New Version of ExplorerPatcher

Dch48 · Apr 17, 2022

Edwin said:
Selling point!?!?!?
More like a sacrificial abomination!!!

LOL I have no problem with the taskbar. I've never even thought about having it anywhere but at the bottom and all the things people say are missing, I never used anyway.

Edwin · Apr 17, 2022

Dch48 said:
LOL I have no problem with the taskbar. I've never even thought about having it anywhere but at the bottom and all the things people say are missing, I never used anyway.

Me neither, except my Toolbars and my custom drag-n-drop 'Blind Mail Links'!
I invented them, I need them, I want them, nobody's taking them away from me!!!

valinet · Apr 17, 2022

catweazel said:
Hallo,
the only problem with me is the occasional crash of ShellExperienceHost.exe.

"Name of the faulty application: ShellExperienceHost.exe, Version: 10.0.22000.593, Timestamp: 0xacd7cefe
Name of the faulty module: dxgi.dll, Version: 22000.613.44.1, Timestamp: 0x6257d319
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Error offset: 0x000000000001df51
Id of the failed process: 0x278c
Start time of the faulty application: 0x01d8524bea25d943
Path of the failed application: C:\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe
Path of the faulty module: C:\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\dxgi.dll
Report ID: 883e9660-47f4-4552-b92d-09e3bf56b4cf
Bad package full name: Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost_10.0.22000.71_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
Application ID relative to the faulty package: App ",
but only when I click on the win10 network icon in the tray, so half as wild.
When I choose the Win7 icon no problems.

Yeah, it's expected. What "Win7 icon"???

valinet · Apr 17, 2022

ChrisKader said:
Any plans to submit the latest build to MS so they stop flagging it via SmartScreen?

Submit a file for malware analysis - Microsoft Security Intelligence

Submit suspected malware or incorrectly detected files for analysis. Submitted files will be added to or removed from antimalware definitions based on the analysis results.

www.microsoft.com

I have submitted a number of my own projects that flagged as false positive and they are normally fixed within a few days.

Not really, I cannot be bothered to do it for each release. Unless an executable is on the list, every application is flagged, so their stance is to basically deter users from running applications in general, and only cater to a few from their approved walled garden. Ofc I cannot be pro or support such behavior, this is bad/Apple design imo.

Ofc, I have nothing against you or anyone else submitting links there, but personally I won't do it. On my machines, I always disable Windows SmartScreen, among many other OS features.

yantodiaz · Apr 17, 2022

I just installed it and when I tried to make some changes my Bitdefender Total Security notified me as : Malicious Behavior Blocked.
Do you think it has a malware or virus in it????

dmitri · Apr 18, 2022

Right Clicking the taskbar makes Windows Explorer crash on my system.

OS - Windows 11 Pro 22000.651 (Release Preview)
EP Version - 22000.613.44.1

valinet · Apr 18, 2022

yantodiaz said:
I just installed it and when I tried to make some changes my Bitdefender Total Security notified me as : Malicious Behavior Blocked.
Do you think it has a malware or virus in it????

=))))

Antivirus false positives

This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows - valinet/ExplorerPatcher

github.com

Such issues would pretty much be gone if the files were digitally signed.

catweazel · Apr 18, 2022

valinet said:
Yeah, it's expected. What "Win7 icon"???

Hallo,
when i choose about the EP the Windows 7 Battery Icon for the Tray, the n i have no Problems. Similar with the network icon, I take the Windows 8 network icon, no problems
see:

Anixx · Apr 18, 2022

Hello, Valentin! I have tested the ribbon option but for some reason I see the Win10 ribbon when Win11 command bar
is chosen. Could it be that the options are confused?

I also have to add this option to my classic theme tutorial, but I have no rights to modify it currently.

