Customizing Windows with Winaero Tweaker 

14:35 HOLY CRAP. I've suspected for a very long time that Windows lowers the quality of wallpapers because when I use certain already-mediocre-quality images, such as from older games, I've seen the quality become far worse. I feel validated seeing this. This is an incredibly important option for people using older pictures on higher resolutions. Thank you!

You can export your favorite changes made with Winaero Tweaker on one system and import them on other systems. Together with Bookmarks, that saves a lot of time hunting among the settings.

What fun! Thank you very much! Agree that adding features to the context menu is really nice!

Your videos are always informative I am so glad i discovered this channel a year ago!!! Love your content, Rich! ❤❤❤

I was wondering if you were going to do a video on this program. I've been using it for quite a while now, and I love it. One of my favorite features is disable blur on sign-in screen. It's such a trivia thing, yet it makes me extremely happy.

Love your videos so much man, definitely going to be checking this one out. I figured you’d cover Aero next haha, looks awesome.

Take two: Your first explanation of Aero was great. I think it is time to do another one with more details . Thank you.

Please do a followup video on the Windows 11 section. Over 20% of all Windows users have upgraded to Windows 11 so it would be worth the review. Thanks

@CyberCPU Tech Glad you finally covered it! One of my favorite tools! EDIT: I only use Windows 11. Seeing it run in Win10 was interesting. You really should do another video to cover the Windows 11 features because many of them are very useful!

Winaero Tweaker is personally my favorite app for tweaking my PC! It has so many options that suits your needs and also make my own good looking Windows

Good To See You Man. I Like Your Beared Face😃 I wish I will have a video On Removing Write Protection From SD/Pendrive.

I just ran across WinAero Tweaker a few days ago while trying to change the startup sound for Win11. Nowhere else did I find anything that was straightforward on how to do it - but accomplished it easily with this utility. Sure, much of what it does is simply customization and a fair bit of it is not necessary, but there's a bit of satisfaction in making the system behavior unique to you and some of the more "meat and potatoes" tweaks are truly useful and time saving.

Great videos. Glad I found the channel.

I got it working fine in Windows 11. Thanks for the review.

This was great! Enabled font size tweaking to better take advantage of higher resolution monitor : ). Thank you!

thanks for the link to the program. I will give it a try. Seems like I had programs that did this stuff with windows 8-8.1

off-topic: last night I was looking for a way to install windows 11 in my unsupported pc, which I did thanks to this channel, and when I finally see the results I was... dissapointed, I guess? I didn't know what to expect from windows 11 but I'm gonna spend more time with it. But the good thing is that I've found this channel.

So good!!! Keep it up man!!!🙌🙌 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🎃🎃🎃 Love all the videos man & the merch!! Wish I could give more🙏

This program is worth it's weight in gold for the tool that lets you take ownership of any windows file from a right-click menu.

Aero lite theme still works with windows 11 !!! I tried it it works fine!! Cool video btw!!!!

I would like to rename windows to whatever I want it. maybe Door? Windows startup screen with Obama thumbs up. Your content is so entertaining and opens many "Doors" for me.

28:50 "Just because u have the ability to do something doesn't mean that u should". Free powerful statement/game

Protection Against Unwanted Software is something I tend to disable. It often detects tweaks and otherwise innocuous files. And since Windows Defender doesn't ask you what you want to do, it can be a pain in the butt to override that. Heck, I did that without WinAero Tweaker, not even knowing it was there.

I like Winaero. been using it for quite sometime now !

Win Aero Tweaker is AWESOME. Been using it since Windows 10. It works in 11.

I like the startup sound, just make your favorite sound to a . WAV and set it as your startup sound and you have your personal sound when starting windows up....

I noticed that my wallpapers were not looking the same one day on Win10, I figured out that some of my wallpapers were .png files which looked the same whether they were being viewed or as a wallpaper. It was the .jpeg files that looked a little worse when they were applied as wallpapers. Thats when I did a google search and found Winaero for the wallpaper setting, I've been using it ever since.

