Introducing StartAllBack: Windows 11 from better timeline

Embrace, enhance, unsweep classic UI from under the rug

Restore and improve taskbar

Show labels on task icons
Adjust icon size and margins
Move taskbar to top, left or right edges
Drag and drop stuff onto taskbar
Center task icons but keep Start button on the left
Split into segments, use dynamic translucency
Separate corner icons with Windows 7/10 UI
Auto-hide when covered by maximized window

Restore and improve File Explorer and Control Panel

Ribbon and Command Bar revamped with translucent effects
Details pane on bottom
Old search box (the one which works)
Dark mode support for more dialogs

Restore and improve context menus

All new look with rounded acrylic menus
Fast and responsive taskbar menus
New fonts, better touch support

Restore and improve start menu

Launch apps and go to system places in one click
Navigate dropdown menus like a boss
Enjoy fast and reliable search

Finally, lightweight styling and UI consistency

Enjoy Windows 7, Windows 8 and third-party taskbar and start menu styles
Fix UI inconsistencies in Win32 apps
Don't be blue: recolor UI in all windows apps
Negative resource usage: fewer RAM used, fewer processes started, faster startup

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Option to totally disable task grouping (a la XP)
Major improvements and fixes

Minor improvements and fixes

Minor improvements and fixes

Support Widgets on the right side
Major improvements and fixes

Minor improvements and fixes

Minor improvements and fixes

Fix regressions

Fix regressions

Fix regressions

Fully reimplemented taskbar!
Shy autohide taskbar perk
Never, hide labels combine button setting
Reorder task thumbnails by drag&drop
Reduced taskbar resource usage, improved responsiveness
Pixel-perfect task icons
All-new taskbar animations
Support for latest 23H2/24H2 builds. Requred for August Windows updates!

Minor improvements and fixes

Minor improvements and fixes

Disabled classic taskbar on 24H2 by default for now
Weather animations in classic taskbar

Fixed navbar not present with 7 & 10 Explorer styles on 22635.3420+

Enabled legacy taskbar for Canary 26080
Rudimentary drag & drop for explorer tabs
Minor improvements and fixes

Dark Magic sharp corners
Fixes for Canary 2606x

Fix empty tray icons on DPI change

Tray corner icon fixes

Microphone icon can adjust volume (with scroll wheel) and mute (with middle mouse button click)
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New system tray (corner icons) implementation with more perks

Workaround 23H2 Explorer crashes

Removed taskbar Chat icon

Minor improvements and fixes

Fix 23H2 native start menu under vertical taskbar

Fix for beta 22631.2265

Fix for beta 22631.2129

Minor improvements and fixes

Minor improvements and fixes

Minor improvements and fixes

Fixed system DPI unexpectedly increasing
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Support for Bing AI taskbar search button

Automatic updates
Mute with middle-click on volume taskbar icon

Minor improvements and fixes

Minor improvements and fixes

Alphabet markers for All Programs list

Dark mode and Mica for property sheets in Explorer
Style and scaling improvements for common controls in Explorer
Search box and window sharing for classic taskbar

Minor improvements and fixes

Support for latest Beta builds. Previous versions may break with 22H2 updates!

Support for latest Dev builds

Support for latest Dev, Beta builds

Network and battery Windows 10 tray flyouts on latest 22H2

Acrylic tooltips for window caption buttons

Support for newer Insider builds

Tabs for classic Explorer styles (preview)
Fix Terminal missing from Win-X menu on some systems

Explorer Address bar restyled

Fix crash loop during user setup on 22H2

Fix black menu degradation

Styling improvements for dark acrylic menus, details pane, tray overflow flyout
Fix transient high DPI system issues causing wide task buttons and icon spacing

Explorer Ribbon, Command Bar and other elements modernized and restyled
Taskbar weather on the left
Support for 22H2

Support for build 22593

Trial period increased to 100 days

"Always show scrollbars" works in Win32 apps

Tweaked Acrylic / Blur surfaces
Fixes for Dev

Dark mode improvements for Explorer and Control Panel
Weather widget taskbar integration
Acrylic classic tooltips

Restored Control Panel - Personalization - Desktop Wallpaper / Color
Minor improvements and fixes for some systems

Fixed Xbox app not resizing
Fixed Update and restart option missing

Restore Control Panel applets setting
Taskbar screen edge setting
Support for Windows 11 flyouts on top or left screen edges and secondary displays

Restores Control Panel applets redirected to Settings

Minor fixes and tweaks

Center start menu with classic taskbar
Central segment only (Dock-like) taskbar perk
IME mode context menu works with classic taskbar
Support for Dev build ~22500

Language switcher can use Windows 10 flyout
Tweaked taskbar buttons default look and position
Fixed segments in exotic cases

Implemented Snap Groups for classic taskbar
Tweaked classic context menu paddings
Primary classic taskbar remembers monitor

Shutdown respects restart apps after login setting
Fixed crash with classic context menus

Fixed Alt-Tab misbehaving on some systems
Fixed graphic artefacts on some ARM64 systems

Improved Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat buttons
Added Control Center optional system tray icon
Added volume control via mouse wheel on volume tray icon

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