Desktop Lux is a powerful Windows customization program designed to improve your user experience and express your unique style. It goes beyond basic personalization, offering a suite of features to transform your desktop’s appearance and functionality.
It brings your desktop to life with stunning animations and effects. You’re not limited to static images; you can use any video file as your desktop background, or even replace your wallpaper with your favorite webpage, which updates in real-time.
Beyond visuals, Desktop Lux provides practical enhancements like automatic color temperature adjustment based on the time of day, helping to reduce eye strain and improve sleep. It also offers automatic cycling of desktop backgrounds and screensavers, keeping your display fresh without any effort on your part.
Despite its advanced capabilities, it is designed for high performance and low resource usage, ensuring a smooth experience. Plus, it comes with a large collection of ready-to-use assets to get you started.
PC requirements
It is also light on PC resources and uses very less disk space. The requirements for the latest version (1.3) are:
| System requirements | Windows 11 (x86) / 10 (x86) / 8 (x86) / 7, both 32 and 64 bit |
| File size | 15.99 MB |
| Version | 1.3 |
You can download it for free from here.
Effortless System Tweaks
Tired of delving into complex Windows registry settings to personalize your PC? Desktop Lux simplifies the process with its Tweaks section.
With just a few clicks, you can customize the look of various Windows elements, including File Explorer, Desktop, Start Menu, Taskbar, and Notification area. You can also easily add files, folders, and system items besides managing your context menus for a more streamlined workflow.
Personalized Cursors and Effects
Desktop Lux lets you effortlessly change your mouse pointer to one of many interesting and often animated cursors from its diverse collection. Whether you’re looking for something whimsical or sleek, there’s a cursor to match your system’s theme.
On top of new looks, you can enable different visual effects that appear when you use your mouse, adding another layer of personalization.
Gentler Evening Computing with Night Light
If you find your computer screen disruptive at night, Desktop Lux’s Night Light feature is for you. This tool warms up your display’s color temperature in the evening, mimicking indoor lighting.
This not only makes your computer look better but can also help improve your sleep by reducing exposure to blue light.
Vast Asset Library
To further enhance your customization options, the Desktop Lux website offers thousands of assets for decorating your computer, including a wide variety of photo and video wallpapers for your desktop, as well as screensavers to suit every taste.
Do give it a try and make your desktop come alive.
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