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====Gadgets====
With Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced the [[Windows Desktop Gadgets|Windows Sidebar]] to host [[Microsoft Gadgets]] that displayed details such as feeds and sports scores; the gadgets could optionally be placed on the Windows desktop. With Windows 7, gadgets can still be placed on the Windows desktop, but the Windows Sidebar itself has been removed, and the platform has been renamed as ''Windows Desktop Gadgets''. Gadgets are more closely integrated with [[Windows Explorer]], but the
* A context menu option on the desktop to access the Gadgets Gallery to add, display, or uninstall gadgets is now available
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====Libraries====
Windows Explorer in Windows 7 supports file libraries that aggregate content from various locations – including shared folders on networked systems if the shared folder has been indexed by the host system – and present them in a unified view. The libraries hide the actual ___location the file is stored in. Searching in a library automatically federates the query to the remote systems, in addition to searching on the local system, so that files on the remote systems are also searched. Unlike search folders, Libraries are backed by a physical ___location which allows files to be saved in the Libraries. Such files are transparently saved in the backing physical folder. The default save ___location for a library may be configured by the user, as can the default view layout for each library. Libraries are generally stored in the ''Libraries'' special folder, which allows them to be displayed on the
By default, a new user account in Windows 7 contains four libraries for different file types: Documents, Music, Pictures, and Videos. They are configured to include the user's profile folders for these respective file types, as well as the computer's corresponding Public folders. The Public folder also contains a hidden Recorded TV library that appears in the Windows Explorer sidepane when TV is set up in Media Center for the first time.
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====Miscellaneous Shell enhancements====
Windows Explorer has received numerous minor enhancements that improve its overall functionality. The address bar and search box can be resized. The Command Bar features the ''New Folder'' command and a visible interface option to enable the Preview Pane (both were previously in the ''Organize'' option in Windows Vista). A new ''Content'' icon view mode is added, which shows metadata and thumbnails. The ''List'' icon view mode provides more space between items than in Windows Vista. Storage capacity indicators for hard disks introduced in Windows Vista are now also shown for removable storage devices. File types for which new [[iFilter]]s or Property Handlers are installed are reindexed by Windows Search by default.
The Navigation Pane includes a new ''Favorites'' ___location, which serves as the replacement for the ''Favorite Links'' functionality of the interface in Windows Vista, and newly created Saved Searches are automatically pinned to this ___location.
There is a new ''Share With'' button on the Command Bar that allows users to share the currently viewed folder or currently selected item with people in a homegroup with either read permissions or with both read and write permissions, or with specific people, which opens the Sharing Wizard introduced in Windows Vista; a new ''Nobody'' sharing option prevents the selected folder or item from being shared, and all items that are excluded in this manner feature a new padlock overlay icon.
Previously, adding submenus to Shell context menus or customizing the context menu's behavior for a certain folder was only possible by installing a form of [[plug-in (computing)|plug-in]] known as [[Shell extension]]s. In Windows 7, however, users can edit the [[Windows Registry]] or configuration files.<ref>{{cite web|title=Creating Shortcut Menu Handlers|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144171%28VS.85%29.aspx#static_cascading|work=[[MSDN]]|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|access-date=18 February 2012|___location=Creating Static Cascading Menus|date=9 July 2011|archive-date=28 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228123243/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc144171(VS.85).aspx#static_cascading|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=How to Implement Custom Verbs for Folders through Desktop.ini|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh127441%28v=vs.85%29.aspx|work=[[MSDN]]|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=18 February 2012|date=9 July 2011|archive-date=23 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023083458/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh127441(v=vs.85).aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, a new Shell [[API]] was introduced designed to simplify the writing of [[context menu]] [[Shell extension#Extensibility|shell extensions]] by software developers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2010/03/12/9977246.aspx|title=Simplifying context menu extensions with IExecuteCommand|work=The Old New Thing|first=Raymond|last=Chen|date=12 March 2010|access-date=16 February 2012|archive-date=6 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006233434/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2010/03/12/9977246.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378382(v=vs.85).aspx|title=IExecuteCommand interface|work=[[MSDN]]|access-date=2012-02-27|archive-date=2011-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127234120/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378382(v=vs.85).aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* [[#Jump lists|Jump Lists]] are presented in the Start Menu via a [[guillemet]]; when the user moves the mouse cursor over the guillemet or presses the {{keypress|right}} arrow key, the right-hand side of the Start menu is widened and replaced with the application's Jump List.
