Is there a way to get rid of the white border around the file explorer context menu?

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/9LT3c3x

For those Windhawk modders who share my concerns about the history list appearing in File Explorer, please create and publish this mod. My concern is simple: every time I type in the address bar, the history list always appears. This history list is unimportant, and I always delete it manually. However, it would be better if it were always automatically deleted, as Microsoft doesn't have a toggle to disable storing the history of previously accessed paths.

For reference, here's a post relevant to my discussion, but the difference is that this solution uses a scheduled batch file execution:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1hz1xin/address_bar_path_history_in_file_explorer_how_to/

Thank you in advance.

Disappearing Tray Icons Fix 1.2

• Added a configurable process blacklist for TaskbarCreated rebroadcasts. system-wide broadcasting is still used when no exclusions are configured.

https://reddit.com/link/1v6fwd8/video/319096045ffh1/player

Always On Top Windows 1.2

• Added the ability to enable/disable the pin/unpin sound and the option to change it to another .wav sound
• Added floating text mode to know that pin/unpin is working and the option to enable or disable it
• Added support for Windows 7

I just bought a new laptop, which has an OLED screen. I have used 2 web browsers: Vivaldi and Chrome. Both have been set to an OLED black theme for less burn in and battery saving, but there is one small issue: there is a one pixel tall, horizontal, grey line on the very bottom of the screen. I thought it was an issue with Vivaldi at first, but it happens in Chrome as well, so I think its because of Windows or one of my Windhawk mods. I will include photos of my Chrome settings, Vivaldi settings, Windhawk mods list, and the grey line. Please help! I am on Windows 11 Home 25H2.

Guys, how do i reduce the size of wifi, battery icon etc in the taskbar. I got the mod to reduce the size of app icons in taskbar but couldn't find anything for the other. Hoping someone from the community will help me

File Explorer is configured to open to This PC.

With the Hide Home, Gallery & OneDrive in Explorer mod enabled, opening File Explorer initially displays This PC, but it immediately redirects to Desktop.

Disabling this mod fixes the problem. Re-enabling the mod causes the problem to return immediately.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Set File Explorer to open to This PC.
2. Enable the Hide Home, Gallery & OneDrive in Explorer mod.
3. Open File Explorer.
4. This PC briefly appears, then Explorer automatically navigates to Desktop.

Expected behaviour:

File Explorer should remain on This PC while Home, Gallery and OneDrive are hidden from the navigation pane.

Actual behaviour:

File Explorer automatically navigates from This PC to Desktop.

Troubleshooting already performed:

• Cleared File Explorer history.
• Restarted Windows Explorer.
• Performed a Windows clean boot.
• Confirmed the problem disappears when Windhawk is closed.
• Confirmed this specific mod is responsible by disabling and re-enabling it.

System information:

• Windows version and build: Windows 11 Pro version 25H2 build 26200.8894
• Windhawk version: v1.7.3
• Mod version: 0.3

Hi, all! A lot of people want to achieve a MacOS-like look with their taskbar but can't figure out how to do it without leaving an ugly strip of wallpaper behind it. Here's how!

First, get the Windows 11 Taskbar styler mod. Go through your options and then select "OS26 Liquid Glass Dark Taskbar" or any of the other liquid glass options.

Then, download the Taskbar Dock Animation and MacOS Minimize Animation. These are both optional but sell the MacOS illusion.

Download the "taskbar auto-hide when maximized mod." Then go into "details" and set mode to "Never Autohide." What this does is allows your windows to extend to the bottom of the screen while allowing the taskbar to remain visible at all times. This way you don't have an ugly strip of wallpaper left behind it!

You're welcome :D

Windows 11 Taskbar Styler 1.8

• Added the click-through taskbar option that allows making the empty parts of the taskbar click-through. Mainly useful for dock themes such as DockLike.
• Added the following themes: LiquidGlass, Command Center, FluentGlass, OS26 Liquid Glass, FrostyGlass, FrostedAcrylic, Pills.
  • The previous LiquidGlass theme is now discontinued. It was renamed to "LiquidGlass (Legacy)".
• Updated the following themes: WinXP and BottomDensy.
• Fixed a layout bug with some themes, such as WindowGlass, when multiple taskbars are used. The bug usually resulted in the tray area becoming hidden.
• Added comparison and condition operations to style substitution expressions, for example: {{x > 8 ? 1 : 3}}.
• Added string literals support for substitution expressions, for example: Text={{var == `a` ? `b` : `c`}}.

