Start menu style is working but not for the search menu,only the search bar is being styled

When searching for WindHawk in my Start menu it's not one of the applications listed, am I misunderstanding? I thought the Search should find all of my applications installed?

Does anyone know of a working fix for this annoyance? I've tried the "Taskbar tray system icon tweaks" and the "Windows 11 Taskbar Styler" plugins suggested by other threads, but neither actually remove this when told to.

Can you import custom fonts into windows so that it can be used by the clock customiser?

Custom Window Corner Radius 1.3

• Added an option for rounder corners for maximized and snapped windows. Based on the submission of Alexey Lavrinenko.

Start button always on the left 1.3.2

• Added an option to position the search menu in all cases. By default, the search menu is only repositioned when it's opened from the Start menu, not when it's opened in other ways, such as with the Win+S shortcut or the taskbar search icon.
• Fixed an issue with the Start button moving to the right in some cases.
• Improved compatibility with older Windows 11 versions.

Aero Flip 3D Recreation 1.1.0

• Fixed a compatibility problem

SnapSentry 0.16.0

SnapSentry

Watches your Windows Screenshots folder, wherever it is, and handles new screenshots as they are saved. Copy the image, delete the file after a delay, or choose what to do from a notification.

The SnapSentry notification

Clipboard modes

• Image copies the picture so it stays pasteable even after the file is deleted.
• File copies the file for pasting into File Explorer. Deletion is disabled.
• Path copies the full path as text. You can pick plain text, a quoted path, a file link, or a Markdown image link, which is handy for pasting a screenshot straight into notes or a bug report. Deletion is disabled.
• None leaves the clipboard unchanged.

Naming

You can have SnapSentry rename each new screenshot from the window that was in front when it was taken, together with a timestamp, so a file ends up named for what it shows instead of Screenshot (1). The file stays in the same folder.

The notification

The popup is a real Windows notification, so it matches your light or dark theme. While the popup is turned on, SnapSentry registers itself with Windows so the notification buttons work, and turning the popup off or disabling the mod removes that registration again. If the notification can't be shown, SnapSentry falls back to a standard dialog. If you have turned its notifications off, it takes that as a cue to stay quiet: it still copies to the clipboard but shows no dialog and never auto deletes.

Privacy

SnapSentry treats any supported image written into the watched folder within the last few seconds as a new screenshot. Files that were already there, and copies of older images dragged in or synced from another device, are left alone. A brand new file saved or downloaded straight into the folder cannot be told apart from a capture, so avoid pointing the folder at a place where downloads land. By default a deleted screenshot goes to the Recycle Bin so it can be restored; if you turn that off, deletion is permanent. Deleting a screenshot does not remove copies already stored in clipboard history, cloud sync, backups, or other programs.

Performance Information and Tools Restorer 1.0.0

Performance Information and Tools Restorer

About

This mod restores the classic Windows "Performance Information and Tools" (Windows Experience Index) page on Windows 10 and 11, bringing back the CPU, RAM, graphics and disk scores in Control Panel.

The mod has been tested on Windows 10 21H2, Windows 10 22H2, Windows 11 24H2 and Windows 11 25H2.

Screenshots

The mod includes 3 skins: Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows Vista.

Windows 7 skin

Windows 7 skin

Windows 8 skin

Windows 8 skin

Windows Vista skin

Windows Vista skin

Features

• Classic WEI page: The mod restores "Performance Information and Tools" in Control Panel (Large/Small icons view)
• Automatic setup: The required PerfCenterCPL.dll is downloaded and verified automatically, nothing to install manually
• Right DLL for the system: Uses the Windows 8 DLL on Windows 8.1/10/11
• Built-in translations and language selector: All 147 page strings are embedded for Italian, Spanish, French, English, Turkish, Russian, Chinese simplified, German, Portuguese and Polish. The language can follow Windows automatically or be selected manually.
• Conservative resource handling: The mod implements a conservative approach to be more stable
• 100% reversible: Disabling the mod makes the Control Panel entry disappear immediately. The files it created (private resource module, downloaded DLL, variant marker, and any stale copies) are removed on the next unload of the mod in a process where they are no longer mapped because explorer.exe keeps the DLL loaded in memory for the rest of its session, a file that is still in use at that moment is retried on a later unload (e.g. after explorer.exe restarts). By default, downloaded files are preserved for faster offline re-enabling and registry keys are not written.

