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

442,448 users

Windows 11 Taskbar Styler

1.5.2

m417z

explorer.exe

Customize the taskbar with themes contributed by others or create your own

Details

430,074 users

Windows 11 Notification Center Styler

1.3.3

m417z

ShellExperienceHost.exe, ShellHost.exe

Customize the Notification Center and Action Center with themes contributed by others or create your own

Details

258,971 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

188,127 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

117,272 users

Taskbar Volume Control

1.2.2

m417z

explorer.exe

Control the system volume by scrolling over the taskbar

Details

88,803 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

84,331 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

65,421 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

44,026 users

Translucent Windows

1.7.3

Undisputed00x

All processes

Enables native translucent effects in Windows 11

Details

48,831 users

Slick Window Arrangement

1.0.2

m417z

All processes

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

Details

39,934 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

32,114 users

Taskbar Dock Animation

1.7

Ph0en1x-dev

explorer.exe

Animates taskbar icons on mouse hover like in macOS

Details

35,362 users

Dark mode context menus

1.4.2

Mgg Sk

All processes

Enables dark mode for all win32 menus.

Details

31,329 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

33,190 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

27,583 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

27,424 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

26,207 users

Modernize Folder Picker Dialog

1.0.0

aubymori

All processes

Replaces the classic "Browse For Folder" dialog

Details

25,436 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

22,374 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

20,092 users

Taskbar auto-hide speed

1.0

m417z

explorer.exe

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

Details

19,624 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

19,441 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

16,264 users

Taskbar Thumbnail Reorder

1.1.3

m417z

explorer.exe

Reorder taskbar thumbnails with the left mouse button

Details

15,742 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

16,666 users

Dark Mode for Notepad

1.0

m417z

notepad.exe

The missing dark mode theme for Notepad

Details

13,789 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

12,003 users

No Focus Rectangle

1.0.2

ItsProfessional

explorer.exe

Removes the focus rectangle

Details

10,203 users

Turn off change file extension warning

1.0.1

m417z

explorer.exe

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

Details

10,037 users

WinDbg No OleFlushClipboard

windbg-no-ole-flush-clipboard

0.2

Nikita

DbgX.Shell.exe

Prevents the UI from getting stuck on Ctrl-C

Get Windhawk to install this mod

Details

Settings

Source Code

Changelog

WinDbg No OleFlushClipboard

Prevents the UI from getting stuck on Ctrl-C… This happens when a clipboard monitor tries to read the clipboard as soon as WinDbg copies something.

In the mod author's case, it happens when running a Windows VM on Linux. The participants are WinDbg, WPF, and SPICE's vdagent, where:

WinDbg calls WPF's Clipboard.SetDataObject() with copy = true. This call is done on WinDbg's UI thread.
WPF puts delay-rendered content on the clipboard and repeatedly calls OleFlushClipboard(), on the aforementioned UI thread.
Meanwhile, SPICE's vdagent tries to synchronize the clipboard to Linux, which triggers delayed rendering, but it can't complete since WinDbg UI's thread is blocked.
WinDbg can't complete the clipboard flush since vdagent holds the clipboard open. This creates a deadlock.

This mod patches OleFlushClipboard to do nothing in WinDbg's UI process.

A full technical writeup is available at: https://www.island.io/blog/debugging-windbg-with-windbg-fixing-a-ctrl-c-ui-freeze