Cannont Uninstall

[JBF70]

Before reporting your issue

• I have confirmed that this issue does not happen when ExplorerPatcher is not installed
• I do not have "register as shell extension" enabled
• I have tried my best to check existing issues

Repro ExplorerPatcher versions

ExplorerPatcher: 26100.4946.69.6

Repro Windows Versions

Windows 11pro 25H2 10.0.26200

3rd party tweak software installed

None

Describe the bug

1. renamed ep_setup.exe to ep_uninstall.exe
2. run ep_uninstall.exe as administrator.
3. get error popup
4. restart explorer.exe from task manager
5. rerun ep_uninstall.exe as administrator, same result
6. reboot
7. rerun ep_uninstall.exe as administrator, same result

Expected outcome

EP Uninstalled

Actual outcome

No change

Additional info

This issue is mostly of my own making. I did not verify that all my virus software was disabled.
As a result although EP is installed the start menu does not work. I am attempting to uninstall to get get back to the default.

Crash Dumps

No response

Media

No response

[pyrates999]

See this comment on how to manually remove EP: #4628 (comment)