And since it has a virtually non-existent memory footprint, you don’t have to worry about slowdowns at startup either - at least it hasn't for me on the two laptops that I’m running it on. Now, simply drag and drop - or copy and paste - the shortcut that you just created into the newly opened window.Īnd voila! You should see Percentage loading up seamlessly alongside Windows 10 from now onward. Type shell:startup into the search box, and then click OK. On the context menu, click Create Shortcut to generate a shortcut for the file. Simply visit the download location and right-click the percentage.exe file. Now on to the task of getting Percentage up and running at startup. I would’ve liked to see a percentage symbol next to the numbers, but that’s just nitpicking - instead, I moved the icon next to Window 10’s own battery icon and that made it look a whole lot better. Percentage is fully transparent, and the numbers merge nicely into theme of the taskbar. There's nothing to install, and you should find a new icon show up within the system tray instantly.
Once downloaded, simply run the executable file. Or just use the Download button below if you hate wading through the site to find a download link. But there’s a way to make it run at startup automatically, and I’m going to show you how to do that as well.įor starters, download the Percentage executable file from GitHub. However, there’s a slight problem - you need to run the application each time you restart your laptop. I instead prefer Percentage, an open source app that fits well with the Windows 10 taskbar and doesn’t take up as much real-estate as BatteryBar. You should still see the native battery icon present within the system tray - if you want to have it removed, scroll down to the Removing the Battery Icon section further below.īatteryBar is pretty great at what it does, but the Windows Vista-ish appearance of the icon can be quite glaring. Upon installation, you should see a brand new icon show up immediately on the taskbar, complete with remaining battery life denoted as a percentage.Īnd even better, simply click on the icon once and it switches to displaying the amount of time remaining. However, you’ll come across a few settings, but you don’t have to modify any since the defaults are sufficient. Alternately, use the Download button below to have it downloaded instantly.Īfter downloading, simply install the application - I found no bloat in the installer, so you shouldn’t have to worry about anything unwanted installing alongside. Simply head over to and download the free version of BatteryBar. There’s also a paid edition of the app dubbed BatteryBar Pro, but the free version should be more than sufficient for the job at hand. The first application that I’m going to mess around with is BatteryBar.
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