* New links include ''Devices and Printers'' (a new Device Manager), ''Downloads'', ''HomeGroup'', ''Recorded TV'', and ''Videos''
* Search has been updated to display results for Control Panel category keywords, federated searches, HomeGroup locations, Libraries
* Search results now group items in groups of three, and users can click a group to open Windows Explorer to see additional items that match the criteria
* The iconographic ''Shut Down'' button of Windows Vista has been replaced with a text link to indicate the action that will be taken when the button is clicked; the default action is now configurable through ''Taskbar and Start Menu Properties''.
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===Taskbar===
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
{{wide image|Windows 7 Taskbar.png|800px|The default taskbar of Windows 7.|100%|none}}
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===Font management===
The user interface for font management has been overhauled in Windows 7. As with Windows Vista, the collection of installed fonts is displayed in a Windows Explorer window, but fonts that originate from the same font family appear as icons that are represented as stacks that display font previews within the interface. Windows 7 also introduces the option to hide installed fonts; certain fonts are automatically removed from view based on a user's regional settings.<ref name="SeveralUpdates">{{cite web |url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd371704%28VS.85%29.aspx |title=ChooseFont() Win32 Common Dialog |author=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[MSDN]] |access-date=June 15, 2015 |archive-date=November 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106071718/https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd371704(VS.85).aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> An option to manually hide installed fonts is also available. Hidden fonts remain installed but are not enumerated when an application asks for a list of available fonts, thus reducing the amount of fonts to scroll through within the interface and also reducing memory usage.<ref name="FontsUI">{{cite web |url=http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/ |title=Improvements to fonts in Windows 7 |last=Zheng |first=Long |date=October 30, 2008 |work=istartedsomething |access-date=June 15, 2015 |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006024137/http://www.istartedsomething.com/20081030/improvements-to-fonts-in-windows-7/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Windows 7 includes over 40 new fonts,<ref name="Typography">{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/windows7.htm |title=New Fonts in Windows 7 |author=[[Microsoft]] |work=Typography |access-date=June 15, 2015 |archive-date=June 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620131057/http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/windows7.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> including a new "Gabriola" font.<ref name="FontsUI"/><ref name="Gabriola">{{cite web |url=http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/10/29/users-say-hello-to-gabriola-gabriola-say-hello-to-your-users/ |title=Users, say hello to Gabriola. Gabriola, say hello to your users. |last=Rivera |first=Rafael |date=October 29, 2008 |work=Within Windows |access-date=June 15, 2015 |archive-date=November 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112073029/http://www.withinwindows.com/2008/10/29/users-say-hello-to-gabriola-gabriola-say-hello-to-your-users/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Users can
The dialog box for fonts in Windows 7 has also been updated to display font previews within the interface, which allows users to preview fonts before selecting them. Previous versions of windows only displayed the name of the font.<ref name="FontPreviews">{{cite web |url=http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090727/native-font-previews-in-windows-7/ |title=Native live font previews in Windows 7 |last=Zheng |first=Long |date=July 27, 2009 |work=istartedsomething |access-date=June 15, 2015 |archive-date=March 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301193114/http://www.istartedsomething.com/20090727/native-font-previews-in-windows-7/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="FontDialog">{{cite web |url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646958%28VS.85%29.aspx |title=Font Dialog Box |author=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[MSDN]] |access-date=June 15, 2015 |archive-date=November 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106071716/https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646958(VS.85).aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
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