7+ Taskbar Tweaker is 15 years old today!

Exactly 15 years ago, 7 Taskbar Tweaker v1.0 was released (changelog).

This continues the celebration tradition after the five years celebration and the ten years celebration. This time, it’s likely the last celebration as 7+ Taskbar Tweaker is doomed to become irrelevant soon. If you didn’t follow the recent blog posts, the short version is that Windows 11 comes with a new taskbar implementation, making 7+ Taskbar Tweaker incompatible and requiring a reimplementation of many of its options. After this realization, Windhawk, the customization marketplace for Windows and programs, was released to become the successor of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker. Many 7+ Taskbar Tweaker options were already ported to Windhawk mods, and it’s an ongoing effort to port more options and fill the gaps.

Below is a short timeline of the most notable milestones of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker during its lifetime.

Happy birthday! You served well!



    
        2009September 30
        7 Taskbar Tweaker v1.0 is released, 22 days before Windows 7 general availability.
    
    
        2012August 12
        7 Taskbar Tweaker v4.0 is released with Windows 8 support. Renamed to 7+ Taskbar Tweaker.
    
    
        2015August 22
        7+ Taskbar Tweaker v5.0 is released with Windows 10 support.
    
    
        2021July 3
        After a first look at Windows 11, it becomes clear that it comes with a new taskbar implementation, and 7+ Taskbar Tweaker can't be just updated as it was done for previous Windows versions.
    
    
        2021October 22
        7+ Taskbar Tweaker v5.12 is released with Windows 11 support, as long as the old taskbar is restored, which is still possible via registry or a third-party tool.
    
    
        2022March 7
        Windhawk is released to become the successor of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker.
    
    
        2023November 30
        The first Windows 11 build that signals the removal of the old taskbar is released.
    
    
        2025October 14
        Windows 10 is planned to reach end of support, putting an end to the long journey of 7+ Taskbar Tweaker.

Posted in Software, Updates by Michael (Ramen Software) on September 30th, 2024.
Tags: 7+ taskbar tweaker, history

4 Responses to “7+ Taskbar Tweaker is 15 years old today!”

VEG says:

October 8, 2024 at 11:25 am VEG(Quote)

There will be ESU updates for Windows 10 for at least 3 more years after 2025.

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- Michael (Ramen Software) says:
  
  October 8, 2024 at 7:37 pm Michael (Ramen Software)(Quote)
  
  And the enterprise version (IoT Enterprise) will reach end of support on January 2032. Still, I believe users will be encouraged by Microsoft to update to Windows 11 by October 2025, and most probably will.
  
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raveren says:

October 14, 2024 at 7:52 am raveren(Quote)

huge thanks for all these years of hard work <3

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George says:

November 8, 2024 at 10:06 pm George(Quote)

Many thanks for your continued work and Happy belated Birthday!

Just discovered 7+TT and loving it. A bit sad to read about its impending doom.

Will still keep using W10 (couldn’t upgrade even if I wanted to anyway) until it is safe to do so.

I think (and hope) it won’t be that simple for Microsoft to take down W10 and it will require many more years than originally planned.

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