CreateDesktop

Creates a hidden Windows 10 virtual desktop.

Details

Visual Studio 2017 32/64-bit native console application written in C++. When run creates a hidden virtual Windows 10 desktop and toggles to it. To toggle back, press Ctrl+Alt+E. The virtual desktop remains active but invisible even after the command has terminated. Run the command again to get back to it.

Using

Run CreateDesktop.exe from File Explorer or a shell.

Press Ctrl+Alt+E to toggle back to the source desktop.

Any key then exists (the prompt will be taken away in a future version).

Run CreateDesktop.exe to return to the hidden virtual desktop to find it as you left it.

Known Issues

Start Menu and other Windows-specific icons on the taskbar don't respond on the virtual desktop.

Built With

• Visual Studio Community 2017 - The IDE used

Authors

• MalwareTech - Initial work - MalwareTech
• Andreas Toth - VS 2017 Project, UNICODE, and clean-ups - MrAndreasToth