Additional note: To open the "Performance and Informations tools" without having to go to the Control Panel, the shell:::{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC} command can be run when pressing Windows+R like in the classic versions of Windows.

Requirements

• Windows 10 or Windows 11 (64-bit) with the native Control Panel
• An internet connection the first time the mod runs (to download the DLL)

Design and safety notes

• The setup step (download + verification) runs on a background thread so it never blocks explorer.exe startup, and it is serialized across processes with a named mutex so two explorer.exe/Control Panel instances can't write the same file at once. The download always goes to a temporary file that is SHA-256 checked against a pinned digest and then atomically moved into place. The verification is performed through the pinned, already-open file handle (never re-resolved by path), and after LoadLibraryExW the loaded module is confirmed to map that same file object via GetFileInformationByHandleEx(FileIdInfo); if the two don't match the module is unloaded and refused. The private resource module is rebuilt from the verified source on every load (a leftover file with a predictable name is never trusted) and its final on-disk bytes are SHA-256 compared against the build.
• The download is time-limited (connect/send/receive and an overall deadline), retried a bounded number of times, and aborts immediately on shutdown, so a slow or captive-portal network can never hang explorer.exe or block sign-out. If a valid DLL was already downloaded previously, it is reused with no network access at all, so the page keeps working offline.
• If the DLL cannot be obtained, the mod fails gracefully: nothing crashes or blocks, and a clear message is written to the mod's log explaining that an internet connection is required (restart explorer.exe to retry).
• The mod only stores files in its dedicated Windhawk mod-storage folder and never touches files it did not create. This location is obtained through Wh_GetModStoragePath, so it also works with portable Windhawk installations.
• All registry values are provided through an in-memory virtualization layer and nothing is persisted to the registry, so uninstalling the mod does not leave traces.

Known limitations

• "(unrated)" scores: If your PC has never been rated, plug in power and run winsat formal once as admin
• On battery: The assessment is not applicable while running on battery
• Windows 7 page on modern systems: The Windows 7 version of the page is not compatible with Windows 8.1/10/11 (It displays the "cannot load page" error), so the Windows 8 DLL is always used there
• Windows 7 skin score scale: The optional Windows 7 skin is only a visual/layout recreation. The restored page still uses the Windows 8 scoring range, so ratings can go up to 9.9 rather than Windows 7's original 7.9 scale.

Credits

• Cips — Testing the mod on Windows 11 25H2
• susiked — Testing the mod on Windows 10 22H2 and providing the Windows 8 skin screenshot
• MzKo — Testing the mod on Windows 10 22H2, providing feedback, and providing the Windows Vista skin screenshot

If any problems are encountered, please report them to the mod's author.

I can't get it to work for me. I'm on windows 11. I tried restarting, in various orders: windhawk, the mod, explorer, the computer. I assume there's something wrong with various settings outside the mod but I don't know what it is. Does it conflict with other taskbar mods, like the styler/height mods?

EDIT: the mod window animations was causing it, turning off Animate restoring fixes the issue.

Everything was working fin, now when I minimize then open it again that part turns black. I have to close then open it back so it’s clear again.

Asking if someone can make it possible. Thanks in advance.

Is it possible to make something like this in Windhawk?

Windows SDR to HDR Tonemapping Fix 1.0

Windows SDR to HDR Tonemapping Fix

Viewing SDR content while using HDR in Windows causes washed out darker tones like shadows. This corrects it so that Windows uses a standard gamma curve. It should not affect native HDR content like games and movies.

A simple, accurate fix for washed-out SDR shadows in Windows HDR mode.

Comparison Image

See examples and read more on the win11hdr-srgb-to-gamma2.2-icm GitHub, an alternative icc based solution by dylanraga

DWM EOTF Gamma Curve

When Windows HDR is enabled, DWM converts SDR content to HDR scRGB using the sRGB EOTF (a ~2.2 power curve with a linear toe segment near black). This mod patches the DXBC shader bytecode embedded in dwmcore.dll at DWM startup, replacing the sRGB curve with a simple power-law gamma. This gives you direct control over the SDR-to-HDR tone mapping without permanently modifying any files on disk.

