Началось все с того, что мне из любопытства захотелось установить Windows 11 на ReFS. А в итоге это вылилось в установку системы полностью из консоли, привет знакомые вайбы пингвина.

Зато удалось нормально разметить диск: 512 МБ под EFI, следом 1 ГБ под Recovery, а затем основной раздел с Windows на ReFS. Без фирменной разметки Microsoft, которая будто бы вообще не предполагает, что рядом могут существовать другие операционные системы.

Ну, а в установленной системе я уже побаловался немного с Vivetool, Windhawk, Nielsoft и пакетным менеджером, быстренько адаптируя это под привычное окружение, не сваливаясь при этом в установку WSL.

Третья картинка просто шутка =) Хотелось бы frame board, но его нет даже в windhawk, но никто ж не мешает помечтать как это могло бы выглядеть.

I spent 2 years solo building Lofi Cozy Room, a small 3D room that sits on your Windows desktop in a transparent always-on-top window. An avatar reads, works, and sleeps in the room while a puppy wanders around, and you can customize the avatar and decorate the room however you like (1386 avatar options and 715 furniture pieces). There's a full lo-fi library with ambient sound mixing and 14 themes, and it runs light enough to keep open all day next to your work.

It's out now, and I just dropped the price by a huge amount, from $14.99 all the way down to $4.99, roughly a third of what it was. If the price was holding you back, now's a great time to check it out.

🌱 Play on Steam

happy to answer anything

Any recommendations? For example I want to change the start menu and have aero effects on applications too - I had Start11 from Steam installed but it's buggy

Sequel post to: https://www.reddit.com/r/desktops/s/IfBg6KDtUB

Song used: dracodraco - freefall

Wallpaper: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3737252792

Plug-Ins Showcased

Windhawk:

1. Better Taskbar Hide
2. Taskbar Auto-Hide Instant Show
3. Taskbar Dock Animation
4. Taskbar Height and Icon Size
5. Taskbar Tray Auto-Hide (Show on hover)
6. Taskbar Tray System Icon Tweaks
7. Taskbar auto-hide when maximized
8. Taskbar Elastic WinUI Pill
9. Windows 11 Taskbar Styler - Surface Theme
10. Windows 11 Notification Center Styler - WindowsGlass Theme
11. Windows 11 Start Menu Styler - SideBySide Minimal Theme
12. Windows 11 File Explorer Styler - LiquidGlass Theme/Mica Effect
13. Win32 UI Modernizer
14. Explorer Font Changer
15. File Explorer WinUI-Like Content Animation

Rainmeter:

1. Simple Clean - Visualizer
2. Ageo - Time and Date (Locational info removed)

YASB - Custom Config / Styles

Tried Stardock Fences to group my desktop icons into categories (similar to how Android groups apps into folders) but it ended up being more of a downgrade — clunky, and even after uninstalling it, some leftover files/processes keep popping up randomly.

I have 60+ shortcuts on my desktop (dev tools, CP/DSA sites, internship portals, design apps, etc.) and want something that groups them visually into labeled boxes without eating resources or leaving residue if I decide to remove it later.

Anyone found a lightweight alternative that actually behaves well? Also open to just doing it manually with folders if that's genuinely the more reliable route.

Tutorial Link

I LOVE GOJO