Want to apply a live wallpaper on Windows 11, but find apps like Wallpaper Engine expensive and resource-heavy? Well, you don’t have to look any further. To be frank, the Files App is among the top Windows 11 apps, without any doubt. It’s open-source, there are no ads and absolutely free to download from the Microsoft Store. It supports multiple themes, column view browsing like macOS, large icon grid, an intuitive dark mode, and more. I have been using the Files app for some time, and you will find all the features of the native File Explorer and more.

It’s a modern file explorer in every sense, developed on the latest WinUI framework, and works great with both mouse/ keyboard and touch inputs. In case you are still not enamored by the new changes, you can switch to Files App by Yair A. The app is available on Microsoft Store, and it’s free. It’s a small utility that enables quick preview for not just images but also files and folders. So our first recommendation on this list of best Windows 11 apps is QuickLook, and it fixes this problem. Windows is usually considered more versatile and feature-rich than other OSes, but not having this feature natively makes you think that there are many things that can be improved in Windows 11. This program made in C#, allows you to set the Taskbars to be completely transparent, as in the original project (TranslucentTB).Those who move to Windows from macOS, or for that matter, Chrome OS, find it annoying that there is no quick way to preview images on Windows 11. You can download the executable (source-code included) from the project’s GitHub page - TranslucentTB TaskbarToolsĪnother Reddit user Elestriel has come with a similar tool named “TaskbarTools” with a user interface. Earlier version of his program used a translucent taskbar, but the current version sets the taskbar fully transparent. Reddit user IronManMark20 has come up with a tool that can make your Taskbar fully transparent. Let’s check out the third-party tools that can accomplish the task easily. There you can see that it doesn’t achieve 100% taskbar transparency - and no way near 100%. Increased taskbar transparency using registry setting Here is how the taskbar looks like after setting the UseOLEDTaskbarTransparency registry value.

First, let’s activate the built-in transparency feature using a registry edit for comparison.

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