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Nexus Dock v26.4 Released!

April 6, 2026




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 & drop, and many others not available in most other docks, such as live icon reflections, in-dock system tray 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 Version 26.4 delivers faster access to applications, enhanced keyboard control and a smoother desktop experience with the new All Programs tab type (Nexus Ultimate), a new hotkey manager, and improved search performance. It also brings a long list of usability enhancements, visual refinements, localization updates, and important reliability fixes.

Nexus runs on the 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7, 8.x, 10 and 11.
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What's New? Highlighted Features:


  • A Faster, Smarter Way to Launch Apps (Nexus Ultimate).

    • The new All Programs tab provides a powerful new way to browse and launch applications from shelves, drawers and Grid Stacks. Instead of navigating through nested Start Menu folders, all applications are displayed together in a single alphabetically sorted list with letter separators, making it much easier to find what you want at a glance.

    Just start typing and the Search Box will appear automatically, filtering the list in real time as you type. This makes the All Programs tab especially effective for quickly locating installed applications without the distractions of the Windows Start Menu.



    Version 26.4 also introduces a new Programs tab type that displays the contents of the Start Menu All Programs folder with program groups opening as Grid Stacks. A shortcut to a 7x5 All Programs Grid Stack is now included by default on the dock, giving new users immediate access to this feature.


  • Full Hotkey Control at Your Fingertips.

    • Hotkeys are now more powerful and easier to manage than ever. You can assign hotkeys to sub-docks, Grid Stacks and LaunchPads, making it possible to instantly open them wherever the mouse pointer is, or close them again if they are already open (Nexus Ultimate).

    Version 26.4 adds a new Hotkey Manager to the Troubleshooting Options dialog. It provides a convenient overview of all defined hotkeys, including their location, current status and any conflicts, and also allows hotkeys to be edited or removed directly from a single place.




  • Significantly Improved Search Performance (Nexus Ultimate).

    • Search is now much faster and more responsive across shelves, drawers and Grid Stacks. Instead of retrieving items from disk every time the search filter changes, the application now keeps using the existing in-memory data unless a file system change is detected in the source folder or tab.

    Simply start typing to activate search - items that don't match are automatically filtered out.

    The result is a smoother and more fluid experience while typing, especially when used together with the new All Programs tab.

    Shelves and drawers no longer auto-collapse while the Search Box is open, and the Search Box can now be closed by clicking the magnifying glass icon (in addition to pressing ESC as before).




  • New Grayscale Mouseover Effect.

    • A new option lets the grayscale effect be combined with other icon mouseover effects. When enabled, all icons appear in grayscale until hovered. As the mouse moves across the dock, the focused icons magnify and transition smoothly back to full color, producing a clean and elegant effect that makes the active item stand out immediately.

    For animation effects such as bounce or push, the icon switches to full color during the animation and then returns to grayscale afterward. For particle effects, the icon itself remains grayscale while the particle animation is shown in color.




  • Language Updates.

    • Expanded language support and improved international compatibility


    • Added Chinese Traditional HK language file.
    • Updated Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Portuguese, Portuguese (BR), Russian, German, Spanish, Italian and French language files.
    • Fixed a DBCS parsing issue that could merge lines and produce corrupted characters in languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
    • Added full support for the Chinese-market SKU, including localized resources, licensing adjustments and region-specific configuration handling.


  • Many other Improvements to Usability, Integration and Reliability.

    • Version 26.4 also includes a wide range of other improvements:


    • Added Page Up, Page Down, Home and End navigation in shelves, drawers and Grid Stacks, allowing faster navigation in larger containers (Nexus Ultimate).
    • Drag & drop files can now be passed as arguments to UWP applications.
    • Shortcuts dropped from the Windows Start Menu or Shell:AppsFolder are now resolved correctly, avoiding file not found issues and ensuring running indicators behave properly.
    • Monitor names are now read directly from the monitor itself, showing the correct model name instead of Generic PnP Monitor.
    • The RAM Meter now defaults to Private Memory on new installations for a more meaningful per-process memory reading.
    • Balloon tooltips for shortcut files now display full target file details alongside the shortcut description.
    • Preferences now close automatically when resetting to factory settings via the Troubleshooting dialog, ensuring the new settings are applied immediately.
    • Windows 11 users can now run a Speed Test directly from the context menu of the Network tray icon.


