Features new to Windows 7: Difference between revisions

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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=httphttps://blogsdevblogs.msdnmicrosoft.com/b/oldnewthing/archive20100312-00/2010/03/12/9977246.aspx?p=14633|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>

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>