Yeah I been using this software for years its great. I also use Ultimate Windows Tweaker, its also very good.

Thanks very helpful

thanks for the info dude!

Love this video

Best tool ever made. Well, as far as memory serves anywho =)

Thank you so much for making this video tutorial

I use this program too. There is another called Ultimate Windows Tweaker. Version 4.8 is for Windows 10 and 5 for Windows 11.

Thank you for taking the time to show the details of this software.. I was unsure if it was safe to use.. (if you don't make stupid changes -- and use Common Sense).. Thanks Again. Just an FYI (They Removed) the ability to stop "Edge" from loading and running in the Background. (Choice is no longer available).. Or I Can't see it.. 😪😪

Thanks man

The look of 11 is growing on me. It's cleaner and doesn't look toy-ish.

I Really liked the days of 98 XP always something Kool to do with it.

Old new explorer, a shell extension which enables useful File Explorer features

Thanks!

I just subscribed and donated. Some questions. Do you have a video on the Windows Registry and have you ever run a comparison of 2 registries (like after a program install or using a tweaker like this one)? Is there a decent reg comparer for free?

Do we have to worry about these changes reverting each time Windows does a major upgrade??? And if you use the portable version, won't these changes only take place when you run the program each time versus if it was permanently installed?

I have spent a ton of time trying to get my Win 11 Taskbar to show my double-stacked Quickstart on the left then open items then the double-stacked notification area far right. How can I accomplish that? I've tried several programs but have had no luck as yet.

Hi, I am having a problem with Sandisk all of a sudden show up that my USB is write-protected. I have tried everything to fix it. registry, cmd, program disk manager, and still can't fix it as I still like to add fills to this USB. Can you help me pleases?

Nice Video I wonder if and when can I disable the Welcome Screen cause in Windows XP you can do that but not in Windows 10 I want more of a Windows 2000 Sign Screen.

Windows 11 user, have used it on 10, long time user of Winaero, gaming laptop and Windows 11 actually updates drivers wrong over OEM drivers downloaded from laptop website, so always after fresh install and let Windows run it's updates and driver installs, I then enable Disable Drivers updates with Winaero and then run the OEM drivers.

at 22:15 how can i do to get "Desktop" at the beginning like you ? Mine stays at the end

Can this be run from a flash drive ? Awesome video Man !

is there an option to remove windows admin shield from shortcuts? just visually and not actually removing admin, cant find it

Do you know anything about getting Snipping Tool (version 11.2307.44.0)? It allows OCR extraction feature so you can extract text from screenshot images. I cant find it anywhere. I have Windows 10 on this computer and I really want that tool but I dont want to have to upgrade.

Sold me on changing window borders to something actually fricking visible. But wish we dint have to have Aero anything turned on to do so.

I have a dual boot system in other words im using windows 11 and Ubuntu will this affect my settings?

So I WANT TO LOVE THIS PROGRAM. it just doesnt work with my system. even with the plug in installed, it doesnt recognize my fans attached to my controller. and it is also giving me a no speed sensor detected message.

windows by default compresses your wallpaper into a jpeg at 85 quality (it doesn't matter the resolution or file format)

10:30 The Windows Installer is disabled in safe mode, so you do not install virtual drivers with it. Safe Mode does not "restirct" stuff, it is a seperate environment for drivers, that the normal mode *expands* on (and as such uses). In normal mode you override (system-)settings for the drivers rather than changing them for safe mode. However when in safe mode, installing a virtual driver, you *might* chage these settings for the vritual device to work properly, which windows does not like and opposes the "clean" state of safe mode. But I gotta say: Does not matter. Go nuts. You have to clean install windows anyways if something messes up your drivers lel. Also, the settings don't really matter for modern drivers anyways. Only the generic drivers get clunky and laggy (maybe). And the chance, you install the drivers this way is ... nowadays ... veeery low. It makes sense for a win-dev but not for a dev on win lel.

