Explorer Patcher: Restores the Windows 11 Taskbar like Windows 10

If you are looking for a way to restore the Windows 10 Taskbar and File Explorer in Windows 11, Explorer Patcher may help you. This freeware application adds a .DLL to C:\Windows, and all the necessary files will be downloaded automatically on your PC to make it possible.

According to the developer, this project aims to bring back a productive working environment on Windows 11.

You can access the GUI configuration option of Explorer Patcher to customize the classic functionality based on your needs and preferences. For that, right-click on the Taskbar and select the Properties option. Numerous customization is possible on a Windows 11 PC, so do not hesitate to check it out.

Using the Explorer Patcher freeware tool, you can customize the following:-

Taskbar

• Windows 10 Style taskbar.
• Add more taskbar options in Windows Settings app.
• Customize notifications area icons.
• Customize system icons in the notification area.
• Show/hide Search button
• Show/hide Task view button.
• Show Desktop button.
• Automatically hide the taskbar.

System Tray

• Skin taskbar and pop-up tray menus.
• Center tray icon pop-up menus.
• Flyout behavior for tray icon pop-up menus.
• Show/hide touch keyboard button.
• Show seconds in the clock.
• Hide Control Center button.

File Explorer

• Disable the Windows 11 command bar.
• Disable the Windows 11 context menu.
• Disable navigation bar.
• Disable modern search bar.
• Hide Search bar.

Start menu

• Open Start on monitor containing the cursor.
• Open Start at logon.
• Open Start in “All apps” by default.
• Positioning on screen.
• The maximum number of frequent apps to show.

Window switcher (Alt+Tab)

• Choose whether to include desktop in the window list.
• Ability to set the opacity of the window list
• Set row height, etc.

Others

• Open the time and date flyout when pressing Win+C (instead of Microsoft Teams).
• Set default shutdown action for Alt+F4 on the desktop.
• Show Command Prompt instead of PowerShell in the Win+X menu.

Download Explorer Patcher

You can grab Explorer Patcher from GitHub.