That said, I personally spend a lot of time using Windows PCs with the default settings. I’ve done the digging for the best utilities out there. If you want a more streamlined, classic Start menu or a taskbar that lets you move it wherever you like, you can get it. On Windows 11, Microsoft made big changes to the taskbar, and while some beloved features like taskbar labels and drag and drop are finally back, you can’t move the taskbar to another edge of your screen - and Microsoft has no plans to let you do so.īut these are Windows PCs we’re talking about - not iPads.

On both Windows 10 and Windows 11, the Start menu is now packed with ads, “suggestions,” and search results for Bing - not just the files on your computer. This release has been published automatically from commits up to and including 148e398 in branch master.Microsoft has made a lot of changes to the Start menu and taskbar over the past few years. Please consult the README for more details.Īn archive containing all the files generated during the build process (including dxgi.dll and symbol files) is available here. On OS builds 22621+, fixed a bug that crashed explorer.exe when required functions in (for Win+X and Windows 10 Alt+Tab) could not be found using the fallback method.File Explorer: EP now tries to avoid crashes related to the new Windows App SDK views.Taskbar11: Fixed a bug that crashed explorer.exe when right clicking the new taskbar on Windows 11 builds with 'Never combine' on the new taskbar.

Taskbar10: Fixed pen menu crashing explorer.exe on 22621.2134+.

Taskbar10: Fixed Windows 10 taskbar not showing up on Windows 11 builds with 'Never combine' on the new taskbar.

Instal ExplorerPatcher 22621.2361.58.4