Groupy patch

Feb 16, 2025    #reverse-engineering  

Groupy is something similar to TidyTabs with more features and a better GUI.

It only supports Windows 10 and Windows 11; older versions of Windows are not supported.

You should support the author here .

Let’s Play

Warning

For test purposes only!

Patch

Here are three hijack DLL patches, all of them should work together to achieve this.

7z password: 543210.

SHA-256: C7CC73E474F831B4611EF5D16618DB913A421BE020DCB5B71E39643A751FF74C.

How to Use

  1. Install Groupy .
  2. Unpack the patch archive.
  3. Move msimg32.dll and oleacc.dll to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Groupy2 folder.
  4. Move uxtheme.dll to the C:\Windows folder. 1
  5. Restart the computer. 2

ChangeLog

v1.0.0

First version.

v1.1.0

There is a check in groupy_64.dll. Add an additional hijack DLL to bypass this check.

v1.1.1

Nop all the cronjobs in groupy_64.dll that triggers a nag window.

  1. Because it is applied to explorer.exe. ↩︎

  2. Since these three DLLs are loaded by many processes, a system restart is required for the changes to take effect. ↩︎