Explorer Patcher Changelog

This document includes the same release notes as in the Releases section on GitHub.

22000.168.0.7

Enables compatibility with ArchiveMenu.

22000.168.0.6

Fixes #5 (removes the delay at logon on newer builds like 22000.168; the bug is similar to the effect introduced by UndockingDisabled on these newer builds).

22000.1.0.5

Offsets are now determined at runtime

The application was tested on builds 22000.1 and 22000.168.

Library downloads and parses symbols in order to determine function hooking offsets at runtime and saves the data in a "settings.ini" file located in the application folder for future use; the file is invalidated when a new OS build is detected
The main executable attempts to determine the location where a jump has to be patched out so that Explorer remains on the 'show old taskbar' code path; it will systematically patch each jz/jnz instruction and will check whether Explorer still runs fine, and, if it does so and does not crash, whether the old taskbar got actually shown; once the offset is determined, it is saved in the "settings.ini" file for future use
Please have an unmetered active working Internet connection when running for the first time
Messages from the patcher (i.e. install/uninstall successful message, symbol downloading message) will now display in a toast (Windows 10 notification) if possible; when Explorer is not running, it falls back to using standard MessageBox'es
Disabled the pre/post build command that restarted sihost.exe in Debug builds

22000.1.0.4

New in this release

Win+X combination is now handled and opens the power user menu

Of note from previous releases:

Start menu is now displayed on monitor containing the cursor when invoked with the Windows key if the appropriate configuration is made into the registry (enables a functionality which was previously available in Windows 8.1). To activate this, follow this tutorial: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5943-start-menu-open-main-last-display-windows-10-a.html
The power user menu (Win+X) is now skinned using the system theme, as it was in Windows 10

22000.1.0.3

Start menu is now displayed on monitor containing the cursor when invoked with the Windows key if the appropriate configuration is made into the registry (enables a functionality which was previously available in Windows 8.1).

To activate this, follow this tutorial: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5943-start-menu-open-main-last-display-windows-10-a.html

22000.1.0.2

Fixes #1 (the menu is now skinned using the system theme, as it was in Windows 10).

22000.1.0.1

Added functionality to bring back the power user menu (Win+X).

22000.1.0.0

Initial version of the application. Only x64 builds.

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