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Nexus Dock v25.6 Released!

June 29, 2025




The Winstep Nexus dock is a FREE dock for Windows. Every feature you’d expect from a dock, including widgets, mouse-over effects, skins, drag-and-drop, and many others not available in most other docks, such as live icon reflections, in-dock system tray, blur-behind effects, and much more. Completely customizable, with thousands of different backgrounds freely available online, Nexus is fully compatible with skins for all 3rd party docks.

Windows 10 Ready With the addition of Per-Monitor DPI Awareness, this update is a major leap forward in terms of multi-monitor support, featuring many other quality of life and performance improvements along with fixes for better stability.

The issue with blank page icons being displayed for UWP apps after a recent Windows update has also been fixed. Please read complete change log below. Nexus runs on the 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7, 8.x, 10 and 11.
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Important note to Windows 11 22H2 and above users:


Starting with Windows 11 22H2 and mostly for cosmetic reasons, Microsoft has been making many core changes to the taskbar and systray. As a result systray icons can no longer be retrieved by 3rd party applications, and while the systray can still be accessed from within the Winstep applications, tray icon customization with high resolution icons is no longer possible.

Microsoft also made changes to the mechanism used by Windows to reserve areas at the edges of the screen so toolbars (such as the Windows taskbar, docks, etc) are not overlapped by maximized windows. If you are using a Winstep application to replace the Windows taskbar, you must now MANUALLY set the Windows taskbar to auto-hide first in order to prevent conflicts (while previously the Winstep application would do this for you).

A new 'Reset Reserved Screen Space' internal command has been added to help with the current unreliable behavior of reserved screen areas under Windows 11 22H2 onwards.


What's New? Highlighted Features:


  • Per-Monitor DPI Awareness.

    • Full support for per-monitor DPI scaling means Winstep applications now render correctly on systems with multiple monitors using different scaling/DPI settings.


    Winstep applications were already high DPI compatible, which ensured crisp UI rendering and accurate positioning across high-DPI displays, what they were not was per-monitor high DPI compatible. This meant all monitors had to have the same DPI/scaling setting as the primary monitor, otherwise strange position and sizing bugs would occur on the secondary monitors.

    With v25.6 this is no longer a problem and all screen objects will automatically resize/scale themselves appropriately as you move them between monitors with different DPI settings.

  • Multi-Monitor Profile Enhancements.

    • DPI settings are now stored in the monitor profiles, while still maintaining backwards compatibility with previous configurations.




  • Fix for Blank Page UWP app icons.

    • In the April preview/May update of Windows 11 Microsoft made a change to how UWP icons are rendered internally in order to no longer have a solid color background. Unfortunately this change also broke how UWP icon images are retrieved at the Windows API level which resulted in the images of UWP apps being displayed with a generic blank page icon.


    It also seems to have made changes to "pointers" to some of the existing UWP apps that can also result in blank page icons, even in the Windows Desktop itself. This release fixes both this issues.

  • New User Interactions.

    • ESC key now closes all windows and dialogs (equivalent to clicking on Cancel)
    Ctrl + Right Click: Opens the item’s Properties directly.
    Shift + Right Click: Reveals all context menu options regardless of state.


    Middle Click behavior updated:

    On task icons: opens a new instance of the application (default).
    On shortcuts: always launches a new instance, regardless of the "do not launch multiple instances" setting.

  • Weather feed improvements and fixes.

    • Weather module now fallsback to the location name if weather.com code fails.
    Removed calls to the dead Weather.com and Yahoo weather feeds.


    If the system short date format included anything other than the actual date (e.g. added day of the week as in "ddd dd/mm/yyyy") the weather module would always show N/A.

    Fixed improper timezone detection in the MSN Weather feed causing a Sun to be displayed when a Moon should and vice-versa. .

  • Performance and Internal Enhancements.

    • Increased resilience to invalid virtual shell items, reducing potential for crashes.


    Greatly reduced CPU usage by:

    Caching fonts in memory.
    Merging UWP and Win32 process enumeration.
    Process list is now maintained independently by the Winstep Helper service, reducing polling overhead.
    Stopped polling every 5 seconds for UWP app visibility; now uses push system events.
    Several other misc.optimizations.

  • Quality of life improvements.


    • Automatic timestamping of manual backup filenames.
    Improved password entry UX in the Email Checker.
    Dialogs now open centered on the current monitor, not just the primary one.
    New "Activate All" internal command brings all visible docks, shelves, and modules to the front even when hidden or collapsed.
    Item Properties dialogs should now open faster.

