Windows 11 Configuration

This setup is tailored to my personal workflow and performance preferences. Don't use this blindly without knowing what it does, and make sure you understand what each modification does.

Why create this repository?

I reinstall Windows every few months to keep my OS clean, remove accumulated junk, and start from a fresh environment! Occasionally, I also perform a complete system wipe when experimenting with new configurations or troubleshooting major issues (such as installing Linux and nuking my Windows Boot Manager...)

This repository serves as a centralized place to document my Windows 11 setup, making it easy to reproduce my preferred configuration after a reinstall :D

Apps to Install

Intellij IDEA
Visual Studio Code
Chrome
Firefox
Discord
Min Browser
Claude
Windhawk
Open Shell
HideVolumeOSD
Flow Launcher
Steam
MacType
Bun
Node.js
Scoop
Oh-My-Posh

Fonts

Install Lexica Ultralegible
Install DM Sans
Install Inter
Install JetBrains Mono Nerd Font
Install BlexMono Nerd Font
Install Hack Nerd Font

Cursors

Install KDE Plasma Cursor
Install macOS Cursor
Install Windows Small Cursor

Settings

Set Font -> Lexica Ultralegible
Set Mouse -> Breeze Cursor (https://github.com/black7375/Breeze-Cursors-for-Windows)
Set Mouse -> Speed (12)
Set Mouse -> Disable pointer precision
Set Mouse -> Scroll 5 lines
Effects -> Disable shadow below desktop icon texts
Color -> Light Blue

Set Cursor Size (Optional)

Run the following command in PowerShell:

$size=24; New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\Cursors' -Name 'CursorBaseSize' -Value $size -PropertyType DWord -Force; Add-Type -TypeDefinition 'using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; public class Custom { [DllImport("user32.dll")] public static extern bool SystemParametersInfo(uint uiAction, uint uiParam, uint pvParam, uint fWinIni); }'; [Custom]::SystemParametersInfo(0x2029, 0, $size, 0x01)

The following command will set your mouse cursor to 24px, it might look blurry on certain cursors.

Firefox

Set UI font to "DM Sans"
Install Tampermonkey extension
Install Adaptive Tab Colour
Install AdBlock
Install Twemojify
- Create Tampermonkey script

Firefox: Tampermonkey

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Change system-font to Lexica Ultralegible
// @match        *://*/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
    ""use strict"";

    const LEXICA = '"Lexica Ultralegible"';

    const systemFontKeywords = [
        '"system-ui"',
        '"-apple-system"',
        '"blinkmacsystemfont"',
        '"segoe ui"',
        '"roboto"',
        '"arial"',
        '"sans-serif"',
        '"ui-sans-serif"'
    ];

    function isSystemFont(font) {
        if (!font) return false;

        const f = font.toLowerCase();
        const parts = font.split("","").map(s => s.trim().toLowerCase());
        const first = parts[0];

        if (!systemFontKeywords.some(k => first.includes(k))) {
            return false;
        }

        return systemFontKeywords.some(k => f.includes(k));
    }

    function patchStylesheet(sheet) {
        let rules;

        try {
            rules = sheet.cssRules;
        } catch {
            return;
        }

        if (!rules) return;

        for (const rule of rules) {
            if (rule.type !== CSSRule.STYLE_RULE) continue;

            const style = rule.style;
            const ff = style.getPropertyValue(""font-family"");

            if (isSystemFont(ff)) {
                style.setProperty(""font-family"", LEXICA, ""important"");
            }
        }
    }

    function run() {
        for (const sheet of document.styleSheets) {
            patchStylesheet(sheet);
        }
    }

    run();

    const observer = new MutationObserver(run);
    observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
        childList: true,
        subtree: true
    });

    const style = document.createElement(""style"");
    style.textContent = `
        html, body {
            font-family: ${LEXICA} !important;
        }

        h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, h7, button, p, input, textarea, select, article {
            font-family: ${LEXICA} !important;
        }

        pre, code {
            font-family: "BlexMono Nerd Font" !important;
            }
    `;
    document.head.appendChild(style);
})();

Intellij IDEA

Set font to Lexica Ultralegible
Set theme to Darcula Darker
Setup everything

Visual Studio Code

Install all extensions required:

TailwindCSS Intellisense
Prisma
Prettier
Monokai Pro
Material Icons Theme
Discord Rich Presence
Custom UI Style
Set font to Inter (via CSS plugins)

User Settings:

{
    "workbench.iconTheme": "material-icon-theme",
    "oneDarkPro.vivid": true,
    "editor.tabSize": 2,
    "custom-ui-style.font.sansSerif": "Inter",
    "editor.fontFamily": "Hack Nerd Font",
    "editor.lineHeight": 1.5,
    "window.menuBarVisibility": "toggle",
    "git.enableSmartCommit": true,
    "git.confirmSync": false,
    "git.autofetch": true,
    "js/ts.updateImportsOnFileMove.enabled": "always",
    "explorer.compactFolders": false,
    "workbench.colorTheme": "Monokai Pro",
    "diffEditor.ignoreTrimWhitespace": false,
    "workbench.sideBar.location": "right",
    "editor.fontSize": 12,
    "[typescriptreact]": {
        "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
    },
}

After installing Windows:

Setup MacType
Setup browsers
Setup login into Github, Discord, WhatsApp and Canva
Apply the configurations in this repository!

