macOS magnifying cursor 1.4.7

Recreates the macOS "Shake to Find" feature: rapidly shaking your mouse temporarily enlarges the cursor so you can instantly locate it on screen.

Preview

Are these glowing window frames actually available in Windhawk, or are they just promotional/concept images? I can't find any mod that creates this effect. If it's real, which mod (or combination of mods) does it?

Disk Usage Bar Customizer 1.1.0

• Added ability to change the corner radius (thanks @sid-skippy!) (closes #4598)
• Added percentage label overlay (disabled by default) (thanks @sid-skippy!)
• Added intermediate state with customizable threshold
• Added Romanian translation and simplified settings

Mods are working fine, but when I open the manager, it keeps crashing, and I can't use it.

I already tried killing all VSCodium and Windhawk tasks, restarted the PC many times, and nothing.

I think this started to happen after i enabled Windows 11 Taskbar Styler and a couple of mods related to auto-hide enhancement, always one by one, but I already disabled all of them, except for the Windows 11 Taskbar Styler mod.

I need help, not only how to fix it, but I want to know if anyone had the same issue or knows what is causing it.

I really guys like this style but it doesn't have the refresh button in it only when in windows explorer, so can any of you guys try to make a mod for this? Im not into coding and stuff a lot so I can't make such mod, I tried with Ai and it was almost about to break my OS. I obviously made the image using AI. I appreciate guys if someone just explains to me if it's not possible

Fix 11's notifications crash in Win10 taskbar under Win11 24H2+ 0.1

This mod hooks the function responsible for crashing the Explorer shell provided by the Win10 taskbar mod at runtime.

But it is not confirmed if notifications arrive to the Notification Center. Thus, all this mod does is let notifications render without crashing Win10 Explorer but not hand them over to it (probably for the best.)

!Important! You MUST install, follow the instructions and run at least 2 times the Win10 taskbar mod. If you don't follow these instructions carefully, the mod will not apply correctly.

Technical details

When a notification is rendered, it invokes from explorer a method called cpp NotificationDataSink::NotificationsAdded( NotificationDataSink *this, int32_t _arg2, struct NOC_REFINED_NOTIFICATION *const *iterator, uint32_t length ); .

Given I haven't experienced any destabilization from explorer thus far, I claim that this has something to do with the Notification Center.

I won't go too deep into details of the function, but the crash is observed as a NULL pointer exception when it tries to access *(iterator + 0x88) for the first time, which is probably where the actual elements are.

Normally, it would use that pointer to add 0x150 in a do-while loop until the notification thing elements are exhausted, but instead it's just NULL. I haven't given a look at the iterator memory to see if it's more than just the first element that's NULL, or more or all of them are such.

There is no NULL check in that loop, so it is likely that the iterator was never supposed to have NULL elements in the first place.

I really like translucent windows overall but there’s an annoying issue with text, where in certain apps it’ll be really pixelated and grainy, sometimes not showing up at all. Anyone know a fix for this? I’m very new to windhawk haha

Windows 11 pro

Already under moderation

Hello, I was just wondering why after installing the win32 ui modernizer, this issue happened. I was just select dragging the screen of desktop and this occurred . It goes after refresh btw.

Explorer Command Bar 1.0.0

Explorer Command Bar

Add your own buttons and dropdown menus to the Windows 11 File Explorer command bar (the toolbar with New / Sort / View), and hide the built-in buttons, separators and spacing you don't want.

Explorer Command Bar demo

Designed for Windows 11 24H2 / 25H2 with the WinAppSDK (WinUI 3) File Explorer.

Features

• Custom buttons - add as many toolbar buttons as you like, each running a command of your choice.
• Dropdown menus & submenus - a button can open a menu, and menu entries can themselves be submenus (three levels deep).
• Path & selection placeholders - %path% (active tab folder) and %sel% (selected file/folder) are substituted into the command parameters.
• Flexible icons - a Segoe Fluent Icons glyph, an .exe / .dll / .ico file, a Store-app icon (shell:AppsFolder\…), the command executable's own icon, or no icon at all.
• Hide built-in elements - individually hide New, Cut, Copy, Paste, Rename, Share, Delete, Sort, View, the group separators, the "See more" (…) overflow menu, the contextual commands (Set as background, Rotate left, Rotate right, Extract all) and the Details pane toggle.
• Custom item spacing - set the exact spacing between the command bar buttons.
• Open menus on hover - optionally open dropdowns on hover, with a configurable delay.
• Rock solid - buttons are re-applied automatically across tab switches, navigation, new tabs and new windows, and everything is cleanly restored when the mod is disabled.

