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March 22, 2021 by Island Dog
We officially entered spring this past weekend and I hope that you are having some fantastic weather! I've been changing the wallpaper on my laptop quite often, and most of them have been images of beautiful spring landscapes. I wanted to share some of our favorites so you can also have a great looking spring desktop.     Red and Yellow Spring Flower Field Sunflower Field   Spring   Spring   Vernal ...
March 16, 2021 by Island Dog
We are already at the halfway point of March, so I thought now was a suitable time to look at some of the latest new and updated skins for WindowBlinds uploaded to WinCustomize.  Let us know if you have a recent favorite! Neon Red by don5318   Moderna by LightStar   Hunter A.I. by neone6   Psynaptix by Vampothika   Protocol by LightStar    
March 8, 2021 by Island Dog
I didn't realize that spring officially started on March 20th of this year. For whatever reason I thought it was next month, so I guess the new season is just around the corner. Spring is always a fun time for themes as there are tons of beautiful spring wallpapers, and we have a nice variety of other skins to make a fresh, colorful desktop for the warmer weather. I'm going to highlight some favorites and get some featured on WinCustomize, but if you have a spring inspired skin or know of so...
March 1, 2021 by Island Dog
A new month means another desktop screenshot thread on the forums! I'm getting ready to switch mine up again, but today I'm still rocking a Curtains theme and wallpaper found here on WinCustomize. Post your desktop and share with others what skins and themes you are using. Post your March desktops to this thread here:  March 2021 Desktop Screenshots  
February 23, 2021 by Island Dog
Stardock’s Tiles 2 Now Available, Adds Multiple Desktops to Windows PCs Create multiple desktops of related programs, files, and links through the use of a customizable sidebar on the Windows desktop Stardock released a new v2.0 update for the popular Windows® customization tool, Tiles™ , today. Tiles is a program that lets you create multiple desktops of related programs, files, and links through the use of a customizable sidebar on your Windows desktop. You ...
February 22, 2021 by Island Dog
How often do you change your desktop wallpaper? For my main PCs I usually have a folder of wallpapers I like and have them change throughout the day. It keeps the desktop updated with a new scene often, and it makes my desktop a little less boring.  We're trying to build up a nice, curated wallpaper gallery here on WinCustomize, and the integration with DeskScapes 11 is going to make that an excellent feature to have. So, let's highlight a few of the recent wallpaper submissions! ...
February 15, 2021 by Island Dog
Looking at the Curtains gallery this week, and I wanted to highlight the top 3 Curtains themes that are available to download here on WinCustomize. Curtains comes with several great styles already installed, but if you want to branch out then come see what other members have been downloading recently. If you don't have Curtains yet, download it here:  Stardock Curtains Transparent/Blur/Aero/Glass by DestinyChild   Play by danioc   PVC Da...
February 8, 2021 by Island Dog
We used to have a software wiki many years ago with entries for all of Stardock software and WinCustomize. Unfortunately, all its data was lost quite a long time ago and it was a nice resource that was missed. The good news is we've been building a new wiki just for software and it's ready to go! As it is a wiki there is still some work to do with updates and such, but overall, this is a great resource for information on specific software. If you need to easily find changelogs, tutorials, bl...
February 1, 2021 by Island Dog
It's a new month so we have a new desktop screenshot thread for February! Since Valentine's Day is approaching in a couple of weeks, this is a fantastic opportunity to show off any Valentine's desktop you might have put together. If Valentine's Day isn't your thing it's no problem. Still feel free to head over and show us what cool skins and themes you are using on your desktop this month! February 2021 Desktop Screenshots Need some skins for inspiration? Check out this Valentine's pos...
January 27, 2021 by Island Dog
I've obtained the top download lists from 2020 and have been going through them. I'm going to be making several posts about them, but today I wanted to start with CursorFX . It was an exciting year for CursorFX as we released v4 back in April.  So, let's take a look at the most downloaded CursorFX themes on WinCustomize for 2020! Hal 2030 by theAVMAN was the top CursorFX download in 2020! Piranha FX by neone6  and Oberon 7 by Vampthothika came in as the 2nd and 3r...
January 18, 2021 by Island Dog
Valentine's Day is approaching in a few weeks, and I thought it would be fun to feature some of the Valentine's Day inspired skins and themes here on WinCustomize. Do you add Valentine's skins to your desktop?   Happy Valentines Day by vlad (Wallpaper)   Valentines Day by danilloOc (Start buttons)   Valentine Hearts by AzDude (Dream)   My Dirty Valentine by Vampothika (CursorFX)     ...
January 11, 2021 by Island Dog
Every year the Pantone Color Institute announces color(s) that will express the "mood" of the year. They have picked two interesting choices which are Ultimate Gray and Illuminating. From their blog : "PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating, two independent colors that highlight how different elements come together to support one another, best express the mood for Pantone Color of the Year 2021. Practical and rock solid but at the same time warming and optimis...
January 5, 2021 by Island Dog
Welcome to 2021! I think we're going to have an exciting year here on WinCustomize, so let's take a look at some of the first skins to hit the galleries this year. Fishing Fever by Gemmee   Emoji by LightStar   Nothing but Snow by WC_Bot   Forest Stream by Richard Mohler    
December 31, 2020 by Island Dog
On behalf of the teams at WinCustomize and Stardock, we'd like to wish our fantastic community a Happy New Year! 2020 has been an.....interesting......year, so let's look forward to 2021 and make it a great one! Do you have any New Year plans?
December 24, 2020 by Island Dog
We wanted to send a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our wonderful members! We hope you have and enjoyable holiday, and we'll see you back in the new year! Thank you for being part of our great community!