41st release includes integration of WinMac Menu as a Toolbar and a new WinMac Menu version, ton of new and UI improving changes to Windhawk mods, new keyboard shortcuts and many more!
What's Changed
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WinMac Menu:
- replaced Stahky with WinMac Menu, which provides equivalent functionality through native integration with the Windows Taskbar as a toolbar (part of WinMac Menu component by default)
- updated WinMac Menu to version 0.8.0, which includes new features like:
- new menu item types like Force Quit to forcibly end a foreground app, This PC and Home which dynamically list their content
- improved handling of long lists of files/folders in sub-menu
- sorting options
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Windhawk:
- Toggle Hidden Files with Ctrl+H in File Explorer and Desktop, replacing its implementation as an AutoHotkey keyboard shortcut
- Hide Quick Access Pins for File Explorer
- swapped placement of core Windows 11 tray flyouts to adapt to taskbar position
- replaced Windows 11 Start Menu Styler with new Windows 11 Settings Styler mod
- plus few other additions like UXTheme Hook, Shrink Address Bar Height and Auto Dark Titlebar
- updated out-of-date mods
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PowerToys:
- replaced Peek with QuickLook, which allows to be used in Open/Save dialog boxes
- added new PowerToys Run extension called Web Search Shortcut to quickly use specific search engine via keyword prefixes
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MacType:
- changed to default font rendering, as opposed to older defaults which are intended to be used with OLED monitors (previous ini files are still included)
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StartAllBack:
- Notification Bell is now hidden upon installation
- enabled "Store and display recently opened items" by default
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Open-Shell:
- changed Modern Shutdown to be triggered with Shift + Mouse Click on Start Menu icon instead of Shift + Windows key
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Nexus Dock:
- more Dock themes and Indicators with different colors and sizes
- disabled Activation acts as a toggle
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Keyboard Shortcuts:
- Win+f - trigger FancyZones Layout Editor
- Ctrl+, - trigger Edge and File Explorer settings
- Ctrl+Shift+l - copy current path in File Explorer
- Ctrl+Shift+g - trigger Copilot in Edge address bar
- Ctrl+Shift+f - search favourites in Edge from address bar
- Ctrl+Shift+a - search tabs in Edge from address bar
- Ctrl+Shift+h - search history in Edge from address bar
- Ctrl+Shift+d - duplicate tab in Edge
- Ctrl+Shift+z - reopen last tab in Edge
What's Fixed
- disabled the native Windows 11 Start Menu to prevent it from being triggered accidentally
- winver not being restored after uninstalling WinMac Menu
- clcd function going to wrong directory when custom folder name is used
- Command Palette kept running after installing PowerToys
- certain PowerToys plugins were installed with 64-bit version for ARM PCs
- MacType starting slowly upon Windows startup
- updated ThemeSwitcher script to be compatible with Auto Theme Switcher Windhawk mod
- icons not scaling properly in WinMac Menu
- changed explorer.exe file in Resource Redirect Blue folders theme to explorer.dll to mitigate problems with Windows Security
- ptr cli not being detectable by Terminal because of issues with adding its root folder to a PATH environment variable
Full Changelog: #61