We’ve got a treat for you if you’re a Windows user and you’ve been lusting over a sweet 3D Desktop. Shock 4Way is a free application that gives you four virtual desktops to work with. I wouldn’t say it is quite as good as the DeskSpace app, but it also doesn’t cost $20 to buy.
The screenshot above shows the 3D virtual desktop application in action, and here are some of the features it has to offer:
- Screen Manager for dragging and dropping applications from one desktop to another
- Blending option to give each of the desktops a transparent appearance
- Rotate the cube horizontally by simply moving your mouse (there is no vertical rotation)
- Assign a background image that appears behind the “cube”
- Customize the hotkeys
- System Tray icon for easy access to all available options
One of the things that I would like to see offered in this program is an easier way to move windows from one desktop to another. Right now you have to use the Screen Manager which is nice, but it would be better if I could drag a window to the edge of the desktop and have it move over.
Feel free to give it a shot though because there is a portable version available that requires no installation. You’ll probably keep it on your computer even if you don’t use it, because who doesn’t like to show this kind of stuff off to friends? 
Shock 4Way 3D Virtual Desktop (for Windows XP/2000/2003/Vista)
Source: How-To Geek
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Tags: Freeware, Software, Applications, Customize, Features, How To, Portable Application, Virtual Desktop, Windows Vista, Windows XP
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Low quality again.
I attempted to download this virtual ‘Shock4Way’ desktop to get a shock from my anti virus prog. It wouldn’t let me continue because there was a trojan horse virus within the set up files. BE WARNED good people!
JC
Really? I thought it was pretty cool. Sorry to disappoint you.
What antivirus program were you using? I tried a few and didn’t receive any prompts.
I love it, so simple and piratical! Thank you!
No problem Miguel, that was one of the reasons I thought it was great, too.
Sorry for my delay in replying to above query re. anti virus prog. It was actually my COMODO BOClean ANTI-MALWARE program which at present protects against 32,480 trojans. Give it a try - it’s Freeware and extremely reliable.
Love, Light and Peace
JC
Even Softpedia gives it a 100% clean award:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/S.....4Way.shtml
So I’m guessing that it is just a false positive.
You may well be right Ryan, I’m no expert. However, every time I attempt to download the program I get the following message -
IFSKEY17 MALWARE STOPPED by BOCLEAN
Call me a coward, but I ain’t taking the risk old chap!!
Love, Light and Peace
JC
I have installed shock 3D 6 times now and each time it works fine but after i shutdown and restart the program disappears,,i thought maybe it would be in with my program files or something but it just vanished so i had to download it again.
It works great when it is there.
Maybe try sticking a shortcut to Shock3D in your Windows startup folder.