Features

Elite-TaskBar goes beyond a simple visual taskbar clone. It provides deep architectural replacements for the Windows Desktop and shell experience.

Shell Replacement & Progression

Native Taskbar Replacement: Replaces the native Windows taskbar with a classic visual style, preserving high-DPI scaling and robust multi-monitor support.
Desktop Replacement (Progman): Provides a full desktop replacement window drawing high-quality GDI+ wallpapers, and featuring a SysListView32 desktop icon grid populated dynamically from standard desktop folders using shell COM APIs.
Start Menu Hooking: Integrated hook to fall back to an Open-Shell customized Start Menu for a cohesive classic experience.

Dynamic Flyouts: Volume, network, and system tray flyouts dynamically launch on the screen they were invoked from.
Two-row tray capability: Supports dense wrapping of tray icons similar to the native Windows configuration when real-estate is limited.

Brings back classic file browsing.
Extends the explorer views to include "Small Icon Tiles" and default type-based groupings.
Tightly integrates via the System Tray for instantaneous toggling and management.

Safely intercepts global keystrokes like Win+R via low-level hooks, ensuring your hotkeys work natively even when explorer.exe is completely killed.