Retrobar

Set theme to Darkness (https://www.deviantart.com/bikehard2ride/art/Darkness-1166365058)

Windhawk

After some careful consideration, I decided to use Windhawk instead of Retrobar. Here's my KDE Plasma theme:

theme: ''
styleConstants:
  - taskbandInactiveNormal=<SolidColorBrush Color="#000000" Opacity="0.04" />
  - taskbandPointerOver=<SolidColorBrush Color="#000000" Opacity="0.08" />
  - taskbandActive=<SolidColorBrush Color="#000000" Opacity="0.10" />
  - indicatorActive=<SolidColorBrush Color="#3DAEE9" Opacity="0.9" />
  - indicatorInactive=<SolidColorBrush Color="#000000" Opacity="0.25" />
  - indicatorPointerOver=<SolidColorBrush Color="#3DAEE9" Opacity="0.7" />
  - taskbandAttention=<SolidColorBrush Color="#E67E22" Opacity="0.55" />
  - indicatorAttention=<SolidColorBrush Color="#E67E22" Opacity="0.9" />
  - selectionBorder=<LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="1,0"><GradientStop Color="Transparent" Offset="0.0" /><GradientStop Color="Transparent" Offset="0.2" /><GradientStop Color="#3DAEE9" Offset="0.2" /><GradientStop Color="#3DAEE9" Offset="0.8" /><GradientStop Color="Transparent" Offset="0.8" /><GradientStop Color="Transparent" Offset="1.0" /></LinearGradientBrush>
  - selectionBorderExtended=<SolidColorBrush Color="#3DAEE9" />
  - desktopButton=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ramensoftware/windows-11-taskbar-styling-guide/refs/heads/main/Themes/Plasma/ThemeResources/desktop.png
  - plusIndicator=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ramensoftware/windows-11-taskbar-styling-guide/refs/heads/main/Themes/Plasma/ThemeResources/plus.png
  - StartButton=kubuntu
  - WindhawkBlur=<WindhawkBlur BlurAmount="2" TintColor="#ccffffff" />
  - Acrylic=<AcrylicBrush TintColor="#ffffff" TintOpacity="0.70" FallbackColor="#ffffff" />
controlStyles:
  - target: Taskbar.TaskbarFrame > Grid#RootGrid > Taskbar.TaskbarBackground > Grid > Rectangle#BackgroundFill
    styles:
      - Fill:=$Acrylic
  - target: Rectangle#BackgroundStroke
    styles:
      - Visibility=Collapsed
  - target: Taskbar.TaskListButton > Taskbar.TaskListLabeledButtonPanel
    styles:
      - Padding=0
  - target: Taskbar.TaskListButton > Taskbar.TaskListLabeledButtonPanel@CommonStates > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#BackgroundElement
    styles:
      - CornerRadius=0
      - BorderThickness=0
      - BorderBrush=Transparent
      - Margin=0
      - Background@ActiveNormal:=$taskbandActive
      - Background@InactiveNormal:=$taskbandInactiveNormal
      - Background@ActivePointerOver:=$taskbandPointerOver
      - Background@InactivePointerOver:=$taskbandPointerOver
      - Background@ActivePressed:=$taskbandPointerOver
      - Background@InactivePressed:=$taskbandPointerOver
      - Background@MultiWindowNormal:=$taskbandInactiveNormal
      - Background@MultiWindowPointerOver:=$taskbandPointerOver
      - Background@MultiWindowPressed:=$taskbandPointerOver
      - Background@MultiWindowActive:=$taskbandActive
      - Background@RequestingAttention:=$taskbandAttention
      - Background@RequestingAttentionPointerOver:=$taskbandPointerOver
      - Background@RequestingAttentionPressed:=$taskbandPointerOver
      - Background@RequestingAttentionMulti:=$taskbandAttention
      - Background@RequestingAttentionMultiPointerOver:=$taskbandPointerOver
      - Background@RequestingAttentionMultiPressed:=$taskbandPointerOver
  - target: Taskbar.TaskListButton > Taskbar.TaskListLabeledButtonPanel@RunningIndicatorStates > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#BackgroundElement
    styles:
      - Opacity@NoRunningIndicator=0
  - target: Taskbar.TaskListLabeledButtonPanel#IconPanel > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Image#Icon
    styles:
      - Padding=6,0,6,0
  - target: Taskbar.TaskListLabeledButtonPanel@CommonStates > Windows.UI.Xaml.Shapes.Rectangle#RunningIndicator
    styles:
      - Width=50
      - RadiusX=0
      - RadiusY=0
      - Height=3
      - VerticalAlignment=Top
      - RenderTransform:=<TranslateTransform X="0" />
      - Margin=0
      - Fill@ActiveNormal:=$indicatorActive
      - Fill@ActivePointerOver:=$indicatorPointerOver
      - Fill@InactiveNormal:=$indicatorInactive
