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In Windows 7 you could just open the task manager, select multiple running applications, right click and select to tile them in a way like this:

http://cdn.ilovefreesoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/scheme_1.jpg

In windows 8, it seems you can't do so. Does anyone know a way to do it in Windows 8?

The main reason I am asking this is because I want to view many terminals at once when I am SSH'ing into various machines.

panhandel
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hak8or
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Effectively, in Windows 8 the Task Manager's Applications tab has lost its Windows menu. Just another useful option lost in Microsoft's course for Metro.

You can still right-click on an empty Taskbar area and choose "Show Windows Side by Side". I don't know if Windows 8 has kept the other options of Cascade and Stacked. As these options work on all the windows, they might do too much for you.

As usual, when Microsoft subtracts, one is obliged to fill the hole with third-party products. Here are some products that rearrange windows on the desktop (although I don't know how well they work in Windows 8):

WindowSlider
Plumb
GridMove - not exactly what you ask for, but still a very interesting concept.

harrymc
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As long as you're not using the [sarcasm]super awesome![/sarcasm] features in the new Task Manager, simply replace it with the old one.

Check this out: http://www.guidingtech.com/18977/get-back-windows-7-task-manager-windows-8/

sraboy
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If you want to tile windows of one application, and you say you want to tile several SSH terminals, Shift-right-click the application button on the Taskbar and then click Show windows side-by-side.

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I have decided to just go with divvy instead. It does not automatically make programs into a grid, but it seems to be the closest I can get for "free" (it is not free, but the maker was nice and made it into nagware). I will probably buy it in the future if I continue to like it.

http://mizage.com/divvy/

hak8or
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