New Version of ExplorerPatcher

starbuck said:

I just got pushed the 26200.8655 update and it broke my Explorer Patcher, but this pre-release appears to have it working again!

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I updated to 25H2 26200.8655 yesterday and have ExplorerPatcher 26100.8457.70.1 (latest official release) and it seems to be working fine. What problem do you see?

Windows Security disabled Explorer Patcher 70.2 as a Trojan. False positive and restored EP since Windows Defender should stop flagging me about non-existent threats.

EP 70.2 re-implemented support for the Windows 10 mode Microsoft removed in 8674. Details:

Introduced a re-implemented 10 Start menu tile layout engine that was removed in 26xxx.8474. (688514f)

• Note that the restoration is partial. Tiles can overlap when pinned via the Pin to Start option (doesn't happen when dragging items from apps list to the pinned area), this can be worked around by restarting StartMenuExperienceHost.exe or explorer.exe as a whole to repair the layout.
• Stay tuned on #4960 and the official Discord server for updates.

REMINDER: Always make sure you upgrade Explorer Patcher after installing Windows updates. Today my father called me because his laptop was stuck in a File Explorer crashing loop. I killed (End Task) File Explorer process from Task Manager and then loaded (New Task) Microsoft Edge (MSEDGE) so I could download latest Explorer Patcher version and install it. Once I installed latest version File Explorer worked properly and my father could finally use his laptop.

So if you encounter a File Explorer crashing loop, the solution is to install latest Explorer Patcher. Even if it is the same version, it might be corrupt (unsuccessful upgrade) and cause issues. Just download it again and reinstall to repair.

ExplorerPatcher 26100.8457.70.3 Pre-Release

ExplorerPatcher 26100.8457.70.3 Final​

Changelog:

Tested on OS builds 22621.4317, 22631.7079, 26100.6899, 26100.8037, 26200.8246, 26200.8457, 26300.8493, and 28000.2113.

TIP: Windows Defender no longer flags ExplorerPatcher. It is no longer needed to configure Defender exclusions. Enjoy!

Release 26100.8457.70.3 · valinet/ExplorerPatcher

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ExplorerPatcher 26100.8457.70.4 Pre-Release / 26100.8457.70.3
Tested on OS builds 22621.4317 x64, 22631.7079 x64, 26100.6899 ARM64, 26200.8457 x64, 26300.8493 x64, 26300.8758 x64, 28000.2269 ARM64, and 29617.1000 x64.

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• Important: Fixed 10 taskbar and 10 Start menu crashing on 26xxx.8474+ and 28xxx.2298+.
  • Due to 10 Start menu's tile layout engine being removed from StartTileData.dll, the 10 Start menu option has been temporarily hidden. (bf36cde, 8a5b8ba)
  • The 10 Start menu option has been made available again in version 70.2.
• Highlight: Fixed Windows 10 battery flyout crashing on 25951+. (659c2d0)
  • As a side effect, the network flyout buttons had to be reverted to pre-24H2. Fixes #4691.
• Changes to "Primary taskbar location on screen" in EP properties now reflect immediately. (6c9b41d)
• Windows 11 taskbar autohide is no longer modified on Explorer boot. (e6becc9)
• "Open Start in All apps by default" is now hidden when the new 11 Start menu is enabled. (#4648) (d8f1d1c)
• Windows 10 Start menu on 21996-22000.51 now no longer crashes. (39ac219)
• Fixed regedit.exe crashing when switching to thumbnail view in the import/export registry file dialog. (#3940) (80be85d)
• Updated pattern matching code to support recent builds especially with 26H1 ARM64. (677fd9f, e641e0a, e77123a, 3c8e79f, 854770b, 04dd52b, ce22476, baf0fdb, b532116, c0adee2, eefa0bf, 420e112, 3be4f3f, 1bf0d81, 47d7481, 31d2c23, bdf95c3, fe8cc2b, 1be3c79)
  • Improved efficiency on ARM64.
• Added Greek translations. Thanks @KonVetsos!

ep_taskbar:

• Now supports all 43 Windows 11 languages.
• Fixed reimplementation mistakes in system tray and some other places.
• [For mod developers] Changed ep_taskbar's DLL names from numbers to the codename of the first major release a single variant supports. (cc36e34)
• [For mod developers] TrayUI no longer inherits Microsoft::WRL::RuntimeClass; vtables are now stable on builds with multiple ITrayUI revisions like ep_taskbar.ge.dll (formerly ep_taskbar.5.dll).

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• Introduced a reimplemented 10 Start menu tile layout engine that was removed in 26xxx.8474. (688514f)
  • A full restoration has been introduced in version 70.4.
• Added an executable name blacklist to prevent shell extension from loading in certain applications. (#4819) (991b8ca)
• Updated 10 Start menu animation patterns for 28xxx.2149+ ARM64. (c480fc2)

ep_taskbar:

• Fixed a deadlock relating to base EP reporting taskbar position and the taskbar reporting search/task view button location and size both to WindowsUdk.ShellCommon.dll during taskbar initialization.

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• Start10: Mitigated a new breakage related to removal of tablet mode code currently being rolled out on 25H2 Experimental builds 8553, 8687, 8697, and beyond. Thanks @AllieTheFox! (94cc68e)
• Start10: Pinned tiles are no longer reset after 5 consecutive crashes. Thanks @AllieTheFox! (cc85aaf)
• GUI: Fixed the wording of some strings. Thanks @sefinek! (626ebf2)

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• Fixed 10 (EP) taskbar crashing on 28xxx.2298+ (26H1), x64 only. ARM64 is not affected. (#5063)
• Restored 10 Start tile pinning behavior on 26xxx.8474+ and 28xxx.2298+. (96839ff, 0ecde00)
• Fixed Explorer Pin to Start/Unpin from Start context menu action behavior when 10 Start is used on 226xx.3420+. (96839ff, 0ecde00)
• Switching between 10 and 11 Start without restarting Explorer no longer results in broken open/close animation. (f022f50, 59a6a42)
• Fixed properties dialog crash with hide-titlebar-elements Windhawk mod. Thanks @ypx13 for the report and @AllieTheFox for the work! (0fad899)
• Fixed Explorer crashlooping with file-explorer-content-animation Windhawk mod. (#5098, 85e3d3a)
• Fixed Simple Window Switcher not showing up when 11 taskbar is used. (#4982, 91bbc0e)

In 70.4, the Windows 10 Start Menu mode is now completely reimplemented.