Accent Color Sync

Optional improvements: show folder sizes, use MB/GB for large files (by default, all sizes are shown in KBs), use IEC terms (such as KiB instead of KB)

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100,167 users

Taskbar Volume Control

Control the system volume by scrolling over the taskbar

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76,013 users

Taskbar Clock Customization

Custom date/time format, news feed, weather, performance metrics (upload/download speed, CPU, RAM), custom fonts and colors, and more

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56,501 users

Windows 11 File Explorer Styler

Customize the File Explorer with themes contributed by others or create your own

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62,762 users

Taskbar tray system icon tweaks

Allows hiding system icons: volume, network, battery, microphone, location/GPS, Studio Effects, language bar, bell (always or when there are no new notifications), and the "Show desktop" button (hide or set width)

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37,016 users

Slick Window Arrangement

Make window arrangement more slick and pleasant with a sliding animation and snapping

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35,551 users

Translucent Windows

Enables native translucent effects in Windows 11

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39,248 users

Middle click to close on the taskbar

Close programs with a middle click on the taskbar instead of creating a new instance

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28,091 users

Dark mode context menus

Enables dark mode for all win32 menus.

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26,590 users

Taskbar Labels for Windows 11

Customize text labels and combining for running programs on the taskbar (Windows 11 only)

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25,579 users

Classic context menu on Windows 11

Always show the classic context menu without having to select "Show More Options" or hold Shift

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23,741 users

Modernize Folder Picker Dialog

Replaces the classic "Browse For Folder" dialog

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23,157 users

Resource Redirect

Define alternative files for loading various resources (e.g. icons in imageres.dll) for simple theming without having to modify system files

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21,225 users

Taskbar auto-hide when maximized

Makes the taskbar auto-hide only when a window is maximized or intersects the taskbar

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23,357 users

Disable grouping on the taskbar

Causes a separate button to be created on the taskbar for each new window

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18,396 users

Taskbar tray icon spacing and grid

Reduce or increase the spacing between tray icons on the taskbar, optionally have a grid of tray icons (Windows 11 only)

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17,644 users

Taskbar on top for Windows 11

Moves the Windows 11 taskbar to the top of the screen

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17,200 users

Taskbar auto-hide speed

Customize the taskbar auto-hide speed and frame rate to make it feel less sluggish and janky

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15,351 users

Chrome/Edge scroll tabs with mouse wheel

Use the mouse wheel while hovering over the tab bar to switch between tabs

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14,566 users

Taskbar Thumbnail Reorder

Reorder taskbar thumbnails with the left mouse button

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14,381 users

Vertical Taskbar for Windows 11

Finally, the missing vertical taskbar option for Windows 11! Move the taskbar to the left or right side of the screen.

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15,109 users

Dark Mode for Notepad

The missing dark mode theme for Notepad

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12,644 users

Alt+Tab per monitor

Pressing Alt+Tab shows all open windows on the primary display. This mod shows only the windows on the monitor where the cursor is.

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9,549 users

No Focus Rectangle

Removes the focus rectangle

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9,000 users

Turn off change file extension warning

When a file is renamed and its extension is changed, a confirmation warning appears, this mod turns it off

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8,686 users

Start button always on the left

Forces the start button to be on the left of the taskbar, even when taskbar icons are centered (Windows 11 only)

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8,620 users

Accent Color Sync

accent-color-sync

1.6

CatmanFan / Mr._Lechkar

explorer.exe

Restores Control Panel color opacity functionality

Get Windhawk to install this mod

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Source Code

Changelog

Brings back the functionality of the Control Panel's "Color intensity" slider to Windows 10 1809 and above, using third-party DWM shader software (e.g. OpenGlass, Glass8). The mod synchronises the Aero colorization parameters used by the supported DWM customization software with the slider value.

⚠️ Requirements:

This mod requires that one of the following supported DWM shader applications is installed and running:

OpenGlass, available in two editions: the original version which uses DComp (supports Windows 10 1809 ― Windows 11 23H2) and the legacy version (supports Windows 10 2004 ― 22H2 only) which uses Direct2D. I recommend that you use OpenGlass-legacy due to its closer accurateness to the Windows 7 shader.
- It is generally recommended to compile the source code from the official repo, but a list of downloads is also available here.
Glass8, supports Windows 10 RTM to 1909 builds.
- Please note that the shader used by this software is not accurate to the original.

Additional tips:

If you are updating this mod from version 1.3, it is recommended to also enable the Sync with DWM option in the mod settings, although this can have some minor bugs (see below).
If you are updating this mod from version 1.0, it is required to disable or uninstall any unsupported DWM shader software (e.g. regular OpenGlass or DWMBlurGlass).
You may need to try changing the accent color manually if changes do not automatically take effect.

Known bugs:

Sync with DWM option enabled: When changing the color intensity in the Control Panel without changing the color itself, the theme preview icon used for the color does not change unless after the theme preview is regenerated by changing the color RGB values or the desktop background.
Actually closing the Personalization window does not produce the same behaviour as clicking "Cancel" (i.e. the RGB color is changed but the OpenGlass opacity stays the same).
When using Explorer7, the Start menu may not immediately change in opacity and requires a restart of explorer.exe. This may be fixed with schm1dt's glass POC mod downloadable here.

Special credits:

OjasK for his DirectUI reverse-engineering work, part of which was referenced in the making of this mod.
ALTaleX for the incredible work on OpenGlass, and on porting the Windows 7 DWM colorization functionality to open-source code with this formula; as well as kfh83 on porting the Windows 7-esque shader to OpenGlass-legacy.