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June 18, 2020 by Island Dog
It is a good time to give your PC a little maintenance. I also got a new SSD drive just for games, and while I was installing that I was amazed at the amount of dust that has accumulated in the case. I had to disassemble the CPU cooler to get all the years of dust that got trapped in the heat sink.
June 15, 2020 by Island Dog
As we hit the halfway point in June, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at last month and see what some of the most downloaded themes for CursorFX was.  Oberon 7 by Vampothika Piranha FX by neone6   Hal 2030 by theAVMAN   Black Fire by Vampothika   It's easy to see why these are still some of the most popular cursor themes on WinCustomize. The detail and animations are just top-notch!  Have...
June 10, 2020 by Island Dog
Files UWP is a new app that's currently in beta in the Microsoft Store. It's a nice modern app you can use as an alternative to Windows Explorer.  Thanks to Yarlen for the tip! You can download it here .
June 9, 2020 by Island Dog
We are just a week or into June and we've already had a nice batch of some WindowBlinds skins added to the WinCustomize galleries . Lets take a few minute and highlight some of these. Volitiion FX     Mint Leaf   Krets   Crescendo
June 4, 2020 by Island Dog
I have a 15" Dell XPS 4K touchscreen laptop that I primarily use for work purposes. Any productivity software I need is bought and used mostly for this machine. Over the years, I've tried out more types of apps than I could probably ever remember or count. Most of them I never stuck with because they ended up not being not very useful for what I needed. Now, of course everyone's view on what is productive for them will vary from person to person, but I wanted to talk about the software I have...
June 1, 2020 by Island Dog
Summer isn't officially here for a couple of weeks yet, but it's the beginning of June and I'm getting my desktop ready for the beach. I like to keep some of my desktop themed with the seasons, and Summer is one of my favorites.  We have lots of skins and themes to change the whole look of Windows, but today I'm going to highlight some animated wallpapers for DeskScapes . We've also been working on the site getting the tag functionality working great. Many creators have been adding ...
May 28, 2020 by Island Dog
Object Desktop is a suite of desktop enhancements that lets you change the look and functionality of Windows. Being an Object Desktop member gives a lot of great value with full access to many popular Stardock applications, betas, and any new or updated apps. Check out all the apps included with Object Desktop here. https://www.stardock.com/products/odnt/ As long as your membership is active, you will always get updates to the latest versions of everything within Object Desktop...
May 26, 2020 by Island Dog
It's hard to believe we're already heading into June! While we're slowly getting back to normal, the beach still may be a place that some of us cannot get to just yet. If that's the case at least consider putting a tropical beach theme on your desktop until you can get there! Stardock News: NOW AVAILABLE: Curtains Public Beta - Add additional style modes to Windows 10! "Stardock released a public beta for its new customization tool today. Curtains™ allows users to ap...
May 19, 2020 by Island Dog
Master skinner Neone6 has been busy getting some premium IconPackager themes delivered to the WinCustomize gallery! Some of these are icon packs that were bundled but are now available separately.  See these and many more in the IconPackager gallery here . Star Force   Dominatrix   DESTINY   CYGNUS
May 15, 2020 by Island Dog
SkinStudio doesn't get as much attention from the general skinning consumer since it's primary focus is the creation of skins, but lets not forget its importance as it plays a big role in bringing us skins for WindowBlinds .  Over the years we've tried to make SkinStudio easier for new users to start creating skins, while keeping the advanced editing available for our experienced skinners. With SkinStudio, you can skin as much or as little as you want of the interface. You can th...
May 11, 2020 by Island Dog
Along with the (beta) release of Curtains , we of course have a Curtains gallery where users can upload and share their own themes.  Our very own Danioc has been hard at work cranking out new styles for Curtains, and he's been releasing some here on WinCustomize with more to follow. Check out these styles and check the gallery for more upcoming styles from danioc! Arrow   Persona
May 8, 2020 by Island Dog
I was doing some updates with Object Desktop on my laptop and while grabbing an installer file from my account, I noticed the download for ObjectBar. Wow, that brought back some memories of skinning. ObjectBar would let you create and use your own start menus, docks, sidebars, etc. and was very customizable in both functionality and skinning. It was quite popular in the past, especially with people looking to transform their Windows desktop to imitate the look and feel of a Mac desktop.&nbs...
May 5, 2020 by Island Dog
We've been working hard to get some new content added to the wallpaper gallery, and I wanted to share some of the latest additions. These desktop wallpapers come in multiple high-resolution sizes and look great on a variety of devices.  Take a virtual stroll through the wallpaper gallery and see what's new! If you have some favorites, do us a favor and share any with your friends or on  your favorite social network. If there's any type of wallpaper you'd like to see added, let us...
April 27, 2020 by Island Dog
April is quickly winding down and that means another edition of the WinCustomize Monthly Wrap-up! We've had some cool releases and announcements this past month on the software side, and we've been continuing to add a bunch of great content to the galleries! Stardock News: Stardock Announces New Windows Desktop Customization Tool: Curtains Stardock announced a new customization tool today. Curtains allows users to apply new styles along the lines of Dark Mode and Light to Win...
April 20, 2020 by Island Dog
We've had quite a few new and updated WindowBlinds skins hit the WB gallery on WinCustomize over the past couple of weeks. I've been featuring many to the front page, but it's always fun and useful to list them here as well. If you have any recent favorites post them in the comments below! Valdemar by 2of3   Faux OSX by don5318   Tang by LightStar   GreenTan by don5318   Outer Limits by vStyler...