The concern I have with all these tweakers is you don't know if you are creating security holes [apart from the obvious, like disabling windows updates]. For example, I disable power shell scripts by default, because a lot of malware uses power shell scripts. If you disable power shell scripts, you can still use power shell for individual commands. But if you want to play with something like this, enable power shell scripts, then afterwards, disable it again. Just my two cents. As far as I know, using control-alt-delete to get to login is a good security feature. It makes it harder for someone to get access remotely.

Chris Titus Tech actually authored a tool to customize Windows. I believe it works on both 10 and 11. You might want to check it out or maybe do a collab with him discussing it.

My issue with utilities like this is they get wiped out when MS releases their latest full OS version forcing you to reapply the tweaks.

Where did you find the beautiful desktop wallpaper?

Disable blur on login screen is my favourite

chris titus has a great tool to use, that sounds funny saying this

classic start shell is cool for that 7 look

thx man

My favorite feature is disable automatic updates and any other restridted settings

I have enabled the enter username on Lock Screen and I am stuck at the Lock Screen

Sir, today I broke my office computer by doing split of the "C" drive partition by "EaseUS Free Partition Manager." First I ded the split and it works fine, but there were a 100MB drive there and I did format it and create a new drive of 100MB then I marge the drive with my "Drive C" partition. Now the boot is stuck and I dont even istall a new windows because It cant find any of my SSD. it says "Boot Device Not Found || Please Install an Operating system on your hard disk." Sir, please help.

Killing the Microsoft Welcome Experience is WORTH the entire program. Damn those Microsoft account pushers!!!!!

Does it improve gpu performance tho. I'm at my wits end.

Telemetry is used by Defender. Not a big deal on a retail PC but if it is managed by and organization, especially if they are using Defender or Intune, it should always be on.

Yeah, I recommend against disabling Windows Updates too, because not only do you get updates for WIndows 10 itself, but you also get virus definition updates for your Windows Security that resides in the System Tray. Those tend to update more frequently than Windows 10 itself. Windows 10 will usually have an update once a month, typically the first or second Tuesday of the month and it will usually have a bigger system wide update every 3 or 4 months. BTW, I used this program way back in the Windows XP days. That tells you how long this piece of software has been around.

As someone with vision issues that has recently undergone cateracts surgery making those issues somewhat worse for the sake of stabilizing what's left? I love tweaker. It's a bit chunky to use but it gives back SOME of the fine granular control UI customization had in 9x, xp, vista, and 7. Why they went with this publicly facing 'oh you can only do things globally' nonsense baffles me. Literally made windows useable again.

Please do ps4 controller work with pc like full functional like console, audio work with inbuilt headphone jack in controller through wireless connection... Hope you find it , I was searching all the internet ❤️🙌🏻

WPD (windows privacy dashboard) is also cool, but nowhere near as cool as Winaero Tweaker. That app is the goat

Hi. Have you covered the "ViveTool 0.3.1" - It allows us to get Explorer Tabs in Windows 11 (version 22H2)

Q: If I install and make changes, then uninstall app do the changed get removed (revert)?

Спасибо за видео. +- всё понятно

CyberCPU, i know i am commenting this 7 months later. But is winaero tweaker safe? i have repaired and reinstalled my system over 5 times already, i don't wanna ruin it again.

I use Winaero daily but only think it about yearly. A great program that simply works. Another great volume tweaker is HideVolume OSD

you can use revo uninstaller for removing all of windows bloat easily, and also you can get rid of edge and edge view, its a paid software btw

definitely use this to disable windows update Especially on a computer that you depend on to work reliably and not go on its own self-imposed vacatioin that it may or may not return from.

Plz make a video on how to change cpu affinity on games that won’t let you I can’t find any info on this literally at all… call duty high cpu affinity access denied sad 😞

Still can't make the title bar transparent which is just frustrating.

