valinet/ExplorerPatcher 22000.348.39.1_493cf27

22000.348.39.1

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Tested on build 22000.348.

New features

• Built-in support for build 22000.348.
• Implemented option to toggle taskbar auto-hide when double clicking the main taskbar (#389)
• Running ep_setup.exe again while EP is already installed will now update the program to the latest version. To uninstall, as the previous behavior did, run ep_setup.exe /uninstall
• Implemented absolute height and width parameters for the Windows 10 switcher. These are especially useful for ultra wide monitors, in a scenario similar to the one described in this post - to configure, set MaxWidthAbs and/or MaxHeightAbs DWORD values in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ExplorerPatcher\sws (#110)
• Provides a simple mechanism for chainloading a custom library when the shell interface is created, from which you can execute your custom code (subject to change, see this for more details) (#408)

Feature enhancements

• Option to receive pre-release versions, if available, when checking for updates
• Improved behavior regarding symbol data information; please refer to https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/wiki/Symbols for more information (.1)

Fixes

• Fixed mismatches between defaults from EP and Windows' defaults
• Application starts with limited functionality on builds lacking hardcoded symbol information
• Improvements to how hung windows are treated by the Windows 10 window switcher; fixed an issue that severely delayed the time it took the window switcher to display when a window hung on the screen (#449)
• Clicking "Close" in the Windows 10 window switcher is now more tolerant to small mouse movements (#110) (.1)

Please consult the README for more details.
A detailed change log is available here.
An archive containing all the files generated during the build process (including dxgi.dll and symbol files) is available here.

This release has been published automatically from commits up to and including 493cf27 in branch master.

Notice from @valinet (13/12/2021):

To facilitate inclusion in winget, I was requested to have the installer create a "DisplayVersion" registry entry for the program's Control Panel uninstallation entry. This should have always been the case, but a bug in the installer prevented this from working correctly. That bug has been addressed in commit dfd7030 and the fix is included in the latest pre-releases. Of course, the stable version published here did not automatically benefit from that. The easiest and safest solution to backport that, maintaining the high integrity standards of the builds published here, so without me recompiling on my machine, was for me to download the generated executable from here, disassemble it and binary patch it to include the fix. Thus, the version uploaded here is the version I have patched manually. You can inspect the patch yourself by disassembling and comparing the untouched ep_setup.exe file from the artifacts (SHA256: cadcda96817b138309a54856f280333398a86ffd05e7bcf25bf5a7f26c067657) with the one available here (SHA256: fa0437336aeb6e9414ec3ba9b32e425aa6aab5e918d59a06364bf5dba91026d0). The specific function where the patch is made is SetupUninstallEntry. The differences, obtained with the command cmp -l ep_setup_o.exe ep_setup.exe | gawk '{printf "%08X %02X %02X\n", $1, strtonum(0$2), strtonum(0$3)}' (source) are listed below:

0000126B FF 48
0000126C 15 83
0000126D 60 C1
0000126E 72 02
0000126F 01 FF
00001270 00 15
00001271 48 5C
00001272 89 72
00001273 45 01
00001274 D7 00
0000140D 48 90
0000140E 8B 90
0000140F 4D 90
00001410 D7 90
00001411 FF 90
00001412 15 90
00001413 A2 90
00001414 70 90
00001415 01 90
00001416 00 90