TaskbarXI turns your Windows 11 taskbar into a macOS-like Dock

Microsoft has overhauled the Windows 11 taskbar and Start menu, but not everyone is happy with the new look and feel. Stardock, a utility that replaces the updated Start menu with a look closer to the one in Windows 7 or Windows 10, now has a new third-party tool for customizing the taskbar.

TaskbarXI turns your Windows 11 taskbar into a macOS-like Dock (via Ghacks) is a new application that adds additional customization options to the Windows 11 taskbar, developed as a successor to the popular TaskbarX tool for Windows 10 . It's still in the early stages of development—it doesn't even have a graphical interface yet—but it works. The main feature now is that it shrinks the taskbar into a compact Dock, like the Dock on macOS and iPadOS, which stretches back to its full size when the window is maximized.

The utility also supports multiple monitors, individual DPI scaling, and splitting the taskbar into left and right panes. Currently working on changing the taskbar background style and color, as well as a simple graphical interface for updating settings. There's no option to move the taskbar to the sides or top of the screen, but someone did ask for it as a feature - if you have a GitHub account and would like to see the feature added, click the thumbs-up button on the original comment.

If you want to give TaskbarXI turns your Windows 11 taskbar into a macOS-like Dock a try, you can download the latest version from GitHub. The current version is "for testing purposes only," as the developer points out, you must close TaskbarXI turns your Windows 11 taskbar into a macOS-like Dock using Task Manager and restart Windows Explorer to apply the changes.

Microsoft is still developing updates to the Windows 11 taskbar and Start menu, although the company is unlikely to add some of the customization options that third-party tools like TaskbarXI turns your Windows 11 taskbar into a macOS-like Dock are developing. Multi-monitor support for the taskbar is coming in July's preview build, along with a new search box in the Start menu.

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