New Update ExplorerPatcher

[roger_m]

It's getting continually more difficult to hack W11 with these tools. StartAllBack appears to be more successful. Don't know about the others.
Win 11 Pro not letting me download Explorer Patcher update
MS has flagged Explorer-Patcher as malware

Currently only ten vendors detect ExplorerPatcher at VirusTotal and they are mostly generic detections. Microsoft is no longer detecting it.

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[roger_m]

Microsoft Defender is now detecting it again. However it is detected as a hacking tool, HackTool:Win64/ExplorerPatcher!MTB, rather than malware. Kaspersky, Bitdefender and Avast/AVG/Norton don't detect it.

 

[silversurfer]

ExplorerPatcher, a popular UI-tweaking app for Windows 11 among enthusiasts, has been updated to a new version with several important changes. 22621.4317.67.1 is now available on GitHub with fixes for the non-working Win X menu on certain Windows 11 builds, Start menu crashes when opening context menus, and other improvements.

Here is the official changelog:

• Taskbar10: Win+X now works again on 226xx.4317+.
• Start10: Fixed an issue where the resource loader failed when the drive letter of the boot drive is other than C:.
• 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+.
• 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).

New ExplorerPatcher update fixes Win + X, Start menu crashes, and more on Windows 11

ExplorerPatcher, a popular UI tweaking app for Windows 11, received a new update with some important improvements.

www.neowin.net

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

New ExplorerPatcher update fixes Win + X, Start menu crashes, and more on Windows 11

ExplorerPatcher, a popular UI tweaking app for Windows 11, received a new update with some important improvements.

www.neowin.net

Microsoft flags too much stuff as malware that should be flagged as hacktool