Windows 11 has been released for some time, and the UI interaction of Windows 11 has changed significantly compared to Windows 10, such as the Start menu and taskbar, file manager, right-click shortcuts, system settings, and so on. Windows 11 brings users a lot of new features and a new visual experience at the same time, may cause some users to be uncomfortable and troubled. As a result, a variety of third-party enhancement gadgets have emerged, customizing and modifying the interface and functions of the system according to their own needs.
Here are a few Windows third-party gadgets that you have recently experienced.
▍Windows 11 Fixer
Windows 11 Fixer English Original:
https://github.com/99natmar99/Windows-11-Fixer/releases/tag/v2.1.0
Windows 11 Fixer Chinese Chinese Modifications:
https://github.com/yozooCN/Windows-11-Fixer/releases/tag/v2.1.0
Some time ago, I discovered an open-source system settings adjustment gadget called Windows 11 Fixer, which is designed to make it as convenient as possible to customize Windows 11. The software is open source on Github.
The original English operation interface
When I first used this tool, because it was only in English, it was not very suitable to use, so I downloaded the source code, made Chinese processing and some interface modifications, and the modifications were as follows:
The original (English version) can not adjust the window size, and the window size is fixed to 1280x720, my computer display is limited, the window size has been changed to smaller
The color matching was changed to the same as the new color of the iPhone 13 Pro (at that time, when the software was Chinese, it was just a few days after apple's conference)
Partial button resizing position and text position adjustment
The original font only supports English display, Chinese font display is incomplete, the font is modified to Microsoft Ya black, the reason for choosing Microsoft Ya black is that the system comes with it, most users have it
Bright color mode
Black mode
At present, the modified source code has been transmitted to Github, and interested users can download it at the link of Github, or they can download the source code and compile it themselves. Users who prefer the original English version can also download the original English version. In addition, I need to say that the files I uploaded to Github for everyone to download did not compile and package the .net 5.0 runtime environment, and users who have not installed the .net 5.0 runtime environment can download and install on microsoft's official website.
Download the .net 5.0 desktop app version
First of all, in the left option of this tool, you can see that it is composed of a total of 4 parts, of which the first and second items are basically the setting options in the system settings of Windows, which is a different typographic classification method. In addition to some options that can be found in the system settings, some right-click shortcut menu modifications and add commands are also provided.
Windows 11's desktop shortcut menu currently retains the shortcut menu style of Windows 10, and Windows 11 Fixer can modify the shortcut menu to use only the Windows 10 style. You can add Programs such as Task Manager, Disk Cleanup, Control Panel, System Settings, etc. to the desktop right-click shortcut menu.
Currently only applicable to shortcut menus added in the Windows 10 style. In the recently updated Windows 11 preview, Microsoft replaced the old disk cleaner with a jump to system settings - storage usage for disk cleanup, and future windows 11 production versions will also use the new disk cleanup interface. Then users who like older versions of Disk Cleanup and Control Panel can add to the shortcut menu for easy use.
Desktop shortcut menu
Windows 11 Fixer also provides the ability to uninstall Windows bring-in software, some Windows bring-in software uninstall is inconvenient, the default does not provide uninstallation, then you can uninstall through the Windows 11 Fixer tool.
Uninstall the Windows Bring-In app
In addition to providing uninstall functions, Windows 11 Fixer also provides software installation functions, here are some common software selected by the original authors, as well as hardware information tools and other system modification tools.
Common software installations
▍ModernFlyouts
https://github.com/ModernFlyouts-Community/ModernFlyouts
ModernFlyouts is a tool that replaces the system's default volume bar /brightness bar/airplane mode pop-up indicator box with a Fluent Design style in Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems, which can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store or Github to support Windows 10 1709 and later operating systems.
Software settings panel interface
Turning on the ModernFlyouts style is the horizontal style on the left side of the following figure, and switching back to the system defaults to the vertical style on the right.
The volume bar / brightness bar prompt box can be dragged to any position, and the button next to the "Close" button can be clicked to switch to simple mode.
The volume bar / brightness bar prompt box supports light mode and dark mode display, and each module can be turned on and off individually.
Bright color mode
After Microsoft pushed the Windows 11 22533 version update in the preview version in January this year, the style of the volume bar/ brightness bar prompt box became the style in the following figure, fixed in the middle position below the desktop, which is very similar to the style of the tool's prompt box, and will replace this prompt box style in the official version of Windows 11 in the future.
Volume bar style after Windows 11 22533
▍ElevenClock
https://github.com/martinet101/ElevenClock
ElevenClock is a Windows 11 taskbar clock enhancement tool, when Windows 11 is connected to multiple monitors, the secondary screen taskbar does not have time to display, causing inconvenience to some users. With ElevenClock, you can add time to the second screen as well.
ElevenClock settings panel interface
ElevenClock can customize the font name, font size, font color, background color, etc. of the clock/date. In the time plus seconds or custom text, the taskbar time/date in the figure is a modified style using ElevenClock.
In addition to adding clocks to the second screen, ElevenClock can also hide clocks on specified displays.
If you are not satisfied with the default date separator slash, you can customize the date and time format in the settings, you can enter the time and date format you want, such as date use - separated, or separated by Chinese year month and day.
Write the time/date format
Customize the time and date formats
Customize the font color and background color
You can move the time/date to the top, bottom, left, right, and offset values of the screen.
Modify the location of the time/date display
▍Fences 4
https://sspai.com/item/56
Fences is an excellent Windows desktop icon management tool that helps users automatically organize desktop icons and shortcuts. With Fences, you can create multiple small partitions on the desktop, name them, and modify the color, opacity, position size, and so on of the partition blocks.
Fences settings panel interface
Once Fences is running, double-click in the blank space of the desktop to hide all icons and section blocks, and double-click again to switch back.
Double-click the hide icon
Click and drag in the blank space of the desktop, pull out a box, select "Create Desktop Partition Here" in the pop-up menu to complete the creation of the partition block, click the title in the title bar above the partition block to rename the partition. Drag the icon into the small section to complete the creation of the small section and classify the icons.
Drag to the box to create a small partition
In addition to the icons, you can also put the folder in the small section, and you can view the contents of the folder in the small section.
In the Fences settings, you can hide the title bar of the small section, after hiding it, you can display the title bar by crossing the small section on the desktop mouse, double-click the title bar to hide the small section and keep only the title bar, and the setting menu in the upper left corner of the title bar can adjust the opacity of the small section and the arrangement of the icons.
Set the arrangement and opacity
In the Fences settings, you can save the current desktop layout as a snapshot backup in the snapshot option, which is convenient for restoring the previous desktop layout.
Fences is a paid software that costs $9.99 and is free to use for 30 days. Fences are cleaner and cleaner than the same type of desktop organizers, and users who need them can buy and use them.
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