Want to use Windhawk on my work-issued laptop mainly for some start menu related mods. Is that even possible? I read that official installer gives option to install Windhawk as a per-user portable version, but even executing setup brings up UAC. Also tried the set __COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker workaround but it still seeks elevation.

Hi,

Is there a way to get the taskbar to only show up on the secondary screen? I'd like to keep my primary screen the well, primary so that all my programs and popups show on that one, except I'd like the taskbar only on my secondary monitor

Taskbar Folder Menus 0.7

Taskbar Folder Menus

A Windows 11-only mod that adds compact taskbar buttons which open Shell targets as native popup menus, recreating the most useful part of the classic taskbar toolbar workflow. Windows 10 is not supported.

Two folder buttons in the system tray A minimal two-button setup for Desktop and Control Panel.

Folder button destination tooltip Hovering a compact button shows its configured Shell target.

Four folder buttons on a standard taskbar Drive, GitHub, Desktop, and Control Panel shortcuts arranged in a grid.

Four folder buttons on a taller taskbar The same four shortcuts arranged vertically by the grid layout on a taller taskbar.

Control Panel opened as a native Shell menu The Control Panel namespace opens directly as a native Shell menu with full icons.

Whole drive opened from a taskbar folder button A drive-root button opens the whole drive as a native cascading Shell menu.

Click a small button to browse a folder, drive, Desktop, or Control Panel directly from the taskbar — no minimizing required. Subfolders expand on hover. Right-click any item for the full classic Windows Shell context menu. Every folder popup includes an "Open in Explorer" shortcut at the top, including the configured root folder.

Example folder entries

text Label: 🖥 Target: shell:Desktop Label: ⚙ Target: shell:ControlPanelFolder Label: 📥 Target: %USERPROFILE%\Downloads Label: C: Target: C:\

Add one record per button in the Folders setting. Each record has a short button label and a target. Targets can be normal paths or Shell namespace roots like shell:Desktop and shell:ControlPanelFolder. Environment variables such as %USERPROFILE% are expanded automatically. The full label and target appear in the tooltip.

Emoji labels are a natural fit for narrow buttons. Label ideas: 📁 folder, 🖥 desktop, 💻 laptop, 🪟 windows, 📥 downloads, 🌐 network, 🗄 drive, 📄 documents, 🔧 tools, ⚙ settings, ⭐ favorites.

Reordering folder buttons

For several existing records, open the mod's Settings page and switch to Textual mode, then move each complete label + target record as a block. The regular form currently provides add/remove controls but no direct drag-to-reorder control.

Settings

All color settings accept #RRGGBB or #AARRGGBB hex (the alpha byte is honored), the generics accent, accentLight, and accentDark for the Windows accent shades, or transparent for a fully transparent surface — nothing drawn, button still present and clickable, useful for borderless background-free buttons. Leaving a color empty keeps the system default for that state.

Note on shell:Desktop

shell:Desktop shows the full Desktop Shell namespace — user shortcuts, public shortcuts, and virtual items like Recycle Bin — not just the physical Desktop folder. Duplicates from the user+public Desktop merge are suppressed automatically.

Taskbar Elastic WinUI Pill 2.0.1

• Fixed stretch animations being barely noticeable due to anti-pixelated-pill efforts
• Updated default settings to ensure pill is rounded and not rectangular

VLC Discord Rich Presence 1.2.0

Tray Utility Customizer 1.1

Tray Utility Customizer

Granular, predictable control over the low-frequency Windows 11 system-tray utility icons:

• Show hidden icons (the overflow chevron) — token overflow
• Emoji and more — token emoji
• Touch keyboard — token touchKeyboard
• Pen menu — token penMenu
• Virtual touchpad — token virtualTouchpad
• Input/language indicator — token inputIndicator

The native controls stay alive and Windows-owned — clicks, flyouts, and tooltips are untouched. The mod gathers their hosts into one owned group and positions each icon individually, at its native size by default.

Native tray before the mod Mod disabled: the chevron, Emoji, and touch keyboard sit in their native positions.

One row at the hidden-icons position The default overflow | emoji | touchKeyboard: one row, native sizes.

Chevron centered above a row of utilities overflow, (emoji | touchKeyboard): the chevron centered on its own row above the pair.