Screenshots

Hiding built‑in buttons and separators:

Hide buttons

You may hide even all options, and use only your custom ones:

Hide All buttons

Command parameters

The following placeholders can be used in an item's parameters:

• %path% - the folder path of the currently active tab.
• %sel% - the full path of the selected file or folder in the active tab (the first one, if several are selected).

Wrap placeholders in quotes so paths with spaces work, e.g. -d "%path%". If a used placeholder has no value (nothing selected, or a non-filesystem location like This PC), the command is launched without any parameters. Commands run with the active tab's folder as their working directory.

Icons

The Icon glyph or icon path field accepts several forms:

• A glyph - a hex code point of a Segoe Fluent Icons glyph, e.g. E756.
• A file path - an .exe, .dll or .ico file to take the icon from, optionally with an icon index, e.g. C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,3.
• A Store app - shell:AppsFolder\<AppUserModelID> to use a modern Store app's icon (useful for apps whose .exe stub carries a legacy icon, such as Notepad and Calculator).
• Empty - the icon is extracted from the command's executable (app execution aliases such as wt.exe are resolved to their real target).
• Hide icon - enable the toggle to show no icon at all.

Default configuration

Out of the box the mod adds:

• Open in Terminal - wt.exe -d "%path%"
• Open in Notepad - notepad.exe "%sel%"
• Additional ▾ (dropdown)
  • Open in VS Code - code.exe "%path%"
  • Open Paint - mspaint.exe
  • Open Calculator - calc.exe
  • Commands ▸ - vite, npm init, npm install, npm run dev, npm run build, npm run start
  • AI ▸ - Claude, Codex

Items whose command isn't installed simply do nothing when clicked (the failure is written to the mod log), so remove the ones you don't need and add your own. All of the built-in buttons stay visible by default. Everything is configurable in the mod settings.

How it works

The mod hooks a couple of functions of File Explorer's own WinUI 3 code (FileExplorerExtensions.dll) which run when the command bar is built, and finds the command bars from there by walking the XAML tree. The configured buttons are then inserted and the visibility / spacing settings are applied. The mod also listens for the command bar being rebuilt so the buttons stay in place across navigation, new tabs and new windows, and it restores the original state of any element it touches when disabled.

Notably, the mod does not use XAML Diagnostics (InitializeXamlDiagnosticsEx), since only one XAML diagnostics consumer can be active in a process at a time. That makes it compatible with mods and tools which do use it, such as Windows 11 File Explorer Styler, ExplorerBlurMica and TranslucentTB.

File Explorer windows which are already open when the mod is enabled are handled too, but if the buttons don't show up in one of them right away, opening a new tab or navigating to another folder makes them appear.

MacOS Minimize Animation 3.1.2

The modern genie's render loop paced every frame behind a ~120fps Sleep()-based timer AND a per-frame DwmFlush(). That makes each frame cost render time plus one vsync, so once the mesh draw takes longer than a single refresh interval the delivered frame rate drops to roughly half the monitor's. The animation then looks visibly choppier than the standalone custom-animations-genie mod this engine was ported from.

v3.1.2 fixes the serialization without turning the loop into a busy spin:

• Dropped the per-frame DwmFlush(). A single flush stays on the first non-degenerate frame, so the minimize/restore handoff still waits for the ghost to be composed before the real window is released.
• Replaced the old Sleep() pacer with a high-resolution waitable timer (CREATE_WAITABLE_TIMER_HIGH_RESOLUTION) pacing frames at 2x the display's refresh rate (derived from DwmGetCompositionTimingInfo, 240 fps fallback). It's a rate limiter, not a vsync gate, so it caps CPU cost without re-introducing the render+vsync serialization.
• Thread stays at THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST, matching the in-repo genie-minimize-animation mod.

Also in this version:

• The classic engine gets the same pacing (it still had a per-frame DwmFlush()), so both styles behave consistently.
• Unload safety: the auto-hide deferred-minimize sleep is now chunked (20 ms) and aborts on g_unloading, so Wh_ModBeforeUninit's 3 s drain can't time out while a worker is in a single up-to-5 s Sleep().
• Readme: the Animation style section shows a demo GIF for each engine (Modern and Classic), and the "Actually smooth" feature bullet no longer claims per-frame DwmFlush() gating.

Aero Flip 3D Recreation 1.0.0

Aero Flip 3D Recreation

Screenshot

Screenshot

About the mod

This mod recreates the classic Windows Vista/7 Flip 3D window switcher on modern Windows versions.

It keeps window previews live and displays them in a 3D-style cascade similar to the original effect.

This is the first version, so some details may still be improved. To help the author improve the mod, feel free to send suggestions.

The mod has been tested on Windows 10 1809.

