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About

Winaero Tweaker is a freeware app created by myself, Sergey Tkachenko. It is an all-in-one application that comes with dozens of options for fine-grained tuning of various Windows settings and features.

It also includes most options which were available in free standalone apps at Winaero.com and extends them as much as possible.

This web site is a new home for the app. It is ads-free, scripts-free, and web tracking-free.

Features

Winaero Tweaker comes with plenty of features and tweaks. To name a few of them:

Shortcut tools that you can use
- To launch an app as Administrator without a UAC confirmation.
- To directly open any Control Panel applet or system folder.
- To directly open any Settings page.
- To create shortcuts to the classic Shut Down Windows dialog (Alt+F4), and Safe Mode.
- To remove or customize the shortcut arrow overlay icon.
- To remove the " - shortcut" suffix.
- To remove blue arrows from compressed files.
Manage Windows apps and features.
- Restore classic Windows Photos Viewer to use it instead of Photos.
- Restore the classic sound volume pop-up slider.
- Permanently disable Windows Telemetry and Data Collection.
- Permanently disable Windows Defender.
- Permanently disable Windows Update.
- Disable ads and unwanted app installation (Candy Crush Soda Saga, etc).
- Enable the built-in Administrator account.
- Enable automatic Registry backup.
- Change drag-n-drop sensitivity.
- Disable Action Center and notifications.
- Reset icon cache.
- Reset all Group Policy options at once.
Networking options
- Change the RDP port.
- Make mapped drives accessible for elevated apps.
Tune up Windows appearance
- Customize folders in This PC.
- Customize entries in Navigation Pane in File Explorer (in the left pane).
- Rename and change the icon for the Quick Access entry.
- Increase the taskbar transparency level.
- Show time seconds in the taskbar clock.
- Disable blur for the sign-in screen.
- Customize fonts, and the Alt+Tab dialog appearance.
- Change the title bar color for inactive windows.
Context menus
- Add handy context menus using a huge set of presets, e.g. to switch a Power Plan with one click, open a Command Prompt, add a Settings cascading menu - plenty of them.
- Hide default entries from the context menu, e.g. Edit with Photos, Edit with Paint 3D, etc.
- Add 'Run as Administrator' to VBS, MSI, CMD and BAT files.
- Change the default app for the Edit context menu entry for images.

And much, MUCH more! Check out the following list of features:

The list of Winaero Tweaker features

Screenshots

The user interface of the app features bookmarks, search, and the ability to hide tweaks you are not going to use. You can also create a Desktop shortcut to any of its tweaks.

