Taskbar10: Centered taskbar works in remote sessions and when animations are turned off system-wide

ExplorerPatcher/ExplorerPatcher.vcxproj

@@ -259,7 +259,10 @@
       <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
       <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="lvt.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="lvt.c">
+      <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
+      <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="SettingsMonitor.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="StartMenu.c">
       <ExcludedFromBuild Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">true</ExcludedFromBuild>

ExplorerPatcher/TaskbarCenter.c

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 #include "TaskbarCenter.h"
 
+DEFINE_GUID(POLID_TurnOffSPIAnimations, 0xD7AF00A, 0xB468, 0x4A39, 0xB0, 0x16, 0x33, 0x3E, 0x22, 0x77, 0xAB, 0xED);
+extern int(*SHWindowsPolicy)(REFIID);
 extern HWND PeopleButton_LastHWND;
 extern DWORD dwWeatherToLeft;
 extern DWORD dwOldTaskbarAl;
 extern DWORD dwMMOldTaskbarAl;
 extern wchar_t* EP_TASKBAR_LENGTH_PROP_NAME;
 #define EP_TASKBAR_LENGTH_TOO_SMALL 20
+BOOL bTaskbarCenterHasPatchedSHWindowsPolicy = FALSE;
 
 HRESULT TaskbarCenter_Center(HWND hWnd, HWND hWndTaskbar, RECT rc, BOOL bIsTaskbarHorizontal)
 {
@@ -428,4 +431,29 @@ BOOL TaskbarCenter_GetClientRectHook(HWND hWnd, LPRECT lpRect)
 	}
 	if (bWasCalled) return bWasCalled;
 	return GetClientRect(hWnd, lpRect);
+}
+
+BOOL TaskbarCenter_SHWindowsPolicy(REFIID riid)
+{
+	if (IsEqualIID(riid, &POLID_TurnOffSPIAnimations) && (TaskbarCenter_ShouldCenter(dwOldTaskbarAl) || TaskbarCenter_ShouldCenter(dwMMOldTaskbarAl)))
+	{
+		DWORD flOldProtect = 0;
+		if (!bTaskbarCenterHasPatchedSHWindowsPolicy && *((unsigned char*)_ReturnAddress() + 7) == 0x0F)
+		{
+			if (*((unsigned char*)_ReturnAddress() + 8) == 0x85 && VirtualProtect((unsigned char*)_ReturnAddress() + 9, 1, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &flOldProtect))
+			{
+				*((unsigned char*)_ReturnAddress() + 9) += 2;
+				VirtualProtect((unsigned char*)_ReturnAddress() + 9, 1, flOldProtect, &flOldProtect);
+			}
+			else if (*((unsigned char*)_ReturnAddress() + 8) == 0x84 && VirtualProtect((unsigned char*)_ReturnAddress() + 13, 2, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &flOldProtect))
+			{
+				*((unsigned char*)_ReturnAddress() + 13) += 0x90;
+				*((unsigned char*)_ReturnAddress() + 13) += 0x90;
+				VirtualProtect((unsigned char*)_ReturnAddress() + 13, 2, flOldProtect, &flOldProtect);
+			}
+			bTaskbarCenterHasPatchedSHWindowsPolicy = TRUE;
+		}
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return SHWindowsPolicy(riid);
 }

ExplorerPatcher/TaskbarCenter.h

@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@ inline BOOL TaskbarCenter_ShouldLeftAlignWhenSpaceConstrained(DWORD dwSetting)
 }
 
 BOOL TaskbarCenter_GetClientRectHook(HWND hWnd, LPRECT lpRect);
+
+BOOL TaskbarCenter_SHWindowsPolicy(REFIID riid);
 #endif

ExplorerPatcher/dllmain.c

@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ int Code = 0;
 HRESULT InjectStartFromExplorer();
 void InvokeClockFlyout();
 void WINAPI Explorer_RefreshUI(int unused);
+int (*SHWindowsPolicy)(REFIID);
 
 #define ORB_STYLE_WINDOWS10 0
 #define ORB_STYLE_WINDOWS11 1
@@ -9164,8 +9165,9 @@ DWORD Inject(BOOL bIsExplorer)
     }
 
 
-#ifdef USE_PRIVATE_INTERFACES
     HANDLE hShcore = LoadLibraryW(L"shcore.dll");
+    SHWindowsPolicy = GetProcAddress(hShcore, (LPCSTR)190);
+#ifdef USE_PRIVATE_INTERFACES
     explorer_SHCreateStreamOnModuleResourceWFunc = GetProcAddress(hShcore, (LPCSTR)109);
     VnPatchIAT(hExplorer, "shcore.dll", (LPCSTR)0x6D, explorer_SHCreateStreamOnModuleResourceWHook);
 #endif
@@ -9620,14 +9622,9 @@ DWORD Inject(BOOL bIsExplorer)
 
 
 
-    if (VnPatchDelayIAT(hExplorer, "ext-ms-win-rtcore-ntuser-window-ext-l1-1-0.dll", "GetClientRect", TaskbarCenter_GetClientRectHook))
+    VnPatchDelayIAT(hExplorer, "ext-ms-win-rtcore-ntuser-window-ext-l1-1-0.dll", "GetClientRect", TaskbarCenter_GetClientRectHook);
-    {
+    VnPatchIAT(hExplorer, "SHCORE.dll", (LPCSTR)190, TaskbarCenter_SHWindowsPolicy);
-        printf("Initialized taskbar centering module.\n");
+    printf("Initialized taskbar centering module.\n");
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        printf("Failed to initialize taskbar centering module.\n");
-    }