Stardock Restores Classic Start Menu in Windows 11 Beta version of Start11 is live today   Stardock announced  Start11 , a program that allows users to customize the Windows Start menu. As with previous editions of the StartX products, Start11 allows users to restore the Start menu to appears as it does in previous versions of Windows as well as customize it to their liking. The beta version is now availab...

The Curtains gallery has quite a few new themes added recently, and we have just been enjoying them. They have a smooth and minimalist design and are great for daily use either at work or home. Check out some of the latest theme below but be sure to check out the full Curtains gallery for many more themes. Have you tried any of these new themes? Let us know in the comments! Calm   Grape   Dax   Carok  

One of the most requested features for Fences has been target-based rules, which we added in the latest Fences update. There's a variety of uses for target-based rules, but the one we'll talk about today is using these rules to make Steam desktop shortcuts go directly to a fence of your choosing. For example, I have a fence called 'Steam Games' on my desktop that I only want Steam shortcuts to be in. I want them to be automatically sorted into that fence when I download a new game from Stea...

We're just over a month away until the fall/autumn season arrives, and I am so ready for some hopefully cooler weather. Fall is a wonderful time to base some desktop themes on as we have many types of skins that fit perfectly with the season. We have an excellent selection of wallpapers , WindowBlinds skins, animated wallpapers for DeskScapes , and much more to choose from! We'll be featuring plenty of themes over the next few weeks, but here are some of our favorites to get started with...

CursorFX has always been one of my favorite customization apps and was an effortless way to get started customizing your Windows desktop. The default Windows cursor is boring, and CursorFX allows you to easily change it to one of thousands available on WinCustomize. There are all kinds of cursor themes available. Some with minimal designs and some with really amazing animations.  First, get CursorFX from here or as part of your Object Desktop membership. Once installed you'll already...

One of my favorite things about using animated wallpapers with  DeskScapes is the relaxing scenes I can have right on my Windows desktop. My personal favorite types are the triggered .dreams that change on the time of day, and animated wallpapers with very subtle animations. A quick example would be snow slowly falling on a winter scene, or subtle movement of water that doesn't distract you from anything. The best thing is we have a ton of those types of animated wallpapers here on Wi...

The Return Date of Pumpkin at Starbucks has Officially Fall-in A Fresh Way to Pumpkin at Dunkin’: NEW Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew, Pumpkin Spice Signature Latte and More Fall into Dunkin’ Restaurants Earlier Than Ever Before | Dunkin' (dunkindonuts.com) Enjoy!

If you are looking for a new desktop wallpaper, then you have some great choices from the past month in the WinCustomize gallery. It's also fun that we can get these through DeskScapes 11 without even leaving the app, which is what I've been doing on a couple of my PCs. There's plenty to choose from in the gallery here, and new ones come in just about daily. Check them all out here . Here are five of the top wallpapers on WinCustomize. Check them out! Futuristic Neon Cityscape ...

I am! Bring on the pumpkins!

We are getting into the final stretches of summer, and I for one am looking forward to fall. We still have some weeks of summer left, so let's take a few minutes and show off those hot August desktops to our community!  Post your desktops to the monthly thread here:  https://forums.wincustomize.com/506171/ (This is a news thread and will be locked. Screenshot taken by LightStar)