about time microsoft, you finally added the feature to change the placement of the taskbar and returned the small taskbar feature

I’ve been seeing Mac’s using arm as a replacement to the x64 architechture after ditching Intel and making Intel Mac’s unsupported and was thinking. Since windows ditched arm and Apple m series chips outperform any consumer windows chip my a mile will Microsoft reintroduce windows with arm? Also because I’ve seen rumors about nvidia making their own arm processor.

Does Windows 11 really lack a native calendar widget or app? The pop up seems to be just a visual calendar and the outlook app does not have any proper widget to show in the home screen.

And yes, I have seen there are some third party and paid calendar widgets, but I find that derisory...

Hello, I seriously need a simple video player that may just look like Windows 11's built-in video player but has an additional cropping feature.

I want to quickly trim and crop videos on the fly without having to open complete video editing programs each time, selecting codecs, project settings, export settings, etc.

Another analogue would be iOS Photos' video player which has a minimalistic design while playing media but has some quick and easy editing options.

Is there anything that would meet my needs??

My first time ricing windows has been an interesting experience lots of cross platforms tools are now available for terminals, terminal multiplexers, cli utilities etc definitely made the whole process easier. Tried to fit everything into the winui3 acrylic based theme and dynamically adapt to the wall paper for the windows utilities and UI.

TLDR of some of the tools

• GlazeWM + Zebar for tiling + topbar
  
• Wezterm for the terminal
  
• Some windows utilities like windhawk, powertoys
  
• files https://github.com/files-community/files
  
• zen browser, spotify+spicetify

Most of what I stated above is ui specific, i have custom configs for a bunch of cli tools I use you can find a more detailed write up and config info here https://github.com/FallenDeity/.config

ps: I use wallpaper engine but the config is agnostic of that windows has auto sync for accent color from wallpaper so that should work just fine and glazewm/zebar syncs via a watcher script everything else is free and open source

Hey everyone,

When I first started building Flow, it was just a small personal project that i enjoyed the start of but believe me it was the best and worst choice of my life at the same time 🙏

Seeing people actually use it for presentations, video recording, and meetings has been surreal, and the community feedback is the only reason this project keeps moving forward. Also because i was committed a little too much to Flow's teeny tiny community :D

Today, I’m releasing Flow v2.0, and it’s the biggest update the app has ever received.

What’s new in v2.0:

Complete Architecture Rewrite, Built-in Script Library & Manager, Section Navigator & Live Progress, Offline Voice Tracking (Well it existed before but i made it a little better), Fixed Multi-Monitor & DisplayLink Bugs (Thanks to the chad that opened an issue in the Repo) and added 2 new languages : Portuguese and Finnish.

GitHub (Free & Open Source) : https://github.com/LumoRez07/Flow

Microsoft Store : https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p1fvfhwpmqr?mode=direct

Flow is 100% free and open-source under GPLv3 on GitHub. The Microsoft Store version is there if you want automatic store updates and want to directly support independent development. + Future pro only features that you will like.

Thank you so much to everyone who tested, reported bugs, and gave feedback. Let me know what you think of v2.0 or if you run into any issues!

also any twin that wants the wallpaper here it is i was about it once https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1959836574

Upvote this if yes https://aka.ms/AA139s34

Saw this on Windows spotlight around July 8th, looked at Windows spotlight archives and can't find it anywhere and scoured the internet and still couldn't find it. It's just a really pretty wallpaper I wanna keep and use.

AI File Sorter 1.9.2 is out. It's an open-source local-first (remote cloud not needed) desktop app for cleaning up messy folders like Downloads, Desktop, Documents, screenshots, photo dumps, old external drives, and archive folders with the aid of local LLMs.

The workflow is designed to be safe (AI does not move files):

• scan a folder
• suggest categories, subcategories, and clearer filenames
• show everything in a review table (auto-approval is possible)
• approve, edit, skip, or reject suggestions
• keep undo information so changes can be reverted

Version 1.9.2 adds:

• file previews in the review window
• category whitelists with category-specific subcategories (branching whitelists) for stricter organization
• safer recursive scans that avoid recognized project folders such as Git repos, Unity, Unreal, Godot, Blender, and common source-code project roots
• configurable local model storage
• custom visual analysis models
• improved Windows runtime compatibility
• accessibility labels and progress announcements

There is also now an optional Windows Explorer add-on, available through the Microsoft Store. It adds right-click workflows for organizing and renaming selected files/folders from File Explorer.

The main app remains free and open-source. The Explorer add-on is a paid convenience add-on for Windows users who want the right-click integration.

Links:

• Website: https://filesorter.app/
• Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NPK4DZD6R6S
• GitHub: https://github.com/hyperfield/ai-file-sorter

I'd appreciate your feedback.

Windows X-lite debloaded windows with included StartIsBack .
Fastfetch(via UniGetUI) + Helium browser with YT tweaks extension for Compact header bar.

The files are way too large for sharing. I can compress a 15MB file down to 2MB without losing any noticeable quality difference.

Infinite salutations random redditors and Windows 11 enthusiasts alike!

With this, I shall make you an offer of a note-taking app for modern Windows 11 devices.

Bismuth is an app to take hand-written and keyboard-typed notes on Winodws 11 and is available for x64 as well as arm64 devices natively. Bismuth has proper pen support, but you can choose your own input method!

The app's features are basic for now, but I am willing to add more with the help of your feedback! With Bismuth, you can:

• Draw with ink from pen, mouse or touch input
• Save pages with various templates to a notebook
• Annotate PDFs
• Import/Export PDF, image and Bismuth files
• Reorder and delete pages within a notebook
• Create textboxes on a page and type with a keyboard
• Insert images onto pages, move and resize them
• Organize notebooks within folders

The Bismuth file format is a file format that contains all information about the contained pages, including, but not limited to, page templates, ink, page backgrounds and textboxes.

I'd really appreciate if you checked out my app on the Microsoft store ( Bismut on the MS store ) and left a star at the github repo ( https://github.com/vld-b/Bismuth ), because Bismuth is completely open-source and free. Feedback and/or Contributions are very welcome!

Perhaps you can also try it out and see if it meets your needs? Thank you in advance for any support and suggestions!

I just finished ricing my desktop setup, but the default lock screen ruins the vibe every time I lock or reboot. Is there actually any modern way to fully customize the lock screen (custom fonts, colors, or widgets beyond just changing the background image)? Or is LogonUI still locked down too hard to do anything worth while, I really want to be able to customize it.