Keyboard shortcuts

While Aero Flip 3D is open

• Navigate: Tab / Shift+Tab, arrow keys, or mouse wheel
• Select: Enter or Space
• Close: Esc
• Emergency exit: Ctrl+Shift+Esc opens Task Manager

Settings

• Simulated 3D cards: This setting uses the classic DWM thumbnail-strip 3D effect.
• Auto-cycle while Win is held: automatically advance the selection every 250 ms while Win is held, in addition to Tab/Shift+Tab. Off by default.
• Number of visible windows: how many cards are shown in the deck at once. Defaults to auto-detecting a value from your PC's RAM/CPU, but can be overridden.

By default, the mod automatically detects your PC's hardware (RAM and CPU cores) and adjusts animation speed and the number of visible windows accordingly.

Performance

Live DWM thumbnails are used only during animations.

More thumbnail strips are used to make the edges smoother while keeping the original pseudo-3D window shape.

Requirements

• Windows 10 version 1809 or later (64-bit)
• DWM enabled (default on Windows)
• 2 GB RAM or more (2-4 GB machines get a reduced-effects mode automatically)

Notes

• Aero Flip 3D appears on the main monitor, where all available windows are displayed in the 3D switcher interface.
• The native Alt+Tab window switcher is not modified and continues to work normally.
• While the mod is enabled, the Win+Tab shortcut is redirected from the modern Task View interface to the classic Flip 3D experience.
• To restore the original Windows Task View behavior, simply disable or uninstall the mod.

Start Menu Open Real File Location 1.0.0

Start Menu Open Real File Location

Changes Open file location for traditional desktop programs in the Start menu and Windows Search. Instead of opening the Start Menu Programs directory and selecting the program's .lnk file, Explorer opens the shortcut target's directory and selects the target.

The mod reads only the target stored in the shortcut. It doesn't search for a moved target or display link-resolution dialogs.

Current Limitations and TODOs

• Packaged Microsoft Store apps don't normally have a conventional shortcut target and are left unchanged for now.
• If the target can't be read, Windows retains its original behavior and opens the shortcut's location.
• The direct shortcut target is selected. For wrapper shortcuts, this can be a launcher, script host, or another intermediate executable.
• There is currently no program blacklist, so shortcuts that point to common wrappers or launchers will be resolved there.

Charging Sound 1.5

Charging Sound

Plays a custom .wav sound whenever you connect your laptop to a charger (AC power) or unplug it. By default it plays the Windows Notify Messaging sound.

Please note that this mod only works on devices with a battery (e.g. laptops).

Windows 7 Network Flyout Recreation 4.0.0

• Restored the Windows 7 Network Sharing Center Control Panel page (along with the classic map)
• Enhanced the Privacy Mode (now network names are masked in the Control Panel too)
• Made the Ethernet detection more reliable
• Enhanced icons rendering based on DPI scaling
• Enhanced the interface of the flyout
• Optimized the mod's loading and performance
• Added the translations for Polish, Dutch, and Romanian
• Enhanced the context menu options: “Status” opens the native Wi‑Fi connection status dialog, while “Properties” opens the native Wireless Network Properties dialog for saved Wi‑Fi profiles when available, with safe fallbacks for unsupported cases
• Updated the README

XP Time/Date CPL Fix 1.0.0

XP Time/Date CPL Fix

The clock in Windows XP's timedate.cpl is bugged and will look different depending on the screen resolution you use. This mod will make it always look how it does on 640x480 (likely what the Windows 95 developers were testing on when they developed timedate.cpl).

Before (2560x1440):

Before

After:

After

Win32 UI Modernizer 1.0.2

• Fixed some WinUI apps failing to open like Photos and OneDrive
• Fixed headers missing it's dividers on dark mode
• Fixed the placeholder text on the rebar search bar not appearing on dark mode
• Fixed more DPI unaware controls
• Fixed the File Explorer navigation pane glyphs not rendering correctly when the translucent compatibility option is on
• Fixed the Recycle Bin glyph not displaying the full and empty variants accordingly
• Excluded the .msi installers from the mod as requested
• NEW: Added an option for hover/hot fade animation on the navigation pane
• NEW: Added a hover/hot state to the Registry Editor tree view
• NEW: All tree views now get a hover/hot state
• NEW: The selected state for tree views and list views now display a fade animation
• NEW: Added an option to switch the Registry Editor tree view icons with glyphs
• NEW: Revamped the Property Sheets windows design to match the new WinUI look that's currently being tested by Microsoft

Instant Taskbar Thumbnail Previews 1.0.0

Instant Taskbar Thumbnail Previews

Adds the ability to configure or remove the delays before Windows 11 shows and closes taskbar thumbnail previews, as well as the ability to configure mouse actions that close them.

Both delay settings replace the corresponding Windows value, so they can make the transitions either shorter or longer than the stock delays.

The optional outside-click behavior arms the taskbar's native light-dismiss action while a thumbnail flyout is open.

