--- title: I used Windhawk, PowerToys, and Rainmeter together, and... description: A personal account of using three third-party tools together to deeply customize Windows 11. Rainmeter enables interactive desktop skins and dashboards for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-windhawk-powertoys-and-rainmeter-together-and-windows-feels-like-mine-again-icemwun3w twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I used Windhawk, PowerToys, and Rainmeter together, and Windows feels like mine again | daily.dev og:description: A personal account of using three third-party tools together to deeply customize Windows 11. Rainmeter enables interactive desktop skins and dashboards for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-windhawk-powertoys-and-rainmeter-together-and-windows-feels-like-mine-again-icemwun3w og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iceMWUN3W.png og:image:alt: I used Windhawk, PowerToys, and Rainmeter together, and Windows feels like mine again og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I used Windhawk, PowerToys, and Rainmeter together, and Windows feels like mine again **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal account of using three third-party tools together to deeply customize Windows 11. Rainmeter enables interactive desktop skins and dashboards for displaying system info or aesthetic elements. Windhawk provides a mod manager with community-built mods that restore removed features, modify the taskbar appearance, and even replicate older Windows UI styles. Microsoft PowerToys rounds out the setup with productivity and workflow enhancements. Together, these tools compensate for Windows 11's limited built-in personalization options. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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