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
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.
