File Explorer: Classic drive groupings do not require a restart

ExplorerPatcher/dllmain.c

@@ -7942,7 +7942,7 @@ HINSTANCE explorer_ShellExecuteW(
 
 
 #pragma region "Classic Drive Grouping"
-
+#ifdef _WIN64
 const struct { DWORD dwDescriptionId; UINT uResourceId; } driveCategoryMap[] = {
     { SHDID_FS_DIRECTORY,        9338 }, //shell32
     { SHDID_COMPUTER_SHAREDDOCS, 9338 }, //shell32
@@ -8168,7 +8168,7 @@ HRESULT(STDMETHODCALLTYPE *shell32_DriveTypeCategorizer_CreateInstanceFunc)(IUnk
 
 HRESULT shell32_DriveTypeCategorizer_CreateInstanceHook(IUnknown* pUnkOuter, REFIID riid, void** ppvObject)
 {
-    if (IsEqualIID(riid, &IID_ICategorizer))
+    if (bUseClassicDriveGrouping && IsEqualIID(riid, &IID_ICategorizer))
     {
         EPCategorizer* epCategorizer = (EPCategorizer*) malloc(sizeof(EPCategorizer));
         epCategorizer->categorizer = &EPCategorizer_categorizerVtbl;
@@ -8200,6 +8200,7 @@ HRESULT ExplorerFrame_CoCreateInstanceHook(REFCLSID rclsid, LPUNKNOWN pUnkOuter,
     }
     return CoCreateInstance(rclsid, pUnkOuter, dwClsContext, riid, ppv);
 }
+#endif
 #pragma endregion
 
 
@@ -9830,6 +9831,7 @@ DWORD Inject(BOOL bIsExplorer)
     hShell32 = GetModuleHandleW(L"shell32.dll");
     if (hShell32)
     {
+        // Patch ribbon to handle redirects to classic CPLs
         HRESULT(*SHELL32_Create_IEnumUICommand)(IUnknown*, int*, int, IUnknown**) = GetProcAddress(hShell32, (LPCSTR)0x2E8);
         if (SHELL32_Create_IEnumUICommand)
         {
@@ -9862,13 +9864,11 @@ DWORD Inject(BOOL bIsExplorer)
             }
         }
 
-        if (bUseClassicDriveGrouping)
-        {
+        // Allow clasic drive groupings in This PC
         HRESULT(*SHELL32_DllGetClassObject)(REFCLSID rclsid, REFIID riid, LPVOID* ppv) = GetProcAddress(hShell32, "DllGetClassObject");
-
         if (SHELL32_DllGetClassObject)
         {
-                IClassFactory* pClassFactory;
+            IClassFactory* pClassFactory = NULL;
             SHELL32_DllGetClassObject(&CLSID_DriveTypeCategorizer, &IID_IClassFactory, &pClassFactory);
 
             if (pClassFactory)
@@ -9893,7 +9893,6 @@ DWORD Inject(BOOL bIsExplorer)
             }
         }
     }
-    }
     printf("Setup shell32 functions done\n");
 
 

ExplorerPatcher/settings.reg

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 ;d Disable the Windows 11 context menu *
 @=""
 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ExplorerPatcher]
-;b Use classic drive groupings in This PC *
+;b Use classic drive groupings in This PC
 "UseClassicDriveGrouping"=dword:00000000
 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ExplorerPatcher]
 ;c 3 Control Interface *

ExplorerPatcher/settings10.reg

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 ;b Register as shell extension
 ;"Virtualized_{D17F1E1A-5919-4427-8F89-A1A8503CA3EB}_RegisterAsShellExtension"=dword:00000000
 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ExplorerPatcher]
-;b Use classic drive groupings in This PC *
+;b Use classic drive groupings in This PC
 "UseClassicDriveGrouping"=dword:00000000
 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ExplorerPatcher]
 ;c 2 Control Interface