--- title: Power users can do so much more with the Windows 11... description: Windhawk is a free Windows modding tool that unlocks deep taskbar customization in Windows 11. Key mods covered include the Taskbar Styler for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/power-users-can-do-so-much-more-with-the-windows-11-taskbar-and-all-they-need-is-a-single-tool-yn8vhmw1g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Power users can do so much more with the Windows 11 taskbar, and all they need is a single tool | daily.dev og:description: Windhawk is a free Windows modding tool that unlocks deep taskbar customization in Windows 11. Key mods covered include the Taskbar Styler for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/power-users-can-do-so-much-more-with-the-windows-11-taskbar-and-all-they-need-is-a-single-tool-yn8vhmw1g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yn8VhMw1G.png og:image:alt: Power users can do so much more with the Windows 11 taskbar, and all they need is a single tool 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. # Power users can do so much more with the Windows 11 taskbar, and all they need is a single tool **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Windhawk is a free Windows modding tool that unlocks deep taskbar customization in Windows 11. Key mods covered include the Taskbar Styler for transparent/dock-like appearances, Taskbar Clock Customization for displaying live CPU/RAM/network stats in the system tray, moving the taskbar to the top of the screen with matching Start menu animation, scroll-wheel volume control across the entire taskbar, middle-click to close apps, custom shortcuts on empty taskbar space, resizable thumbnail previews, and restoring the classic right-click context menu. The author argues these mods collectively make stock Windows 11 unusable by comparison. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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