diff --git a/ExplorerPatcher/utility.h b/ExplorerPatcher/utility.h
index a0fc405..f613087 100644
--- a/ExplorerPatcher/utility.h
+++ b/ExplorerPatcher/utility.h
@@ -399,6 +399,23 @@ inline BOOL ExitExplorer()
     return PostMessageW(hWndTray, 0x5B4, 0, 0);
 }
 
+inline void StartExplorerWithDelay(int delay)
+{
+    WCHAR wszPath[MAX_PATH];
+    ZeroMemory(wszPath, MAX_PATH * sizeof(WCHAR));
+    GetWindowsDirectoryW(wszPath, MAX_PATH);
+    wcscat_s(wszPath, MAX_PATH, L"\\explorer.exe");
+    Sleep(delay);
+    ShellExecuteW(
+        NULL,
+        L"open",
+        wszPath,
+        NULL,
+        NULL,
+        SW_SHOWNORMAL
+    );
+}
+
 inline void StartExplorer()
 {
 
diff --git a/ep_setup/ep_setup.c b/ep_setup/ep_setup.c
index 895b57a..cbb2599 100644
--- a/ep_setup/ep_setup.c
+++ b/ep_setup/ep_setup.c
@@ -304,6 +304,33 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(
     WCHAR wszPath[MAX_PATH];
     ZeroMemory(wszPath, MAX_PATH * sizeof(WCHAR));
 
+    if (argc >= 1 && !_wcsicmp(wargv[0], _T(EP_SETUP_HELPER_SWITCH) L"_" _T(EP_CLSID)))
+    {
+        HANDLE hEvent0 = CreateEventW(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, _T(EP_SETUP_HELPER_SWITCH) L"_" _T(EP_CLSID));
+        HANDLE hEvent1 = CreateEventW(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, _T(EP_SETUP_HELPER_SWITCH) L"_" _T(EP_CLSID) L"_1");
+        if (hEvent0 && hEvent1)
+        {
+            SetEvent(hEvent1);
+            CloseHandle(hEvent1);
+            hEvent1 = NULL;
+            WaitForSingleObject(hEvent0, INFINITE);
+            CloseHandle(hEvent0);
+            hEvent0 = NULL;
+            StartExplorerWithDelay(1000);
+        }
+        if (hEvent1)
+        {
+            CloseHandle(hEvent1);
+            hEvent1 = NULL;
+        }
+        if (hEvent0)
+        {
+            CloseHandle(hEvent0);
+            hEvent0 = NULL;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     if (argc >= 1 && !_wcsicmp(wargv[0], L"/extract"))
     {
         if (argc >= 2)
@@ -395,6 +422,22 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(
     {
         bOk = TRUE;
 
+        HANDLE hEvent0 = CreateEventW(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, _T(EP_SETUP_HELPER_SWITCH) L"_" _T(EP_CLSID));
+        HANDLE hEvent1 = CreateEventW(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, _T(EP_SETUP_HELPER_SWITCH) L"_" _T(EP_CLSID) L"_1");
+        HRESULT hr = CoInitialize(NULL);
+        if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
+        {
+            if (hEvent0 && hEvent1)
+            {
+                hr = ShellExecuteFromExplorer(wszOwnPath, _T(EP_SETUP_HELPER_SWITCH) L"_" _T(EP_CLSID), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
+                if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
+                {
+                    WaitForSingleObject(hEvent1, INFINITE);
+                }
+            }
+            CoUninitialize();
+        }
+
         BeginExplorerRestart();
         Sleep(100);
 
@@ -657,17 +700,24 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(
             );
         }
 
-        GetWindowsDirectoryW(wszPath, MAX_PATH);
-        wcscat_s(wszPath, MAX_PATH, L"\\explorer.exe");
-        Sleep(1000);
-        ShellExecuteW(
-            NULL,
-            L"open",
-            wszPath,
-            NULL,
-            NULL,
-            SW_SHOWNORMAL
-        );
+        if (!hEvent0 || !hEvent1 || FAILED(hr))
+        {
+            StartExplorerWithDelay(1000);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            SetEvent(hEvent0);
+        }
+        if (hEvent1)
+        {
+            CloseHandle(hEvent1);
+            hEvent1 = NULL;
+        }
+        if (hEvent0)
+        {
+            CloseHandle(hEvent0);
+            hEvent0 = NULL;
+        }
     }
 
 	return GetLastError();