  • Fixes and Stability Improvements.

    • This release also contains a substantial number of bug fixes and reliability improvements.


    • Fixed Critical Explorer Crash When Dragging Files from Folder Tabs (Nexus Ultimate).
    • Fixed a long-uptime overflow issue that prevented SMART data from being retrieved by the Disk Meter after 24.87 days of uptime (Nexus Ultimate).
    • Minimizing windows to the dock no longer stops working if Explorer crashes.
    • Fixed a potential hang when mousing over a dock while the current foreground window belonged to a frozen application.
    • Fixed an issue where clicking the Desktop could incorrectly be detected as WIN+D, causing the first click of a desktop icon double-click to be ignored.
    • Fixed an issue where a shelf or drawer set to auto-collapse on launch could become unresponsive if it launched an application that changed the reserved screen area on the same edge (Nexus Ultimate).


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


Nexus v26.4 complete change log:


  • Added Chinese Traditional HK language file.
  • Updated Chinese Traditional language file.
  • Updated Chinese Simplified language file.
  • Updated Portuguese language file.
  • Updated Portuguese (BR) language file.
  • Updated Russian language file.
  • Updated German language file.
  • Updated Spanish language file.
  • Updated Italian language file.
  • Updated French language file.
  • MSN Weather feed now uses the heavy rain icon for "Rain", which was previously unused.
  • Default button on the Delete Confirmation dialog has been changed to Yes.
  • Added "Restart Nexus" internal command.
  • You can now drag & drop files as arguments to UWP applications.
  • Ensured text for disabled items remains readable even when the item is selected regardless of current UI mode (e.g. Alarm Manager with Dark UI modes).
  • Changed the moon and sun weather icons used for light cloudy days.
  • Monitor names are now read directly from the monitor itself, so you’ll see the correct model name instead of the usual "Generic PnP Monitor".
  • Shortcuts targeting file system applications pinned to the Windows Start Menu or from the Shell:AppsFolder are now properly resolved when dropped into the Winstep application, so they do not potentially result in a "file not found" error when trying to run them due to the automatic 32 bit to 64 bit re-direction. Likewise, running indicators now light up properly for those type of shortcuts.
  • Windows 11: added "Perform Speed Test" option to the context menu of the Network tray icon, opens Speedtest.net on a browser page.
  • Added new "Combine with the Grayscale effect" setting to the Mouseover effects. When enabled, all icons appear in gray scale until hovered. For animation effects (bounce, push, etc), the icon switches to full color during the animation and returns to gray scale afterward. For particle effects (burn, heal, etc), the icon stays gray scale, but the particle animation itself displays in color.
  • Miscellaneous minor performance optimizations to text drawing.
  • Building the jumplist table is no longer automatically performed at startup if the Jumplist feature is disabled.
  • Added a new Hotkey Manager to the Troubleshooting Options dialog. It provides an overview of all defined hotkeys, including their location, status, and any conflicts. Hotkeys can also be edited or removed directly from this dialog.
  • Balloon tooltips for shortcut (.lnk files) now display full target file details alongside any description.
  • Added a "Buy me a Beer" button to the About tab of Preferences.
  • Mitigated Access Violation exception reading from 0xC that happened on some systems right at startup while initializing a 3rd party DLL required for HTTPS web access. Actual cause still unknown although interference from 3rd party software is suspected. It was possible to recover and continue, but this required pressing Retry 17 times. The exception dialog no longer appears but HTTPS access is not possible if the exception happens silently. The Check Internet Access test in the Troubleshooting Options dialog will let the user know if he is affected by this or not.
  • Minimizing windows to the dock no longer stops working if Explorer crashes.
  • Detached menus were not being automatically resized when changing that monitor's DPI settings.
  • Fixed potential issue that could cause the Winstep application to hang/freeze when you moused over the dock if the current foreground window belonged to a frozen application.
  • The Icon Browser dialogs failed to retrieve an icon image from a PNG file if the filename had commas in it.
  • When accessed from the Dock Properties Effects tab, changing the "Combine with Magnify effect" option in the Effects Panel did not update the corresponding setting in the Effects tab.
  • Fixed bug that was causing language files to be parsed in "slow mode".
  • Fixed a DBCS parsing issue that could merge lines and produce corrupted characters in languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
  • Fixed an issue where clicking the Desktop could incorrectly be detected as WIN+D (Show Desktop) being active, causing the first click of a double‑click on a desktop icon to be ignored.