  • User Interface improvements and Dark Mode polish.

    • Overhauled the appearance of common controls in Dark Mode (Gray and Black) and Winstep GUI themes to better match Windows 10/11 aesthetics.

    Before:


    Now:


    In Dark Mode (Gray), the expired renewal message text was changed from dark red to a more readable color.

  • Many other features plus performance and stability improvements! Please see complete change log below...


Nexus v25.6 complete change log:


  • Added *per-monitor* DPI compatibility, allowing Winstep applications to work properly on multi-monitor systems where scaling/DPI settings are not the same for all monitors.
  • Multi-monitor profiles now also take into account the DPI setting of monitors, while still retaining compatibility with older monitor profiles.
  • Removed calls to the dead Weather.com and Yahoo weather feeds.
  • "System" and "[System Process]" are now also translated.
  • System Interrupts CPU usage is now retrieved by the Winstep Helper service.
  • CPU Utility value is now only retrieved if 'Use Legacy Mode' is NOT checked.
  • Clicking a Upgrade to... button now also copies the URL to the clipboard.
  • Pressing CTRL while right clicking an item opens that item's Properties dialog
  • Pressing SHIFT while right clicking an item always shows all options in the right click context menu.
  • "Registry" and "Memory Compression" are now correctly identified in the list of processes instead of appearing as "[System Process]".
  • Improved the appearance of many of the common controls for the Dark Mode (Gray), Dark Mode (Black) and Winstep GUI modes so they better match the Windows 10 and Windows 11 look.
  • All dialog boxes with a Cancel button as well as information dialogs that have a single OK button will now close automatically when you press the ESC key.
  • Manual Backup Settings now automatically adds a timestamp to the backup filename.
  • If getting weather info using the weather.com code fails, the weather module now automatically tries again using the location name.
  • Decreased processor usage by caching fonts in memory.
  • Further decreased processor usage by merging the enumeration of running UWP apps with the enumeration of running Win32 apps.
  • Increased resilience to bad virtual shell item pointers, which should no longer result in Access Violation errors.
  • The list of running processes is now compiled independently by the Winstep service, which stops compiling it if there are no requests from the main Winstep application for more than 1 minute.
  • Selecting all the text in the password field for an existing account in the Email Checker module settings panel and then begin typing over it to replace the old password with a new password now also enables the show/hide password symbol.
  • Changed the "unknow icon" image - if you prefer the old one go to the Icon Samples folder and replace Unknown.png with Question-mark.png.
  • List of running tasks is no longer polled every 5 seconds to detect UWP apps being cloaked and uncloaked, the application now relies on "push" system events.
  • Added a "Open New Instance" tasklist middle mouse click action, now the new default (previously it was "Close"), so that middle clicking on a running task icon launches a new instance of that application, just like Windows does.
  • Clicking a shortcut with the middle mouse button now launches a new instance of that application regardless of the current 'Do not launch multiple instances' setting (same as pressing the SHIFT key when left clicking but more convenient).
  • You can now also customize the tasklist/running list icon of Windows Apps.
  • Main Preference windows now appear center screen on the current monitor rather than always center screen on the primary monitor.
  • The Item Properties dialog should now open a bit faster.
  • A dock dragged to a new docked position could sometimes revert to the previous position after restarting Nexus.
  • If the system short date format included anything other than the actual date (e.g. added day of the week as in "ddd dd/mm/yyyy") the weather module would always show N/A.
  • Removed the 512 running processes limit in the Winstep service.
  • MSN Weather feed was returning zero for the timezone of all countries, which many times meant a Sun was displayed by the weather module when it should be a Moon and vice-versa. When that happens the weather module now uses the default timezone list.
  • UWP apps dragged from the list of running applications in the dock would have the wrong item type when dropped.
  • Fixed misc control size and text cropping issues with non-English languages on high DPI monitors.
  • Icons of UWP apps showed as blank paper icons after the April preview / May 2025 Windows 11 update.
  • Selection bar might not appear where you expected it when adding tasks to the Task Customization and Task Exclusion lists if running the application on a high DPI monitor.
  • An icon could remain in a "flashed" state after dragging a file over it.
  • It was possible to open more than one full screen clock and sleep timer at once.


