Windows 11 update breaks PCs that dare sport a custom UI
The massive update to Windows 11 rolled out this week is proving to be a headache for users who are running some third-party UI customization applications on their devices.February 2023 non-security preview update – also called Moment 2 – Windows systems with some of those UI tools installed won't work at all as expected.
"Windows devices with some third-party UI customization apps might not start up," the IT titan noted on the"These third-party apps might cause errors with explorer.exe that might repeat multiple times in a loop. These types of apps often use unsupported methods to achieve their customization and as a result can have unintended results on your Windows device."
ExplorerPatcher and StartAllBack are two of the UI customizations apps caught up in borkage, according to the software purveyor, although in the latter case getting the most current build may fix the issue. The problem only effects systems running Windows 11 22H2. Windows Server is not affected. ExplorerPatcher is an open-source program for both Windows 10 and 11 that deliver a range of customization options for the Windows device's desktop, including restoring the classic Windows 10 taskbar to Windows 11 devices to adding or removing features.
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