Customizing Your Taskbar in Windows 11: A Step-by-Step Guide

In this tutorial, we will explore how to customize your taskbar in Windows 11. With a few simple steps and some helpful tools, you can transform your taskbar into a sleek and modern interface that suits your needs.

One of the first things you may want to consider is adjusting the size and shape of your taskbar. To do this, simply right-click on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen and select "Taskbar settings". From there, you can click on the "Taskbar" tab and use the sliders to adjust the width and height of the taskbar. You can also choose from several different shapes and styles for your taskbar, including rounded corners and a dynamic mode that removes the middle section.

Another great feature of Windows 11 is its ability to customize the appearance of your taskbar. To access this setting, simply right-click on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen and select "Taskbar settings". From there, you can click on the "Visual effects" tab and adjust the transparency and color of the taskbar to your liking. You can also add a translucent effect to your taskbar by clicking on the "Transparency" checkbox.

To apply this setting, we will need to use a small application that is available for download from GitHub. This application allows you to customize the appearance of your taskbar with ease. Simply download and install the application, and then follow the on-screen instructions to set up your taskbar. The application is very user-friendly, and it's easy to get started.

Once you've downloaded and installed the application, simply launch it by double-clicking on the executable file. This will open a settings window where you can adjust various options, including the transparency of the taskbar. To apply this setting, click on the "Install" button and wait for the application to finish installing.

With the application installed, you'll be able to customize your taskbar to your heart's content. You can choose from a range of colors and styles, and even add customizations such as accent colors and transparency effects. The application is very powerful, and it gives you complete control over the appearance of your taskbar.

In addition to customizing the appearance of your taskbar, you may also want to consider adjusting its functionality. To do this, simply right-click on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen and select "Taskbar settings". From there, you can click on the "Taskbar" tab and adjust various options, such as the size of the taskbar and the position of the icons.

One of the great things about Windows 11 is its ability to customize the look and feel of your taskbar. With a few simple steps, you can transform your taskbar into a sleek and modern interface that suits your needs. Whether you want to add a translucent effect or adjust the size and shape of your taskbar, this tutorial should provide you with all the information you need to get started.

Customizing Your Taskbar with the "Taskbar Tweaker" Application

One of the most useful tools for customizing your taskbar in Windows 11 is the "Taskbar Tweaker" application. This small application allows you to adjust various options, including the transparency and color of the taskbar. It's very easy to use, and it gives you complete control over the appearance of your taskbar.

To get started with the Taskbar Tweaker application, simply download and install it from GitHub. The application is tiny, but it packs a big punch when it comes to customizing your taskbar.

Once you've downloaded and installed the application, launch it by double-clicking on the executable file. This will open a settings window where you can adjust various options, including the transparency of the taskbar. To apply this setting, click on the "Install" button and wait for the application to finish installing.

With the Taskbar Tweaker application installed, you'll be able to customize your taskbar in no time. You can choose from a range of colors and styles, and even add customizations such as accent colors and transparency effects. The application is very powerful, and it gives you complete control over the appearance of your taskbar.

Setting Up the Taskbar Tweaker Application

To set up the Taskbar Tweaker application, simply follow these steps:

1. Download and install the application from GitHub.

2. Launch the application by double-clicking on the executable file.

3. Click on the "Install" button to apply the settings.

4. Use the sliders to adjust the transparency of the taskbar to your liking.

Tips for Customizing Your Taskbar

Here are a few tips to keep in mind when customizing your taskbar:

* Adjust the size and shape of your taskbar to suit your needs.

* Add a translucent effect to your taskbar for a sleek and modern look.

* Choose from a range of colors and styles to match your desktop theme.

* Use the Taskbar Tweaker application to adjust various options, including transparency and accent colors.

Conclusion

Customizing your taskbar in Windows 11 is easier than ever. With a few simple steps and some helpful tools, you can transform your taskbar into a sleek and modern interface that suits your needs. Whether you want to add a translucent effect or adjust the size and shape of your taskbar, this tutorial should provide you with all the information you need to get started.

