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Windows 11 Start Menu Styler
1.3.3
m417z
StartMenuExperienceHost.exe, SearchHost.exe, SearchApp.exe
Customize the start menu with themes contributed by others or create your own
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468,490 users
Windows 11 Taskbar Styler
1.5.2
m417z
explorer.exe
Customize the taskbar with themes contributed by others or create your own
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459,447 users
Windows 11 Notification Center Styler
1.4
m417z
ShellExperienceHost.exe, ShellHost.exe
Customize the Notification Center and Action Center with themes contributed by others or create your own
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277,697 users
Taskbar height and icon size
1.3.6
m417z
explorer.exe
Control the taskbar height and icon size, improve icon quality (Windows 11 only)
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193,454 users
Better file sizes in Explorer details
1.5
m417z
All but conhost.exe, Plex*.exe, backgroundTaskHost.exe, LockApp.exe, SearchHost.exe, ShellExperienceHost.exe, StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
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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124,851 users
Taskbar Volume Control
1.3
m417z
explorer.exe, ShellExperienceHost.exe, SndVol.exe
Control the system volume by scrolling over the taskbar or anywhere with modifier keys
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93,600 users
Windows 11 File Explorer Styler
1.3
m417z
explorer.exe
Customize the File Explorer with themes contributed by others or create your own
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94,005 users
Taskbar Clock Customization
1.7.1
m417z
explorer.exe
Custom date/time format, news feed, weather, performance metrics (upload/download speed, CPU, RAM, GPU, battery), media player info, custom fonts and colors, and more
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68,264 users
Translucent Windows
1.7.4
Undisputed00x
All processes
Enables native translucent effects in Windows 11
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55,734 users
Taskbar Dock Animation
1.9.2
Ph0en1x-dev
explorer.exe
Animates taskbar icons on mouse hover like in macOS
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52,739 users
Taskbar tray system icon tweaks
1.2.3
m417z
explorer.exe
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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46,171 users
Slick Window Arrangement
1.0.2
m417z
All processes
Make window arrangement more slick and pleasant with a sliding animation and snapping
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41,914 users
Dark mode context menus
1.4.2
Mgg Sk
All processes
Enables dark mode for all win32 menus.
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33,597 users
Middle click to close on the taskbar
1.0.9
m417z
explorer.exe
Close programs with a middle click on the taskbar instead of creating a new instance
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33,505 users
Taskbar auto-hide when maximized
1.2.4
m417z
explorer.exe
Makes the taskbar auto-hide only when a window is maximized or intersects the taskbar
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36,996 users
Classic context menu on Windows 11
1.0.2
m417z
explorer.exe
Always show the classic context menu without having to select "Show More Options" or hold Shift
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29,008 users
Resource Redirect
1.2.4
m417z
All processes
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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28,223 users
Taskbar Labels for Windows 11
1.4.2
m417z
explorer.exe
Customize text labels and combining for running programs on the taskbar (Windows 11 only)
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27,524 users
Modernize Folder Picker Dialog
1.0.0
aubymori
All processes
Replaces the classic "Browse For Folder" dialog
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26,146 users
Taskbar tray icon spacing and grid
1.3
m417z
explorer.exe
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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23,679 users
Taskbar auto-hide speed
1.1
m417z
explorer.exe
Customize the taskbar auto-hide animation speed and frame rate to make it feel less sluggish and janky
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21,144 users
Disable grouping on the taskbar
1.3.10
m417z
explorer.exe
Causes a separate button to be created on the taskbar for each new window
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20,282 users
Taskbar on top for Windows 11
1.1.6
m417z
explorer.exe, StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
Moves the Windows 11 taskbar to the top of the screen
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20,116 users
Chrome/Edge scroll tabs with mouse wheel
1.3.1
m417z
chrome.exe, msedge.exe, opera.exe, brave.exe, *\YandexBrowser\Application\browser.exe, thorium.exe
Use the mouse wheel while hovering over the tab bar to switch between tabs
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16,839 users
Taskbar Thumbnail Reorder
1.1.3
m417z
explorer.exe
Reorder taskbar thumbnails with the left mouse button
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16,074 users
Vertical Taskbar for Windows 11
1.3.10
m417z
explorer.exe, StartMenuExperienceHost.exe, ShellExperienceHost.exe, ShellHost.exe
Finally, the missing vertical taskbar option for Windows 11! Move the taskbar to the left or right side of the screen.
Details
16,853 users
Dark Mode for Notepad
1.0
m417z
notepad.exe
The missing dark mode theme for Notepad
Details
14,248 users
Alt+Tab per monitor
1.1.1
L3r0y
explorer.exe
Pressing Alt+Tab shows all open windows on the primary display. This mod shows only the windows on the monitor where the cursor is.
Details
12,861 users
Start button always on the left
1.2.4
m417z
StartMenuExperienceHost.exe, explorer.exe
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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11,804 users
No Focus Rectangle
1.0.2
ItsProfessional
explorer.exe
Removes the focus rectangle
Details
10,788 users
Taskbar language indicator layout control
taskbar-language-indicator-layout-control
1.0
Roland Pihlakas
explorer.exe
Prevents the Tray area from jumping around when the language indicator is hidden while RDP client window is active. There are multiple mitigations you can choose from.
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Taskbar language indicator layout control

By default, Windows has a distracting feature: When language indicator is enabled and the user opens a Remote Desktop client window, the language bar is hidden, causing a jump in the taskbar layout. When the user switches to another program, the taskbar jumps again as the language indicator is reshown.

Moreover, the language indicator configuration in Windows Settings is buggy even in a number of ways: Disabling the language indicator via Windows Settings does not "stick", after a reboot the indicator is visible again and needs to be turned off once more. As a smaller additional bug, the language indicator checkbox in acts weird, requiring the user to click the checkbox twice before it has effect. To confuse things even further, the checkbox description is reversed from what it should be.

This mod is targeted at solving the language indicator problems once and for all.

Under current mod's Settings you find four options to choose from for the language indicator layout:

  1. Make it visible except when Windows wants to hide it temporarily. At the same time, the layout is fixed by the mod. This means that when Windows hides the language indicator temporarily while a Remote Desktop window is in foreground, then the space for the indicator is preserved by the mod, thereby avoiding the tray area from jumping around - there will be an empty space preserving the place of the language indicator.
  2. Hide the language indicator persistently. This option is useful considering that after a reboot, Windows itself normally "forgets" the system setting to hide the language indicator. With this option, the mod overrides whatever Windows is trying to do to the language indicator.
  3. Make it always visible, including when a Remote Desktop window is in foreground. This option again prevents the tray area from jumping around. Note that when Remote Desktop window is in foreground, then the language choice visible in the language indicator has no real effect - it is there just to avoid visual distractions.
  4. Let Windows manage it. This option is conceptually equivalent to disabling this mod. But compared to mod disabling, choosing this option for temporary purposes might work faster and provides better Taskbar stability guarantees. If you do not need this mod anymore at all, then of course disable it.