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====Themes====
Support for themes has been extended in Windows 7.<ref name="AeroThemes">{{cite web|url=http://winsupersite.com/windows-7/windows-7-feature-focus-aero-themes|title=Windows 7 Feature Focus: Aero Themes|last=Thurrott|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Thurrott|date=October 6, 2010|work=SuperSite for Windows|publisher=[[Penton (company)|Penton]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111083125/http://winsupersite.com/windows-7/windows-7-feature-focus-aero-themes|archive-date=January 11, 2013|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> In addition to providing options to customize colors of window chrome and other aspects of the interface including the desktop background, icons, mouse cursors, and sound schemes, the operating system also includes a native [[#Desktop Slideshow|desktop slideshow]] feature. A new theme pack extension has been introduced, <code>.themepack</code>, which is essentially a collection of [[Cabinet (file format)|cabinet files]] that consist of theme resources including background images, color preferences, desktop icons, mouse cursors, and sound schemes.<ref name="ThemeFiles">{{cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Controls/themesfileformat-overview|title=Theme File Format|date=May 31, 2018|work=[[Microsoft Developer Network]]|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426113413/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Controls/themesfileformat-overview|url-status=live}}</ref> The new theme extension simplifies sharing of themes and can also display desktop wallpapers via [[RSS|RSS feeds]] provided by the
The default theme in Windows 7 consists of a single desktop wallpaper named "Harmony" and the default desktop icons, mouse cursors, and sound scheme introduced in Windows Vista; however, none of the desktop backgrounds included with Windows Vista are present in Windows 7. New themes include ''Architecture'', ''Characters'', ''Landscapes'', ''Nature'', and ''Scenes'', and an additional country-specific theme that is determined based on the defined locale when the operating system is installed; although only the theme for a user's home country is displayed within the user interface, the files for all of these other country-specific themes are included in the operating system.<ref name="RegionalThemes">{{cite web |url=http://blog.brothersoft.com/2009/01/18/how-to-activate-all-regional-themes-in-windows-7/ |title=How to Activate All Regional Themes in Windows 7 |publisher=Brothersoft |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130134256/http://blog.brothersoft.com/2009/01/18/how-to-activate-all-regional-themes-in-windows-7/ |archive-date=January 30, 2009 |url-status=usurped |access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> All themes included in Windows 7—excluding the default theme—include six wallpaper images.<ref name="AeroThemes"/> A number of new sound schemes (each associated with an included theme) have also been introduced: ''Afternoon'', ''Calligraphy'', ''Characters'', ''Cityscape'', ''Delta'', ''Festival'', ''Garden'', ''Heritage'', ''Landscape'', ''Quirky'', ''Raga'', ''Savana'', and ''Sonata''.<ref name="ThurrottSounds">{{cite web|url=http://winsupersite.com/windows-7/windows-7-build-7048-notes|title=Windows 7 Build 7048 Notes|last=Thurrott|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Thurrott|date=October 6, 2010|work=SuperSite for Windows|publisher=[[Penton (company)|Penton]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108110742/http://winsupersite.com/windows-7/windows-7-build-7048-notes|archive-date=January 8, 2015|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name="SoundofWindows">{{cite web |url=http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2011/01/10/your-pc-is-alive-with-the-sound-of-windows.aspx |title=Your PC is alive...with the sound of Windows! |last=Shepherd |first=Jennifer |date=January 10, 2011 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=The Windows Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113151944/http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2011/01/10/your-pc-is-alive-with-the-sound-of-windows.aspx |archive-date=January 13, 2011 |access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> Themes may introduce their own custom sounds, which can be used with others themes as well.<ref name="ReusingCustomSounds">{{cite web|url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2011/03/31/windows-7-themes-reusing-custom-sound-schemes/|title=Windows 7 themes: Reusing 'custom' sound-schemes|last=Shepherd|first=Jennifer|date=March 31, 2011|work=Windows Blogs|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429021921/https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2011/03/31/windows-7-themes-reusing-custom-sound-schemes/|archive-date=April 29, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=April 29, 2019}}</ref>
====Desktop Slideshow====
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====Federated search====
Windows Explorer also supports federating search to external data sources, such as custom databases or web services, that are exposed over the web and described via an [[OpenSearch (specification)|OpenSearch]] definition. The federated ___location description (called a ''Search Connector'') is provided as an <code>.osdx</code> file. Once installed, the data source becomes queryable directly from Windows Explorer. Windows Explorer features, such as previews and thumbnails, work with the results of a federated search as well.
====Miscellaneous Shell enhancements====
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The [[taskbar|Windows Taskbar]] has seen its most significant revision since its introduction in [[Windows 95]] and combines the previous Quick Launch functionality with open application window icons. The taskbar is now rendered as an Aero Glass element whose color can be changed via the Personalization Control Panel. It is 10 [[pixel]]s taller than in Windows Vista to accommodate touch screen input and a new larger default icon size (although a smaller taskbar size is available), as well as maintain proportion to newer high resolution monitor modes.<ref>{{cite web |first=Long |last=Zheng |url=http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090105/measuring-up-windows-7s-new-super-taskbar/ |title=Measuring up Windows 7′s new "super" taskbar |work=I Started Something |date=5 January 2009 |access-date=24 November 2013 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203082636/http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090105/measuring-up-windows-7s-new-super-taskbar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Running applications are denoted by a border frame around the icon. Within this border, a color effect (dependent on the predominant color of the icon) that follows the mouse cursor also indicates the opened status of the application. The glass taskbar is more translucent than in Windows Vista. Taskbar buttons show icons by default, not application titles, unless they are set to 'not combine', or 'combine when taskbar is full.' In this case, only icons are shown when the application is not running. Programs running or pinned on the taskbar can be rearranged. Items in the notification area can also be rearranged.
{{wide image|Windows 7 Taskbar.png|800px|The default taskbar of Windows 7
====Pinned applications====
The Windows 7 taskbar is more application-oriented than window-oriented, and therefore doesn't show window titles (these are shown when an application icon is clicked or hovered over). Applications can now be pinned to the taskbar allowing the user instant access to the applications they commonly use. There are a few ways to pin applications to the taskbar. Icons can be dragged and dropped onto the taskbar, or the application's icon can be right-clicked to pin it to the taskbar. The Quick Launch toolbar has been removed from the default configuration, but can be manually added back.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-7/add-the-quick-launch-bar-to-the-taskbar-in-windows-7/ |title= Add the Quick Launch Bar to the Taskbar in Windows 7 |author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |
[[Image:Windows 7 Aero Peak.png|thumb|left|The Windows 7 taskbar shows a preview of the window.]]
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===Hibernation improvements===
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===Power analysis and reporting===
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===DirectX===
* [[Direct3D 11]] is included with Windows 7. It is a strict super-set of Direct3D 10.1, which was introduced in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008.
* [[Direct2D]] and [[DirectWrite]], new [[hardware acceleration|hardware-accelerated]] [[vector graphics]] and [[font rendering]] [[API]]s built on top of Direct3D 10 that are intended to replace [[Graphics Device Interface|GDI]]/GDI+ for screen-oriented native-code graphics and text drawing. They can be used from managed applications with the [http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack Windows API Code Pack] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214011000/http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack |date=February 14, 2011 }}
* [[Windows Advanced Rasterization Platform]] (WARP), a software rasterizer component for DirectX that provides all of the capabilities of Direct3D 10.0 and 10.1 in software.<ref>
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