      - Fill@InactivePointerOver:=$indicatorPointerOver
      - Fill@ActivePressed:=$indicatorPointerOver
      - Fill@InactivePressed:=$indicatorPointerOver
      - Fill@MultiWindowNormal:=$indicatorInactive
      - Fill@MultiWindowPointerOver:=$indicatorPointerOver
      - Fill@MultiWindowPressed:=$indicatorPointerOver
      - Fill@MultiWindowActive:=$indicatorActive
      - Fill@RequestingAttention:=$indicatorAttention
      - Fill@RequestingAttentionPointerOver:=$indicatorPointerOver
      - Fill@RequestingAttentionPressed:=$indicatorPointerOver
      - Fill@RequestingAttentionMulti:=$indicatorAttention
      - Fill@RequestingAttentionMultiPointerOver:=$indicatorPointerOver
      - Fill@RequestingAttentionMultiPressed:=$indicatorPointerOver
  - target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#MultiWindowElement
    styles:
      - Visibility=Collapsed
  - target: Taskbar.TaskListLabeledButtonPanel@CommonStates > Windows.UI.Xaml.Shapes.Rectangle#DefaultIcon
    styles:
      - Fill:=<ImageBrush Stretch="Uniform" ImageSource="$plusIndicator" />
      - Width=11
      - Height=11
      - RadiusX=0
      - RadiusY=0
      - VerticalAlignment=Bottom
      - HorizontalAlignment=Center
      - RenderTransform:=<TranslateTransform X="0" />
      - Visibility=Collapsed
      - Visibility@MultiWindowNormal=Visible
      - Visibility@MultiWindowActive=Visible
      - Visibility@MultiWindowPointerOver=Visible
      - Visibility@MultiWindowPressed=Visible
  - target: Taskbar.TaskListButtonPanel#ExperienceToggleButtonRootPanel
    styles:
      - Padding=0
      - Width=50
  - target: Taskbar.TaskListButtonPanel#ExperienceToggleButtonRootPanel@CommonStates > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#BackgroundElement
    styles:
      - CornerRadius=0
      - BorderThickness=0
      - Width=32
      - Background=Transparent
  - target: Taskbar.ExperienceToggleButton#LaunchListButton[AutomationProperties.AutomationId=StartButton] > Taskbar.TaskListButtonPanel > Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.AnimatedVisualPlayer#Icon
    styles:
      - Visibility=Collapsed
  - target: Taskbar.TaskListButtonPanel#ExperienceToggleButtonRootPanel@CommonStates
    styles:
      - Width=50
      - BorderBrush:=$selectionBorder
      - BorderThickness=0
      - BorderThickness@ActiveNormal=0,3,0,0
      - BorderThickness@ActivePointerOver=0,3,0,0
      - BorderThickness@ActivePressed=0,3,0,0
  - target: Taskbar.ExperienceToggleButton#LaunchListButton[AutomationProperties.AutomationId=StartButton] > Taskbar.TaskListButtonPanel > Border#BackgroundElement
    styles:
      - Background:=<ImageBrush Stretch="Uniform" ImageSource="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ramensoftware/windows-11-taskbar-styling-guide/refs/heads/main/Themes/Plasma/ThemeResources/$StartButton.png" />
  - target: Taskbar.AugmentedEntryPointButton[AutomationProperties.AutomationId=WidgetsButton] > Taskbar.TaskListButtonPanel#ExperienceToggleButtonRootPanel
    styles:
      - Width=Auto
  - target: SystemTray.SystemTrayFrame > Grid
    styles:
      - VerticalAlignment=Stretch
      - Height=44
  - target: SystemTray.SystemTrayFrame
    styles:
      - VerticalAlignment=Stretch
      - Height=44
  - target: SystemTray.Stack#MainStack
    styles:
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
      - Height=44
  - target: SystemTray.Stack#NonActivatableStack
    styles:
      - Grid.Column=2
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
      - Height=44
  - target: SystemTray.Stack#NotifyIconStack
    styles:
      - Grid.Column=0
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
      - Height=44
  - target: SystemTray.Stack#ShowDesktopStack
    styles:
      - Width=48
      - VerticalAlignment=Stretch
      - Height=44
  - target: SystemTray.NotificationAreaIcons#NotificationAreaIcons
    styles:
      - Grid.Column=1
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
  - target: SystemTray.OmniButton#ControlCenterButton
    styles:
      - Grid.Column=3
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
  - target: SystemTray.OmniButton#ControlCenterButton
    styles:
      - Visibility=Collapsed

