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Windows
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A collection of utilities bringing back classic features to Windows.
Open-Shell Version 4.4.196
Release Date
5/8/2025
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes

4.4.196 Latest$$$Whats Changed$$$Add ARM64 support$$$ExplorerPatcher compatibility
Open-Shell Version 4.4.195
Release Date
1/4/2025
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes

Whats Changed$$$Fix modern settings on Win11 24H2+ by @ge0rdi in #2091$$$Fix custom button with auto-hiding taskbar (#2067)$$$Apply taskbar customizations to News and interests (#676)$$$Update StartMenuL10N.ini for all languages by @Need74 in #2086$$$Full Changelog: v4.4.194...v4.4.195
Open-Shell Version 4.4.194
Release Date
12/5/2024
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes

Whats Changed$$$Avoid recursive Start menu initialization (#1675) by @ge0rdi in #1678$$$Fix potential division by zero in DetectGrayscaleImage (#1696) by @ge0rdi in #1701$$$Update Start Menu style previews. by @Lixkote in #1836$$$Make FixFolderScroll available in all Windows versions by @ge0rdi in #1887$$$Fix start button/menu misalignment on touch-screen devices by @ge0rdi in #1850$$$ModernSettings: Use proper AllSystemSettings file on newer Win11 by @ge0rdi in #2035$$$New Contributors$$$@Lixkote made their first contribution in #1836$$$@darthmooguy made their first contribution in #1912$$$@Need74 made their first contribution in #1793
Open-Shell Version 4.4.191
Release Date
8/16/2023
Bug Fix?
Yes
Minor Release?
Yes
Patch Notes

4.4.191 Latest$$$@pc-build-bot pc-build-bot released this Aug 16; 2023$$$ v4.4.191$$$Whats Changed$$$Separate taskbar icon for Open-Shell menu settings dialog$$$Allow negative horizontal/vertical menu offsets (#1629)$$$Fix checkboxes in settings dialog with custom themes (#1630)$$$Fix search results overlapping (#1648)
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