MyDockFinder

Overview

This is a shell customisation package rather than a theme. It runs alongside the standard desktop and adds a set of interface elements that behave properly rather than being drawn as decoration: a dock with magnification and running indicators, a top status bar with menus and indicators, window management gestures, and a keyboard launcher for finding applications and files without touching the mouse.

The dock is the main component. Applications are pinned and launched from it, running programs show indicators, windows minimise into it with an animation, hovering magnifies the icons under the cursor, and stacks expand a folder into a fan or grid. It can sit on any edge, hide automatically, span a single monitor or all of them, and its size, spacing, magnification curve and background blur are all adjustable.

The status bar sits at the top and carries the clock, battery, network, volume, input method and notification indicators, with room for the extras the package adds such as system monitoring readouts. Each indicator can be turned off individually, the bar can be made translucent or hidden in full screen, and its behaviour with maximised windows is configurable rather than fixed.

Around those two there is a set of smaller pieces: a launcher invoked from a hotkey that searches applications, files and settings as you type, a window switcher with live previews, desktop switching gestures on a precision touchpad, custom cursors and icon packs, animation curves for minimise, maximise and close, and per application rules so a game or a full screen video is left completely alone.

Key Features

• Magnifying dock with running indicators, stacks and minimise animation
• Configurable dock edge, size, spacing, magnification curve and background blur
• Top status bar with clock, battery, network, volume and notification indicators
• Keyboard launcher searching applications, files and settings as you type
• Window switcher with live previews and touchpad gesture support
• Window animation curves for minimise, maximise, restore and close
• Multi monitor support with independent behaviour per display
• Custom cursor and icon pack support
• Per application rules to disable effects for games and full screen video
• Runs alongside the standard desktop rather than replacing the shell outright

What Changed in This Build

• Lower memory and idle processor use with the dock and bar both active
• Improved multi monitor placement when displays have different scaling
• Launcher indexing rebuilt for faster first results
• Better behaviour when a full screen application takes exclusive display control

System Requirements

Processor	Any modern dual core processor
Memory	4 GB minimum, 8 GB recommended
Graphics	DirectX 11 capable adapter for blur and animation effects
Storage	500 MB free
Operating system	Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit

Release Details

Full title	MyDockFinder
Version string	8.6.5
Publisher	MyDockFinder
Category	Utilities
Licence	Full version, all modules unlocked
Platform	Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit
Interface language	Multilingual, 6 interface languages
Archive size	94 MB
Mirrors	4 active, all reporting online
Listed	refreshed 2 months ago, checked again 40 minutes ago

Installation Notes

• Add games to the per application exclusion list, overlay effects and exclusive full screen do not mix well.
• Set it to start with Windows only after you are happy with the configuration, a misconfigured dock at boot is annoying to undo.
• Turn blur off first if you see stutter, it is the most expensive effect in the package by a wide margin.

Before You Start

Read the notes above before running setup. Most of the problems people write in about are covered there, and almost all of them come down to an older version of the same software still being installed, a graphics driver that predates the release, or a security suite quarantining part of the package mid install.

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