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In Windows 11, switching to different virtual desktops has the following shortcuts by default:

  1. Alt+Tab+Click
  2. Alt+Tab+Arrow+Enter
  3. Win+Ctrl+Arrow

In the old days, there was a way to customise these shortcuts. What I would like to have is:

Alt+n where n=1,2,3... to switch instantly to the n-th virtual desktop.

Is this possible? How?

EDIT

Maybe my settings.ini is not sound:

[General]
DefaultDesktop=1
TaskbarScrollSwitching=1
UseNativePrevNextDesktopSwitchingIfConflicting=0
DesktopWrapping=1

[Tooltips]
Enabled=1
; One of LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT
PositionX=CENTER
; One of TOP, CENTER, BOTTOM
PositionY=CENTER
FontSize=11
FontColor=0xFFFFFF
FontInBold=1
BackgroundColor=0x1F1F1F
Lifespan=750
; Watch out! Long durations (> 500ms) could cause troubles as the program freezes during the animation.
FadeOutAnimationDuration=100
OnEveryMonitor=1

[KeyboardShortcutsCombinations]
TogglePinWindow=Win, Ctrl, Shift, Q
TogglePinApp=Win, Ctrl, Shift, A
PinWindow=
PinApp=
UnpinWindow=
UnpinApp=
; "SC029" is the key below your "Esc" key
OpenDesktopManager=LAlt, SC029
ChangeDesktopName=Win, F2

[KeyboardShortcutsModifiers]
SwitchDesktop=Win, Ctrl
MoveWindowToDesktop=
MoveWindowAndSwitchToDesktop=Win, Ctrl, Shift
NextTenDesktops=

[KeyboardShortcutsIdentifiers]
PreviousDesktop=Left
NextDesktop=Right
Desktop1=1
Desktop2=2
Desktop3=3
Desktop4=4
Desktop5=5
Desktop6=6
Desktop7=7
Desktop8=8
Desktop9=9
Desktop10=0
DesktopAlt1=Numpad1
DesktopAlt2=Numpad2
DesktopAlt3=Numpad3
DesktopAlt4=Numpad4
DesktopAlt5=Numpad5
DesktopAlt6=Numpad6
DesktopAlt7=Numpad7
DesktopAlt8=Numpad8
DesktopAlt9=Numpad9
DesktopAlt10=Numpad0

[Wallpapers]
1=
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[DesktopNames]
1=
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[RunProgramWhenSwitchingToDesktop]
1=
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[RunProgramWhenSwitchingFromDesktop]
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Check out this post.

  1. Download and unzip this Windows 10 Virtual Desktop Enhancer
  2. Replace VirtualDesktopAccessor.dll with file from here
  3. Run virtual-desktop-enhancer.exe as administrator.
  4. Edit the [KeyboardShortcutsModifiers] section in settings.ini if necessary. Default for switching between VirtualDesktops are Win+Ctrl+1/2/3/n.
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  • I tried, it doesn't work (nothing happens when I activate the keystroke)
    – Franco Tiveron
    Commented Apr 2 at 6:21
  • Yeah, replacing a file from Windows 10 onto Windows 11 was never going to work.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Apr 2 at 6:47
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    Running on Win11 22H2 and it worked for me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If the tool is activated, you should temporarily see a 1 when starting the executable. Did you change the file name? Cause the original file was named virtual-desktop-accessor.dll, while the replacement had no dashes.
    – IHadAFish
    Commented Apr 2 at 8:24
  • @Ramhound What make you say that? The solution seem to have worked in the other post, as it did for me. In the new VirtualDesktopAccessor.dll Github exist discussions regarding compatibility with Win11.
    – IHadAFish
    Commented Apr 2 at 8:53
  • @IHadAFish - The clone of the repository does not mention any of that. The description of the clone of the repository only references Windows 10.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Apr 2 at 15:33
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I tried zVirtualDesktop and this tool actually works as I need:

https://github.com/mzomparelli/zVirtualDesktop

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