SuperBar

SuperBar is a fork of RetroBar which is based on the ManagedShell library for great compatibility and performance.

Requirements

• Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, or Windows 11
• .NET 6.0.2 or later desktop runtime (select the appropriate download button under "Run desktop apps")

Features

• Replaces default Windows taskbar with classic layout
• Native notification area with balloon notification support
• Native task list with UWP app support and drag reordering
• Quick launch toolbar
• Start button opens modern start menu
• Ability to show or hide the clock
• Display taskbar on any side of the screen (even on Windows 11)
• Option to display the taskbar, notification area, and clock on multiple monitors
• Ability to show Vista-style window thumbnails
• Customizable XP-style collapsible notification area
• Custom theme support

Included themes

• System (Classic and XP)
• Watercolor
• Windows 95-98
• Windows Me
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP:
  • Classic
  • Blue
  • Olive Green
  • Silver
  • Royale
  • Royale Noir
  • Embedded Style
  • Zune Style
• Windows Longhorn Aero
• Windows Vista:
  • Aero
  • Basic
  • Classic

Supported languages

• Arabic (العربية)
• Bulgarian (български)
• Catalan (català)
• Chinese (Simplified) (中文(简体))
• Chinese (Traditional) (中文(繁體))
• Czech (čeština)
• Dutch (Nederlands)
• English
• English (United Kingdom)
• French (français)
• German (Deutsch)
• Greek (ελληνικά)
• Hebrew (עברית)
• Hungarian (magyar)
• Indonesian
• Italian (italiano)
• Japanese (日本語)
• Korean (한국어)
• Lithuanian (lietuvių)
• Persian (فارسی)
• Polish (polski)
• Portuguese (português)
• Romanian (Română)
• Russian (русский)
• Spanish (español)
• Swedish (svenska)
• Turkish (Türkçe)
• Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)

Custom languages and themes

SuperBar supports custom languages and themes. To use custom languages or themes, create a Languages or a Themes directory and place valid .xaml language or theme files there.

Valid locations to create a Languages or a Themes directory:

• In the same directory as SuperBar.exe
• In %localappdata%\SuperBar

Themes use the XAML ResourceDictionary format. View the included example themes to get started.