Making Win10 look and act like Win7

[johngalt]

What does your L stand for in John L Galt?

Lord.

 

[johngalt]

Nice pic's! Did that RAD come damaged??

Just a bit. I checked for leaks and there were none, just a few bent fins on the rad itself. so I popped it in - worked (and still works) great.

 

[Lance1]

Just a bit. I checked for leaks and there were none, just a few bent fins on the rad itself. so I popped it in - worked (and still works) great.

Man that's too bad. Well as long as it work as your happy with it that's all that counts. It's a nice machine!
Feeling just a little envious...

 

[RoWin7]

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[RoWin7]

The hardest part is for people who buy new hardware and are unable to get device drivers running on the older OSs. My machine was built in 2011, and while I've upgraded some components, namely video card and internal storage, the bulk of what I have can actually still be used on Win7.


However, I prefer WinX to Win7 - the backend stuff alone makes WinX more than worth it. I have all tiles turned off, using a start menu that is similar in look and function to Win7, but the enhancements made to things like Task Manager make 3rd party solutions not be a necessity any longer, just a convenience. The enhancements to other facets, like the Windows File Explorer (copying / moving files, detecting duplicates, etc.) make it a godsend over the old Win7 Explorer and it's sheer lack of usability when encountering duplicate file names, much less show extremely little information on progress bars when copying / moving.

To each his / her own. I'll take the backend enhancements over the older limited OS any day.


As for installation metrics, if you look just at June 2019, you get Operating system market share

Classic Shell does all that more easily. I've made 7 look like XP, which I had originally fixed to look like Win98, with a few improvements.

 

[johngalt]

But it also runs as an additional process. And I'm on WinX - on a Core i7 965 EE with 12 GB RAM.


Anything less running is a good thing. So I do it myself.

 

[johnhoh]

But it also runs as an additional process.

100KB. Just saying.

 

[teckneeculler]

....However, I prefer WinX to Win7 - the backend stuff alone makes WinX more than worth it.

I'm sure there are many advantages to running WinX. But the appearance and behavior of the GUI is just not to my liking. Okay, I've messed about with changing its appearance with umpteen fixes and add-ons, but it still looks insipid and washed out. The brightness, weak colors and lack of contrast offend me

And every time I check out a YouTube video that was recorded on WinX, the screens are so bland I have trouble understanding what's going on.

Now, if WinX could be made to look, and behave, exactly the same as W7, I wouldn't hesitate to get onboard.

 

[johnhoh]

Now, if WinX could be made to look, and behave, exactly the same as W7, I wouldn't hesitate to get onboard.

That's the point of the first post of this thread and is true of the system I'm typing on right now.

 

[teckneeculler]

That's the point of the first post of this thread and is true of the system I'm typing on right now.

Good for you. Have you managed to get rid of the b****y awful W10 folder 'look'?

 

[johnhoh]

Good for you. Have you managed to get rid of the b****y awful W10 folder 'look'?

There are free tools which modify everything about windows 10 so it looks and works like windows 7. Classic Explorer which is a part of Classic Shell, Winaero tweaker has an explorer subsection, and OldNewExplorer all have features to change explorer. And in tenforums Brink has dozens of reg files you can run to customize the win10 interface including explorer.

 

[teckneeculler]

Thanks.
Yes, I've collected a bunch of these over the last few weeks but I don't recall seeing anything that changes the appearance of W10 folders.
Damn shame M$ won't bring out a kit to do all this in one hit. I'm sure they'd woo over lots of diehard 'seveners'.

 

[johnhoh]

could you post a pic of exactly what you are referring to when you say the appearance of win10 vs win7 folders?

 

[Lance1]

If you don't like the look of Win10 folders.. How To Get Windows 7s Old Folder Icons In Windows 10

 

[RoWin7]

I'm sure there are many advantages to running WinX. But the appearance and behavior of the GUI is just not to my liking. Okay, I've messed about with changing its appearance with umpteen fixes and add-ons, but it still looks insipid and washed out. The brightness, weak colors and lack of contrast offend me

And every time I check out a YouTube video that was recorded on WinX, the screens are so bland I have trouble understanding what's going on.

Now, if WinX could be made to look, and behave, exactly the same as W7, I wouldn't hesitate to get onboard.

Then you don't need Win10 at all. 7 acts and looks exactly like 7, and with Classic Shell, I have it looking like XP, but with the better security of 7. Win-win. BTW--I always ignore the themes, go into the Appearance and make my own color schemes. Don't know if you can do this in 10, but I've substituted my own folder using a tutorial here, because I like crisp icons. The original is an .ico, but I converted it to .jpg to upload it here.

 

[RoWin7]

There's also a program called Folder Painter which will give you colored folders in a variety of styles in Windows Explorer. I've been playing with my icons and color schemes for years, because it deludes me that I'm actually controlling my computer.

Desktop:

 

[RoWin7]

Thanks.

Yes, I've collected a bunch of these over the last few weeks but I don't recall seeing anything that changes the appearance of W10 folders.
Damn shame M$ won't bring out a kit to do all this in one hit. I'm sure they'd woo over lots of diehard 'seveners'.

But that wouldn't change all the bugs still remaining in 10 and the spyware M$ has put in. It's like a bridge that needs major structural repairs rather than just a new paint job.

 

[teckneeculler]

Johnhoh: "could you post a pic of exactly what you are referring to when you say the appearance of win10 vs win7 folders?"
Sorry, I can't - I don't have a running install of W10 ATM because I'm working on 'W7-on-an-Asus Z370 mobo', as we've discussed in this thread - https://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/420202-310-chipset-question.html#post3438530.

Lance1: Thanks for the link. Looks interesting (if I decide to go with WinX )

RoWin7: Three excellent posts, thanks. BTW, did you know it's possible to have a quick-launch bar in W7? And there's also an easy way to change the default user folder so that any subsequent new users will have exactly the same setup as your tweaked one. Let me know if you want the doc.
I take your point about W10 being buggy. Great analogy

 

[RoWin7]

"RoWin7: Three excellent posts, thanks. BTW, did you know it's possible to have a quick-launch bar in W7? And there's also an easy way to change the default user folder so that any subsequent new users will have exactly the same setup as your tweaked one. Let me know if you want the doc.
I take your point about W10 being buggy. Great analogy:"

I've never used the Quick Launch, takes up to much valuable real estate in the taskbar. I keep often-used programs on the desktop and above the program menu:


There are no other users of my machines, but thanks.

 

[RoWin7]

Johnhoh: ... I don't have a running install of W10 ATM because I'm working on 'W7-on-an-Asus Z370 mobo'...

I just read Asus as ass-wise.