  - target: SystemTray.Stack#MainStack
    styles:
      - Margin=0
      - Padding=0

  - target: SystemTray.Stack#NotifyIconStack
    styles:
      - Margin=0
  - target: SystemTray.OmniButton > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#BackgroundBorder
    styles:
      - Background=Transparent
      - Margin=1,0,1,0
      - CornerRadius=0
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
  - target: SystemTray.OmniButton > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid@CommonStates > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#BackgroundBorder
    styles:
      - BorderThickness=0
      - BorderBrush@Checked:=$selectionBorderExtended
      - BorderThickness@Checked=0,3,0,0
      - BorderBrush@CheckedPointerOver:=$selectionBorderExtended
      - BorderThickness@CheckedPointerOver=0,3,0,0
      - BorderBrush@CheckedPressed:=$selectionBorderExtended
      - BorderThickness@CheckedPressed=0,3,0,0
  - target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#ContainerGrid@ > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#BackgroundBorder
    styles:
      - BorderThickness=0
      - BorderBrush@CheckedNormal:=$selectionBorderExtended
      - BorderThickness@CheckedNormal=0,3,0,0
      - BorderBrush@CheckedPointerOver:=$selectionBorderExtended
      - BorderThickness@CheckedPointerOver=0,3,0,0
      - BorderBrush@CheckedPressed:=$selectionBorderExtended
      - BorderThickness@CheckedPressed=0,3,0,0
  - target: SystemTray.NotifyIconView#NotifyItemIcon
    styles:
      - MinWidth=24
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
  - target: SystemTray.NotifyIconView > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#BackgroundBorder
    styles:
      - Background=Transparent
      - Margin=1,0,1,0
      - CornerRadius=0
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
  - target: SystemTray.IconView#SystemTrayIcon > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#BackgroundBorder
    styles:
      - Background=Transparent
      - Margin=1,0,1,0
      - CornerRadius=0
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
  - target: SystemTray.ChevronIconView
    styles:
      - Margin=-5,0
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
  - target: SystemTray.ChevronIconView > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border#BackgroundBorder
    styles:
      - Background=Transparent
      - Margin=1,0,1,0
      - CornerRadius=0
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
  - target: SystemTray.ChevronIconView > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#ContainerGrid > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.ContentPresenter#ContentPresenter > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#ContentGrid > SystemTray.TextIconContent > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#ContainerGrid > SystemTray.AdaptiveTextBlock#Base > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock#InnerTextBlock
    styles:
      - FontSize=17.33
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
      - Foreground=#2B2B2B
  - target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock#TimeInnerTextBlock
    styles:
      - FontSize=17.33
      - TextAlignment=Center
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
      - FontFamily=Lexica Ultralegible, Segoe UI
      - Foreground=#2B2B2B
  - target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock#DateInnerTextBlock
    styles:
      - FontSize=13.33
      - TextAlignment=Center
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
      - FontFamily=Lexica Ultralegible, Segoe UI
      - Margin=0,-5,0,0
      - Foreground=#2B2B2B
  - target: SystemTray.DateTimeIconContent > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid#ContainerGrid
    styles:
      - Padding=0
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
  - target: SystemTray.IconView[AutomationProperties.Name=Show Desktop]
    styles:
      - Width=48
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
  - target: Windows.UI.Xaml.Shapes.Rectangle#ShowDesktopPipe
    styles:
      - Width=48
      - Height=44
      - Fill:=<ImageBrush Stretch="None" ImageSource="$desktopButton" />
  - target: SystemTray.StackListView[AutomationProperties.AutomationId=Main]
    styles:
      - Foreground=#2B2B2B
      - Margin=-8,0,0,0
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
  - target: SystemTray.AdaptiveTextBlock#LanguageInnerTextBlock > Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls.TextBlock
    styles:
      - FontFamily=Lexica Ultralegible, Segoe UI
      - VerticalAlignment=Center
      - Foreground=#2B2B2B
themeResourceVariables:
  - ''
xamlDiagnosticsHandling: ''

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