SYSTEM TOOL
Windhawk 1.7.3
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What you need: Windows 10 or 11
Windhawk is a brilliant free program for customising and improving Windows using over 100 ‘mods’ (modifications). We wrote a Workshop about it in Issue 710 (buy a back issue from www.snipca.com/57557), and this new version makes it even simpler to use.
For starters, Windhawk has changed how its mods are applied. They were formerly compiled locally on your PC, but it now downloads pre-compiled mods from Windhawk’s server, which makes them faster to install and update.
It’s now easier to browse for mods when you click Windhawk’s Explore button. Each mod includes more details of what it does to your system, and when you hover your cursor over its star rating you can see a breakdown of how other users have rated it, from one to five stars. This helps you decide whether it’s worth installing - though we only spotted one (called Fake High Contrast) with a bad rating.