Windows 10 Style Taskbar always shows text as black

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

26100.8457.70.1
26100.8457.70.4

Worked fine in 26100.4946.69.6_7384790.

Repro Windows Versions

Windows 11 Pro, 25H2, x64, 26200.8457

Third-party tweak software installed

Open Shell 4.4.196

Describe the bug

I'm on Windows 11 25H2, and using ExplorerPatcher to use the "Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher)" style taskbar. The text of an application icon is always black. I've tried both dark and light mode. I've tried with and without classic theme mitigations. No matter what I do, the text is always black. Since I like a dark looking task bar, I'd like the text to be white. In the past I was using Open Shell to fix this. But starting with version '26100.8457.70.1', my Open Shell taskbar customizations are no longer respected. I've tried turning off Open Shell's "Customize Taskbar", but this makes no difference.

Expected outcome

I expected the text on my taskbar to be white, or really anything but always black.

Actual outcome

Text on taskbar is ALWAYS black.

Additional info

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Start by reproducing the issue on Windows 11 25H2 with ExplorerPatcher 26100.8457.70.1 or .70.4, then compare the taskbar text behavior with 26100.4946.69.6_7384790. Check how the Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher) taskbar handles dark and light modes and Open Shell's taskbar customization. Done means taskbar text is no longer always black and remains correct across the reported modes.