Customize your Windows 11 experience with these free apps

Windows 11 is slowly rolling out with a long list of limitations and missing features.

The big feature update is currently available for download as an optional update, and if you’ve already upgraded to the new operating system, you can try some new third-party software to customize the experience and get the most out of Windows 11

Enable drag and drop

Windows 11 doesn’t come with taskbar drag-and-drop support, and that feature won’t reach production until at least the second half of 2022, according to sources familiar with the development.

Fortunately, an independent developer has created a new open source app that allows you to quickly enable drag and drop support on Windows 11.

To get started, simply download and launch the app from github.

To exit this program, click on the Mona Lisa Megan Fox Tray icon and select “Quit…” from the menu. Or just kill Windows11DragAndDropToTaskbarFix.exe using Task Manager.

This is Windows11

Windows 11 is basically Windows 10 with a new design, so it also comes with the same bloatware issue. Bloatware can be OEM and Microsoft installed applications.

Like Windows 10, Windows 11 also allows users to manually remove apps from Settings or Control Panel. But if you want to delete all bloatware from your system quickly, you can try a new open source app called ThisIsWin11. This application basically allows you to customize the advanced and basic features of the operating system and disable Windows 11 features such as Microsoft Teams integration on the taskbar.

The app currently comes with the following features:

• Basic Settings: Allows you to quickly configure the basic settings of Windows 11.
• PumpedApp: You can check and improve Windows 11 by making changes to PowerThrottling.
• Bloatware: This feature will allow you to remove pre-installed Windows 11 apps.
• Install apps quickly using packages.
• PowerClicks: This allows you to automate Windows tasks using PowerShell scripts.

Apparently, you can also use the app to automate tasks or run PowerShell scripts. At the same time, you can use it to install, uninstall or reinstall apps. You can even enable Ultimate Performance Mode, which requires a change in the Windows registry.

The tool is available at github.

start 11

Start11 was recently released to help users customize the look of the Start menu and even restore the classic interface. Start11 is compatible with Windows 11 and Windows 10, and can be used to recreate the interface from previous versions of the operating system.

With Start11, you can even have a Windows 11-like Start Menu on Windows 10. Meanwhile, Start11 comes with many features to customize Windows 11. For example, you can use it to move the start button and customize the Start menu interface.

The app currently comes with the following features:

• Bring the Start menu back to the left side of your screen.
• Dark mode for a stylish look
• You can choose a style and theme for the start menu. For example, you can go back to the familiar Windows 7 startup style.
• Customize your taskbar by adding texture or adjusting transparency.

The tool is currently in beta and costs $4.99 (a free trial is available), and eventually you will get more customization options.

You can download the app from Here.

Live Wallpapers

Lively Wallpaper has been updated with a new icon base and Windows 11 support. With this free, open source app, you can enable the dynamic desktop wallpaper on Windows 11.

Lively Wallpaper is open source and lets you convert video, GIF, and HTML into your Windows desktop wallpaper.

With this application, you can select the following formats as your desktop background:

• Video
• web pages
• video streams
• Shader
• GIFs

You can download Lively from github.