Nexus Ultimate v26.4 complete change log:


  • Added Chinese Traditional HK language file.
  • Updated Chinese Traditional language file.
  • Updated Chinese Simplified language file.
  • Updated Portuguese language file.
  • Updated Portuguese (BR) language file.
  • Updated Russian language file.
  • Updated German language file.
  • Updated Spanish language file.
  • Updated Italian language file.
  • Updated French language file.
  • You can now drag & drop files as arguments to UWP applications.
  • Ensured text for disabled items remains readable even when the item is selected regardless of current UI mode (e.g. Alarm Manager with Dark UI modes).
  • Changed the moon and sun weather icons used for light cloudy days.
  • Shelves and Drawers no longer auto-collapse/hide if the Search Box is currently on the screen.
  • It is now possible to close the Search Box by clicking on the Magnifying Glass icon. Previously this required pressing the ESC key or deleting all search characters.
  • Optimized performance of the Search filter by not retrieving the items from disk every time the search filter changes, unless there has been a file system change in the source folder/tab.
  • Added a new "Programs" tab type to shelves, drawers and grid stacks: shows the contents of the Start Menu "All Programs" folder, with Program groups opening as Grid Stacks.
  • A new “All Programs” tab type has been added to shelves, drawers, and grid stacks. This tab displays the full contents of the Start Menu’s All Programs folder, but without any program groups or subfolders. All applications are shown together in a single, alphabetically sorted list, complete with letter separators similar to the Windows 11 Start Menu. Because everything appears on one level and is neatly organized, this tab type is highly optimized for quickly locating applications. Just start typing and the Search Box will appear automatically, filtering the list in real time to show only the items that match your query.
  • Monitor names are now read directly from the monitor itself, so you’ll see the correct model name instead of the usual "Generic PnP Monitor".
  • Added Page Up, Page Down, Home and End keyboard navigation shortcuts to shelves, grid stacks and drawers.
  • Shortcuts targeting file system applications pinned to the Windows Start Menu or from the Shell:AppsFolder are now properly resolved when dropped into the Winstep application, so they do not potentially result in a "file not found" error when trying to run them due to the automatic 32 bit to 64 bit re-direction. Likewise, running indicators now light up properly for those type of shortcuts.
  • Windows 11: added "Perform Speed Test" option to the context menu of the Network tray icon, opens Speedtest.net on a browser page.
  • More stable scrolling in shelves, drawers and grid stacks, PGUP and PGDN also scroll smoothly.
  • Added new "Combine with the Grayscale effect" setting to the Mouseover effects. When enabled, all icons appear in gray scale until hovered. For animation effects (bounce, push, etc), the icon switches to full color during the animation and returns to gray scale afterward. For particle effects (burn, heal, etc), the icon stays gray scale, but the particle animation itself displays in color.
  • Any on-screen balloon tooltip is now hidden before the animation to open a Grid Stack, Launch Pad or sub-dock starts.
  • Improved the icon selection performance of shelves and grid stacks when screen sized and fully expanded.
  • Miscellaneous minor performance optimizations to text drawing.
  • Building the jumplist table is no longer automatically performed at startup if the Jumplist feature is disabled.
  • You can now assign hotkeys to sub-docks. Pressing the hotkey will open the sub-dock where the mouse pointer is (or close it if already open).
  • You can now execute launchpads and open grid stacks and sub-docks with a hotkey.
  • When adding a Grid Stack or Launch Pad, the default name now matches the name displayed on the tab tile.
  • Renaming the parent icon of a Grid Stack or Launch Pad will now automatically rename the corresponding Grid Stack or Launch Pad.
  • Added a new Hotkey Manager to the Troubleshooting Options dialog. It provides an overview of all defined hotkeys, including their location, status, and any conflicts. Hotkeys can also be edited or removed directly from this dialog.
  • Balloon tooltips for shortcut (.lnk files) now display full target file details alongside any description.
  • Preferences are now automatically closed when resetting to factory settings via the Troubleshooting dialog, ensuring changes are applied immediately.
  • The default configuration now includes a shortcut to a 7×5 All Programs Grid Stack on the dock.
  • Added full support for the Chinese‑market SKU, including localized resources, licensing adjustments, and region‑specific configuration handling.
  • Fixed overflow issue that would prevent SMART data from being retrieved for the Disk Meter after 24.87 days of system uptime.
  • Mitigated Access Violation exception reading from 0xC that happened on some systems right at startup while initializing a 3rd party DLL required for HTTPS web access. Actual cause still unknown although interference from 3rd party software is suspected. It was possible to recover and continue, but this required pressing Retry 17 times. The exception dialog no longer appears but HTTPS access is not possible if the exception happens silently. The Check Internet Access test in the Troubleshooting Options dialog will let the user know if he is affected by this or not.
  • Minimizing windows to the dock no longer stops working if Explorer crashes.
  • Blank separators in shelves, grid stacks and drawers would appear selected when smooth scrolling a multi-selection area.
  • Detached menus were not being automatically resized when changing that monitor's DPI settings.
  • Fixed potential issue that could cause the Winstep application to hang/freeze when you moused over a dock if the current foreground window belonged to a frozen application.
  • Shelf's Grayscale mouseover effect was mixed with Push effect.
  • The Icon Browser dialogs failed to retrieve an icon image from a PNG file if the filename had commas in it.
  • When accessed from the Dock Properties Effects tab, changing the "Combine with Magnify effect" option in the Effects Panel did not update the corresponding setting in the Effects tab.
  • When selecting multiple icons with the mouse and auto-scrolling outside a shelf or grid stack, some icons outside the selection box could remain selected or unselected until the mouse pointer was moved.
  • Items with keyboard hotkeys were being executed even if the parent shelf/dock was disabled.
  • Fixed bug that was causing language files to be parsed in "slow mode".
  • Fixed a DBCS parsing issue that could merge lines and produce corrupted characters in languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
  • Fixed an issue where clicking the Desktop could incorrectly be detected as WIN+D (Show Desktop) being active, causing the first click of a double‑click on a desktop icon to be ignored.
  • Fixed a bug in the cartoon moon module style renderer that could trigger an access violation.
  • Fixed an issue where a shelf or drawer set to auto‑collapse on launch could become unresponsive if it launched an application that changed the reserved screen area on the same edge.
  • Fixed MAJOR bug introduced in v25.0 that would actually crash Explorer when trying to drag one or more files from a Folder type tab to an Explorer window.

