Jevil7452
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Posts: 434
OS: Windows 7 Enterprise (6.1.7601)
Theme: Windows Aero by Microsoft Corporation
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770k
RAM: 32GB (4x8GB DDR3)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti + Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
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Post by Jevil7452 on Apr 15, 2022 10:59:17 GMT -8
Hello, in this post I want to show Windows 7's display changer (the menu that lets you choose on what screens to display). Use Windows + P to open it.
Normally, it looks like this in Windows 7: And like this in Windows 8.1: The file responsible for this is DisplaySwitch.exe (and it's .mui). This means, that by getting these files from Windows 7 and replacing the ones in system32 of your newer Windows install, you can restore this dialog in newer versions of Windows. Here is how it looks on 8.1 And with Classic Theme (though I'm sure it's possible to make it look better than this): |
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classic98
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Posts: 20
OS: Windows 10 21h1 (64-bit) ~ and Windows 7 (32-bit) VM - Win2k (also VM)
Theme: Simple classic Theme
CPU: IDK
RAM: IDK
GPU: IDK
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Post by classic98 on Jun 3, 2022 11:11:15 GMT -8
-can you send a download link to the windows 7 display switcher? (what ever file(s) that needs to be replaced to achieve that effect)
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Post by Brawllux on Jan 22, 2023 21:23:51 GMT -8
Works on W10 22H2 too but no text on the menu,only the icons
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Deleted
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2023 12:04:50 GMT -8
Works on W10 22H2 too but no text on the menu,only the icons It works perfectly on Windows 10 1903 with the Alt+Tab fix ![]() |
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Post by Brawllux on Aug 2, 2023 5:10:30 GMT -8
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Post by ephemeralViolette on Aug 2, 2023 7:00:23 GMT -8
By the way, I'd like to point out the reason that the System font is being used in the Windows 8 screenshot in the original post is likely because the default Windows 8 theme lacks the theme classes for this. It looks like it just uses DWMWindow for most things, but the highlight and font are likely in a separate class, and it uses System when it can't otherwise get a font. 7's Alt-Tab interface does the same thing on Windows 10. That's probably also the reason the Alt-Tab fix also fixes this. I'm betting it just uses the DWMWindow and AltTab theme classes.
You can use Windows Style Builder to manually add classes to a theme; msstylesEditor will not work, though.
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