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Microsoft is finally letting Windows 11 testers unlock experimental features without ViVeTool. The Windows Insider channels are also being simplified to Experimental and Beta 🙏 all the details here 👇 www.theverge.com/news/909659/...
Microsoft finally lets Windows 11 testers unlock experimental features without ViVeTool
The changes are part of the fix Windows 11 effort
www.theverge.com
April 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
theverge.com
Microsoft finally lets Windows 11 testers unlock experimental features without ViVeTool
Microsoft finally lets Windows 11 testers unlock experimental features without ViVeTool
The changes are part of the fix Windows 11 effort
buff.ly
April 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
Build 26x20.6972 brings dark mode to the folder options and Run dialogs! (Yes, dark mode Run is present this time.)

Dark Mode dialog prereq: vivetool /enable /id:58383338

Dark Mode Run: vivetool /enable /id:59270880

Dark Mode Folder Options: vivetool /enable /id:59203365
Screenshot of Windows 11, depicting the Run and Folder Options dialogs in dark mode.
October 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
iguru.gr.web.brid.gy
Κωδικοί ViveTool για νέες λειτουργίες στα Windows 11
Αν θέλετε μια συγκεκριμένη λειτουργία στα Windows 11, ίσως μπορείτε να την ενεργοποιήσετε χρησιμοποιώντας το ViveTool. Παρακάτω θα…
iguru.gr
September 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
Build 26300.8493 finally brings movable and smaller taskbar options to Windows 11! Doesn't seem to be in Feature Flags yet, so vivetool to the rescue for the unlucky.

New taskbar positions: vivetool /enable /id:59213768

Small taskbar: vivetool /enable /id:61090762
Windows 11 desktop with the taskbar made smaller and moved to the top of the screen (as seen in taskbar settings).
May 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
To enable these features in Dev 26120.2510:

Updated battery icon: vivetool /enable /id:48822452

Section labels for the battery usage graph: vivetool /enable /id:53092139

If these commands don't work, enable 48433719 and reboot. (3/3)
December 6, 2024 at 11:58 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
Improved/semantic Windows Search in File Explorer, Settings etc. is now rolling out to Copilot+ PCs in Dev with build 26120.2992. (Complete with eye candy.) If you didn't get lucky with the gradual rollout, run this vivetool command:

vivetool /enable /id:47942714

and reboot
January 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
More File Explorer changes: when opening desktop folders/external folder links, they'll open in new tabs in an existing window by default. Currently, they just open in a new window. (ID is disabled by default, Beta 22635.4515.)

vivetool /enable /id:49143212
November 23, 2024 at 5:24 PM
micknorweeld.bsky.social
It works 😎🧡 Hidden Features in #Windows11 Build 26200.9267 KB5120998 #26H2
ViVeTool Command
vivetool /enable /id:27829265,61457898
vivetool /enable /id:59213768
vivetool /enable /id:61754985,61225604
vivetool /enable /id:42105254
vivetool /enable /id:38890980
August 27, 2026 at 1:24 AM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
To enable the Win + Shift + T keyboard shortcut for Snipping Tool's text extractor in Dev/Beta, run:

vivetool /enable /id:56661439
phantomofearth.bsky.social phantomofearth 🌳 @phantomofearth.bsky.social · Apr 15
To enable the new fullscreen Snipping Tool text extractor experience that doesn't require a screenshot to be taken, make sure you're on app version 11.2503.27.0 (currently rolling out to Canary/Dev) and enable these two IDs:

vivetool /enable /id:52467192,53079680
May 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
New Frequently Asked Questions list in Settings > System > About hidden in builds 26120.3576 and 22635.5090. Has some questions related to the Windows version and device specs. (vivetool /enable /id:55305888)
About settings page in Windows 11. A frequently asked questions list is present, showing some questions related to the Windows OS, GPU and RAM, and answers to those questions.
March 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
If you want to try out the new context menu experience in Experimental build 26340.9212, get vivetool and enable feature ID 60813048.
phantomofearth.bsky.social phantomofearth 🌳 @phantomofearth.bsky.social · Aug 15
Coming soon to Windows 11: a major update to context menus! There's a new Settings page that lets you turn certain actions on or off, "Send to" and Refresh for all folders are coming to modern context menus, and they'll be simpler by default. Demo: https://youtu.be/BaHKzbeER0k
Windows 11 desktop with a context menu open, showing various options including send to and customize menu. On the right is the Settings page for customising context menus, including toggles for various file actions (send to included), as well as a collapsed section for app extensions and some additional options.
August 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
If you also want to enable the new AutoPlay dialog in build 26340.9212 with vivetool, you can do so with feature ID 62141177.
phantomofearth.bsky.social phantomofearth 🌳 @phantomofearth.bsky.social · Aug 15
First look at Windows 11's upcoming WinUI AutoPlay dialog revamp in dark mode!

