
But when you open a minimized window, or switch to the desktop, the tool will shrink the taskbar to a dock, with the wallpaper overflowing the edges. You may not notice a difference if you have a window that is maximized, i.e., the taskbar will look normal. TaskbarXI is portable, download it from the project's GitHub page, run the executable, and it is ready to use. That said, even at this stage, it does offer some nice features. The project's page mentions that a GUI is in the works, as are the options to change the taskbar background style and color. The C++ program aims to be the successor to TaskbarX (formerly FalconX), from the same developer, but TaskbarXI is still in an early development phase. There are plenty of workarounds and third-party software that can help you tweak the taskbar to your liking, and the new guy on the block that does this, is TaskbarXI.


The Windows 11 Taskbar isn't very customizable out of the box, aside from a couple of visual effects that you can toggle.