Nexus Ultimate v25.6 complete change log:


  • Added *per-monitor* DPI compatibility, allowing Winstep applications to work properly on multi-monitor systems where scaling/DPI settings are not the same for all monitors.
  • Multi-monitor profiles now also take into account the DPI setting of monitors, while still retaining compatibility with older monitor profiles.
  • Removed calls to the dead Weather.com and Yahoo weather feeds.
  • "System" and "[System Process]" are now also translated.
  • System Interrupts CPU usage is now retrieved by the Winstep Helper service.
  • CPU Utility value is now only retrieved if 'Use Legacy Mode' is NOT checked.
  • Clicking a Buy Now or Renew Now button now also copies the URL to the clipboard.
  • Pressing CTRL while right clicking an item opens that item's Properties dialog
  • Pressing SHIFT while right clicking an item always shows all options in the right click context menu.
  • Added new 'Activate All' internal command. Activates all enabled docks, shelves, drawers and desktop modules and brings them to the foreground.
  • "Registry" and "Memory Compression" are now correctly identified in the list of processes instead of appearing as "[System Process]".
  • Added "Bring Nexus Ultimate Forward" internal command which previously only existed under Winstep Xtreme.
  • Improved the appearance of many of the common controls for the Dark Mode (Gray), Dark Mode (Black) and Winstep GUI modes so they better match the Windows 10 and Windows 11 look.
  • For Dark Mode (Gray) changed the color of the scrolling text at the bottom of the About screen when renewal has elapsed from dark red to a color more legible on the gray background.
  • All dialog boxes with a Cancel button as well as information dialogs that have a single OK button will now close automatically when you press the ESC key.
  • Manual Backup Settings now automatically adds a timestamp to the backup filename.
  • If getting weather info using the weather.com code fails, the weather module now automatically tries again using the location name.
  • Decreased processor usage by caching fonts in memory.
  • Further decreased processor usage by merging the enumeration of running UWP apps with the enumeration of running Win32 apps.
  • Increased resilience to bad virtual shell item pointers, which should no longer result in Access Violation errors.
  • The balloon tooltip for themes in a shelf's Themes tab now also displays the name of the theme author.
  • The list of running processes is now compiled independently by the Winstep service, which stops compiling it if there are no requests from the main Winstep application for more than 1 minute.
  • Changed battery module charging animation to display current charge level, unless this value is not reported by the battery in which case the old animation is used.
  • Selecting all the text in the password field for an existing account in the Email Checker module settings panel and then begin typing over it to replace the old password with a new password now also enables the show/hide password symbol.
  • Changed the "unknow icon" image - if you prefer the old one go to the Icon Samples folder and replace Unknown.png with Question-mark.png.
  • List of running tasks is no longer polled every 5 seconds to detect UWP apps being cloaked and uncloaked, the application now relies on "push" system events.
  • Added a "Open New Instance" tasklist middle mouse click action, now the new default (previously it was "Close"), so that middle clicking on a running task icon launches a new instance of that application, just like Windows does.
  • Clicking a shortcut with the middle mouse button now launches a new instance of that application regardless of the current 'Do not launch multiple instances' setting (same as pressing the SHIFT key when left clicking but more convenient).
  • You can now also customize the tasklist/running list icon of Windows Apps.
  • Main Preference windows now appear center screen on the current monitor rather than always center screen on the primary monitor.
  • The Item Properties dialog should now open a bit faster.
  • A shelf dragged to a new docked position could sometimes revert to the previous position after restarting the application.
  • If the system short date format included anything other than the actual date (e.g. added day of the week as in "ddd dd/mm/yyyy") the weather module would always show N/A.
  • Latitude and Longitude values could be lost when restoring settings between cultures with different decimal separators.
  • Removed the 512 running processes limit in the Winstep service.
  • MSN Weather feed was returning zero for the timezone of all countries, which many times meant a Sun was displayed by the weather module when it should be a Moon and vice-versa. When that happens the weather module now uses the default timezone list.
  • UWP apps dragged from the list of running applications in a dock or the Tasks tab in a Shelf would have the wrong item type when dropped.
  • Fixed misc control size and text cropping issues with non-English languages on high DPI monitors.
  • Icons of UWP apps showed as blank paper icons after the April preview / May 2025 Windows 11 update.
  • Selection bar might not appear where you expected it when adding tasks to the Task Customization and Task Exclusion lists if running the application on a high DPI monitor.
  • An icon could remain in a "flashed" state after dragging a file over it.
  • It was possible to open more than one full screen clock and sleep timer at once.
  • Floating shelves and drawers could appear in the wrong location with a wrong size when starting up if monitor DPI was changed since the last session.

Archived News

Nexus Dock v25.6 Released!

