Installing DeskDrawer
System requirements, what installing actually puts on your machine, and how updates and autostart work.
DeskDrawer is distributed through the Microsoft Store. Installing it is the ordinary Store flow; this page covers what that leaves on your machine.
Requirements#
| Operating system | Windows 10 version 2004 (build 19041) or newer, and Windows 11 |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Runtime | None — see below |
| Disk | Roughly the size of one self-contained application |
| Network | Not required at any point after installation |
The build 19041 floor is not arbitrary: DeskDrawer uses the packaged startup-task API for Run at startup, which is only projected from that version onward.
No runtime to install#
DeskDrawer ships as a Single-file self-contained executable — one file containing the application, its dependencies and the .NET runtime it needs. You do not install a framework, and a framework update cannot break it. Nothing is shared with other applications on the machine.
What installing puts on your machine#
| Item | Where |
|---|---|
| The application | Inside its MSIX package package, managed by Windows |
| Your layout and preferences | The Configuration folder, per user |
| Anything else | Nothing |
No services are registered. No drivers. No shell extensions. No scheduled tasks other than the startup task you enable yourself. No registry Run key.
Updates#
Updates arrive through the Microsoft Store like any other Store application. DeskDrawer contains no update checker of its own and makes no network requests — see Telemetry.
Starting with Windows#
Off by default. Turn it on from the tray menu → Run at startup. It registers as a proper Windows startup task, so it appears in Task Manager → Startup apps and can be disabled from there; the two stay in agreement in both directions. See Run at startup.
Multiple user accounts#
Configuration is per user. Two people signing in to the same PC get their own boards, their own layout and their own Run at startup setting, because each has their own desktop.