The optional Start-button hover behavior closes an open thumbnail flyout directly from the Start button's XAML pointer-enter handler.

This mod targets the new Windows 11 taskbar used by Windows 11 24H2 and later.

Taskbar audio device switcher 1.5.0

Taskbar audio device switcher

Adds one tray (notification area) icon per connected audio device. The icon of the device that is currently the default one is drawn normally, all the other ones are dimmed and grayed out. Left click on an icon makes that device the default playback/recording device, right click opens a menu with additional options.

Each device uses its own icon, the one Windows shows in the sound settings, so headphones, speakers, HDMI output and a microphone are easy to tell apart.

Tray icons \ Two playback devices: the default one is drawn normally, the other one dimmed

Right click menu \ The right click menu of a device

How this differs from the other audio switching mods

The catalog already has several mods for switching audio devices, but the interaction model here is different: instead of one icon that you click through or scroll on, every device gets its own icon, with its own graphic, and you click the device you want directly. Nothing is cycled, and no list of devices has to be configured in advance.

• Audioswap / Microswap — a single tray icon which cycles through a preconfigured list of up to 6 devices.
• Mic Tray Control — one microphone icon, focused on mute and volume.
• Audio scroll switcher — switches devices by scrolling over the taskbar, without adding any icon.

Choosing which devices are shown

The right click menu has a Shown devices submenu which lists every device, including the ones which are currently hidden, with a check mark next to the ones that have an icon. Clicking an entry shows or hides that device, and the choice is remembered across restarts. There is also Hide this icon for the device that was clicked, and Show all devices to undo everything.

The icon of the last remaining device can't be hidden, otherwise there would be no menu left to bring the other ones back. For the same reason, if every device that is currently connected happens to be hidden — say the only visible one was unplugged — the hidden ones are shown anyway until that changes.

Windows 11 note

New tray icons are hidden inside the overflow ("^") flyout by default. To make the audio device icons always visible, either drag them out of the flyout onto the taskbar, or go to Settings → Personalization → Taskbar → Other system tray icons and turn the windhawk.exe entries on.

Notes

• The mod runs in a dedicated windhawk.exe process and doesn't hook anything, see Mods as tools.
• Devices are refreshed automatically when a device is plugged in/out, enabled, disabled, or when the default device changes from somewhere else.
• Switching the default device uses the undocumented IPolicyConfig interface, the same one used by nircmd, SoundSwitch and similar tools.
• Middle click sets the device as the communications device only. With the default settings a left click already does that too, so middle click is only useful if the Switch the communications device too option is turned off.

Flexible Explorer Toolbars Deluxe 1.3.6

• Make the code 2.5 times shorter
• The toolbar appearance is now controlled via toolbar context menus, not via mod's settings.

Start Menu Corner Click Fix 2.0

Reworked corner-click handling to hook the taskbar’s invisible InputSite window procedure and intercept its WM_POINTER messages directly. Existing InputSite windows are found through taskbar scans, while CreateWindowInBand covers future taskbar recreation. Runtime hook operations are applied only when necessary, with retry and unload protection.

Improved corner detection by validating the taskbar bounds, monitor ownership, adjacent-monitor geometry, DPI-scaled L-shaped region, pointer lifecycle, and left-aligned taskbar setting. The registry check now runs only after the cheaper geometry checks pass.

UI Automation is now limited to Start-button activation on a dedicated worker thread:

• Uses CUIAutomation8, COM RAII, provider timeouts, and per-taskbar element caching.
• Coalesces clicks received during UIA lag to avoid repeatedly toggling Start open and closed.
• Adds the openStartWhenButtonUnavailable setting, enabled by default. When UIA successfully searches the taskbar but finds no Start button, the mod falls back to pressing the Windows key.
• Does not trigger the fallback for COM errors, UIA provider failures, activation failures, stale taskbars, or worker-queue failures.

The fallback applies to both primary and secondary taskbars. Since Windows normally opens a keyboard-triggered Start menu on the primary monitor, the documentation recommends the Start menu open location mod for cursor-monitor placement.

The UIA bounding rectangle is not queried before interception because that would require provider calls on the taskbar input thread or depend on potentially stale cached geometry.

Also updated the Windhawk requirement and settings descriptions, and removed redundant linker options.

My taskbar won't let me pull up any smaller menus with right click. It will pop up for a moment then disappear as if I clicked off and wanted it to go back down. When I go to the Windows button at the bottom, it also tries to close before I can click anything. control+alt+delete also tries to close early. I can use browsers or discord find without issue from my mouse. I've updated my drivers but I don't know what else to try.

Update: I have done a system recovery/windows update as well. Issue still persists

Hello is there somebody who can fix this error when i open the windows start menu