June 29, 2025

Adding Per-Monitor DPI Awareness among many other features and fixes, this release is a major compatibility and modernization milestone, especially for high-DPI and multi-monitor environments.

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Scheduled Server Maintenance

March 28, 2025

Server Maintenance is scheduled to April 1st at 2pm EST (18:00 GMT) for aprox 1 hour.

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Winstep Xtreme v25.2 Released!

February 17, 2025

v25.2 is mainly a maintenance release with some new features and stability improvements! Most notably it brings back functional access to the systray in Windows 11 24H2.

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Nexus Dock v25.2 Released!

February 17, 2025

v25.2 is mainly a maintenance release with some new features and stability improvements! Most notably it brings back functional access to the systray in Windows 11 24H2.

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Happy Holidays!

December 23, 2024

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Black Friday!

November 28 2024

Black Friday 2024 is upon us and Winstep Xtreme is 30% off.

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Winstep Xtreme v24.4 Released!

April 28, 2024

v24.4 is mainly a maintenance release with some new features and stability improvements!

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Nexus Dock v24.4 Released!

April 28, 2024

v24.4 is mainly a maintenance release with some new features and stability improvements!

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Happy Holidays!

December 11, 2023

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Winstep Xtreme v23.11 Released!

December 8, 2023

v23.11 adds per monitor taskbars and tasklists and mitigates Windows 11 22H2 changes and bugs, plus many new features and stability improvements!

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Nexus Dock v23.11 Released!

December 8, 2023

v23.11 adds per monitor tasklists for docks and mitigates Windows 11 22H2 changes and bugs, plus many new features and stability improvements!

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Cyber Monday!

November 27, 2023

Cyber Monday 2023 is here and Winstep Xtreme is 50% off for the next 24 hours. So, will you take the final chance to bag a deal?

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Happy Holidays!

December 20, 2022

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Winstep Xtreme v22.7 Released!

July 27, 2022

v22.7 brings FULL compatibility with Windows 11 plus many new features and stability improvements!

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Nexus Dock v22.7 Released!

July 27, 2022

v22.7 brings FULL compatibility with Windows 11 plus many new features and stability improvements!

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Happy Holidays 2021!

December 22, 2021

Once again and still in difficult times, wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Stay safe!

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Happy Holidays!

December 20, 2020

In this difficult times, wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Stay safe!

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Winstep Xtreme v20.10 Released!

October 28, 2020

v20.10 brings many new features and stability improvements, increased compatibility with Windows 10 and much more!

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Nexus Dock v20.10 Released!

October 28, 2020

v20.10 brings many new features and stability improvements, increased compatibility with Windows 10 and much more!

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Happy Holidays!

December 18, 2019

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Winstep 20th Annniversary!

February 28, 2019

Winstep is celebrating 20 years in business with a fantastic, time-limited, price reduction all across the board! Enjoy it while it lasts!

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Winstep Xtreme v19.2 Released!

February 28, 2019

v19.2 is mainly a maintenance release with a few goodies thrown in such as a matching Windows 10 Light Mode and much more!

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Nexus Dock v19.2 Released!

February 28, 2019

v19.2 is mostly a maintenance release with a few goodies thrown in such as a matching Windows 10 Light Mode and much more!

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Happy Holidays!

December 17, 2018

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Winstep Xtreme v18.12 Released!

December 17, 2018

Just in time for Christmas, v18.12 is a massive release featuring the new Grid Stacks, Search Filters, multi monitor profiles and much more!

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Nexus Dock v18.12 Released!

December 17, 2018

Just in time for Christmas, v18.12 is a massive release featuring the new Grid Stacks and Search Filters (Nexus Ultimate), multi monitor profiles and much more!

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Cyber Monday!

November 26, 2018

Cyber Monday 2018 is here and Winstep Xtreme is 50% off for the next 24 hours. So, will you take the final chance to bag a deal?

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Black Friday!

November 23, 2018

Black Friday 2018 is upon us and Nexus Ultimate is 40% off.

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Winstep Xtreme v18.10 Released!

October 9, 2018

Icon colorization, center icons in Shelves, Drawer resizing, improved handling of hybrid Win32/UWP apps, menu scaling and much more!

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Nexus Dock v18.10 Released!

October 9, 2018

Icon colorization, improved handling of hybrid Win32/UWP apps, context menu scaling and much more!

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Price Increase Announcement

October 7, 2018

After nearly 20 years providing the best products at competitive prices, Winstep is increasing the prices of all its applications for the first time - just to make up (barely) for inflation.

