AcrylicMenus
Acrylic effect for all existing Win32 context menus (by krlvm)
SecureUxTheme
🎨 A secure boot compatible in-memory UxTheme patcher (by namazso)
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| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
AcrylicMenus
Posts with mentions or reviews of AcrylicMenus.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-19.
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classic context menu with win11 acrylic effect, best of both worlds!
It's a tool acrylic menu
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Notepad++ Now Works Better on Windows 11
Microsoft could have gone this route for adding Acrylic/Mica to the context menu, but no, in classic fashion they had to overdo something new and half-ass it at the same time.
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Super slow & laggy context menu (Windows 11 22H2)
You can still restore the old context menu via registry hack, and if you want to keep the acrylic aesthetic you can use acrylic menus, startallback (paid but has a 100 day free trial and it has many many other features) and Nilesoft Shell (it requires you to read the documentation to customize it though, so not that user friendly but it looks the best out of the three imo)
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Anyone lose all custom context menu for folder after update? For example I had to reinstall VS Code to have Open with VS Code back
It can be better with this app: https://github.com/krlvm/AcrylicMenus
- make old taskbar translucent
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A program to make win32 context menus follow acrylic. Seems like someone thought fine, I'll do it myself.
Here: https://github.com/krlvm/AcrylicMenus/releases
SecureUxTheme
Posts with mentions or reviews of SecureUxTheme.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-13.
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Windows 11 dark theme is too dark!
None of it is user friendly, but if you can follow directions you can be up and running in 30 minutes. I recommend SecureUxTheme which patches the necessary files in memory.
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Anybody use 3rd party dark theme?
The last discussion of dark theme in this sub was like 6-7 years ago, so I wonder if anyone use it now. I found two option for the installer 1. SecureUXTheme and 2. UltraUXThemePatcher, but for the theme it self I haven't found what I'm looking for which is dark and minimal theme.
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I just want a dark Task Manager that's all
Instead of UXThemePatcher, you should use SecureUXTheme.
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Black screen pulling me out of fullscreen video / game and freezing
Hard to explain, been happening since today after I installed a few apps, namely Ear Trumpet from Microsoft Store, tried installing and using WindowBlinds from a YouTube QoL recommendations video here and here but uninstalled after it didn't work, as well as Black In Black / BIB here + UltraUXThemePatcher + SecureUXTheme to try and get BIB to work (which it didn't), and finally Twinkle Tray to adjust desktop brightness like you can on laptops. My best guess is the WindowBlinds app fucking something up, or Twinkle Tray turning off my screen when it goes to black mode, seemingly coming back on when I press my keyboard or mouse, and then freezing and accepting no responses.
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- Best program to get themes on Windows 10?
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Trying to make system-wide dark theme with registry edits but i can't change every part of the system windows
Better off using SecureUXTheme.
- Blues and Greens - Windows 10
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Windows 11 dark mode is not no dark. How did they forget to implement dark mode in basic dialog/popup windows?
Incidentally, I use said SecureUxTheme patcher to solve this problem: https://github.com/namazso/SecureUxTheme.
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is the uxstyle program safe?
Look for SecureUXTheme, which is compatible with secure boot.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing AcrylicMenus and SecureUxTheme you can also consider the following projects:
TranslucentTB - A lightweight utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent/transparent.
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
LGTVCompanion - Power On and Off WebOS LG TVs together with your PC
optimizer - The finest Windows Optimizer
JaxCore - A beautiful set of tools and widgets to spice up your desktop.
Windows UI Library - Windows UI Library: the latest Windows 10 native controls and Fluent styles for your applications
AccentColorizer - Recolorize Win32 controls in-memory with accent color without patching theme
Windows-RoundedScreen - A simple workaround to get a rounded screen corners on Windows
AccentApplicator - A tool to apply accent color to win32 controls.
RoundedTB - Add margins, rounded corners and segments to your taskbars!
BeautySearch - Windows 10+ Search Window appearance tweaker
GreyEveTheme - A Dark Grey Windows 10 Theme
AcrylicMenus vs TranslucentTB
SecureUxTheme vs ExplorerPatcher
AcrylicMenus vs LGTVCompanion
SecureUxTheme vs optimizer
AcrylicMenus vs JaxCore
SecureUxTheme vs Windows UI Library
AcrylicMenus vs AccentColorizer
SecureUxTheme vs Windows-RoundedScreen
AcrylicMenus vs AccentApplicator
SecureUxTheme vs RoundedTB
AcrylicMenus vs BeautySearch
SecureUxTheme vs GreyEveTheme