Desktops reliance on Windows desktop objects means that it cannot 
provide some of the functionality of other virtual desktop utilities, 
however. For example, Windows doesn't provide a way to move a window 
from one desktop object to another, and because a separate Explorer 
process must run on each desktop to provide a taskbar and start menu, 
most tray applications are only visible on the first desktop. 
Further, there is no way to delete a desktop object, so Desktops does 
not provide a way to close a desktop, because that would result in 
orphaned windows and processes. The recommended way to exit Desktops 
is therefore to logoff.

I'll bet if we can understand why tray application can only be in the 
first window . . . it will explain the PDK issues as well.

Frank