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Winstep Xtreme v18.8 Released!

August 30, 2018

Major release featuring the new Drawers, support for multiple and vertical Shelves and much more!

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Nexus Dock v18.8 Released!

August 30, 2018

Major release featuring new colorization options, new Drawers and support for multiple and vertical Shelves (Nexus Ultimate) and much more!

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Winstep Xtreme v18.5 Released!

June 1, 2018

Major release featuring the ability to access docks directly from NextSTART, new Delete Effect with 22 different animations, alarm overlays and much more!

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Nexus Dock v18.5 Released!

June 1, 2018

Major release featuring new Delete Effect with many different animations, enhanced Media Player functionality and playlist handling, alarm overlays and much more!

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Winstep and the EU GDPR

May 25, 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a legal framework that sets guidelines for the collection and processing of personal information of individuals within the European Union (EU).

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Winstep Xtreme v18.3 Released!

March 31, 2018

Major release with new alarm options, power saving modes and media player internal command, plus many other performance and stability improvements!

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Nexus Dock v18.3 Released!

March 31, 2018

New alarm options, full dock keyboard support, power saving modes and media player internal command, plus many other performance and stability improvements!

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Winstep Xtreme v18.1 Released!

January 20, 2018

New optional Dark Mode for the User Interface, new Windows 10 icons, many other performance and stability improvements!

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Nexus Dock v18.1 Released!

January 20, 2018

New optional Dark Mode for the User Interface, new Windows 10 icons, many other performance and stability improvements!

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Winstep Xtreme v17.12 Released!

December 28, 2017

A bit late for Christmas but still not too late, v17.2 is here. Many Windows 10 related additions and fixes and much more!

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Nexus Dock v17.12 Released!

December 28, 2017

A bit late for Christmas but still not too late, v17.2 is here. Many Windows 10 related additions and fixes and much more!

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Happy Holidays!

December 22, 2017

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Cyber Monday!

November 27, 2017

Cyber Monday 2017 is upon us and Winstep Xtreme is 50% off.

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Winstep Xtreme v17.1 Released!

January 27, 2017

New moon module, new sub-dock options, smooth Shelf scrolling and much more!

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Nexus Dock v17.1 Released!

January 27, 2017

Wallpaper hot-track smooth colorization transitions, new moon module and pop-up calendar (Nexus Ultimate), and much more!

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Happy Holidays!

December 23, 2016

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Winstep Xtreme v16.12 Released!

December 8, 2016

New calendar module, high-quality voice packs in multiple languages, and much more!

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Nexus Dock v16.12 Released!

December 8, 2016

High-quality voice packs in multiple languages, Email Checker module now displays number of unread messages on the icon itself, and much more!

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Winstep Xtreme v16.9 Released!

September 30, 2016

v16.9 is is mostly a maintenance release, fixing some issues in the previous version and restoring the NOOA/METAR Weather feed.

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Nexus Dock v16.9 Released!

September 30, 2016

v16.9 is is mostly a maintenance release, fixing some issues in the previous version and restoring the NOOA/METAR Weather feed..

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Winstep Xtreme v16.6 Released!

June 27, 2016

New Fast Boot option, running Universal Windows Apps in Windows 10 now display the proper icon and can be pinned to docks and the taskbar, and much more!

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Nexus Dock v16.6 Released!

June 27, 2016

New Fast Boot option, running Universal Windows Apps in Windows 10 now display the proper icon and can be pinned to the dock, and much more!

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Winstep Xtreme v16.5 Released!

May 28, 2016

NextSTART taskbar high-DPI support, new colorization options and much more in this new release!

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Nexus Dock v16.5 Released!

May 28, 2016

New colorization options, fixed 3D dock backgrounds distortion at certain icon sizes, and much more!

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Winstep Xtreme v16.3 Released!

March 10, 2016

Maintenance release fixing all the issues we know of in v16.2.

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Nexus Dock v16.3 Released!

March 10, 2016

Maintenance release fixing all the issues we know of in v16.2.

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Winstep Xtreme v16.2 Released!

February 11, 2016

New battery module, clock alarms, 10 amazing new mouse-over, launch and attention effects and much more in this new release!

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Nexus Dock v16.2 Released!

February 11, 2016

Minimize windows to the dock, new internal commands, performance improvements and much more in this release!

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Winstep Xtreme v15.9 Released!

September 29, 2015

High DPI compatibility, Language Bar, Weather module Geo location, better Windows 10 integration and much more in this new release!

