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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>
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