Warning
Newly released binaries tend to get falsely flagged by Defender. False flags like these usually go away after some time.
Please include the following files and folders in your antivirus' exclusion list to prevent issues due to antivirus detections:
C:\Program Files\ExplorerPatcher%APPDATA%\ExplorerPatcherC:\Windows\dxgi.dllC:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewyC:\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy
For Defender, you can run the following script in PowerShell as an administrator:
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Program Files\ExplorerPatcher"
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:APPDATA\ExplorerPatcher"
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Windows\dxgi.dll"
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy"
Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy"- If you are downloading from this page, please temporarily disable real-time protection or save to a folder excluded from antivirus scans.
- Failure to exclude ExplorerPatcher's files may result in inability to install/uninstall EP and
explorer.exebeing unable to start. - If you do not trust this process, please refrain from using ExplorerPatcher and look for alternatives instead.
- Issues related to antivirus detections will be closed immediately. Discuss this in #3670 or #3228.
Caution
We DO NOT recommend using EP on work machines running Windows 11 version 24H2. More info here.
Tested on OS builds 22621.3296, 22631.5189, 22631.5335, 26100.3476, 26100.4061, and 26100.4188.
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- ❗ ep_taskbar: Fixed incompatibility with 26200.5603 (Dev), 26120.4151 (Beta), and 26100.4188 (Release Preview). (#4321)
- Start10: Fixed Pin to Start on 226x1.4541+ and 261xx.2454+. (#3984) (4ef3667, 123ea8b)
- sws: Added support for 24H2. (#3765)
- ep_dwm: Added support for 24H2. (#3555)
ep_dwm.exehas been renamed toep_dwm_svc.exeto get around 24H2 upgrade blocks. (115b462)- ep_dwm: Now always unregistered on uninstallation, regardless of whether it was running during the uninstallation or not. (858b634)
- Setup: The failure message now displays the associated code line number that failed, to assist in troubleshooting. (c64a17e)
- Taskbar10: Fixed disabling immersive menus on ARM64. (8b4d8db)
- Taskbar10: Fixed Win+X menu still having Windows Terminal entries when Windows Terminal is not installed, that crashes Explorer when selected. (1b20cbd, 207f669)
- For now, if you want to have PowerShell entries, Windows Terminal must be uninstalled.
- Taskbar10: Fixed Win+X entry clicks doing nothing on 26xxx.5551+ ARM64.
- GUI: Added dropdown indicators to dropdown entries. (9f71a5c)
- GUI: The language names now include the country name. (3f11766)
- Localization: Added Czech translations. (Thanks @9hb, @andrewz1986, and @Panzimy!)
- Localization: Added Spanish (Spain) translations. (Thanks @AlejandroMartiGisbert!)
- ep_taskbar: Added support for "Show desktop button: Hidden" setting. (#4020) (1be6658)
- ep_taskbar: Fixed a bug that prevented shortcut global hotkeys from working on 24H2. (#3777, #4016)
- ep_taskbar: Fixed a bug that prevented the taskbar from resizing properly after DPI changes. (#3796)
- ep_taskbar: Added the following languages: German, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Spanish (Spain), Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified).
- ep_taskbar: Fixed a number of memory leaks and code/behavior inaccuracies.
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 3a93b76 in branch master.