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cut and paste depending on which way you want to go about it so i'm going to go to explorer here and open up this pc and then c drive make a new folder in here called taskbar or you can call it wherever you like i'm going to call it taskbar and then copy that folder inside here let's go ahead and do this right here so let's go ahead and open up the application so we're going to go inside here you'll see a bunch of languages we're going to go down to rounded tv.exe there we go double click on this one and it won't open up the application for you so once this is done you should see something looking like this it's just a welcome screen here you can read all the information it has just had a good update on this one so it's always good to make sure that these are fully updated before you use them and this one has just been updated and it looks a little tiny program like this you can click on the advanced bit this will give you more options to manage your top margin bottom margin left margin and right margin and you can also use the sliders and put in the digits to whatever size you want yours to be so whatever way you want to go about it there's plenty of options here available for you so you can type in your numbers that you want your taskbar to look like here so whether you want to use these numbers you can play around with it it's not going to hurt it none and you can always uninstall it and put it back to default settings if you wish so if you want to go ahead and type in these you can do inside the margin area you can put check marks in these boxes as well for dynamic mode show system tray and you can also uh show system tray on hover trans lucent tb that's another little uh tool that we're going to take a look at in a second but check mark everything that you want for yours now if you're using this one here we can get the actual program and download it so we're going to go over there and get that in a second but once you're happy with all of your settings you can then uh set it up and then go into here and put in the top margin bottom margin if you wish or you can use the sliders wherever we uh suits you so again there's plenty of options available for the actual taskbar here so let's take a look at it in action and see what it actually does so i'm going to apply this and you should see the shape of the taskbar change it's got rounded edges and also it's a little bit more narrow so if you don't like that big and bulky uh taskbar you can actually narrow it up a little bit now again you can play around with this to suit your needs and you can either use the sliders like i've said and you can go ahead and put dynamic mode in here and you can see it's now removed these middle part and it's also put this other area down here you can also hide this as well so it just hides and then you when you hover it will come back up if you like that sort of idea you can go ahead and put a check mark in here and apply this and let me just show you it disappears and then when you hover over it it comes back so if you want that just nice simple small sort of mac os look you can get that with this particular type of tool so very very useful indeed and again field taskbar when maximized you can do that as well it will get bigger as you expand and put more tools in there so pretty nice looking the taskbar now to make this finalized and make it look even better we can put our translucent effect on here as well so we need to go ahead and get that application so let me apply this and go to get the uh program which is on github and i think you can also get this on the windows store as well so i'm just going to get it from github because that's where it's easier to get it for me i'm going to go here and download the file here you can see it's only a tiny little file so i'm going to go ahead and come down here you can see the latest versions here click on this and down in here you should see some download sections here so we're just going to get the executable part so click on this installer and we'll get it downloaded now it's a tiny little application but we can now double click on this and it should open up it does tell you that it is in the microsoft store app as well so what we're going to do here is launch when ready and click on install and this will install the application for us now what this is going to do is add a translucent effect to our taskbar if that's what you want to do you can install this and it will look translucent so let's go ahead and click continue here and uh that should then apply this there we go so let's take a look and see what it looks like once we get this applied so as long as you've got the check mark in there everything should be good so let me close this program off now you don't need to leave these open and there you go it's completely transparent and clear so this one's the clear one where you won't see any part of the taskbar but you can set it up to have it sort of a transparent or you can have it just slightly with a gradient color as well if you wish so this is the application here and you've got full customization on here you can edit it and do a bunch of other stuff accent colors here i'll just quickly set this up and you can have a quick look and uh you can work this one out for yourself it's pretty self-explanatory here so you can make it a different color if you wish and uh change the transparent for it as well let's take a look and see what it looks like you can have it as one solid color as well if you want to do this you can do but you can also do that in windows and there we go we've got a slight uh transparent look here with a little bit of a shade on the background of it you can mess around with it with more time when you're doing it this is just for tutorial purposes and there you have it that's basically how you can customize your taskbar in windows 11 my name is ben brian from brighttech computers dot co dot uk just want to say a big shout out to all my youtube members who join my youtube members group i appreciate the support a special shout out for geo sam welsh 21 uh gary belts and albert hewson for joining my tier three group don't forget if you have joined my uh youtube members group and you do use my discord server don't forget to let me know in the general chat and i will give you the appropriate role thanks again for watching bye for now sowhat you guys got another video here for you on customized in the look of windows 11 taskbar now not everyone likes the look of the windows 11 task well there's not many settings you can change in it but if you want to customize it i'm going to show you in this video by using this tool here called rounded tb it's a free tool you can download on github and you can also download it on the windows store so download the rounded tb here your version might be