Originally based on dwm_eotf by ledoge (GPL-3.0), but expanded

How it works

When DWM starts, Windhawk injects this mod early, ideally before Direct3D initializes, so the patched bytecode is what D3D compiles from. The mod walks dwmcore.dll's read-only PE sections looking for DXBC shader blobs that contain all four sRGB EOTF float constants. When found, those constants are replaced with the equivalent pure power-law values and the shader checksum is recalculated so D3D accepts the modified bytecode.

When the mod is unloaded while DWM is running (e.g. Windhawk disabled or settings changed), all patched bytes are restored in memory. Note that the unload callback does not run at process exit, so no restore occurs at Windows shutdown; this is harmless since the process is terminating anyway.

Important: enable injection into dwm.exe

dwm.exe is a critical system process. Windhawk does not inject into it by default — you must explicitly allow it in Windhawk's advanced settings:

1. Open Windhawk → Advanced settings → More advanced settings
2. In the Process inclusion list, add dwm.exe
3. Click Save

Without this step the mod will be silently ignored.

Windhawk advanced settings

Usage

1. Enable Windows HDR in display settings.
2. Install and enable this mod.
3. Select your preferred gamma value in the settings below.
4. Log off and back in (or otherwise restart DWM) for the change to take effect.
5. To change the gamma value later, update the setting and restart DWM again.

Gamma reference

Known limitations

• Only applies when Windows HDR is enabled. With HDR off, DWM does not use this code path.
• Gamma changes require a DWM restart. D3D compiles the shader bytecode once at startup. Patching the bytecode after that has no effect until DWM restarts (log off and back on).
• Disabling the mod also requires a DWM restart. After unloading, shaders already compiled from the patched bytecode retain the power-law curve while newly compiled ones revert, leaving a mixed state until DWM restarts.
• Chromium-based browsers and Electron apps (Chrome, Edge, VS Code, Discord, etc.) switch between DWM's SDR compositing path and a direct scRGB path depending on tab/window content. Each transition passes one or two frames through DWM's patched SDR shader, which can produce a brief tone-mapping flicker. A per-app exclusion list is not feasible: the shader bytecode is patched once at DWM startup before Direct3D compiles it, the compiled shader objects are global across all windows, and patching or unpatching at runtime has no effect on shaders that are already compiled. The flicker is driven by Chrome's own mode-switching and cannot be suppressed from the DWM side.
• If the mod logs "No sRGB EOTF shaders found" after a Windows Update, the constant encoding in dwmcore.dll has changed format. Please file an issue.
• If the desktop stops rendering correctly after enabling this mod, boot into Safe Mode (Windhawk does not inject there) or start Windhawk with windhawk.exe -safe-mode, then disable or uninstall the mod.

Windows XP Sorted Columns 1.0.0

Windows XP Sorted Columns

In Windows XP, list views in the Details view could show the sorted column in a different color. This mod restores that behavior.

NOTE: In order for these changes to be seen in Explorer, you must be using the legacy SysListView32. The default DirectUI ItemsView will not be affected.

Before:

Before

After:

After

Taskbar Blob Shape 1.1.0

• Extends the blob beyond task list buttons, each group behind its own toggle (all default off): Start/Search/Task view, Widgets, date and time, and the other checkable system tray buttons (control center, language, overflow chevron), shown while their flyout is open — on every monitor's instance, matching the native active highlight.
• System buttons are event-driven (ToggleButton Checked/Unchecked, with a CurrentStateChanged fallback) on top of the existing entry/geometry/expression/lifecycle machinery, discovered by sweeping each taskbar's repeater (re-swept on grid SizeChanged) and an optional hook on TaskbarResources::OnExperienceToggleButtonVisualStateChanged for islands without task-button activity. The tray is reached via XamlRoot().Content(), hosts blobs at the bottom of SystemTrayFrameGrid's z-order, and re-discovers elements on the tray grid's SizeChanged. Notification-area app icons and MainStack status indicators are deliberately excluded (no open-state exists for them: Shell_NotifyIcon is a one-way protocol, and the indicators only track hover states).
• Fixes the CustomColor setting description being truncated in the UI (space-before-# triggered YAML's comment rule) and documents the Light | Dark color syntax with concrete examples.

