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Forgive me if there is already a post on this problem. If there is, I am unable to find it.

I am getting accustomed to the idea of multiple desktops, but one problem I have constantly had with Dexpot is about ready to send me back to the old way. I have 4 desktops configured. One program that I use routinely is Adobe Lightroom, which runs on desktop #2. On #1 I run Thunderbird, Firefox, and Google Chat.

Every time one of those programs on #1 kicks off a reminder or message window of any kind, Dexpot shoots me back to that desktop. I will be in the middle of some task in Lightroom, keywording photos or adjusting them in some way, Thunderbird will pop up to tell me a new message has come in or my son pops in to chat, and I am unceremoniously dumped back to Desktop #1 without warning.

I have fiddled with all the settings and rules I can find, and have had no luck resolving this. Can anyone provide a solution? It's fine to get the notifications in the taskbar (though I could live without that, too), but getting repeatedly and unexpectedly dumped out of what I am doing is very frustrating.

Thanks.

Hi.

Dexpot Settings -> Plugins and Extras -> Behavior of windows on other desktops. Choose something other than "Switch to the respective desktop".

Yes, I have it set to "Do Nothing", but it doesn't help. I still get bumped every time a notifier pops up.

Please enable the Dexpot log file and then send me the file after the next unwanted desktop switch occurs. What version of Windows do you use?

mjlacore wrote: Every time one of those programs on #1 kicks off a reminder or message window of any kind, Dexpot shoots me back to that desktop. I will be in the middle of some task

I am having the same problem. Also some times it starts to cycle through each of my 4 sessions like a merry-go-round. Very very annoying behavior to a point I just want to uninstall Dexpot. I have set same options as mentioned so far.

I was able to stop it rotating when I did particular mouse gestures. This is all of a sudden it started and I did not change any options other than a version update.

Deactivate mouse switching: Dexpot Settings -> Controls -> Mouse switch.

Sorry, haven't been back here for awhile. I stopped using Dexpot because of this problem, but I will re-enable and try to get the log file, as requested, to help resolve this. Thanks!

Oh, and I am using 64-bit Windows 7, and also have dual-monitor manager DisplayFusion running.

As I post this, I'm at work with the problem on my home machine and I'm not sure I will have time today to do much about it. But again, I will plan to follow through in an effort to help find a resolution to the issue.

I tried the advice in this thread, but it didn't keep Outlook from yanking me into a different desktop for each of its notifications. Patrick gave me this suggestion:

Check "Assign applications". You probably have Outlook assigned to desktop 1 with the "Switch to desktop" option turned on.

That was the problem. I fixed it by using the Remove button for all apps assigned to a desktop.