After installation, the screen goes black.

[ChrisLetti]

I installed a relatively clean Windows 11 Home 25H2 (without bloatware). I then installed ExplorerPatcher, and immediately after double-clicking the .exe file, the screen went black. Windows Explorer crashed and won't restart. Even restarting the computer doesn't change anything; Windows Explorer remains closed.

The question is, which Windows system components are required for ExplorerPatcher to work and prevent Windows Explorer from crashing?

[pyrates999]

please see this for how to recover from the black screen: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/wiki/ExplorerPatcher's-taskbar-implementation#help-my-screen-is-black

Then file an issue where it will ask you the necessary questions that allows you to get help with this.

[ChrisLetti]

Thanks for the suggestion, but that didn't help. I suspect the ExplorerPatcher just triggered something. I've been trying to get Explorer to start again for ages, but it's not working.

No offense, I think I'll reinstall Tiny Windows and then take a really close look at what actually breaks when I install the ExplorerPatcher.

[pyrates999]

See this comment: #2332 (comment)

Modified windows builds, such as Tiny11, is not supported by EP.