I'm opening this here because my rainmeter forums account seems to be locked (🤷🏼 haven't used it in years). I'm sorry if this is the wrong channel for user feedback/suggestions. I would've preferred to send this through the rainmeter post you created, but I can't login for some reason.

I have a skin that takes screen captures of the current VD for thumbnails (see 2bndy5/UbubtuWorkspaces_Rainmeter_Skin). But the screen-capture tactic is a bit flawed (using a run plugin/measure to invoke a compiled C# script).

I was wondering if the API allows for getting the path for a certain VD wallpaper. If not I guess I can hack something together that uses the windows registery (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VirtualDesktops\Desktops), but the keys are hashed. The hashed keys (and corresponding values) don't seem to indicate which VD is which, so this hack would be rather complicated (& possibly flawed for other machines).

Using the OleViewDotNet PS Module:

Install: Install-Module -Name OleViewDotNet

Then try: Get-ComInterface -Name "IVirtualDesktopManagerInternal" | Format-ComProxy -Flags RemoveComments

On Windows 10, I get:

[Guid("f31574d6-b682-4cdc-bd56-1827860abec6")]
interface IVirtualDesktopManagerInternal : IUnknown {
    HRESULT Proc3( [Out] int* p0);
    HRESULT Proc4( [In] IApplicationView* p0,  [In] IVirtualDesktop* p1);
    HRESULT Proc5( [In] IApplicationView* p0,  [Out] int* p1);
    HRESULT Proc6( [Out] IVirtualDesktop** p0);
    HRESULT Proc7( [Out] IObjectArray** p0);
    HRESULT Proc8( [In] IVirtualDesktop* p0,  [In] int p1,  [Out] IVirtualDesktop** p2);
    HRESULT Proc9( [In] IVirtualDesktop* p0);
    HRESULT Proc10( [Out] IVirtualDesktop** p0);
    HRESULT Proc11( [In] IVirtualDesktop* p0,  [In] IVirtualDesktop* p1);
    HRESULT Proc12( [In] GUID* p0,  [Out] IVirtualDesktop** p1);
    HRESULT Proc13( [In] IVirtualDesktop* p0,  [Out] IObjectArray** p1,  [Out] IObjectArray** p2);
}

Hi,

I've tried to use this plugin, but I cannot get it to work. The desktop number stays on 0, and the buttons don't work on the demo skin.
I'm on Windows 11.

I've enabling logging to see if I get an error, and I get his on every refresh:
ERRO (11:31:49.615) VirtualDesktopDemo\VirtualDesktop\VirtualDesktop.ini - [MeasureVirtualDesktop]: GetDesktopManagerInternal

Any ideas?
Thanks!

This plugin broke for me after my latest Windows update. I am now on Windows 11, 22H2 (build 22621.3155). The plugin now shows zero desktops, and the arrows don't work. The log says that the error is "GetDesktopManagerInternal".

I have tried versions 1.3, 1.3.2, 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, but the error remains the same. Any idea what this could be?

It appears the GUIDs for Windows 11 are different:

Ciantic/VirtualDesktopAccessor#51

Hi,

After enabling this plugin on Windows 11, the whole Rainmeter app crashed and I couldn't open it anymore.

I had to go to AppData/Roaming/Rainmeter and edit the config file to manually remove the VirtualDesktop plugin.