@CyberCPU Tech, So I recently upgraded my potato (media pc, same spec as your potato) and I'm going to guess your already aware of this issue. But since 22H2 the usual trick to getting the classic taskbar context menu is cause Windows explorer to crash. Dont suppose your aware of a work around for this..? Fyi I still used Win10 21H2 on my main desktop and Win11 is still way to unreliable due to WU's that brake OS functionality. I still mis Win7 (even 8.1 w/classic shell), but not its lack of dark mode.

Windows used to be so easy to use and tweak so it did just what you wanted it to do, then MicroSoft made it 'user friendly.'

How to stop Win11 from automatically moving and resizing 2 windows ? It does so many times every day. I have two browser dictionary windows, each sized to about 1/3 the screen width and 3/4 its height. I separate them by about 1/5 the screen width, with the left one near the left side. But inconsiderate Win11 KEEPS JOINING AND RESIZING THEM!! Why can't we control our own screen in Win11? Why? As a writer needing a vital customized view for a particular mode of access to the screen elements, I need the dictionary windows positioned and sized according. But Windows is not allowing it.

23:05 just write C: into adress bar and hidden drive will open. Drive is hidden but is accesable

Winaero Tweaker is a fantastic software with an abundance of tools, some of which can unlock restricted areas of Windows, thus enabling the user to make radical changes to the system. E.g. the tool "Run as Trustedinstaller", or "Reset Permissions", "View Owner", "Change Registered Owner", "Reset Permissions", "Unblock Downloaded Files", etc. I believe that the software in question is worth the effort for a whole series of explanatory videos, as the capabilities it provides to the user are excellent and many times useful if and only if the user knows what exactly he is doing. In case you do NOT know how a tool works or what exactly this tool does, it is better NOT to use it because due to its power, you can very easily destroy your operating system with one click. So be careful and always keep full backups or images of your system as the restore points sometimes fails to recover your system after a major disaster. I appeal to the channel to create a series of videos about guiding the viewers in HOW and WHY we use some software like the current one and others like "Sysinternal suite", "Hasleo Win to USB", "Performance Monitor" (perfmon .exe ) built-in Windows tool which is extremely useful in investigating Windows malfunctions and more. Unfortunately, I don't have the required time and infrastructure to make these video instructions myself. However, I can see the thirst for knowledge in the viewers' comments and I believe that a move in this direction would be warmly received. Yours sincerely

i used the aero lite theme on windows 11 with basic themer and i got this weird classic theme

The features i use the most is running as trusted installer, it's my pc, on Linux my account is root i know what I'm doing and if i nuke my system, that's where backups are used. Trusted installer is basically the windows version of root, it has access to everything, has all the authorization can delete system 32 without a single pop-up, my system i decide when to kill it

Aero Glass is Missing, it needs that yo look like NT 6.1

win-aero-tweaker+desktopok+dexpot+rainmeter+coolbars+everything+winderstat+sysinternal process explorer+Hot virtual keyboard+bleachbit+speccy+Fast stone image viewer+VLCvideo player+LibreOffice = a very powerful windows 10 for me. just 30 bucks for the hot keyboard too.. Add foxitreader+cdisplayreader(for-Comics) +xnview+fotor(photos)+anyvideoconverter and there is not much you cant do.. quick cliq too almost forgot. thats the most vital+badasz stuff i have come across in the last 13 years of computing. a vid on each of these i would consider a community service. the only way im going to win 11 or up will be a situation like having to leave win 7 due to direct x support . my set up is too powerful and sweet to ditch if for try to be more haughty like apple win 11.

Science plus Just all the tweakers in 1 app

To display parameters BSOD reg setting. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl, Dword 32 bit, Name it "DisplayParameters" value 1, save restart

You should make a Video on What Windows 10 in S mode is..

i want a webpage as my wallpaper (even if that "web page" is locally stored)

Try settings plus

If you use something like this keep in mind you have to run it after every single Windows Update, since they will overwrite any custom settings you have and install things whether you've allowed it or not.

I would like to tweak back to windows XP view.

They need to update tweak programs to work with Windows 11 2022

DVXK for games please try it for me