Now lets you choose whether you want to take an action always or just once, and it will now open in the centre of the screen as it last did in Windows 7, instead of in the top right.
Modern, WinUI AutoPlay dialog in Windows 11, with some options for "Elements (E:)", including configure storage settings, open folder to view files and take no action.
August 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
To enable the new top cards in Beta 22635.4660, run vivetool /enable /id:51784082,54618938 and reboot.

Enable 48433719 if this doesn't work.
January 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
bobpony.com
Want to revert the search icon for the taskbar in Windows 10 to the previous icon? Use ViVeTool!

Open command prompt as administrator then navigate to the directory where the extracted ViVeTool is located then run this command:
vivetool /disable /id:41868508

Now restart the PC!
June 27, 2024 at 6:37 AM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
The network speed test button has started rolling out with build 26x20.6760, to get it enable feature ID 57703775 with vivetool.
phantomofearth.bsky.social phantomofearth 🌳 @phantomofearth.bsky.social · Sep 13
The network icon in the system tray's context menu and the Wi-Fi quick settings page in Windows 11 are getting buttons to let you quickly run a network speed test. (Takes you to Bing to do the speed test.)
Network icon context menu in Windows 11. Three options are available: diagnose network problems, perform speed test and network and Internet settings. Wi-Fi quick settings page in Windows 11. In the bottom right hand corner is a button to "Test internet speed" (as indicated by the tooltip).
September 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
(vivetool /enable /id:55049146)
March 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
(vivetool /enable /id:53079867)
January 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
These options are also hidden in today's 24H2 Dev/Beta build (26120.3576). To get them, run vivetool /enable /id:53957537
phantomofearth.bsky.social phantomofearth 🌳 @phantomofearth.bsky.social · Mar 13
Hidden in build 26376 (out for server): all of the options in the old mouse properties dialog are now available in Settings, including pointer trails, pointer shadow & pointer image customization!

+ Enhance pointer precision/pointer speed, already there, get new/updated icons.
Mouse pointer and touch settings in Windows 11. 5 options are available: customize pointer image, mouse indicator, mouse pointer trails (with a length slider) and enable mouse pointer shadow. Mouse pointer and touch settings in Windows 11. Customize pointer image is expanded, showing each individual pointer image with a Browse button to customize it. Mouse accessibility settings in Windows 11. 5 options are visible: snap to default button, hide pointer while typing, double click speed (with a slider), click lock (with a slider to change the amount of time needed for the mouse button to lock), activate on hover (with a slider for the amount of time the mouse needs to be over a window to activate it and a checkbox to move window to top when activating for mouse hover) and mouse keys. Mouse device settings in Windows 11. Several options are visible, including enhance pointer precision, which has an icon.
March 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
To try the Drag Tray out for yourself in the latest Beta CU, run vivetool /enable /id:45624564,53397005 and reboot.

(as usual, you'll need to enable 48433719 if this doesn't work.)
January 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
justgeekfr.bsky.social
🖥️ ViVeTool GUI : activez les fonctionnalités cachées de Windows 11 sans ligne de commande

👉 www.justgeek.fr/vivetool-gui...

#ViVeToolGUI #Logiciel #ViVeTool #Microsoft #Windows11
ViVeTool GUI : activez les fonctionnalités cachées de Windows 11 sans ligne de commande
ViVeTool GUI permet d'activer ou désactiver des fonctionnalités cachées et expérimentales de Windows 11 depuis une interface graphique.
www.justgeek.fr
June 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
To enable these: vivetool /enable /id:48504539 /variant:X and replace X with one of the numbers in the images above.
January 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
To enable Dev 23612's richer lock screen weather experience, run the ViVeTool command below. (feature name LockStatusWeatherDeepLink)

vivetool /enable /id:47526873
Windows 11 lock screen showing the time is 1:20 on Wednesday, January 3. At the bottom some weather information is visible, showing that it is currently mostly sunny in Houston with a temperature of 58 degrees F, with a link to see the full forecast just below this information.
January 3, 2024 at 8:42 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
If you want to enable the behind-the-scenes improvements to snap assist suggestions in Beta 22635.4371 (as mentioned in the blog post), run this: vivetool /enable /id:51016952
October 18, 2024 at 7:53 PM
phantomofearth.bsky.social
Here's a demo of the emoji and more button in the system tray, which now works in Beta build 22635.4655, with the show only while typing behavior! Tooltip lets you know about the keyboard shortcut, and you can right click it to get to taskbar settings. (vivetool /enable /id:48504539)
December 14, 2024 at 2:13 AM