Windows 10 to look like windows 7

Hi, not easily.. but there are some things you can do. My example- carried on from Win 8:


+ Classic Shell (now Open Shell) free start menu.

That appearance= (roughly)
- icon changes in imageres.dll using 1 free program
- a couple of small registry changes for background colour in on-explorer windows and areas
- Qttabbar (free) for tabs in explorer and explorer related backgrounds (N.B. this is not developed and will be partly incompatible with the coming build of Win 10)
- Aeroglass - frame - with a selected theme for rounded corners. Small cost for licenses for automatic updates.
This also provides an optional thin frame for apps.

I have previously documented this in the Customisation section.
Icons in title bar- Actual Window Manager (not free)

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Start menu- classic shell- note the orb button, also the old (Win 7) calculator.

Perhaps an easy why to do this would be to use WindowBlinds if that has a WIndows 7 theme, but of course that costs money.

This is the software I use to make Windows 7 / 8.1 / Windows 10 somewhat usable:

• ClassicShell 4.2.5 - to fix the Start Menu and Windows (File) Explorer
• KatMouse 7 - to fix the scrolling
• 7+ Taskbar Tweaker 5.5 - to fix the taskbar

There have been attempts at this- but where themes and UXStyle are involved, you may well find that these only worked on a previous particular build of Win 10. And even if they work now, they could well break in future. There are also risks with these- noted a report that 'this ruined my PC' after one of these.

This is why I chose to avoid using a UXStyle based approach.

So just for info:
Get Windows 7 theme for Windows 10
- note this one also refers to Aeroglass, which I use. Aeroglass is updated for each build about 2-3 months after a build release.
Aero Glass and transparency for Windows 10

As I have Pro, that's not a problem as I can defer feature updates.

Download Windows 7 Aero Theme For Windows 10
- no apparent ref. to a build number

Windows 7 Theme for Windows 10 by WIN7TBAR on DeviantArt
- valid to build 1709. No transparency included.

I have no problems with it- very stable. I just use it more or less as I did Win 7- I just use 2 or 3 apps (News, Money...) and not the start menu which I would find very irritating, as I have many progs installed.

As I have Pro, updates are under control. Home would be much more an issue. And having avoided the upgrade to 1803, I haven't had the problems some have had.

One good thing about Win 10 compared to '7 - to install is one major installation, and 1, perhaps 2 updates typically. (I believe quite recently reinstalling '7 has been made easier).