Download TaskbarX — Taskbar Customisation and Centring for Windows PC v1.7.8.0 for Windows PC

TaskbarX customises the Windows taskbar by centring your icons, adding transparency, blur and acrylic effects, and animating icon movements, all from a small...

Features

• Centres taskbar icons dynamically with smooth animations as applications open and close during the day with per-application spacing you can fine-tune yourself.
• Transparency, blur and acrylic effects let you restyle the taskbar well beyond the Windows defaults at strengths you control precisely for each effect.
• Multi-monitor support applies separate settings to secondary taskbars, tray icons and the system clock with position and styling tuned independently per screen.
• The free GitHub ZIP is the complete app, identical to the paid Microsoft Store listing with no features removed or locked behind payment.
• Portable design means no installation, no background services, and easy removal by deleting the folder and uninstalls cleanly without registry leftovers or rebooting.

Considerations

• Version 1.7.8.0 from October 2022 is the latest release, so future Windows updates may break it with no committed maintainer fix currently available.
• It only restyles the existing taskbar and adds no genuinely new taskbar functionality at all which matters if you expected extra launcher features.
• The portable ZIP gets no automatic updates, so any future fix would need a manual download, which makes keeping the original archive somewhere safe worthwhile.

TaskbarX is a small portable utility whose best-known job is centring taskbar icons dynamically. Instead of the row sitting fixed on the left, the icons stay centred as you open and close apps, gliding with animation rather than jumping. Offsets in the configurator let you compensate for the Start button and the system tray, so the result looks genuinely centred on your screen.

Centring is only the start. The configurator controls transparency, blur and acrylic effects for the taskbar, along with custom colours and the strength of each effect. You can adjust icon movement animation, tray and clock behaviour, and how the taskbar behaves when windows are maximised.

Multi-monitor support matters for many users. TaskbarX can style secondary taskbars separately, with their own position and tray settings, so a centred main display and a differently styled side monitor can run together.

There is no traditional installer. You extract the ZIP to a permanent folder, run the configurator to choose a style, then run TaskbarX itself, with an option to start it with Windows. Version 1.7.8.0 is the release covered here. It still works on Windows 11, but there has been no new release since October 2022, so a future Windows change could break effects with no guaranteed fix.

TaskbarX is for Windows users who care how their desktop looks and feels and want control Microsoft does not offer by default. Windows 10 users get the clearest gain, since that system never offered a properly centred taskbar. Windows 11 users who want stronger transparency, blur or animation than the built-in settings allow will also find it useful, as will multi-monitor users who want each taskbar styled independently.

It is not for anyone expecting new taskbar features. TaskbarX restyles what Windows already provides. It does not add a new launcher, new search or new window management, so if the standard taskbar already looks fine to you, there is nothing here you need.

The buying choice needs to be stated plainly, because it confuses many people. The free ZIP from the author GitHub releases is the complete app, with no features locked away. The paid version on the Microsoft Store costs $1.09 and is the same app by the same developer. What the Store price mainly buys is automatic updates through the Store and a way to support the developer.

Nobody needs to pay to use TaskbarX. Choose the Store version only if that convenience and support are worth $1.09 to you personally.

A home worker spends her day between a main monitor and a smaller side screen, and the default Windows taskbar has always annoyed her. Icons crowd the left corner, the solid bar clashes with her wallpaper, and the second monitor taskbar looks like an afterthought.

She downloads the free ZIP of TaskbarX 1.7.8.0 from GitHub, extracts it to a permanent folder and opens the configurator. First she turns on dynamic centring and watches the icons settle into the middle of the main taskbar, shifting smoothly as she opens her browser and mail app to test it.

Next she lowers the taskbar opacity, adds a gentle blur and picks an acrylic look that lets a hint of wallpaper show through without making icons hard to read. For the side monitor she chooses a simpler style, keeps its tray and clock visible, and sets TaskbarX to start with Windows so she does not have to launch it by hand each morning.

Ten minutes after extracting the ZIP, both taskbars match the desk setup she wanted, centred on the main screen and calmer on the side screen. She keeps the free version, noting the $1.09 Store option exists only if she later wants automatic updates.

Download TaskbarX_1.7.8.0_x64.zip for TaskbarX version 1.7.8.0 and save it somewhere permanent rather than your Downloads folder.

Right-click TaskbarX_1.7.8.0_x64.zip, choose Extract All, and unpack it to a folder such as C:\TaskbarX that you will not delete later.

Open TaskbarX Configurator from the extracted folder to pick centring and effects, apply the settings, then run TaskbarX.exe and enable its start-with-Windows option if wanted.

Is the free GitHub version different from the $1.09 Microsoft Store version?

No, they are the same app by the same developer. The Microsoft Store listing mainly adds automatic updates through the Store and gives users a way to support development. The free ZIP from GitHub is complete and nothing in it is locked behind the Store price.

How do I install TaskbarX from the ZIP file?

There is no installer. Extract TaskbarX_1.7.8.0_x64.zip to a permanent folder, run TaskbarX Configurator to choose your style, then run TaskbarX.exe. Use the configurator's startup option if you want it to launch automatically with Windows.

Why did TaskbarX stop working after a Windows update?

Taskbar utilities depend on taskbar internals that Microsoft sometimes changes in feature updates. Because 1.7.8.0 from October 2022 is the latest release, a newer Windows build can break centring or effects with no fixed version available yet, so check the project page for news.

Does TaskbarX work on multiple monitors?

Yes. TaskbarX can apply its styling to secondary taskbars and offers separate options for the tray area and clock on each display, so a centred main taskbar and differently styled side monitors can run together.