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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
Details
498,773 users
Windows 11 Taskbar Styler
1.5.2
m417z
explorer.exe
Customize the taskbar with themes contributed by others or create your own
Details
492,210 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
Details
299,186 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)
Details
203,923 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)
Details
132,923 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
Details
98,135 users
Windows 11 File Explorer Styler
1.3
m417z
explorer.exe
Customize the File Explorer with themes contributed by others or create your own
Details
105,508 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
Details
71,588 users
Taskbar Dock Animation
1.9.2
Ph0en1x-dev
explorer.exe
Animates taskbar icons on mouse hover like in macOS
Details
73,146 users
Translucent Windows
1.7.4
Undisputed00x
All processes
Enables native translucent effects in Windows 11
Details
59,692 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)
Details
48,732 users
Slick Window Arrangement
1.0.2
m417z
All processes
Make window arrangement more slick and pleasant with a sliding animation and snapping
Details
43,967 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
Details
42,586 users
Dark mode context menus
1.4.2
Mgg Sk
All processes
Enables dark mode for all win32 menus.
Details
36,036 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
Details
35,188 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
Details
30,716 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
Details
29,836 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)
Details
28,387 users
Modernize Folder Picker Dialog
1.0.0
aubymori
All processes
Replaces the classic "Browse For Folder" dialog
Details
27,002 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)
Details
25,239 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
Details
22,564 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
Details
21,305 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
Details
20,955 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
Details
18,299 users
Taskbar Thumbnail Reorder
1.1.3
m417z
explorer.exe
Reorder taskbar thumbnails with the left mouse button
Details
16,789 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
17,630 users
Dark Mode for Notepad
1.0
m417z
notepad.exe
The missing dark mode theme for Notepad
Details
14,712 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
13,952 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)
Details
12,398 users
UXTheme hook
1.4
rounk-ctrl
winlogon.exe, explorer.exe, systemsettings.exe, logonui.exe, rundll32.exe
Allows you to apply custom themes
Details
11,689 users
Translucent Windows
translucent-windows
1.7.4
Undisputed00x
All processes
Enables native translucent effects in Windows 11
Get Windhawk to install this mod

⚠️ FAQ section below ⚠️

Blur (AccentBlurBehind)

AccentBlurBehind

Acrylic (SystemBackdrop)

Acrylic SystemBackdrop

Mica (SystemBackdrop)

Mica

MicaAlt (SystemBackdrop)

MicaTabbed

FAQ

  • ⚠️Use Windows 11 File Explorer Styler mod and select the Translucent Explorer11 theme in order to get translucent WinUI parts of the new file explorer.⚠️

  • ❗The new system colors setting option adjusts the system colors in order to blend with the background translucency / custom theme rendering. This setting option overrides any process exclusion as these colors are applied system-wide using the SetSysColor API. Intercepting and changing the system colors in a proper way is quite difficult, more details in another software project that faced the same problem: https://github.com/namazso/SecureUxTheme/issues/9#issuecomment-611897882 ❗

  • ⚠️Set a process rule in the mod's settings with custom theme rendering disabled, in order to reset (if possible) the custom system colors to default for the target process.⚠️

  • ❗The Windows custom theme rendering also fixes invisible text by restoring alpha and modifying text colors. Extending effects to the entire window can result in text being barely readable or even invisible in some cases. Enabling HDR, 10bit color depth output, having a black color, or a white background behind the window can cause this. This is because most GDI rendering operations ignore or do not preserve alpha values.❗

  • ⚠️The background color of the properties window may remain unchanged after applying the Windows theme custom rendering. Restart explorer.exe to change the background color.⚠️

  • ⚠️Prerequisited windows settings to enable the background effects⚠️

    • Transparency effects enabled
    • Energy saver disabled

  • ⚠️The background effects do not affect most modern windows (UWP/WinUI), apps with different front-end rendering (e.g Qt, Electron, Chromium etc.. programs) and native windows with hardcoded colors.⚠️

  • ⚠️If parts of the Windows UI colors remain modified after disabling the modification, this is happening when new system colors are applied in a selected Windows custom theme. Changing the theme to the default and vice versa fixes the problem. As a last resort, you can delete the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors and reboot.⚠️

  • ❕The blur effect may show a bleeding effect at the edges of a window when maximized or snapped to the edge of the screen. This is caused by default by the AccentBlur API.❕

  • ✨It is recommended to use the mod with a custom black/dark window themes like the Rectify11 "Dark theme with Mica".✨

  • ✨The mod works best on the default dark theme.✨