Caution
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Tip
Windows Defender no longer flags ExplorerPatcher. It is no longer needed to configure Defender exclusions. Enjoy!
Tested on OS builds 26100.4946, 26100.5074, 26200.5751, and 26220.6682.
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- ep_weather: Fixed "Unable to load weather information" due to changes in Google's side. Thanks @davids5 for the fix! (#1334, #4351) (c3c83ff)
- Start11: Fixed hiding of Recommended Section on recent builds of 24H2. Thanks @m-wigley for the fix! (#4476) (9106226)
- GUI: File Explorer > Title bar is now available again on >= 22H2. Thanks @SandTechStuff! (583fa53)
- Reduced the occurrences of the Windows 11 bug in Explorer windows where
WM_SETTINGCHANGE
would scroll the folder items list to the top. (fa19402) - Changed hooking library to SlimDetours. (ff30457)
- On ARM64, fixes incompatibilities with certain Windhawk mods that hook
CreateWindowExW
such as Taskbar Volume Control. - On ARM64, fixes a very slim chance bug where hooked functions would cause a crash when called until a reboot.
- On ARM64, fixes incompatibilities with certain Windhawk mods that hook
- ep_taskbar: Now statically links to private functions it uses. (ab99f26)
- Taskbar10: Fixed folder toolbar menus and Toolbars > New toolbar not working on builds with
TrayThreadBSTA
(54481602) feature flag turned on, such as 26100.5074+. (#4542) (1bbe207) - GUI: Windows 8 Network flyout is now no longer an option on builds >= 25346 as van.dll was removed. Thanks @m-wigley for the fix! (#4478) (72c6983)
- On Windows 11 22H2+, Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher) taskbar a.k.a. ep_taskbar is now used by default. (ad2fa72)
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- Fixed weather button not having an icon. (#4545) (6959c69)
- You may need to perform "Clear weather widget local data" in EP properties > Weather.
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- File Explorer: Fixed "Shrink address bar height" resulting in broken graphics on recent 24H2 builds. (#4552) (6d946bd)
- Start10: Fixed open/close animation patching on x64 27938+ and ARM64 27881+. (201a7e5, 79f8dd3, f873888, 465117e, 4434d10)
- Start10: Fixed Windows 10 Start menu refusing to open when the new Windows 11 Start menu feature flag(s) are enabled. (#4523) (afd109f)
- Fixed Windows 10 Alt+Tab and Windows 10 taskbar Win+X functionality on ARM64 226x1 and 27686+. (18dfcd0)
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- File Explorer: Corrected shrunk address bar toolbar button size when Servicing_CFDNavButtonsTheming (NI: 56845961, GE: 52061322) is enabled. (#4552) (9e91030)
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- Start10: Fixed Windows 10 Start menu not opening on 22H2/23H2 ARM64. (c08b0a6)
Known issues we will address in the short term:
- Changing weather icon pack to "Microsoft" has no effect.
- On Nickel (Windows 11 22H2/23H2), when the new Windows 11 Start menu is enabled, using Windows 10 or Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher) taskbar will crashloop explorer.exe.
✉️ A little message from @Amrsatrio: My PayPal account is currently having problems receiving funds, so if you want to support my work of keeping ExplorerPatcher working, please do so through my GitHub sponsors page or through these crypto addresses. Thank you very much for the support!
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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 206dcf5 in branch master.