Got it, credit to sanigerson, had to run this:
rundll32 C:\Windows\dxgi.dll,ZZGUI
Properties window opened, enabled Windows 10 taskbar and now back to normal. Geez I hate Windows 11 with a passion.
Sadly still nothing. Renamed the old one, added in 34.1, restarted the PC, still nada. At this point i'd settle just to be able to ungroup all my windows! :(
Much appreciated, that worked. Is there anyway to entirely reset this process so I can start again? If I download that dxgi.dll file and place it in the Windows folder, it doesn't add the properties option anymore. (this is after killing Explorer and restarting it)
Ok, now I really need help. I've completely lost the start bar and I can only see the devices and printers button. This has broken my explorer. How do I fix it?
I just updated one of my settings as the clock disappeared, now it's reverted everything and the Properties section is missing. I've re-downloded the dxgi.dll file, renamed the one in C:Windows and added the new one, but still nothing. Any idea what happened? it won't detect it at all.
Is there no way to go back to the Windows 10 explorer then with thumbnails? I've been looking ever since I stupidly 'upgraded' and the only thing we have is Windows Thumbnail Generator, which hasn't been updated since W11 went public.
Does this bring back the folder thumbnails from Windows 10 in explorer? I hate the blank folders in W11, can't see any content. Awful update from Microsoft.