ExplorerPatcher 26100.4946.69.5

ExplorerPatcher is a versatile and free tool that allows you to tweak and enhance the Windows Explorer. It comes with a range of useful features, including the ability to add new context menu items, change file name colors, and enable hidden features.

Feature summary

• Choose between Windows 11 or Windows 10 taskbar (with labels support, small icons and lots of customization).
• Disable Windows 11 context menu and command bar in File Explorer and more.
• Open Start to All apps by default, choose number of frequent apps to show, display on active monitor and more.
• Choose between the Windows 11, Windows 10 and Windows NT Alt-Tab window switcher with customization.

Lots of quality of life improvements for the shell, like:

• Skin tray menus to match Windows style, make them behave like flyouts and center them relative to the icon.
• Choose action when left and/or right clicking the network icon.
• Revert to the Windows 7 search box in File Explorer, or disable Windows Search altogether.
• Disable immersive menus and use mitigations that help you run the real classic theme without glitches.

• Discover the program's full range of features by reading this wiki article.

ExplorerPatcher 26100.4946.69.5 changelog:

Tested on OS builds 26100.4946, 26100.5074, 26200.5751, and 26220.6682.

TIP: Windows Defender no longer flags ExplorerPatcher. It is no longer needed to configure Defender exclusions. Enjoy!

Changes:

• 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.
• 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)
• Fixed weather button not having an icon. (#4545) (6959c69)
• You may need to perform "Clear weather widget local data" in EP properties > Weather.
• 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)
• File Explorer: Corrected shrunk address bar toolbar button size when Servicing_CFDNavButtonsTheming (NI: 56845961, GE: 52061322) is enabled. (#4552) (9e91030)
• 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.

Please consult the README for more details.
A detailed change log is available here.

Download: ExplorerPatcher 26100.4946.69.5 | ARM64 | ~11.0 MB (Open Source)
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