Current window not shifting to other virtual desktop

[submeg]

Hi @pmb6tz

This is such a useful script, thank you for building it! I've been working remotely now for a few weeks and this script has been a saviour when only having one screen.

I'm trying to get the MoveCurrentWindowToDesktop(desktopNumber) to work, but haven't had any success.

• The WinGet, activeHwnd, ID, A command works and pulls the right ID
• The switchDesktopByNumber(desktopNumber) works and sends me to the right desktop

The program stays on the original desktop. So the issue must be this line:

DllCall(MoveWindowToDesktopNumberProc, UInt, activeHwnd, UInt, desktopNumber - 1)

Which looks at:

global MoveWindowToDesktopNumberProc := DllCall("GetProcAddress", Ptr, hVirtualDesktopAccessor, AStr, "MoveWindowToDesktopNumber", "Ptr")

I haven't done any dll call stuff yet, so unsure where the issue may lay or if I missing something. Please let me know what I should look at to get this working. Thanks.

Regards,

submeg

[Elijas]

Hi, @submeg, We're glad you liked the script!

Could you share the windows versiom that you're on (e.g. Version 1903)? The DLL sometimes gets outdated with a new version

By the way, AFAIR, there is a shortcut in windows to move window to the next desktop - if it happens rapidly and robustly enough we could maybe just remove the use of the dll

[submeg]

Hi @Elijas,

The Windows version I have is 1909.

Oh, if that's the case, I could update my script to trigger that shortcut? Does it know which desktop you want to move it to, or just the next available desktop (which I'm assuming wraps around)?

[submeg]

@Elijas @pmb6tz,

I had a look, there's no native keyboard shortcut for this.

[Elijas]

Good news, I checked, the DLL still works with the version 1909.

Could you try to install VS 2017 runtimes vc_redist.x64.exe (and/or) vc_redist.x86.exe ? Because the DLLs repository lists it as a dependency and says it was not provided by Windows out-of-the-box at the time.

[submeg]

@Elijas,

I installed both versions, but it will still just shift to the selected desktop, but will leave the active window on the previous desktop.

submeg

[ghost]

I have the Same Issue, I am on windows 1909

[ghost]

Test on another pc with windows 2004 Update, Desktop switching working well but Can't move Active windows to another desktop

[submeg]

hi all, any news on this one?

[ngmariusz]

i have 20231, 1005 (windows pro insider preview) and same issue; how can i fix it?

[MikeHotelOscar]

I had this same issue, it was fixed by making sure that the line global hVirtualDesktopAccessor := DllCall("LoadLibrary", "Str", A_ScriptDir . "\VirtualDesktopAccessor.dll", "Ptr") pointed accurately at VirtualDesktopAccessor.dll. Is the dll file in the same folder as the script calling the fuctions?

[donhector]

No luck here either. Windows 10 20H2, build number 19042.746

[GrandTourism]

Здесь тоже не повезло. Windows 10 20H2, номер сборки19042.746

I have the exact same build and it works great on a lot of machines

[fredless]

pointed accurately at VirtualDesktopAccessor.dll

initially had this issue too, but as @MikeHotelOscar pointed out, the problem was making sure the script could find the DLL

on ver 20H2 build 19042.662

[PovilasAtPoq]

pointed accurately at VirtualDesktopAccessor.dll

initially had this issue too, but as @MikeHotelOscar pointed out, the problem was making sure the script could find the DLL

on ver 20H2 build 19042.662

And how does one fixes that? I tried putting full path to the desktop_switcher.ahk, but that doesn't help. Tried removing the first \ doesn't help either.

P.S. I'm using win11

[submeg]

Looks like this is still open; my current work around has been to have Windows + Tab on a hotkey, shift the program manually and then navigate to the desktop.