From b669b0aca4bbd9afe06067ca11171d4c7fec6b4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valentin Radu <valentin.radu@valinet.ro>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2022 00:34:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Start: Fixed a bug that prevented the app from receiving
 settings change notifications when some registry keys were not available on
 the system

---
 ep_setup/ep_setup.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ep_setup/ep_setup.c b/ep_setup/ep_setup.c
index e1ef01b..79d1491 100644
--- a/ep_setup/ep_setup.c
+++ b/ep_setup/ep_setup.c
@@ -1052,6 +1052,20 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(
                 CloseHandle(sei.hProcess);
             }
         }
+        if (bOk && bInstall)
+        {
+            HKEY hKey = NULL;
+            RegCreateKeyExW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, L"SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer", 0, NULL, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_READ, NULL, &hKey, NULL);
+            if (hKey && hKey != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+            {
+                RegCloseKey(hKey);
+            }
+            RegCreateKeyExW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer", 0, NULL, REG_OPTION_NON_VOLATILE, KEY_READ, NULL, &hKey, NULL);
+            if (hKey && hKey != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+            {
+                RegCloseKey(hKey);
+            }
+        }
         if (!bInstall)
         {
             if (bOk)