Heliohost Guide is a resource focused on Windows system customization, also referred to as ricing. It covers topics including themes, downloading themes, icon customization, default folder and program icons, file type icons, typeface selection, wallpapers, desktop shells such as Cairo Desktop and Seelen-UI, File Explorer alternatives, Windhawk, and Windows 7/Vista Aero restoration steps.
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Input Director is software that lets one keyboard and mouse control multiple Windows systems on the same network. Control switches between computers by hotkey or by moving the cursor to a screen edge, and a shared clipboard allows copying and pasting between computers. It supports multi-monitor layouts, Windows fast user switching, and version 2.4 is available.
Lenovo Legion Toolkit is a Windows desktop utility created for Lenovo gaming laptops that replaces Lenovo Vantage, Legion Zone and Legion Space. It runs no background services, uses less memory, uses virtually no CPU and contains no telemetry. The project is Windows only and is not officially affiliated with Lenovo.
Lively is a free, open-source animated desktop wallpaper and screensaver software for Windows. It supports custom animated wallpapers, automatically pauses when fullscreen applications or games are running, and works with ultrawide and multi-monitor setups. It includes tools for creating music visualizers and widgets, and has a modern Windows 11-style user interface.
Looking Glass is an extremely low latency KVMFR (KVM FrameRelay) implementation for guests with VGA PCI Passthrough. It lets users use a Windows virtual machine from Linux with very low display and input latency. The recommended setup uses the Looking Glass Indirect Display Driver in the Windows guest and the Looking Glass Client on the Linux host. The Linux client is distributed as source code and must be built before installation.
Vin Star Theme (also branded as Modern Style) is a website that provides free third-party customization themes for Windows operating systems and select Windows software. Its offerings include Windows 11 Aero Glass and Paper themes, custom icon packs and other system customization resources.
MultiClipBoardSlots is a small portable Windows program that extends the clipboard to up to 10 clipboard memory slots. It stores texts, images and other objects, which can be inserted between programs with freely selectable Windows keyboard shortcuts. The shortcuts are predefined but can be adjusted. The program can be installed or used without installation, and can be uninstalled at any time.
PowerShell is a cross-platform automation and configuration tool and framework for Windows, Linux and macOS. It includes a command-line shell, a scripting language and a framework for processing cmdlets, and is optimized for structured data, REST APIs and object models. The repository covers PowerShell 7.x and higher; changes are not ported back to Windows PowerShell 5.1.
QTTabBar is a small tool that adds tabbed browsing and other enhancements to Windows Explorer. It is based on a 2012 version from SourceForge and updated for .NET 4.8 and modern Windows. It also provides plugins such as a file operation tool, tree directory and status bar.
Raw Accel is a Windows 10 and Windows 11 x86-64 driver that accelerates mouse input in the raw input stream. It began as a replacement for InterAccel and has been extended with more acceleration types, charts and other features. Its releases are signed and run in system space, and it adds a one-second delay when settings change.
RBTray is a small Windows program that runs in the background and lets windows be minimized to the system tray by right-clicking the minimize button, shift-right-clicking the title bar, or using the Control-Alt-Down hotkey. It is a fork of the original RBTray and is described as in maintenance mode, meaning no new features will be added, though reported bugs may be fixed.
RetroSystemRevival is a site that provides free retro computer software. It supports Windows operating systems from Windows 95 through Windows 10, including intermediate versions such as 98, XP, Vista, and 7. The site hosts tools including system utilities, drivers, web browsers, and customization software, and organizes content by supported Windows version and software category.
Rtech, also known as the rTS Wiki, is the official community-built documentation site for the r/Techsupport subreddit. It hosts guides on Windows and Linux installation, hardware maintenance, common troubleshooting issues, and recommended software lists, along with tools for gathering Windows system information and parsing BSOD dump files.
Rufus is a lightweight Windows system utility that creates bootable USB drives. These drives can be used to install or run Microsoft Windows, Linux, or DOS on a computer. The tool is designed for speed and simplicity, requiring only a small number of clicks and a few minutes of time to generate a functional bootable drive for operating system deployment, testing, or recovery use cases.
RyzenAdj is a command line tool that adjusts power management settings for Ryzen Mobile Processors. Its command line interface is identical on Windows and Unix-Like operating systems. On Windows it should be run with Administrator, and on Linux as root. It exposes options for power limits, current limits, clock frequencies and temperature limits.
ScreenPlay is an open source live-wallpaper app for Windows and OSX. It displays wallpapers and desktop widgets; it is written in C++20/Qt6/QML, and Windows and OSX binaries with workshop support are available via Steam.
Snappy Driver Installer Origin is a portable Windows tool to install and update device drivers. It can be used offline where Internet is not available and runs from a USB flash drive. A scripting engine allows automation, the interface is multilingual, and it supports Windows XP through 11. The project is free and open source.
A bootable disk project built on Windows 11, 10 and 8 PE, offered in Russian and English versions. It is intended for computer maintenance, hard disk and partition work, backup and restore of disks and partitions, computer diagnostics, data recovery, antivirus prevention and Windows installation. Both x64-only and x86/x64/Native x86 builds are listed.
Shell is a free, open source context menu customizer for Windows File Explorer. It lets users choose items for the context menu, create custom commands, and modify or remove existing items. It is a portable utility configured through a plain text file named shell.nss, and it supports Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 on x86, x64 and arm64.
Shell is a context menu extender for Windows File Explorer that lets users choose which items appear in the Explorer context menu, create custom commands for web pages, files and folders, and modify or remove menu items added by the system or third-party software. It requires Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11 and supports nested menus and multiple columns.
spacedesk by datronicsoft is software that turns mobile devices, laptops and desktop computers into an extension display monitor or duplicate display for Windows machines. Screens can be cast over WiFi, USB or network cable, and drivers are available for Windows 11/10 and Mac OS.
Distrod is a systemd-based meta-distro for WSL 2 that installs distributions such as Ubuntu, Arch Linux and Gentoo with systemd, or makes a current distro run systemd. It provides a built-in auto-start feature and a port forwarding service, allowing systemd-managed services to start on Windows startup and be reachable from outside Windows.
7+ Taskbar Tweaker is a free tool that customizes the Windows taskbar with numerous options, including a Taskbar Inspector for per-application tweaks. It is maintained for over 10 years and does not support Windows 11.
TaskSlinger is a native Windows task manager replacement written in C and Win32 with a custom Direct3D UI. It offers process monitoring, performance graphs, services, startup apps and network connections, plus process module and token inspection, process dumping and search and filtering. The free beta runs on Windows 10/11 x64 and sends no telemetry.