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Nexus Dock v15.9 Released!

September 29, 2015

High DPI compatibility, combined dock shortcuts with running applications, Weather module Geo location, better Windows 10 integration and much more in this release!

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Winstep Xtreme v15.7 Released!

July 27, 2015

Winstep Xtreme is now 100% compatible with Windows 10 and much more in this new release!

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Nexus Dock v15.7 Released!

July 27, 2015

Nexus is now 100% compatible with Windows 10 and much more in this new release!

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Windows 10 and Winstep applications

June 27, 2015

With Windows 10 just around the corner, many users have been wondering if Winstep applications (Nexus, Nexus Ultimate and Winstep Xtreme) will work correctly with it.

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Winstep Xtreme v14.11 Released!

November 7, 2014

Restored weather feed for weather forecast and more in this maintenance release!

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Nexus Dock v14.11 Released!

November 7, 2014

Restored weather feed for weather forecast and more in this maintenance release!

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Take back what is yours!

March 23, 2012

In an effort to force you into using Metro, Microsoft stripped the familiar Start Menu out of Windows 8. In the process it also stripped your ability to chose for yourself what is best for you.

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Winstep Xtreme v12.2 Released!

March 22, 2012

This is a monster release, click the Read More link below for a guided tour on what's new!

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Nexus Dock v12.2 Released!

March 22, 2012

This is a monster release, click the Read More link below for a guided tour on what's new!

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Winstep Xtreme v11.10 Released!

November 18, 2011

Weather module working again, new Launch and Attention effects, new Tray tab in Preferences, and more...

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Nexus Dock v11.10 Released!

November 18, 2011

Weather module working again, new Launch and Attention effects, and more...

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Weather feed down!

November 6, 2011

Weather module not working? Find out why and what is being done about it.

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Winstep Xtreme v11.6 Released!

July 6, 2011

Maintenance release of Winstep Xtreme.

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Nexus Dock v11.6 Released!

July 6, 2011

Maintenance release of Nexus and Nexus Ultimate.

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New Winstep Theme: DarkTech

June 24, 2011

Brought to you by the Winstep design team - more in-house themes currently in the pipeline.

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Winstep Xtreme v11.5 Released!

June 23, 2011

System tray icon customization, ability to mix mouseover effects, support for animated icons, and much more!

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Nexus Dock v11.5 Released!

June 20, 2011

Dock mouseover effects can now be combined with magnify effect, support for animated icons, and much more!

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Winstep Xtreme v11.2 Released!

March 14, 2011

New release featuring increased support for Microsoft's High DPI virtualization technology, and much more!

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Nexus Dock v11.2 Released!

March 14, 2011

New release featuring increased support for backgrounds of 3rd party docks, preserving aspect ratio of image thumbnails, and much more!

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Start Menu Organizer v1.5 Released!

March 14, 2011

New release adding more languages and increasing compatibility with 64 bit versions of Windows!

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Winstep Xtreme v10.9 Released!

October 14, 2010

Major release featuring nine new incredible dock mouseover effects, five new menu opening animations, Windows 7 "Superbar" ability with window previews and aeropeek capability on docks, horizontal sub-docks, and much more!

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Nexus Dock v10.9 Released!

October 8, 2010

Major release featuring nine new incredible dock mouseover effects, Windows 7 "Superbar" ability with window previews and aeropeek capability, and much more!

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Nexus featured at Download.com!

October 8, 2010

Nexus featured on the front page of Cnet's Download.com!

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Start Menu Organizer v1.4 Released!

August 9, 2010

Version 1.4 fixes an issue in which the Pro version of the program could stop when expanding the Administrative Tools group and adds support for 23 languages.

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Winstep Xtreme featured at Download.com!

July 18, 2010

Winstep Xtreme has been featured on the front page of Cnet's Download.com, not once, but twice!

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Winstep Xtreme v10.6 Final Released!

July 13, 2010

Roughly 1 year in the making, the official upgrade to Winstep Xtreme v9.5 is finally here!

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Nexus Dock v10.6 Released!

July 13, 2010

Maintenance release of our free popular Winstep Nexus dock.

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Winstep announces strategic alliance with Proxma AG!

July 13, 2010

Proxma AG will market Winstep products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Start Menu Organizer v1.3 Released!

July 2, 2010

New version of the Winstep Start Menu Organizer featuring support for even more languages.

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Welcome to our new web site!

June 15, 2010

The Winstep web site gets a brand new face to match the quality of our products.

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