22621.4317.67.1

Caution

Microsoft and other major antivirus vendors have flagged ExplorerPatcher as "malware". This is likely due to Microsoft's hatred against ExplorerPatcher, not because it contains a virus or such. Flags from Microsoft usually spread to other antivirus vendors.

Please include the following files and folders in your antivirus' exclusion list to prevent issues due to antivirus detections:

• C:\Program Files\ExplorerPatcher
• %APPDATA%\ExplorerPatcher
• C:\Windows\dxgi.dll
• C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy
• C:\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.exe being unable to start.
• If you do not trust this process, please refrain from using ExplorerPatcher and look for alternatives instead.
• Microsoft, if you are reading this, please reconsider the detections as there are a lot of users who trust this program and that risks from future EP developers are a thing.
• 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.

Note

When updating to 24H2, please uninstall EP before starting the update. You can install EP again with your settings intact after updating to 24H2. Due to explicit blocks by Microsoft, the update cannot proceed if EP is installed.

Tested on OS builds 22621.3296, 22631.4391, 22635.4440, 26120.961, 26100.1150, 26100.2161, and 26120.2213.

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• Taskbar10: Win+X now works again on 226xx.4317+. (cc9b6b3, #3837)
• Start10: Fixed an issue where the resource loader failed when the drive letter of the boot drive is other than C:. Thanks @ittrgrey for pointing out! (fc25c25)
• Start10: Fixed an issue where the Start menu crashes when summoning the context menu of an item that has jump list entries on builds 226xx.4391+ and 261xx.2130+. (4978024, #3842)
• ep_taskbar: Fixed an issue where "Not responding" windows are not handled properly.
• ep_taskbar: Flashing taskbar items are now animated.
• ep_taskbar: Narrator now describes the "Show desktop" button.
• ep_taskbar: TrayUI class is now exported.
• Localization: Added translations for Portuguese (Brazil). Thanks @thiagojramos!

A little request from us: EP's taskbar implementation is the only way to have the authentic Windows 10 taskbar experience on 24H2, and its development took a lot of effort for 8 consecutive months. It would be really, really appreciated if you can donate @Amrsatrio via Ko-fi to compensate the efforts 🙏

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 b93337a in branch master.