Taskbar becomes unresponsive when right clicked

[Diego-JRH]

Before reporting your issue

• I have confirmed that this issue does not happen when ExplorerPatcher is not installed
• I do not have "register as shell extension" enabled
• I have tried my best to check existing issues

Repro ExplorerPatcher versions

Explorer Patcher 22621.4317.67.1

Repro Windows Versions

Edición Windows 11 Pro
Versión 24H2
Instalado el ‎09/‎12/‎2024
Versión del sistema operativo 26100.2605
Experiencia Paquete de experiencia de características de Windows 1000.26100.36.0
x64

3rd party tweak software installed

None

Describe the bug

1. Install Explorer Patcher
2. Set Windows 10 start menu (dont know if this is relevant)
3. Hover the cursor over the taskbar icon, they work as usual, even when clicked
4. Right click on the taskbar
5. Click on the options that appear or click outside to close the menu
6. The taskbar appears as if it has moved to the background.
7. Hover over the taskbar icons and click them, they act as if they are kept pressed
8. Click again in one of the icons of the taskbar or the taskbar itself.
9. The problem solves.

Expected outcome

When pressing the icons, they should open the program (or open the start menu if the windows icon is pressed) even if you first right click in the taskbar.

Actual outcome

If a right click in the taskbar is performed, any action in the taskbar fails unless the taskbar is clicked again.

Additional info

Check video to see the bug

Crash Dumps

No response

Media

Grabacion.2024-12-28.160647.1.mp4

[pyrates999]

To verify this is caused by enabling the windows 10 start menu, change the start menu back to windows 11 start menu. And check if this still happens.

[Diego-JRH]

I just did, and the problem persists, in fact I restored defaults and the problem is still there.

[pyrates999]

Let's see what the console in explorer patcher shows. Open up the properties application for explorer patcher, go to advanced, and click on enable console.

Recreate the issue and copy and paste the output from the console.

[Diego-JRH]

Running on Windows 11, OS Build 10.0.26100.2605.
Loaded symbols
Setup user32 functions done
CAppResolverCacheBuilder::_AddUserPinnedShortcutToStart() = 4B92C
Setup explorer functions done
Setup uxtheme functions done
ILauncherTipContextMenuVtbl = 6AB890
CLauncherTipContextMenu::ShowLauncherTipContextMenu() = 265FA0
CLauncherTipContextMenu::GetMenuItemsAsync() = 5AE210
[SMA] matchVtable = 6ADDC0
[SMA] matchSingleViewShellExperienceFields = FDEAC
[SMA] matchAnimationHelperFields = FDEEB, +0x240, +0x260
[SMA] matchTransitioningToCortanaField = 37E0B4, +0x2C8
[SMA] CStartExperienceManager::GetMonitorInformation() = A5030
[SMA] CExperienceManagerAnimationHelper::Begin() = 2D0694
[SMA] CExperienceManagerAnimationHelper::End() = 23D5D4
[SMA] matchHideA in CStartExperienceManager::Hide() = 1CE25F
[SMA] matchHideB in CStartExperienceManager::Hide() = 1CE29F
[SMA] Advertising successful animations patching.
Setup twinui.pcshell functions done
Setup combase functions done
Setup twinui functions done
Setup stobject functions done
Setup bthprops functions done
Setup shell32 functions done
Setup windows.storage functions done
Setup inputswitch functions done
Setup peopleband functions done
Installed hooks.
Open Start on monitor thread
EP Service Window thread
Started "Open Start on current monitor" thread.
Initialized taskbar centering module.
Progman: 263510
Progman hook: 263599
0 0
[EnsureXAML] 31 ms.
[Updates] Starting daemon.
[Updates] Configured update policy on this system: "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them".
[Updates] Path to module: C:\WINDOWS\dxgi.dll
[Updates] Using hardcoded hash.
[Updates] Checking against hash "22622.4317.67.1.8bfca71add96d3de"
[Updates] Update URL: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases/latest/download/ep_setup.exe
[Updates] Hash of remote file is "22622.4317.67.1.8bfca71add96d3de" (valid).
[Updates] Local version obtained from hash is 22622.4317.67.1.
[Updates] No updates are available.

This is what appears, but when I recreate the issue nothing new shows up in the console.

[pyrates999]

Ok, thanks. Please wait for a developer to respond.