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Window Manager (Fluxbox)

X-Win32 2011 and later ships a window manager fluxbox.exe.  Fluxbox will allow windows to be moved and repositioned when running a non-desktop application is ran in single window mode.

To launch the Fluxbox window manager:

  1. Open X-Config
  2. Create a New Connection > Manual
  3. Select More… > command
  4. Give the Connection a Name
  5. For the Target, Browse for fluxbox.exe located in the install directory of X-Win32 (example c:\Program Files\StarNet\X-Win32 2024)
  6. Press the Save button
  7. Launch an X-Win32 session in Single Window Mode
  8. After the session launches in single window mode, right click on the title bar of the session and select “My Connection”
  9. Select the Fluxbox connection
  10. The SSH session will display in multiple windows inside a single window. Users can move around the window and launch other windows inside the single window.