Windows 11 modifications

Windows 11 Preview is now available for insiders. There are a lot of great changes, but some features are annoying.

🔷NOTE that you are doing this at your own risk. Changing the wrong thing could lead to break your System.🔷

Do this first • Taskbar position • Taskbar size • Old Startmenu • Login Blur

UPDATE: I added reg files. Just pick the one you want, execute it and you are done.

#OUTDATED (Late 2021)

There is a wondeful project to customize your Windows 11 how you want. You can even make it look like MacOS --> https://www.startallback.com/

#first

Do this first This will be our friend throughout this Guide. You can do that by pressing Windows + R and type regedit

#taskbar_position

Taskbar position

1. Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StuckRects3

You can copy and paste this in the search bar.

2. Doubleklick "Settings" in the right field.

3. In the second row you will change the fifth value to:

value	position
00	left
01	top
02	right
03	bottom

Then restart explorer.exe or just restart the PC

OPTIONAL

If you have multiple displays and multiple taskbars (why?) then you can change it here:

(4). HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MMStuckRects3

Repeat the Steps 3 and 4 for each value

#taskbar_size

Taskbar size

1. Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

2. Do a quick rightklick in the right field select New -> DWORD-Value (32 bit)

3. Name this new value TaskbarSi

4. Then double click the Value and change the value to:

value	position
0	small
1	medium
2	large

Then restart explorer.exe or just restart the PC

#classic_menu

Old Startmenu

1. Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

2. Do a quick rightklick in the right field select New -> DWORD-Value (32 bit)

3. Name this value Start_ShowClassicMode and change the value to:

value	description
0	New Windows 11 Menu
1	Good old Windows 10 Menu

I prefer the old one because i have all my stuff there to keep my desktop clean

Then restart explorer.exe or just restart the PC

#acrylic_blur_logon

Login Blur

1. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

2. Do a quick rightklick in the right field select New -> DWORD-Value (32 bit)

3. Name this value DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon and change the value to:

value	description
1	Disable
Delete "DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon"	Enable