Version history

Here is the list of releases

1.63 Release notes
1.62.1 Release notes
1.62 Release notes
1.60.1 Version 1.60.1 fixed a crash in Terminal profiles context menu introduced in version 1.60.
1.60 Release notes
1.55 Release notes
1.54 Release notes
1.53 Release notes
1.52 I found out that the "Disable Edge Updates" option in Winaero Tweaker is not effective in most consumer scenarios. So I have created an alternative implementation, which should work for everyone.
1.51
- Fixed a crash in "Edge" options.
- Added the "Select all/none/invert" options to the "Available Shell Locations" dialog.
1.50 Release notes
1.40 Release notes
1.33 Release notes
1.32 Release notes
1.31.0.1 Release notes
1.31 Release notes
1.30 Release notes
1.20.1 Added the ability to restore the classic Start menu and taskbar in Windows 11. Learn more here.
1.20 Release Notes
0.19.1 Added the ability to enable Windows 10X boot animation
0.19 Release Notes
0.18 Release Notes
0.17.1 Changes and fixes
0.17 Release Notes
0.16.1 Fixes for 'Disable Windows Update', 'Disable Windows Defender' features, search feature improvements, the ability to disable 'End of Support' fullscreen notifications in Windows 7.
0.16 Release Notes
0.15.1 This version comes with a fix for the Compact OS context menu option (it wasn't get getting deleted when you unticked the option), and includes reliability changes for the Change Startup Sound feature.
0.15 Release Notes
0.14 Release Notes
0.12.1 Release Notes
0.12 Release Notes
0.11.2
- The "Show Menu Delay" option is now available again for Windows 10 version 1803+.
- HiDPI fixes for the toolbar, the status bar, and the license agreement window.
0.11.1 Fixed a crash that happens for some users when they open the Manage Bookmarks tab.
0.11 Release Notes
0.10.2 Release Notes
0.10.1 Release Notes
0.10 Release Notes
0.9 Release Notes
0.8 This is the first version of the app which supports import and export for changes you made! Release Notes
0.7.0.4 Release Notes
0.7.0.3 Disabled the accidentally enabled debug mode.
0.7.0.2
- Fixed the invalid state of the "Close All Tabs" checkbox for Edge.
- Removed the extra messagebox in the Defender Tray Icon feature.
0.7.0.1 Release Notes
0.7 Release Notes
0.6.0.10 Release Notes
0.6.0.9 Release Notes
0.6.0.8 Release Notes
0.6.0.7 Comes with 13 new features and 11 bugfixes. Release Notes
0.6.0.6 Bugfixes only. Release Notes
0.6.0.5 Adds the ability to disable Lock Screen in Windows 10 Anniversary Update version 1607. Release Notes
0.6.0.4 Release Notes
0.6.0.3 Release Notes
0.6.0.2 Release Notes
0.6.0.1 This is a maintenance release.
- fixed a bug with Alt+Tab appearance (thumbnails were not scaled properly)
- updated feature descriptions
- updated the installer for Windows 7 which was trying to extract files created for Windows 8.
0.6 Release Notes
0.5.0.6 Release Notes
0.5.0.5 Release Notes
0.5.0.4
- Fixed the Taskbar Transparency Level checkbox state.
- Added a sign out request to Taskbar Transparency Level and Disable Quick Action Buttons.
0.5.0.3 Release Notes
0.5.0.1 Release Notes
0.5 Release Notes
0.4.0.3 Release Notes
0.4.0.2 Release Notes
0.4.0.1
- Fixed a crash when the user has OneDrive uninstalled.
- Fixed wrong Libraries visibility detection under Windows 10/8.
0.4 Release Notes
0.3.2.2 Release Notes
0.3.2.1 Release Notes
0.3.2 Release Notes
0.3.1.1 Release Notes
0.3.1 Release Notes
- The Colored title bars feature now comes with auto colorization enabled by default.
- Added Advanced appearance->Menus. There you can change the height and font of menus in Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10.
- Added Advanced appearance->Title bars. There you can adjust height and font of titlebars and window buttons in Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10.
- Added Advanced appearance->Scrollbars. There you can adjust width of scrollbars and change the size of scrollbar buttons in Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10.
- Added Advanced appearance->Icons. There you can adjust the font of icons in Explorer and on Desktop. Also, here you can adjust icon spacing on Desktop in Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10.
- Added the ability to activate the Aero Lite theme.
- The Window Borders feature is available now in Windows 10. It can be used to tweak borders in Aero Lite and in third-party themes (but not in the default Windows 10 theme which still has no borders!).
- A bug was fixed in Appearance -> Custom accents. The "reset defaults" button was not working. This is fixed, it works now.
- Various improvements to the code.
0.3.0.2 Fixed the broken "Get colored title bars" feature in Windows 10. It works now.
0.3.0.1 Release Notes
0.3 Release Notes
0.2.5 Release Notes
0.2.4 Release Notes
0.2.3.2 Release Notes
0.2.3.1 Release Notes
0.2.2 Release Notes
0.2.1 Release Notes
0.2 Release Notes
0.1.0.1 Release Notes
0.1 Initial release.

End-user license agreement

This software is provided free of charge by Winaero.com but Sergey Tkachenko, called futher as "author", retains copyright. You are not allowed to make any copies or redistribute this software including but not limited to making the software available for download or making this software part of a software CD or any other media compilation. For the exception case you should contact the author directly via email to get the permission.

You are not allowed to sell or to rent this software. You are not allowed to reverse engineer this software.

This software is distributed 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. The author is not responsible for possible damage, which is caused by use of the software.