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Desktop Themes Windows 7 Theme ForWinaero Menu Skip to content Home Blog Windows 10 Microsoft Edge Google Chrome Firefox Opera Vivaldi About Get Windows 7 theme for Windows 10 With Windows 7, Microsoft introduced a really unique and beautiful appearance for the operating system.Windows Vista already had some features like transparent window frames with glass (blur effect) but Windows 7 introduced a glass taskbar and a glass Start Menu which follows the Aero color. With Windows 8, Microsoft removed the glass effect from window frames and the blur effect from the taskbar. In Windows 10, the appearance has become even less 3D, minimalistic and uses completely flat colors without any gradients. RECOMMENDED: Click here to fix Windows errors and optimize system performance There is an option to get an almost authentic Windows 7 look in Windows 10. First, you need to unlock third party themes support in Windows 10 because Microsoft has locked it down so only digitally signed themes can be used. Read the following article carefully: How to install and apply third party themes in Windows 10. It involves installing UxStyle so you can use unsigned, third party themes. After you have done that, follow these steps: Download the following archive: Windows 7 theme for Windows 10. It includes the following resources: - Visual Styles (Themes). Windows 7 Start Orb Image. Genuine Windows 7 Wallpapers. Genuine Windows 7 Sounds. A ReadMe file. Unzip and copy the Aero 7 folder and Aero 7.theme and Basic 7.theme files to the following location: C:WindowsResourcesThemes Confirm the UAC prompt. Open Personalization from the Desktop context menu or use Winaeros Personalization Panel for Windows 10 app to apply the Aero 7 or Basic 7 theme and you are done. Windows 10 with Aero 7 theme: Windows 10 with Basic 7 theme: Note that this skin is not perfect. The Taskbar is not skinned to become glassy like Windows 7 because Microsoft disabled that ability in the RTM build of Windows 10. The author of this theme recommends using the AeroGlass mod for Windows 10 to have a more genuine look. To get transparency and rounded borders, you will have to follow this guide. After that, you can get something like this: The theme is claimed to be compatible with Windows 10 x86 and Windows 10 x64 however with Windows 10 following the new continuous updating model, this theme can break on future Windows 10 builds. Desktop Themes Upgrade Windows 10If you plan to upgrade Windows 10 RTM build to later Insider builds, it is better dont use any third-party theme. At the moment of this writing, it works as expected under Windows 10 build 10240. All credits go to WIN7TBAR, who is the author of this theme. Check out his DeviantArt profile and gallery to get more nice themes and stuff for Windows 10. RECOMMENDED: Click here to fix Windows errors and optimize system performance You are here: Home Windows 10 Get Windows 7 theme for Windows 10 Support us Winaero greatly relies on your support. You can help the site keep bringing you interesting and useful content and software by using these options: Bitcoin: 18amKj99FCPUfnnpqZ6XCG2h3TGeUTCeY7 Connect with us For your convenience, you can subscribe to Winaero on the following web sites and services. Reddit Tweet Share Share This entry was posted in Windows 10 and tagged Aero Glass, transparent windows, Windows 10 aero, windows 10 taskbar blur, Windows 7 theme, Windows 7 theme port on October 8, 2015 by Sergey Tkachenko. About Sergey Tkachenko Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer from Russia who started Winaero back in 2011.
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