different depending on when you're watching this video so i'm going to download this and drag it onto my desktop and then we need to extract this onto the desktop here so right click and extract all and then just click extract and this will extract the folder with all the contents inside now i'm going to be putting this in my c root directory that's so i don't delete it by mistake and i'll put it in there for safe keeping so let's go ahead and close this off for now and then copy the actual folder in or cut and paste depending on which way you want to go about it so i'm going to go to explorer here and open up this pc and then c drive make a new folder in here called taskbar or you can call it wherever you like i'm going to call it taskbar and then copy that folder inside here let's go ahead and do this right here so let's go ahead and open up the application so we're going to go inside here you'll see a bunch of languages we're going to go down to rounded tv.exe there we go double click on this one and it won't open up the application for you so once this is done you should see something looking like this it's just a welcome screen here you can read all the information it has just had a good update on this one so it's always good to make sure that these are fully updated before you use them and this one has just been updated and it looks a little tiny program like this you can click on the advanced bit this will give you more options to manage your top margin bottom margin left margin and right margin and you can also use the sliders and put in the digits to whatever size you want yours to be so whatever way you want to go about it there's plenty of options here available for you so you can type in your numbers that you want your taskbar to look like here so whether you want to use these numbers you can play around with it it's not going to hurt it none and you can always uninstall it and put it back to default settings if you wish so if you want to go ahead and type in these you can do inside the margin area you can put check marks in these boxes as well for dynamic mode show system tray and you can also uh show system tray on hover trans lucent tb that's another little uh tool that we're going to take a look at in a second but check mark everything that you want for yours now if you're using this one here we can get the actual program and download it so we're going to go over there and get that in a second but once you're happy with all of your settings you can then uh set it up and then go into here and put in the top margin bottom margin if you wish or you can use the sliders wherever we uh suits you so again there's plenty of options available for the actual taskbar here so let's take a look at it in action and see what it actually does so i'm going to apply this and you should see the shape of the taskbar change it's got rounded edges and also it's a little bit more narrow so if you don't like that big and bulky uh taskbar you can actually narrow it up a little bit now again you can play around with this to suit your needs and you can either use the sliders like i've said and you can go ahead and put dynamic mode in here and you can see it's now removed these middle part and it's also put this other area down here you can also hide this as well so it just hides and then you when you hover it will come back up if you like that sort of idea you can go ahead and put a check mark in here and apply this and let me just show you it disappears and then when you hover over it it comes back so if you want that just nice simple small sort of mac os look you can get that with this particular type of tool so very very useful indeed and again field taskbar when maximized you can do that as well it will get bigger as you expand and put more tools in there so pretty nice looking the taskbar now to make this finalized and make it look even better we can put our translucent effect on here as well so we need to go ahead and get that application so let me apply this and go to get the uh program which is on github and i think you can also get this on the windows store as well so i'm just going to get it from github because that's where it's easier to get it for me i'm going to go here and download the file here you can see it's only a tiny little file so i'm going to go ahead and come down here you can see the latest versions here click on this and down in here you should see some download sections here so we're just going to get the executable part so click on this installer and we'll get it downloaded now it's a tiny little application but we can now double click on this and it should open up it does tell you that it is in the microsoft store app as well so what we're going to do here is launch when ready and click on install and this will install the application for us now what this is going to do is add a translucent effect to our taskbar if that's what you want to do you can install this and it will look translucent so let's go ahead and click continue here and uh that should then apply this there we go so let's take a look and see what it looks like once we get this applied so as long as you've got the check mark in there everything should be good so let me close this program off now you don't need to leave these open and there you go it's completely transparent and clear so this one's the clear one where you won't see any part of the taskbar but you can set it up to have it sort of a transparent or you can have it just slightly with a gradient color as well if you wish so this is the application here and you've got full customization on here you can edit it and do a bunch of other stuff accent colors here i'll just quickly set this up and you can have a quick look and uh you can work this one out for yourself it's pretty self-explanatory here so you can make it a different color if you wish and uh change the transparent for it as well let's take a look and see what it looks like you can have it as one solid color as well if you want to do this you can do but you can also do that in windows and there we go we've got a slight uh transparent look here with a little bit of a shade on the background of it you can mess around with it with more time when you're doing it this is just for tutorial purposes and there you have it that's basically how you can customize your taskbar in windows 11 my name is ben brian from brighttech computers dot co dot uk just want to say a big shout out to all my youtube members who join my youtube members group i appreciate the support a special shout out for geo sam welsh 21 uh gary belts and albert hewson for joining my tier three group don't forget if you have joined my uh youtube members group and you do use my discord server don't forget to let me know in the general chat and i will give you the appropriate role thanks again for watching bye for now so\n"