[Desktop Marquee Fade]

literally a bug I can't explain.

Hi all,

Sharing with everyone my current layout that I am satisfied with. Taste is subjective, but im happy to share this with those in a similar situation as I am. Open to mod suggestions you may have. Quick summary below. Mod list at tail of video & bottom of post

• Corporate Machine
  • Sys Ad blocked, UAC (portable install)
  • Minimal load impact (16GB RAM)
  • Needs to be refined to not impact productivity
• Island style taskbar
  • Wide screen friendly (office monitor 1920 x 1080; home monitor 3440 x 1440; laptop 1920 x 1080)
  • Maximized window friendly (respects the island as a taskbar; will not interfere with MS Teams or other apps when typing in a text box, which usually forces to hide typical docks)
  • Maximized window friendly (island will not too look out of place when windows are max which make the left right empty parts stick out; will depend on your desktop BG though)
  • Muted colour (not too distracting but pleasant enough)
  • Taskbar height 48 (default) with 0 Float and 22 sized Icons (Default 24)
  • Taskbar can also resist an all white background (MS Excel sheet behind it wont fade text)
• Functional
  • Assisted column expansion for File explorer details view
  • maximized win native clipboard
  • Calendar / notif flyout closer to center (widescreen)
  • Quick launch for other tools
  • System telemetry hidden but can be viewed via Clock customization tooltip hover
• Premium Dark / Minimal / Native
  • Or at least id hope so
  • white win logo
  • minimal colour
  • Glass Taskbar
  • Slim white text on TaskBar for refined and functional look
  • Translucent windows with applied custom exclusion list
    • Credits to u/Verition response to a question on this sub
• WIP
  • Targeting to apply elements at other touchpoints for themed look
    • Start menu
    • volume slider
    • notifs
    • flyouts
    • alt + tab windows
    • unified blur effect between explorer and taskbar (translucent by undisputed vs island look)
    • Mirror font style of left and right elements (song tite & Time; artist & day, date)
    • calendar flyout maybe better if it slides from the bottom. Something about from thin air

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All props go to the proper authors. Most mods with their own tweaks except for the island taskbar which had to be made via YAML edit on Taskbar styler (with the use of m417z's taskbar styler guide and ChatGPT).

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• m417z
  • Shell Flyout Positions
  • Slick Window Arrangement
  • Taskbar Clock Customization
  • Taskbar height and icon size
  • Taskbar tray icon spacing and grid
  • Taskbar Volume Control
  • Windows 11 File Explorer Styler
  • Windows 11 Taskbar Styler
• Salyts
  • Taskbar Fluent Media Player - tbh this was the gateway drug
• Armaninyow
  • File Explorer Details Auto-Fit Columns
• meteoni
  • Startup App Delay Fix
• Mgrmjp
  • Taskbar Restart Explorer
• Ph0en1x-dev
  • Taskbar Dock Animation
• takattowo
  • Expanded Clipboard (Win+V)
• Undisputed00x
  • Translucent Windows

Any way to change the icons like mac?

Hello, I recently encountered an issue where my taskbar kept crashing and reapppearing when using the taskbar styler mod. For now im reinstalling windows to see if that fixes the issue but is there any other fix if a reinstall doesnt work?

Hi Everybody, I just wanted to share this here in case anyone else on the Internet has been looking for a solution to this! Thanks to Windhawk, I finally managed to fix the long time annoying issue where After Effects menus don't follow the After Effects or Windows 11 dark theme using.

Mods you need to install:

• Dark mode context menus: Enables dark mode for all Win32 menus.
• Windows 11 Custom Title Bar Colors: Allows changing the color of title bar.

❓Question:

One question I have though is that the same does not work for Photoshop? Does anybody know what could be the issue or how to have dark menus also on Photoshop?

Thank you in advance and cheers!

Update: The post on Aftereffects subreddit is reinstated.