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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). AThere is also a new ''ContentShare With'' iconbutton viewon modethe isCommand added,Bar whichthat showsallows metadatausers andto thumbnails.share Thethe ''List''currently iconviewed viewfolder modeor providescurrently moreselected spaceitem betweenwith items thanpeople in Windowsa Vista.homegroup Storagewith capacityeither indicatorsread forpermissions hardor diskswith introducedboth inread Windowsand Vistawrite arepermissions, nowor alsowith shownspecific forpeople, removablewhich storageopens devices.the FileSharing typesWizard forintroduced whichin newWindows [[iFilter]]sVista; ora Propertynew Handlers''Nobody'' aresharing installedoption areprevents reindexedthe byselected Windowsfolder Searchor byitem default.from Whenbeing copyingshared, orand movingall items, selectingthat ''moreare details''excluded willin showthis themanner filenamefeature ofa thenew currentpadlock itemoverlay being copiedicon.

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. Item groups have larger text. 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. When copying or moving items, selecting ''more details'' will show the filename of the current item being copied. 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>

When importing pictures and videos, the ''Import Pictures and Videos'' wizard now displays the currently searched directory. After importing, an in-memory Saved Search titled ''Imported Pictures and Videos'' scopes the directory of the imported items and displays them to the user.

Windows 7 includes native support for burning [[Optical disc image|ISO files]]. The functionality is available when a user selects the ''Burn disc image'' option within the context menu of an ISO file (support for disc image verification is also included). In previous versions of Windows, users were required to install third-party software to burn ISO images.<ref name="BurnISOImages">{{cite web |url=http://www.windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/04/13/burn-iso-images-natively-in-windows-7.aspx |title=Burn ISO Images Natively in Windows 7 |last=LeBlanc |first=Brandon |date=April 13, 2009 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=Windows Experience Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415170148/http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2009/04/13/burn-iso-images-natively-in-windows-7.aspx |archive-date=April 15, 2009 |access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref>