Select Taskbar texture, click the three dots, and choose the xp_bg.png file you extracted earlier. Select Tile under Horizontal stretching and you should have an XP-style taskbar.

Microsoft Experiments With a Tablet-Optimized Taskbar for Windows 11 Start11 costs $5.99 , but there is a 30-day trial to take advantage of and see if it offers enough customization to warrant the ...

The latest Windows 11 test builds have a never combine app icons feature and taskbar app labels. These features are returning to Windows 11 after Microsoft rebuilt the taskbar for its latest OS.

Right now, I’ve got twelve open programs on my Windows 11 taskbar, plus four more pinned apps—and even on my ultrawide monitor, they’re taking up a lot of screen real estate.