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Windows 11 Taskbar Styler
1.10
m417z
explorer.exe
Customize the taskbar with themes contributed by others or create your own
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1,059,953 users
Windows 11 Start Menu Styler
1.7
m417z
StartMenuExperienceHost.exe, SearchHost.exe, SearchApp.exe
Customize the Start menu with themes contributed by others or create your own
Details
962,993 users
Windows 11 Notification Center Styler
1.7
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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596,162 users
Taskbar Dock Animation
1.9.2
Ph0en1x-dev
explorer.exe
Animates taskbar icons on mouse hover like in macOS
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488,150 users
Taskbar height and icon size
1.3.10
m417z
explorer.exe
Control the taskbar height and icon size, improve icon quality (Windows 11 only)
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333,137 users
Windows 11 File Explorer Styler
1.7
m417z
explorer.exe
Customize the File Explorer with themes contributed by others or create your own
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328,060 users
Better file sizes in Explorer details
1.6
m417z
All but conhost.exe, Plex*.exe, backgroundTaskHost.exe, LockApp.exe, SearchHost.exe, ShellExperienceHost.exe, StartMenuExperienceHost.exe, msedgewebview2.exe, windhawk.exe, windhawk-ui.exe, *\UI\VSCodium.exe
Enhances file size display in Explorer details with folder sizes, human-readable units (MB/GB), and optional IEC notation (KiB/MiB)
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232,561 users
Taskbar Volume Control
1.3.1
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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170,576 users
Translucent Windows
1.8.2
Undisputed00x
All processes
Enables native translucent effects in Windows 11
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174,239 users
Taskbar Clock Customization
1.8.1
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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119,923 users
Taskbar auto-hide when maximized
1.2.6
m417z
explorer.exe
Makes the taskbar auto-hide only when a window is maximized or intersects the taskbar
Details
113,816 users
Windows Animations
1.3.7
ReDrag
All but TextInputHost.exe, ShellExperienceHost.exe, StartMenuExperienceHost.exe, SearchHost.exe, dwm.exe, mmc.exe, git.exe, git-remote-https.exe, AudioCaptureService.exe, AIVisualPIPESvr.exe, GimateServiceHelper.exe, NVIDIA Web Helper.exe
Smooth minimize, restore, close, switch animations for windows.
Details
98,277 users
Taskbar tray system icon tweaks
1.3.1
m417z
explorer.exe
Allows hiding system icons: volume, network, battery, microphone, location/GPS, Studio Effects, Recall, language bar, bell (always or when there are no new notifications), and the "Show desktop" button (hide or set width)
Details
83,415 users
Invisible Window Borders
1.0.0
Bo0ii
All but devenv.exe
Makes window borders invisible while keeping rounded corners
Details
91,656 users
MacOS Minimize Animation
3.1.7
Abdullah Masood
All processes
Smooth macOS-style genie minimize and restore (open) animations for every window.
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85,805 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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74,294 users
Dark mode context menus
1.4.2
Mgg Sk
All processes
Enables dark mode for all win32 menus.
Details
80,172 users
Resource Redirect
1.3
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
78,153 users
Windows 11 Settings Styler
1.1
m417z
SystemSettings.exe
Customize the Windows Settings app with themes contributed by others or create your own
Details
71,077 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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61,033 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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50,992 users
Taskbar tray icon spacing and grid
1.4
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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47,157 users
Taskbar Volume Control Per-App
1.1.4
m417z
explorer.exe
Control the per-app volume by scrolling over taskbar buttons
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46,421 users
Dynamic Island for Windows
1.3.1
Himanshu
windhawk.exe
A living, breathing pill overlay inspired by iPhone's Dynamic Island. Reacts to media, downloads, clipboard, battery, and more.
Details
50,081 users
Modernize Folder Picker Dialog
1.0.0
aubymori
All processes
Replaces the classic "Browse For Folder" dialog
Details
37,466 users
Taskbar Labels for Windows 11
1.5.1
m417z
explorer.exe
Customize text labels and combining for running programs on the taskbar (Windows 11 only)
Details
37,355 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
41,338 users
UXTheme hook
1.4
rounk-ctrl
winlogon.exe, explorer.exe, systemsettings.exe, logonui.exe, rundll32.exe
Allows you to apply custom themes
Details
38,061 users
Taskbar Dock Animation Plus
2.0.1
incconutwo
explorer.exe
Animates taskbar icons on mouse hover like in macOS (updated fork with support for all taskbar positions and multi-monitor fixes)
Details
36,755 users
Taskbar Auto-Hide Instant Show
2.2
Bo0ii
explorer.exe
Removes the delay before the taskbar appears with custom animation types (none, slide, elastic, bounce, fade, slide+fade, overshoot)
Details
32,711 users
Translucent Windows
translucent-windows
1.8.2
Undisputed00x
All processes
Enables native translucent effects in Windows 11
Get Windhawk to install this mod

⚠️ FAQ section below ⚠️

❗For any excluded process, if the global "New system colors" setting is enabled, please add the excluded processes to the process rules in the mod settings instead.❗

  • Theme Customization

Default cleartype textGreyscale text
CleartypeGreyscale
Default textAlpha blended text
DefaultComposited
Default themed controlsCustom themed controls
Default ThemeCustom Theme

  • Translucent effects

Blur (AccentBlurBehind)Acrylic (SystemBackdrop)
AccentBlurBehindAcrylic SystemBackdrop
Mica (SystemBackdrop)MicaAlt (SystemBackdrop)
MicaMicaTabbed

Credits

The custom theme is a close copy of the Rectify 11 theme created by WinExperiments.

The inspiration for this mod came from the awesome Windows effects customization projects of Maplespe and ALTaleX531.

Thanks also to m417z for his help and input in completing the mod.

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.❗

  • ⚠️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.⚠️

  • ⚠️ARM64 system is only partially supported.⚠️

  • ❕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.❕

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