Workspace Capture and update a workspace
Turn your current windows into an environment you can reopen.
When to capture
Capture an already prepared desktop instead of adding every tool individually. You can also update an existing workspace from a new capture.
- Prepare windows
- Capture
- Review
- Fix
- Save
Capture step by step
- Prepare windows and save your documents.
- Open Capture workspace or use its shortcut.
- Review included desktops and windows.
- Check detected pages, folders, projects and placement.
- Exclude unwanted entries and fix incomplete information.
- Name the workspace and confirm saving.
In live review, moving or snapping windows updates the proposal. If an application has not opened yet, it stays as Not open yet · kept: you can Open them again or remove them before creating the workspace. Temporarily clearing the view helps inspect it; excluded windows are not thereby closed.
Update an existing workspace
Review recognised entries, additions and changes. A window being closed now does not mean you want to delete its saved item. Save once the proposal is complete.
The assistant can help within the review when available; the proposal remains visible before confirmation.
What happens to other windows
The Minimise all other windows option keeps the desktop clean while you review. On, unmarked windows are minimized and stay that way each time you mark or unmark; off, none is touched (when updating a workspace, those that are not its own are minimized only once on opening). Nothing is closed and, when you leave the capture, everything returns to how it was.
Choose what to update
When updating an existing workspace, What to update narrows the review: filter by desktop or monitor, mark or unmark windows (Do not update this window / Include in this update) and view only the Selected ones. Only marked windows are updated: saved ones you unmark are kept as they were, and new ones are added if you mark them.
What happens to what is no longer open
When updating a workspace, the capture classifies each item by what it finds:
| State | What it means |
|---|---|
| New | Detected windows that are not saved yet. They start unticked: you add them. |
| Updated | Items you already had whose content or position changed. |
| Unchanged | Saved items that are still the same. |
| Saved, not open | Workspace items whose window is not open right now. |
For anything no longer detected, you choose under "Items that will change": Remove deletes it from the workspace configuration, Disable keeps it configured but it will not launch until you re-enable it, and Keep undoes the change. A closed window is never deleted on its own.
Capture limits
Capture is not a backup of unsaved work or application memory. Tab and resource detection depends on the program; correct information that cannot be detected.
An Office document reference does not guarantee restoration of its active sheet or tab. Cancelling review does not save a workspace.
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