ExplorerPatcher 22621.4317.67.1
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 22621.4317.67.1 changelog:
Tested on OS builds 22621.3296, 22631.4391, 22635.4440, 26120.961, 26100.1150, and 26100.2161.
Changes:
- 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!
Important note:
Please include the following folders in your antivirus' exclusion list to prevent issues due to false positive 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:
A little request from developer: Because the development of EP's taskbar implementation took a lot of effort for 8 consecutive months, and that an ARM64 device to support the making and testing of ARM64 builds is not cheap, it would be really appreciated if you can donate @Amrsatrio via Ko-fi.
Please consult the README for more details.A detailed change log is available here.