[fpc-pascal] Want to create a program launcher for Windows 11, suggestions please.

[Tomas Hajny]

On 2025-09-08 16:18, Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal wrote:
> So I have been forced to update my laptop to Windows 11, which I have 
> resisted
> for a long time. As expected there are a lot of changes that are not to 
> my
> liking but can be worked around or so.
> 
> But for my productivity I have for ages used the Quick Launch Bar 
> integrated in
> the bottom toolbar of my laptop. It has worked really well to collect 
> my most
> often used application icons at the bottom with a 1-click launch 
> function.
> 
> Now Microsoft has removed support for extra toolbars and I have tried 
> to use the
> opensource ExplorerPatcher (find it on Github) to return the 
> QuickLaunch
> toolbar, but apparently in a recent Windows build this has been 
> blocked. :-(
> 
> After spending a lot of time moving to Win 11 and trying to configure 
> it in some
> sensible way similar to what I had I have given up and here I am...
  .
  .

I cannot contribute to the part of your question directly related to 
FPC, but I'd suggest using an older version of ExplorerPatcher 
(22621.3527.65.1) and disable updates, that works even with the latest 
Win11 builds - at least it works for me. :-) Note that any potential 
further discussion about this part should go to fpc-other, because this 
is not related to FPC.

Tomas