I (BrokenEye3, who is me, the person typing this message and who started this thread) previously (in the past) had my computer (electronic computing machine) hooked up to two (2) monitors (computer screens), with the desktop (the screen you see when you turn on the computer but haven't started any programs yet, where the desktop icons are kept) split across the two (2) of them (the monitors).
I recently (within the last couple months or so) got (bought from a store) another computer, and needed to use one of the monitors (computer screen) for it (the second computer). This meant that I could no longer use it for the first (original) computer, leaving me with only one (1) monitor for that one (the first computer).
I started (began) looking into a way to replace (substitute for) the way (two-monitor setup) I'd had. I discovered Virtual Desktop programs (downloadable computer programs that allow you to have more than one workspace with different windows on the same computer, although why anyone would need that is beyond me). Due to the programs' (software category's) vastly misleading title (description), I initially believed (thought) that it was what I was looking for (a way to split the desktop icons across two desktops but with only one monitor). However, I discovered (found out) that this (the programs being way to split the desktop icons across two desktops but with only one monitor) was not the case (IE false).
So I'm wondering (hoping) if there is (exists) a similar (sharing some common traits without being identical) sort of program (computer software) to Virtual Desktops that deals with actual desktops (the the screen you see when you turn on the computer but haven't started any programs yet, where the desktop icons are kept) and the icons (tiny pictures representing programs and files that you can click on to open) contained therein (on the desktop) rather than windows (open programs and files) and task bars (the thing across the bottom of the screen that says what windows you have open) and such (things like that).
Because I am wondering this (if there is a way to split the desktop icons across two desktops but with only one monitor) I came here (to the software and support-related internet forum known as CNET.com) to ask (enquirer) if anyone (you, or anyone else who answers questions here) knows (is aware of) what this type of program (computer software) is called (the descriptive title applying to the category of software which lets you split the desktop icons across two desktops but with only one monitor), or knows (is aware) of any specific such programs (computer software that lets you split the desktop icons across two desktops but with only one monitor) and where I can find (locate and then buy or download) them (programs which let you split the desktop icons across two desktops but with only one monitor).
If that's still too vague for you, I honestly don't know what else to say