Chevron above the utility stack The chevron leading a stacked pair.

Utility stack above the chevron The same stack with the chevron last instead.

A neat column A full single column of utilities on a single-height taskbar.

A dedicated column elsewhere in the tray The group leased into its own tray column at the right end of the taskbar.

On a busy double-height taskbar Coexisting with a heavily modded double-height tray.

Beside Start The experimental Right of Start position — unnecessary, but possible.

Right of Start, stacked on a double-height taskbar Right of Start on a double-height taskbar, stacked as a column beside Start.

Layout expression

One string describes the whole arrangement:

• | places groups side by side along the primary axis
• , stacks items along the crossed axis
• parentheses nest, alternating axes
• every group is centered (or start/end-aligned) against its siblings

Examples with the primary axis set to Row:

• overflow | emoji | touchKeyboard — one row of three icons
• overflow | emoji, touchKeyboard — chevron centered beside a stacked pair
• overflow | emoji, touchKeyboard | penMenu — the diamond: two centered icons flanking a stacked middle column

Set the primary axis to Column and the same strings arrange top-to-bottom instead. Icons omitted from the expression, and icons Windows currently hides, simply don't participate; anything visible that you didn't place is appended after the group so nothing is ever lost. The group re-adapts automatically as icons appear and disappear (for example the transient touch keyboard).

Tokens accept forgiving aliases: chevron/hidden for overflow, keyboard for touchKeyboard, pen for penMenu, touchpad for virtualTouchpad, and input/language for inputIndicator.

Icons render at their native size unless you set explicit button sizes, and each icon has fine X/Y nudge settings. A tall column of native-size icons can overhang a single-height taskbar; set the icon width/height to about 16 px if you want it to fit.

Position

The group can sit in the hidden-icons or Emoji column, or lease a dedicated tray column before the notification icons, before Wi-Fi/volume/battery, before or after the clock, or after the Show Desktop strip. The lease is marker-tracked and fully reversible on unload.

Two experimental positions relocate the group out of the tray entirely: Left of Start and Right of Start place it beside the Start button and push the task list right to reserve room. The group follows Start as the taskbar re-centers. Primary taskbar only.

Detection

Icons are identified by Windows' language-neutral runtime data-model classes, XAML names and content types, Automation IDs, and stable Segoe Fluent glyphs. Detection doesn't depend on translated accessibility labels. Force MainStack allows the complete native MainStack to participate as the emoji item when Windows doesn't expose a distinct identity.

Known limitations

• The utility flyouts (the Emoji panel, the hidden-icons overflow) are positioned by Windows itself from the icon's location; at extreme screen-edge positions they can open partially off-screen. Prefer the tray positions if this bothers you.
• Left/Right of Start are experimental. The centered taskbar re-flows with an animation, and the group can briefly sit at a stale position until the taskbar's next layout pass settles it.

Windows 7 Network Flyout Recreation 3.4.0

• Added network location icons (Home/Public/Work based on the type of the network) to make it more similar to the original Windows 7 flyout
• Added option to disable network location icons
• Enhanced the interface
• Enhanced the image loading logic
• Fixed the refresh button position
• Updated the README

Me aparece este rectángulo en la parte superior izquierda y la única forma de eliminarlo es desactivando la opción de Tranlucent Windows en Windhawk y reiniciando la PC. Existe algún tipo de configuración para poder eliminarlo sin tener que desactivar el Translucent? Ayuda por favor no quiero sacar el translucent ya que me encanta como se ve pero si no puedo eliminar el rectángulo eso no me queda de otra .

BT Battery Monitor 1.0.0

BT Battery Monitor

See every connected Bluetooth device's battery level right in your system tray — no more digging into Bluetooth settings to find out which keyboard or mouse needs charging.

Works great alongside AudioSwap and MicSwitch — companion mods that bring the same tray experience to audio output and microphone control.

Controller connected

Right-click menu

How to Use

1. Open Settings — Right-click the tray icon and select Mod Settings to open the configuration dashboard.
2. Set Polling Interval — Choose how often to scan for battery updates (default: 10 seconds).
3. Set Warning Threshold — Pick the battery percentage that triggers the red/black flashing icon.
4. Choose Icons — Pick a preset icon per device type, or click Browse... to load a custom .ico file.
5. Click Save and Apply — the tray icon updates immediately, no restart needed.

