Moving from ElevenClock (Python) to ElevenClock-rs

ElevenClock-rs is a new app, not an update of the original ElevenClock. It installs separately, keeps its own settings and never reads, changes or removes anything the original app left behind. Nothing here needs a terminal or a hand-edited file.

Before you start

The two apps must not run at the same time: both draw over the same taskbar clock.

1. Quit the original ElevenClock. Right-click its clock or tray icon and choose Quit ElevenClock. The Windows clock shows again.
2. Stop it starting at sign-in. Open Windows Settings > Apps > Startup and switch ElevenClock off. This is the Windows switch, so turning it back on later restores your old choice exactly.
3. Leave the original app installed if you might want to go back. Uninstalling it is your decision; ElevenClock-rs does not need it removed.

Your original settings stay in place, untouched. ElevenClock-rs does not import them, so choose your format again in its Settings window.

What carries over and what does not

Removed, with no replacement planned:

• Internet time synchronisation and time-server checks. Windows remains the only time source; the app never changes the system time.
• Notification counters, focus-assist indicators and other copies of Windows tray status.
• Custom gestures, double/middle-click actions and running commands or scripts.
• Format expressions: arithmetic, time offsets, extra time zones and HTML styling.
• Clocks placed anywhere other than over the taskbar clock, or more than one per display.
• Choosing a font, custom colours, background tints and opacity. The clock uses the Windows UI font and follows the taskbar’s colours.
• Translations: the app is in English only.
• In-app installation and telemetry. Self-managed copies can Check now or opt into Check for updates automatically in Settings (off by default, including upgrades). Automatic checks offer one tray notification per newer version; clicking opens its release page. Installation remains manual. Managed copies use their launcher and have no GitHub update checks.
• Importing settings from the original app.

Supported Windows

Stock Windows 11 on x64, with the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. The exact builds that were tested are listed in tested configurations.

Not supported: Windows 10, ARM64 devices (no ARM64 package is built), Windows Insider builds, taskbar replacements such as ExplorerPatcher or StartAllBack, and taskbars on the side or top of the screen. When the app cannot confirm where the Windows clock is, it draws nothing there and the Windows clock stays visible.

Going back

• To the Windows clock: choose Exit ElevenClock-rs in Settings or the tray menu. The Windows clock was never hidden or changed, so it shows immediately.
• To the original ElevenClock: exit ElevenClock-rs (or uninstall it in Settings > Apps > Installed apps), then switch ElevenClock back on in Settings > Apps > Startup and start it from the Start menu. Its settings are where you left them.
• To an earlier ElevenClock-rs: uninstall, install the earlier installer you kept, and start it from the Start menu. Your ElevenClock-rs settings are kept across uninstall. If the earlier version cannot read them, use its Reset to defaults.

Legacy reference

The Python/Qt app, its build scripts and workflows, its translations and artwork, and the rewrite planning documents were removed from the tree at cutover; the development evidence (Windows run records, screenshots, measurements) followed later. Nothing was deleted from Git history.

That code keeps its GPLv3 license and original notices (legacy/LICENSE at 0ac31152e265). It is not part of ElevenClock-rs releases.