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https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

Allows one to modify various Windows 11 features.

• This was most notably to get a usable taskbar with full program names, but the feature was added natively to Windows 11 (although often with shorter names)

• 2024-07-31 - 22621.3527.65.5 on Windows 11 - why do I have this? I'll just archive it.
• 2023-11-23 - 22621.2506.60.1 on Windows 11

• 2023-09-16 - 22621.1992.56.1 on Windows 11 - uninstalled

  • An install of 22621.1992.56.3 completely buggered everything, and I can't even install the earlier supposedly-working version.
• 2023-08-21 - 22621.1992.56.1 on Windows 11

• 2023-03-20 - 22621.1413.54.3 on Windows 11

  • Fixed #1087
• 2023-03-17 - 22621.1344.53.1 on Windows 11
• 2022-11-27 - 22621.608.51.6 on Windows 11

• 2022-07-06 - (version not recorded) on Windows 11

2023-08-21 - 22621.1992.56.1 ∞

[FIX/WORKAROUND] - Explorer keeps re-starting ∞

(issue 1707)

A recent Windows 11 update broke ExplorerPatcher, causing explorer to continually re-launch. To fix this.

1. Uninstall ExplorerPatcher
2. Launch regedit.exe

3. Search for

   • Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ExplorerPatcher
4. Delete that folder and its sub-folders.
5. Reboot

6. Reinstall ExplorerPatcher.

   • It will take some time, but it will work with all your earlier settings.

Thanks to https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/discussions/1702

2023-03-17 - 22621.1344.53.1 ∞

[FIXED] - Task View doesn't work ∞

SOLVED: Fixed in 22621.1413.54.3

See Windows 11.

A Windows 10 taskbar style removes the Task View [ 1 ] UI with either the windows-tab hotkey or the task bar button. While I can use things like control-windows-right to switch to the right desktop, I cannot pull up the UI.

The workaround is to reset it back to Windows 10 style. Frankly I'd rather lose the functionality until it's fixed by the maintainer.

• #1098 - Task View no longer working with most recent update

  • Apparently the program is a bit of a tangled mess on the inside.

Alternatives ∞

• A lot of the defaults in Windows 11 aren't all that bad. You can check out Winaero Tweaker to make many things sensible; it's comprehensive.

Last updated 2024-07-31 at 17:16:09

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