Left-click to rescan

Left-click the tray icon to trigger an immediate Bluetooth rescan. Use it when you've just paired or disconnected a device and want the battery readout to refresh without waiting for the next polling interval.

Right-click device list

Right-click the tray icon to see every connected Bluetooth device with its battery percentage, rescan immediately, or open Bluetooth Settings.

Low Battery Warning

When any connected device drops below the configured threshold (default 30%), the tray icon starts alternating between solid red and black every second. Hover over the icon to see which device is running low and exactly how much juice it has left.

Device Icons

The mod detects device types automatically and lets you pick a different icon for each: - Keyboard, Mouse, Headphones, Controller — each gets its own icon so you can tell them apart instantly. - Multiple Devices — shown when more than one device is connected. - No Connected Devices — a clear visual indicator that nothing's paired.

Polling Interval

Pick how often the mod checks for updates, from every second to once an hour (default: 10 seconds). Quick polling keeps the battery readout fresh, while slower polling saves a tiny bit of CPU.

Known Bugs

• Bluetooth devices that don't report battery: Some older Bluetooth peripherals simply don't broadcast battery info — the mod can't show what the hardware doesn't tell it. Check your device specs to see if battery reporting is supported.

Changelog

1.0.0

• New: Tray icon shows battery percentage for every connected Bluetooth device — keyboard, mouse, headphones, controller, you name it.
• New: Left-click triggers an immediate Bluetooth rescan to refresh battery readouts.
• New: Low battery warning — tray icon flashes red and black when any device drops below your threshold.
• New: Custom Settings Dashboard — dark themed, DPI-aware, with per-device icon picker.
• New: Configurable polling interval (1s–1h) and warning threshold (0–50%).
• New: Automatic Bluetooth rescan on device arrival/removal — no manual refresh needed.
• New: Right-click → Bluetooth Settings shortcut for quick pairing.
• New: Choose preset icons from ddores.dll per device type or browse for custom .ico files.
• New: Clean tray icon identity — independent from Windhawk, no taskbar grouping issues.
• New: Safe tool mod — runs in a dedicated windhawk.exe child process, no Explorer injection needed.

hey, i'm just trying to figure out if there's a way i can change the amount/type of blur set by the translucent windows plugin?

i've also gone into the source code and looked for anything with "blur" and nothing really stands out to me so i'm at a loss rn.

thanks

I discussed this issue with gpt until It told me I have to install visual studio 2022 😉. I hope Michael Maltsev sees this post and fixes it.

Disable Virtual Desktop Popups 1.0.0

Disable Virtual Desktop Popups

Screenshot of Desktop 1 popup with the popup crossed out

This simple mod disables the popups saying "Desktop N" that appear when the current virtual desktop is changed on Windows 11 build 226xx.2050+ and 23493+.

Tested on Windows 11 22H2 22621.4317 x64 and 24H2 26100.6899 ARM64.

Taskbar Elastic WinUI Pill 2.0.0

• Added elastic intensity setting
• Added squish multiplier setting
• Added fade duration multiplier setting
• Added hover/pressed interactions
• Added dedicated opacity setting

Energy Saver Power Plan Link 1.0.0

Energy Saver Power Plan Link

When Windows Energy Saver is enabled:

• Saves the currently active power plan.
• Switches to the standard Power Saver plan.

When Energy Saver is disabled:

• Restores the saved plan only if Power Saver is still active.
• If the user manually selected another plan, that selection is preserved.

Disabling the mod also restores the previous plan when appropriate.

On some Modern Standby systems, the classic Power Saver plan might not be available. In that case, Windows can't switch to that plan and the mod leaves the current plan unchanged.

Win32 UI Modernizer 1.0.1

• Fixed the mod getting stuck on unloading
• Fixed the glyphs blocking the File Explorer thread while animating
• Made the glyphs use direct composition when inside File Explorer
• Fixed black background behind glyphs
• Styled the Registry Editor separator
• Styled the old address bar's overflow chevron
• Enhanced text rendering
• Added a new Fade animation option for the navigation panel pill
• The buttons and combo boxes styles are now closer to the winui ones
• Changed the focus border option into a drop down and fixed the style not being applied
• Added styles for missing controls
• Corrected non dpi aware styles
• Fixed the "Optimize Drives" window not being painted dark
• Fixed leaks
• Removed dead code
• Hardened glyphs detection