Did you do it the same way as OldNewExplorer (patching resources)? If so, you also can introduce hiding the command
bar the same way.

kashtechtips · Apr 18, 2022

hdmi said:
I have witnessed this bug myself a few times also. Restarting the explorer process (i.e. by clicking on the Restart File Explorer link at the bottom of ExplorerPatcher's settings window) fixes it until the next time when it happens again, but it happens only very rarely for me.

Dang tried that doesnt work, might just have to reinstall windows

Jascha · Apr 23, 2022

Hello, I'm new to this forum and I use google translate to be able to communicate, so I apologize if there are errors. A huge thank you to Valinet for the great work they have done works better than Start11 and StartAllBack which are paid. Finally I have the result I wanted as you can see in the picture.

I have a single problem as you can see from the image:

The control center window is cut off, I mean it's not a big flaw and so this is more of a report than a resolution request.

The only request I would really like to make to Valinet is the possibility of translating his beautiful work into Italian. I tried to download the source code but I'm not a programmer and I don't know where to put my hands, I was hoping there was a single language file to be edited with NotePad ++ to translate it. I can do the translation as long as you tell me how to do it. Thanks again for your work.

NoKnot · Apr 23, 2022

Problem with newest version: 22000.613.44.1
Tried to add to start menu app shortcut, but it doesn't appear (specifically - Shotcut app.
It appears in the search, and can be pinned to the taskbar but not to the start menu.

Any help in resolving this issue is appreciated.

NoDoze · Apr 23, 2022

Jascha said:
I have a single problem as you can see from the image:
View attachment 27546

I see the problem and feel your plight. Cute, who is she? :wink:

SL64 · May 2, 2022

Hey, is there any chance you could make buttons and the context menu highlight square like it was in Windows 10? See the attached screenshot for what I mean - in Windows 10, the things in the red rectangles had square corners, and not round like in Windows 11. Since there's an option to make windows square, I thought it might be good to also have options to make these square (if it's possible).

Your program is seriously amazing in any case.

zwanderer · May 2, 2022

After update to 22000.652, ExplorerPatcher is broken (black screen after reboot, had to Ctrl+Alt+Del and uninstall). Tried the last development build without success.

Quick question, is this expected to happen after every new Windows version? If so, is there a way to implement a system where the addresses to patch are gathered from Microsoft Public Debug Symbols (similar to what AeroGlass do)?

The-Hive · May 2, 2022

@zwanderer Are you using a Dev build of Windows? as EP is not properly set up for dev builds because they can change so frequently

zwanderer · May 2, 2022

The-Hive said:
@zwanderer Are you using a Dev build of Windows? as EP is not properly set up for dev builds because they can change so frequently

Hi @The-Hive , not really, normal update channel, but I think this update got released today.

The-Hive · May 2, 2022

zwanderer said:
Hi @The-Hive , not really, normal update channel, but I think this update got released today.

Ok, maybe the symbol files are not ready, although I have updated everything and mine is working fine

zwanderer · May 2, 2022

ooohhh thanks, your answer gave me a hint to solve the problem, so explorer patcher is actually capable of downloading symbols, so I remembered that I actually put some firewall rules to prevent explorer.exe to talk to the internet (been using this tweak for years without issue to prevent some telemetry). I just temporarily disabled those rules and Explorer Patcher was able to download the symbols (it even showed a notification).

Good thing to put on my notes, disable the explorer rule on firewall everytime there is a windows update.

Thanks again @The-Hive for the help.

The-Hive · May 3, 2022

zwanderer said:
ooohhh thanks, your answer gave me a hint to solve the problem, so explorer patcher is actually capable of downloading symbols, so I remembered that I actually put some firewall rules to prevent explorer.exe to talk to the internet (been using this tweak for years without issue to prevent some telemetry). I just temporarily disabled those rules and Explorer Patcher was able to download the symbols (it even showed a notification).

Good thing to put on my notes, disable the explorer rule on firewall everytime there is a windows update.

Thanks again @The-Hive for the help.

There is an option in the menu under properties>advanced