valinet/ExplorerPatcher 22000.469.41.16_677b196

22000.469.41.16

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Tested on OS build 22000.434.

New features

• Built-in support for OS builds 22000.434, 22000.438, 22000.466, and 22000.469
• Ability to choose a Windows 10 or Windows 11 Start button style for the Windows 10 taskbar (#436, thanks @krlvm)
• Support for screen readers in the Properties window (#627) (.1)
• Option to disable Office hotkeys (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Windows key combinations) (#661) (.4)
• Simple Window Switcher can switch applications instead of windows (#665) (.5, .6)
• Option to disable rounded corners for windows (.7)
• Ability to hide the "Properties" item from the taskbar context menu (.9)
• Import/export functionality for program settings (.11)

Feature enhancements

• The option to toggle taskbar auto hide when double clicking the taskbar now works with the Windows 11 taskbar as well
• Performing a memory leak dump now displays GDI, peak GDI, USER and peak USER object counts as well
• The language switcher list displays only the options that work (previously, it showed some cryptic internal implementations, like "LOGONUI", "UAC", "SETTINGPAGE" and "OOBE"). Thus, the list of language switchers offers the following choices:
  • Windows 11 (default)
  • Windows 10 (with link to "Language Preferences")
  • Windows 10
• Simple Window Switcher now highlights windows that require user attention (windows that have their taskbar button flash and colored in orange) (.8)
• Reliability improvements for the option that maps the Win+C shortcut to open the clock flyout instead of Microsoft Teams (eliminated dependency on symbol data) (.10)
• When an update is available, the notification displays the version of the update (.12)
• The updater correctly detects when the current version is a pre-release but the user has switched the update channel to stable and does not suggest the older stable version as an update anymore (multiple reports, #540, #710) (.12)
• Import/export settings suggests a file name automatically (.15)

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented the Properties UI's system menu from displaying and working correctly
• Fixed a bug that displayed a wrong timestamp (29/08/2021) instead of the current date and time on the notifications generated by ExplorerPatcher
• Fixed a wrong function prototype (5b4bd07#r62018175, thanks @Simplestas)
• Protected some state variables from changing internally if modified in the registry until explorer is restarted
• Fixed a bug that could unexpectedly prevent the [Win]+[Alt]+[D] shortcut from working properly
• Windows 10 language switcher displays correctly when the taskbar is placed in some location other than the bottom of the screen (#629) (.2)
• Available symbols download properly on Insider builds (tested on 22526.1000) (.3)
• Mitigated an explorer.exe bug where Windows 10 taskbar buttons were becoming too large under certain circumstances when the setting to show labels/never combine is used and the screen resolution/DPI changes (#664) (.6)
• Performance improvements and bug fixes for Simple Window Switcher (.8)

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 677b196 in branch master.