Jevil7452
Sophomore Member
Win10toVista = Vista's "poor performance and stability" without feeling you're actually using Vista
Posts: 191
OS: Windows 10 1703 (15063)
Theme: WinTango Patcher (Shiki-Colors Noble)
CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
RAM: 32GB
GPU: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
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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
New Member
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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Brawllux
Regular Member
Yeeting metro settings out of the window
Posts: 277
OS: Windows 11
CPU: Intel Core I5-13500H
RAM: 16GB DDR5 5200MHz
GPU: Nvidia RTX 4060 Mobile 8GB
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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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That one dude
New Member
Yup
Posts: 24
OS: Windows 10
Theme: Windows Aero
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
RAM: 12.0 GB
GPU: Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
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Post by That one dude 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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Brawllux
Regular Member
Yeeting metro settings out of the window
Posts: 277
OS: Windows 11
CPU: Intel Core I5-13500H
RAM: 16GB DDR5 5200MHz
GPU: Nvidia RTX 4060 Mobile 8GB
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Post by Brawllux on Aug 2, 2023 5:10:30 GMT -8
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ephemeralViolette
Sophomore Member
Posts: 183 
OS: Windows 10 (20H2), Windows 10 (22H2)
Theme: Windows XP Luna, Windows 7 Aero
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
RAM: 64 GB
GPU: Radeon RX 580
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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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Post by amerima on Jan 11, 2024 23:38:14 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 amerima on Jan 11, 2024 23:41:11 GMT -8
Link download P: 1drv.ms/u/s!AnrhXGyfFbZ7giUYElXbQEbp_KcA?e=tScvGu |
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