New Version of ExplorerPatcher

hdmi · Oct 19, 2021

RogerOver said:
You could create a shortcut and put "%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons" into the destination path. But this does not help a lot.

Well at least you can make it remember your Taskbar Toolbars settings (see my batch code below), but the on/off setting of each System Icon (former 'Notification area Icon') is stored in a more complex way, i.e., in the IconStreams value that's under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify
With a bit of luck this PoSH might still work on Win11:

Windows 7 Notification Area Automation – Falling Back Down the Binary Registry Rabbit Hole

Once more unto the breach dear friends. After countless hours of searching for a programmatic way to modify the notification settings of the task tray icons, I came to the conclusion that there are…

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But I never tested that one, as I prefer to just "Always show all icons in the notification area" (which can be achieved simply by inserting

Code:

reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer /f /v EnableAutoTray /t REG_DWORD /d 0

before the 2nd taskkill command).

Code:

reg export HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop "%~dp0\My_Taskbar-Toolbars_Backup.reg" /Y
ren C:\Windows\dxgi.dll dxgio.dll
copy "%~dp0\dxgi.dll" C:\Windows
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe
del C:\Windows\dxgio.dll
reg import "%~dp0\My_Taskbar-Toolbars_Backup.reg"
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
start explorer.exe
del "%~dp0\My_Taskbar-Toolbars_Backup.reg"
pause
explorer.exe shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}\SystemIcons

ricardovix · Oct 20, 2021

The program could just have an option to keep all icons centered in the taskbar

AndreTen · Oct 20, 2021

ricardovix said:
The program could just have an option to keep all icons centered in the taskbar

Not what this program does - just enabling the Taskbar from Windows 10, and this option is not present with Windows 10.

But author give some suggestion about this on his website :wink:

Edit. this is actually an author's fork of one program: Center Taskbar buttons

Center taskbar buttons · Issue #33 · valinet/ExplorerPatcher

Guide here

github.com

JAM83 · Oct 20, 2021

I like this, but i want my taskbar centered instead of the left side. . . The Settings in Personalization has it centered, but the taskbar is still left.

JAM83 · Oct 20, 2021

how can I uninstall this?

JAM83 · Oct 20, 2021

ricardovix said:
The program could just have an option to keep all icons centered in the taskbar

It actually does. . .Right click on the start button and select properties, and disable the Windows 10 Taskbar.

AndreTen · Oct 20, 2021

JMedlock83 said:
how can I uninstall this?

Uninstallation

First, move the taskbar to the bottom, if you have moved it to the top or to the sides. This is so that the Windows 11 taskbar can render correctly.

Then, to uninstall, rename the DLL in the locations where you placed it from dxgi.dll to dxgio.dll. Then, reboot the computer and delete the dxgio.dll file from the locations where it is placed. You can also then safely delete the %appdata%\ExplorerPatcher directory as well.

It's on the athor's site.

Also possibility of centering Taskbar icons are described in the post above yours

JAM83 · Oct 21, 2021

AndreTen said:
It's on the athor's site.

Also possibility of centering Taskbar icons are described in the post above yours

Thanks! I had to uninstall it. It was causing explorer to crash and refresh randomly.

Stigg · Oct 21, 2021

JMedlock83 said:
Thanks! I had to uninstall it. It was causing explorer to crash and refresh randomly.

I think that is happening for some people even without that.

The-Hive · Oct 21, 2021

I am led to believe that explorerpatcher will not work with the latest build 22000.282 due to MS not publishing the symbols yet (if that means anything to anyone) however it is being investigated and may well be sorted by the time the public release is available. Please note that is what I am led to believe and may not be correct as I do not have the .282 version to test it.

AndreTen · Oct 21, 2021

The-Hive said:
I am led to believe that explorerpatcher will not work with the latest build 22000.282 due to MS not publishing the symbols yet (if that means anything to anyone) however it is being investigated and may well be sorted by the time the public release is available. Please note that is what I am led to believe and may not be correct as I do not have the .282 version to test it.

Strange, as it is working fine with Dev builds...

The-Hive · Oct 21, 2021

AndreTen said:
Strange, as it is working fine with Dev builds...

maybe it's been sorted then, just what I gathered from a friend and read online from the issues section.

AndreTen · Oct 21, 2021

New version is out: 22000.258.31.0

Release 22000.282.31.4 · valinet/ExplorerPatcher

Tested on build: 22000.282. New features Cortana button now opens the Widgets panel Ability to choose what happens when clicking the Network icon in the system tray Possibility to use the legacy c...

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New features

Cortana button now opens the Widgets panel

Ability to choose what happens when clicking the Network icon in the system tray

Possibility to use the legacy clock flyout

Possibility to use the legacy volume flyout

Fixes to fully support the classic theme, with a functional taskbar, system tray, Explorer windows, working context menus; read more about this feature here

Choose type of flyout for clock (.1)

Feature enhancements

Reorganized settings in the GUI

Added option not to have an accelerator for the Properties menu entry in Win+X (#162)

Fixes

Fixed an issue where the Windows 10 window switcher failed to display some windows (#161)

Fixed an issue that prevented Start from opening again until Explorer was restarted after opening File Explorer via the Start menu Explorer icon (#145)

Fixed patching in libvalinet

Fixed GUI launch path; GUI now launches in an external process, survives Explorer restarts

The-Hive · Oct 21, 2021

I got that today on one machine

RogerOver · Oct 21, 2021

Installed this morning, but went back to previous version, because of the white frame around the system tray !
(customized color mode: dark Windows mode and light mode for applications)

The-Hive · Oct 21, 2021

RogerOver said:
Installed this morning, but went back to previous version, because of the white frame around the system tray !
(customized color mode: dark Windows mode and light mode for applications)

I didn't have that on mine, it was no different just a few more options. I assume you have checked them, just saying that because I found in earlier versions some settings will affect others. not wanting to state the obvious to you. :ROFLMAO:

hdmi · Oct 21, 2021

The-Hive said:
I didn't have that on mine, it was no different just a few more options. I assume you have checked them, just saying that because I found in earlier versions some settings will affect others. not wanting to state the obvious to you.

I don't have that problem either. I had already applied all the tweaks I wanted before I even discovered ExplorerPatcher's existence, which it recognizes correctly excepting only the command bar in Explorer that I have disabled by using Brink's tutorial. At least this gave me the chance to finally test my little batch code that I posted previously on here.