ExplorerPatcher
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
6recommend
1warn against
Nov 15, 2025first mention
Jun 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“This fixes that”
“Shout out to https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher for forcing this behavior even on Windows 11.”
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“don't forget ExplorerPatcher which restores some nice Win10 taskbar”
“The only thing keeps Windows 11 usable for me are these two mods..”
“Fortunately, ExplorerPatcher exists and can restore the functionality.”
Caveats and dissent
“I was using Explorer Patcher, but it was buggy for me”
uses Windows only for gaming, Linux otherwiseon “Windows quality update: Progress we've made since Ma…”
Often compared with
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Also written as Explorer Patcher. Data: explorerpatcher.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“This fixes that”
“I was using Explorer Patcher, but it was buggy for me”
“Every release involves fixing a bunch of things that Microsoft broke”
“Shout out to https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher for forcing this behavior even on Windows 11.”
“don't forget ExplorerPatcher which restores some nice Win10 taskbar”
“The only thing keeps Windows 11 usable for me are these two mods..”
“Fortunately, ExplorerPatcher exists and can restore the functionality.”
“ExplorerPatcher looks cool too”
“ExplorerPatcher makes it easy to configure in the settings menu”