This is an extremely simple mod that changes the game's loading screen at startup to the loading interface of the Windows 10 system, and it has been open-sourced on GitHub.
If you are not satisfied with the default startup icon and loading animation in this mod, you can modify the icons and loading animation frames displayed at startup by changing the icon.png file located in assets/wso/icon.png or the images in the assets/wso/loading directory within the mod's JAR file, through resource packs or other methods.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as WindowsStaringOverlay-1.21.11-1.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 81 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.