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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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127,875 users
Taskbar height and icon size
Control the taskbar height and icon size, improve icon quality (Windows 11 only)
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95,756 users
Windows 11 Taskbar Styler
Customize the taskbar with themes contributed by others or create your own
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100,780 users
Windows 11 Notification Center Styler
Customize the Notification Center with themes contributed by others or create your own
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52,137 users
Taskbar Volume Control
Control the system volume by scrolling over the taskbar
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33,710 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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31,387 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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27,171 users
Slick Window Arrangement
Make window arrangement more slick and pleasant with a sliding animation and snapping
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16,642 users
Taskbar Labels for Windows 11
Customize text labels and combining for running programs on the taskbar (Windows 11 only)
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15,695 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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13,661 users
Modernize Folder Picker Dialog
Replaces the classic "Browse For Folder" dialog
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13,107 users
Disable grouping on the taskbar
Causes a separate button to be created on the taskbar for each new window
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11,828 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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11,824 users
Taskbar Thumbnail Reorder
Reorder taskbar thumbnails with the left mouse button
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8,872 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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8,271 users
Taskbar tray icon spacing
Reduce or increase the spacing between tray icons on the taskbar (Windows 11 only)
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8,106 users
Dark Mode for Notepad
The missing dark mode theme for Notepad
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8,074 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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7,935 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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5,996 users
Taskbar on top for Windows 11
Moves the Windows 11 taskbar to the top of the screen
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5,826 users
No Focus Rectangle
Removes the focus rectangle
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5,034 users
Dark mode context menus
Enables dark mode for all win32 menus.
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4,959 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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4,846 users
Click on empty taskbar space
Trigger custom action when empty space on a taskbar is double/middle clicked
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4,673 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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4,607 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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4,291 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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4,207 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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3,189 users
Customize Windows notifications placement
Move notifications to another monitor or another corner of the screen
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3,082 users
Better Taskbar Autohide
Allow taskbar autohide when inactive window notified
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2,905 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.