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Windows 11 Start Menu Styler
Customize the start menu with themes contributed by others or create your own
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123,134 users
Taskbar height and icon size
Control the taskbar height and icon size, improve icon quality (Windows 11 only)
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93,147 users
Windows 11 Taskbar Styler
Customize the taskbar with themes contributed by others or create your own
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96,557 users
Windows 11 Notification Center Styler
Customize the Notification Center with themes contributed by others or create your own
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49,715 users
Taskbar Volume Control
Control the system volume by scrolling over the taskbar
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32,556 users
Better file sizes in Explorer details
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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29,662 users
Taskbar Clock Customization
Customize the taskbar clock: define a custom date/time format, add a news feed, customize fonts and colors, and more
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26,364 users
Slick Window Arrangement
Make window arrangement more slick and pleasant with a sliding animation and snapping
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16,062 users
Taskbar Labels for Windows 11
Customize text labels and combining for running programs on the taskbar (Windows 11 only)
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15,294 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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13,265 users
Modernize Folder Picker Dialog
Replaces the classic "Browse For Folder" dialog
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12,712 users
Disable grouping on the taskbar
Causes a separate button to be created on the taskbar for each new window
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11,575 users
Taskbar tray system icon tweaks
Allows hiding system icons (volume, network, battery), the bell (always or when there are no new notifications), and the "Show desktop" button (Windows 11 only)
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11,271 users
Taskbar Thumbnail Reorder
Reorder taskbar thumbnails with the left mouse button
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8,671 users
Dark Mode for Notepad
The missing dark mode theme for Notepad
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7,850 users
Taskbar tray icon spacing
Reduce or increase the spacing between tray icons on the taskbar (Windows 11 only)
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7,767 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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7,718 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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7,706 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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5,772 users
Taskbar on top for Windows 11
Moves the Windows 11 taskbar to the top of the screen
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5,496 users
No Focus Rectangle
Removes the focus rectangle
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4,909 users
Dark mode context menus
Enables dark mode for all win32 menus.
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4,646 users
Click on empty taskbar space
Trigger custom action when empty space on a taskbar is double/middle clicked
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4,539 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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4,506 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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4,468 users
Classic Explorer navigation bar
Restores the classic Explorer navigation bar to the version before the Windows 11 "Moments 4" update
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4,165 users
Open With - Remove Microsoft Store Menu Item
Removes the "Search with Microsoft Store" menu item from the "Open with" submenu
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4,129 users
Show all apps by default in start menu
When the Windows 11 start menu is opened, show all apps right away
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3,147 users
Customize Windows notifications placement
Move notifications to another monitor or another corner of the screen
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2,988 users
Better Taskbar Autohide
Allow taskbar autohide when inactive window notified
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2,829 users
Aerexplorer
aerexplorer
1.6.5
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Various tweaks for Windows Explorer to make it more like older versions.
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Aerexplorer

This mod includes various tweaks for the Windows Explorer to look and behave more like its Windows Vista, 7, 8, or older Windows 10 counterpart.

IMPORTANT: READ!

Windhawk needs to hook into svchost.exe to successfully capture the creation of Explorer windows. Please navigate to Windhawk's Settings, Advanced settings, More advanced settings, and make sure that svchost.exe is in the Process inclusion list.

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Configured like Windows Vista

Windows Vista

Configured like Windows 7

Windows 7

Configured like Windows 8.0

Windows 8.0

Configured like Windows 10 RTM

Windows 10 RTM

Common issues

Control Panel lost its styling.

OldNewExplorer allows for modification of UIFILE resources located in shell32.dll through the theme's shellstyle.dll. You can leave OldNewExplorer installed with all of its options disabled, or, if you're on 1903 or greater version, look into porting the modified UIFILEs from your shellstyle.dll to shell32.dll.mun. The former is generally easier, and works just fine, though.

The user folders keep reappearing under This PC on the navigation pane.

This is an issue with the way the navigation pane works. Since the user folders are under This PC in the path, it will try to correct itself by adding them under This PC on the navigation pane. If you use this registry hack, they will be moved back under your user folder, and stop reappearing under This PC on the navigation pane.

Support

This mod is primarily tested on Windows 10 Vibranium (which includes 2004, 20H2, 21H1, 21H2, and 22H2), but it has been confirmed to work to a varying degree on:

  • Redstone 4 (1803)
  • Redstone 5 (1809)
  • Vanadium (1909)
  • Iron (Server 2022)

Additionally, you can get it working on newer versions such as Windows 11 by replacing ExplorerFrame.dll with that from build 21332, but it is not supported and not recommended.

Feel free to try it on other versions, but it may not work.