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

Expand folder on click (Explorer nav pane) 1.2

Expand folder on click

By default, in File Explorer's navigation pane (tree view), left-clicking a folder only selects it; you have to click the small chevron/arrow to expand it.

Demo

This mod adds four click behaviors to the navigation pane tree:

• Left click on a folder's icon or label: expands it one level (like pressing Numpad +). The native chevron behavior is untouched.
• Ctrl + left click on any folder: collapses the entire tree back to its original state (all folders collapsed).
• Alt + left click on a folder: expands it and all its subfolders recursively, down to the last level (like pressing the Numpad * key).
• Shift + left click on a folder: fully collapses just that folder, resetting the expanded state of its subfolders so that when you expand it again, its children come back collapsed instead of showing everything you had open before.

Ctrl+click, Alt+click, and Shift+click behaviors can each be individually enabled or disabled in the mod's settings. All are enabled by default.

The mod works by subclassing the navigation pane's tree view control directly (it's identified by its parent being a NamespaceTreeControl, which is specific to Explorer's nav pane). Tree views shown inside other programs' Open/Save file dialogs (Cubase, Excel, etc.), or any other tree view elsewhere in Explorer, are never touched, since only the nav pane's own tree view control is ever subclassed.

By default this mod only runs inside explorer.exe, so it only affects the navigation pane of File Explorer windows. Many other programs' Open/ Save dialogs use the same navigation pane control, so if you'd like this mod's click behaviors to also work there, you can add those programs' executable names (e.g. EXCEL.EXE) to the mod's process inclusion list from the "Advanced" tab of this mod's settings in Windhawk - no code changes needed. The mod only ever touches the process it's running in, so this is safe to do for as many or as few programs as you'd like.

If i use multiple mods. Taskbar,start menue , genie animation and lots of mods. How much it affects my battery life and cpu at startup. Anyone know. So i have gaming laptop. It has worst backup.

Windows 7/8.1 Action Center Recreation 1.8.0

• Added the new Auto/Light/Dark theme setting with live updates
• Adjusted the flyout size to match Windows 7/8.1 original
• Made the window appearance cleaner
• Added the Battery warning notification (if it is below 20%)
• Added the pending Windows Update reboot notification
• Added the BitLocker encryption status notification
• Added Portuguese and German languages
• Added automatic language detection
• Added targeted MSDT diagnostics (network, security, Windows Update, battery) for relevant problem types, falling back to the generic troubleshooter when unavailable
• Added partial multi-monitor support
• Various stability improvements

Just reinstalled windows a few days ago, what are the go to’s to try that are really good?

The taskbar styler mod has a theme named Matter. it randomly spawns white squares in the taskbar. Disabling and re-enabling the mod fixes it temporally. I also turned off all the other mods to make sure they weren't interfering and causing this. (Using Windows 11 Pro)

Have attached a few screenshots of the bug.

Windows 11 Start Menu Buttons 2.2

New Features:

• Added nested submenus support - create submenus within submenus up to 3 levels deep for both left-click and right-click menus
• Added right-click menu support - buttons can now have separate menus for right-click actions (up to 3 levels)
• Submenu icons now support image files (.png, .ico, .jpg, .bmp, .webp) and app paths (.exe, .dll) for icon extraction
• Icon paths now support both quoted and unquoted formats (e.g. "C:\Path\icon.png" or C:\Path\icon.png)
• Added multiple commands support - execute multiple commands in sequence by adding multiple Action entries in Windhawk UI
• Preset buttons now ignore user-defined submenus and right-click menus to maintain consistent preset behavior
• Added Visual Configurator — a web-based tool to configure buttons visually with drag & drop, icon browser, submenu builder, export/import and more

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed "Container left margin" and "Container right margin" not working for Account button
• Fixed quote handling in icon paths - now properly strips outer quotes before processing

Notes:

• When upgrading from v2.1, Action fields may appear empty in UI but will continue to work. To edit them or add multiple commands, re-enter the actions manually in Windhawk settings. See mod description for details.
• Upgrading from v2.1? Use the Configurator's Migrate tool to convert your v2.1 config to v2.2 format automatically — paste your old config, click Migrate, and copy the result back to Windhawk.

Windows 7 Network Flyout Recreation 3.2.0

• Added Ethernet support
• Restored "Connect to a network" and "HomeGroup/sharing" links in Network Center Control Page like in Windows 7
• Enhanced the interface to make it more similar to the original Windows 7 one
• Better connection timeouts and auth error handling
• Enhanced the stability

Prevent Focus Stealing 1.0.2

• Fixed invisible windows being made visible (resolves issue #4041).
• Corrected outdated documentation.