Archived News

Nexus Dock v26.4 Released!

April 6, 2026

Introducing the new All Programs tab (Nexus Ultimate), a powerful Hotkey system, and the new combined Grayscale Mouseover effect - and much more!

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Winstep Xtreme v26.1 Released!

January 27, 2026

Added new Disk Meter module, Recent Items Jumplist, multiple usability and robustness enhancements - and much more!

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Nexus Dock v26.1 Released!

January 27, 2026

Added new Disk Meter module (Nexus Ultimate), Jump List Recent Items support, multiple usability and robustness enhancements - and much more!

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Winstep Winter Sale!

December 20, 2025

Buy during the Winter Sale → Save now AND save again by getting v26.1 for free.

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Happy Holidays!

December 10, 2025

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Black Friday 2025!

November 28 2025

Black Friday 2025 is upon us and Winstep Xtreme is 40% off.

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Winstep Xtreme v25.9 Released!

September 29, 2025

Added Launch Pads (one-click workspaces), multi-select, per-tab colorization, multi-timezone clocks, Nexus Icon Factory - and much more!

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Nexus Dock v25.9 Released!

September 29, 2025

Added Nexus Icon Factory plus Launch Pads (one-click workspaces), multi-select, per-tab colorization and multi-timezone clocks to Nexus Ultimate - and much more!

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Forums now support dark mode!

August 14, 2025

Make sure you are logged in to the forums, then click the little moon/sun icon at the top right of the page to toggle between dark and light modes.

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Winstep Xtreme v25.7 Released!

July 29, 2025

Restored Battery, Net, and Volume systray icons.
Fixed WIN+D under Windows 11 24H2.
Resolved all DBCS issues under Korean, Japanese and Chinese versions.
Improved visuals all around - and much more!

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Nexus Dock v25.7 Released!

July 29, 2025

Restored Battery, Net, and Volume systray icons.
Fixed WIN+D under Windows 11 24H2.
Resolved all DBCS issues under Korean, Japanese and Chinese versions.
Improved visuals all around - and much more!

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Winstep Xtreme 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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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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