Using Helm

Dock, apps & windows

Your PC’s apps on your phone, with their real icons.

Helm’s Dock lets you launch and switch PC apps from your phone. It is Helm’s home screen. Hold the phone in landscape for a desk-dock layout that keeps the screen on and dims when idle.

  • Add apps from a searchable list of every installed app — classic desktop apps and Store apps alike.
  • Arrange by long-pressing a tile. Use pages of 4, 6 or 8 tiles.
  • Tiles can also open files, folders, URLs, games and scripts.
  • Running badges show which apps are open. Focus, minimise, maximise or close their windows.
  • Window manager: snap and move windows between monitors, switch or create virtual desktops.
  • Profiles (Work, Gaming, Editing) switch by themselves when a matching app comes to the front.