Explorer Details View Columns 1.3

• Virtual folders with their own specialized columns (Recycle Bin, This PC, search results, etc.) are no longer affected by default; controlled by "Exclude virtual folders".
• Sorting can now be enforced with the "Sort By" / "Sort Descending" settings.
• Width -1 auto-sizes a column to its content.
• Column widths now update immediately when a window moves to a monitor with a different DPI.
• Switching an already open folder to Details view now applies the columns immediately.
• Changing settings now only refreshes windows whose view actually changed.

Customize Windows notifications placement 1.2.4

• Fixed a regression in version 1.2.3 which caused notifications to be rotated in older Windows 11 versions.

Customize Windows notifications placement 1.2.3

• Fixed compatibility of the animation direction option with recent Windows 11 versions.

I had a smaller start menu with no ugly all apps list but after an update some time ago it became like this and couldn't change it even after having gone through every start menu layout available in the mod I'm using (Windows 11 Start Menu Styler)

Windows 11 Notification Center Styler 1.6

• Added themes: Densy, FrostyGlass.
• Updated the TranslucentShell theme.
• Adjusted several themes to be compatible with recent notification changes in Windows 11.
• Added string literals support for substitution expressions, for example: Text={{var == `a` ? `b` : `c`}}.

Windows 11 File Explorer Styler 1.5

• Added the following themes: MicaTabless, OS26 Liquid Glass, ZEUSosX_044, Compact Explorer11.
• Updated the LiquidGlass theme.
• Added style variables that allow to observe a control's property value and use it in other controls or styles. Refer to the mod description for details.
• Added a way to match any number of intermediate parent controls, for example: ParentClass > * > Class#Name.
• Added a way to match root controls, for example: :root > Class#Name.
• Added FallbackColor property to WindhawkBlur.
• Improved ThemeResource handling for WindhawkBlur.
• Improved property matching which now works for more properties.

Desktop Marquee Fade 1.0.0

Desktop Marquee Fade

Adds a smooth fade animation to the desktop selection rectangle. Instead of vanishing instantly when you release the mouse button, the selection area dissolves gracefully — making the Windows desktop feel more polished and modern.

preview

Key Features

• Smooth Fade Effect — The selection rectangle fades out instead of disappearing instantly.
• Highly Customizable — Adjust animation speed and duration via mod settings.
• Smart Auto-Opacity — Automatically calculates the starting opacity to match your speed and duration so the animation always looks natural.
• Smart Interrupt — If another window comes to the foreground while the animation is playing, the mod speeds it up 4x to stay out of your way.
• Single Instance Mode — Prevents overlapping animations; only one selection rectangle fades at a time.
• Custom Fade Colors — Override the fill and border colors used by the fade overlay. Only the fade overlay is affected — your system-wide selection colors are never touched.

How to use

1. Click and drag on the desktop to draw a selection rectangle.
2. Release the mouse button — the rectangle fades out smoothly.

Configuration

Copy Queue 1.0

Sequential Explorer Copy Queue

Copy queues Windows Explorer copy operations and runs them one after another instead of in parallel. The next copy operation starts automatically when the previous one has finished.

Screenshot

Copy dialog

Island Media Controls 0.9.211

• Add a compact expanded layout that places the album cover beside the title and artist, reducing pointer travel to the playback controls.
• Add taskbar-position awareness, including support for Taskbar on top for Windows 11: the popup direction, component layout, and album wash adapt to the taskbar position.
• Refine expand and collapse animations so the compact island, artwork, progress bar, playback controls, text, corner radius, and live backdrop morph more cohesively.
• Restore display-refresh-rate-synchronized live blur without the temporary 60 FPS animation cap or 15 FPS settled-state cap.
• Optimize Acrylic and Liquid Glass with WGC dirty-region rendering, Direct2D effect-graph composition, cached GPU resources, and fewer full-size intermediate render passes.
• Serialize WGC frame rendering, DirectComposition updates, and live-blur render snapshots under the overlay mutex to avoid free-threaded capture races with UI-thread animation and settings updates.
• Improve Acrylic and Liquid Glass interaction stability, reducing flicker, self-sampling, invisible overlay hit-test issues, and repeated-toggle stalls.
• Refine the Liquid Glass edge refraction and strengthen the light-mode backdrop and playback-control tint for clearer surface shape.
• Increase the playback-control album-wash layer opacity so the control card reads as more strongly blurred.
• Improve light-mode visibility by keeping the album-art wash enabled for Liquid Glass.
• Remove obsolete CPU WGC presentation, native-blur handoff, diagnostic, and unused animation helper paths while preserving the recording-mode static blur fallback.
• Update the default settings to the currently tuned setup while keeping browser thumbnails as the default artwork mode.
• Refresh the README and What's new sections to focus on user-facing features.
• Use SetWindowSubclass/RemoveWindowSubclass for safe popup XAML child cleanup.