Friends who like to beautify Windows desktops should all know the company "Stardock", which specializes in launching various beautification tools. Previously, Brother Feng also posted an introduction article about beautifying the whole family bucket produced by this company. If you are interested, you can check it out. The most famous of
is probably this "WindowBlinds" theme software. You can change the system theme style at will. It is also the only third-party system beautification software licensed by and Microsoft .
Now "WindowBlinds" has also released the latest version. supports Win11 system . Compared with traditional third-party themes, using "WindowBlinds" can get richer special effects and theme function settings.
WindowBlinds
Currently "WindowBlinds" is still a paid software, but you can choose to try it first, or wait for the free version. The software does not provide Chinese language, but fortunately it is not difficult to use. The theme skins that come with
include macOS, Win7, Metro, Win8, WinXP, Win95, and several other personalized themes.
Double-click the theme to apply it directly. You can also customize the theme color, including the color and brightness of the three buttons.
supports setting the transparency effect of the start menu, taskbar, file manager, and menu items. It will work better with some Aero frosted transparent themes.
supports custom theme fonts, you can select fonts installed on the system, and supports setting the font size. It is recommended to use MacType font rendering software to achieve better results.
The new version of "WindowBlinds" also supports dark mode, which can be switched according to the system mode or customized settings. However, some themes are forced to be dark, and the effect is not that good.
The new version of "WindowBlinds" also has a built-in theme store function. Before, you could only find themes online and import them. Now you can download more themes directly within the software. In terms of other functions,
supports Win11 widgets, multi-tabs of file explorer , and higher DPI support. Of course, some old themes may cause compatibility issues with some software. You can exclude and disable them in the software settings.
Finally, let’s take a look at the effect of Win11 using the Win95 classic theme style. Although it is very retro, because Win11 adopts a new design language, some elements in the system cannot be covered by third-party themes at present, and we can only wait for subsequent updates of software and themes.
Summary
Friends who like system beautification but have poor hands-on skills can choose to use this "WindowBlinds" software, because it is not like other third-party themes, and you have to manually remove system theme restrictions through patches. Of course, the disadvantage is that this software will occupy some hardware resources.
