ED built on Win11 25H2 26200.9445 crashes File Manager

[Bespoken]

@Bespoken, thanks for the confirmation and kind words! Really appreciate it.

The problem now is that if the WinPE-related functionality returns to normal someday, we should switch back to the old version. However, we don’t have time to keep monitoring it all the time.

You are welcome. I will volunteer to do the check for the next few months of Windows Update releases.

[Bespoken]

An interesting discovery.
- the old version was copied to a Temp folder
- the ED was booted and the old File Explorer was launched after browsing to the Temp folder and it open perfectly. It was also launched from the command prompt with the same results.

Looks like it only fails when launched from the Menu.

[admin]

An interesting discovery.
- the old version was copied to a Temp folder
- the ED was booted and the old File Explorer was launched after browsing to the Temp folder and it open perfectly. It was also launched from the command prompt with the same results.

Looks like it only fails when launched from the Menu.

Was that so? This shouldn't happen. Please make sure that what you copied was the old version. Thanks.

[Bespoken]

I should not do tests late at night. My custom ED build process with driver injection uses a stable WinRE environment so obviously FileManager would work. Sorry for the false report.

[admin]

I should not do tests late at night. My custom ED build process with driver injection uses a stable WinRE environment so obviously FileManager would work. Sorry for the false report.

No need to apologize at all, it's completely normal for there to be a slight discrepancy during late-night testing. Thank you for coming back to clarify, and also for your honest explanation. Thanks again for all your support!