ExplorerPatcher Start Menu Shortcut Missing After Update, How to Open Properties?

[raaomoka]

Hi all,

Recently updated to ExplorerPatcher v22621.2506.60.1 via the prompt from ExplorerPatcher on system start-up. After updating, everything is looking and working as they should. However, it appears the ExplorerPatcher shortcut I had pinned to my Start Menu got delete during the update, and no new ones were created in the start menu after the update.

System: Surface Pro 7+ Running Windows 11 Pro v22H2 OS Build 22621.1413

I had configured ExplorerPatcher to simply remove the Recommended section of the Start Menu, while keeping everything else the same as they originally are in Windows 11, including the taskbar and its minimal context menu. So, I currently don't seem to have any means to launch the ExplorerPatcher properties dialog. Please how do I go about creating a shortcut to launch it?

[raaomoka]

I simply downloaded the latest ep_setup.exe file, ran it, and this time, it created the properties shortcut in my start menu, which I was able to pin to my start menu again. Settings remained unchanged as expected.

For anyone who comes across similar issue in the future, simply create a new shortcut with the following details and you should be good to go:

• Target: C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe "C:\Program Files\ExplorerPatcher\ep_gui.dll",ZZGUI
• Start in: C:\Windows\System32
• Name: Properties (ExplorerPatcher)
• Comment: ExplorerPatcher
• Assign it an icon; default is shown below from the System32 shell32.dll file:
• 

Hope that helps 🙂