If you’re using ExplorerPatcher or StartAllBack, this is why your computer won’t start
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.
Microsoft said that after applying the KB5022913 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 Windows Health Dashboard site.
«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.
