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As a result, all 32-bit shell extensions are incompatible with 64-bit versions of Windows 7. Items view control, an undocumented control that is incompatible with the List view control replaces the List view control [9] used in Windows Explorer and Start Menu breaking applications that customized the Explorer list view control. [10]
Sounds do not play for the Classic Start menu anymore, even though sounds have been assigned to "Menu command" and "Menu popup" events in Sound control panel. Some SAPI 5.1 and SAPI 5.2 voices and applications do not work in Windows Vista and later.
Taskbar and Start Menu (rundll32.exe shell32.dll, Options_RunDLL 1) Allows the user to change the behavior and appearance of the task bar and Start Menu; Specifies whether to use Windows XP/Vista or Classic 9x/2000/Me styles on the taskbar and start menu (in versions of Windows prior to 7). Whether the taskbar should Auto-Hide.
The Run command can also be added separately to the right column in the Start menu. In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the search results pane covers both columns of the Start menu. The search box is extended to support searching Control Panel items. The right column in Windows 7 links to Libraries instead of ordinary
Some functionality from the Start menu was removed and replaced with other features. Folders and groups [1] (reinstated in February 2022 insider builds) [6] Live tiles (the Widgets panel provides portions of what the live tiles of Windows 10's bundled apps once provided) [1] Recent and pinned files on pinned apps
Its notification icon on Windows Taskbar only appears when there is a message for perusal and replaces five separate notification icons found in Windows Vista. [8] A "Troubleshooting" link was also added, providing a shortcut to Windows 7's new Troubleshooting control panel.
Invoking special folders: Until Windows 8, the Start menu was a mean of invoking special folders such as Computer, Network, Control Panel, etc. In Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the only special folder that can be invoked from the Start screen is the desktop. Windows 10 restored this functionality.
The Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically context menu options introduced in Windows 95 for buttons on the taskbar belonging to open windows have been renamed as Show Windows Stacked and Show Windows Side by Side, respectively, in Windows Vista. There is a context menu option to exit Windows Explorer (Exit Windows Explorer) when holding CTRL ...