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(Major bug) Opening any game causes explorer.exe to crash when 7+ Taskbar Tweaker is running

ZeekDaGeek 9 місяців тому оновлено Michael (Ramen Software) 9 місяців тому 3

Version: v5.14.1

After a recent Windows 10 update any time that 7+ Taskbar Tweaker is running and you open a program with some sort of graphics it causes explorer.exe to crash and instantly restart. As soon as I stop the 7+ Taskbar Tweaker.exe the problem no longer happens.

My best guess at the cause is any time 7+TT attempts to edit the taskbar since the newest update it causes an error.

Steps I've been using to reproduce:

  • Have 7+TT running
  • Launch a File Explorer window for tracking if explorer.exe restarts
  • Launch Minecraft / Borderlands 2 / Team Fortress 2 (I attempted to use very common games for testing)
  • The moment you click into the game for the first time after it loads explorer.exe will restart
  • Tab out of the game and you'll notice that the File Explorer window is closed

Settings for 7+TT:

Image 524

Event Viewer error log:

Log Name:      Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 2023-08-23 1:15:36 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: ZeekPC
Description:
Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 10.0.19041.3393, time stamp: 0x0bf928ad
Faulting module name: explorer.exe, version: 10.0.19041.3393, time stamp: 0x0bf928ad
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000008ae2f
Faulting process id: 0xd60
Faulting application start time: 0x01d9d59027ec2104
Faulting application path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
Report Id: f674aff2-b89d-47d9-a445-a9b4b7e36cb7
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Event Xml:



1000
0
2
100
0
0x80000000000000

164568


Application
ZeekPC



explorer.exe
10.0.19041.3393
0bf928ad
explorer.exe
10.0.19041.3393
0bf928ad
c0000005
000000000008ae2f
d60
01d9d59027ec2104
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
f674aff2-b89d-47d9-a445-a9b4b7e36cb7

Відповідь

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Please try the newly released beta version, v5.14.1.4, and let me know whether it works. It can be downloaded here. If all is well, I'll release a non-beta version with the fix in a couple of days.

Based on a few minutes of testing it appears that v5.14.1.4 fixed the issue. I've launched a couple of games and explorer.exe is no longer crashing and restarting.

Thanks for fixing things so quickly, grouped taskbar items are the worst. 😁