Here are some thing I'd like to add: 1.- To get the Action Center flyout, grab "ActionCenter.dll" and "ActionCenter.dll.mui" (Found inside System32) from a Windows 8.1 ISO 2.- You can also get the old Narrator program from the link in the description; Download the files and put "Narrator.exe", "NativeHooks.dll", and "TRAPI.dll" inside the "alt resources" folder. When putting the shortcuts to the Start Menu, change the Narrator shortcut's path to "%windir% arrator.exe". 3.- Before you install Aero Window Manager, get the Visual C++ Runtime 2019 if you run into some issues. 4.- Don't use the Thick Frames mod used in this video, get the alternative found in the link in the description.
also, the 8.0 action center can bug out sometimes. the 8.1 one works perfectly fine. for narrator, it anyone wants it in a foreign language, go to your locale folder in system32 (not like en-us but for example let's say polish, so you would go to the pl folder and take the narrator dll from there)
@@callumferguson9372 grab a windows 7 iso/vm and grab the Cursors folder from System32. yjen take ownership of the whole folder in win10 and replace every curdor thst there is
I can never forget how beautiful Windows 7. The Aero effect, The Ui styles, gadget and personalize the windows. Thanks for bringing back my favorite OS!
If this video succeds, I'll redirect this video that people don't see a 2 year old reupload. Thank you man! - The guy who reuploaded Saturn's Win 7 video.
i went on the entire journey to set this up myself and the result is fantastic!! amazing work putting it all together and making this tutorial. the only issues i ran into were openwith enhanced not installing at all, and the windows explorer icon in the start menu still being the windows 10 one (its the windows 7 one everywhere else). but those r pretty minor so i dont mind. ^_^
I remember years ago (around 2021 or such) I was obsessed into getting that Windows 7 look on modern Windows (especially the Aero theme with the slim window buttons and transparency) but at that time there was no way to recreate that. Nowadays, it seems like the scene has completely changed, and now it is almost indistinguishable from base Win 7! I would just love to see how the theme acts in resolutions up to 4k, in case the icons start to blur or such. Cuz if not, I am very tempted to try it on my main system!
I remember trying to do this type of thing back in 2021, and I was sad because I could only get the minimize and maximize buttons to be the same size as the close button!
Great work mate! It really looks like its windows 7 in the end! I would like to ask if this windows 7 msstyle theme is compatible with windows 11, perhaps..?
I had this theme for weeks but sadly it can crash everything and make your pc unusable, that's why you should have an restore point which I constantly need to use.
This really looks like a Windows 11 development reset so much that they decided to base the next build on Windows 7, keeping the NT 10.0 and everything.
Best transformation I have ever seen! Btw, i have a question for u ;). I have some trouble on 53:56 . ** = problem In that section, i used cmd as administrator, copying and pasting the location, wrote the code "regsvr32 msdia140_awm.dll", after that i closed it and used ExecTI opening the cmd and doing the same thing again, in the tutorial u showed me that i need to go to aero10 folder and import the reg file and fhen i wrote injector.exe, **it cannot load the injecton library**. Is the any other way i can fix this? :)
Everything has worked perfectly, however it still says windows 10 home on control panel and on the desktop watermark for some reason. however i'm confident that I imported all the res files into resource hacker and saved them each
Will windows updates break it? If so, do I just need to repatch the system for icons, or completely revert to the restore point? It said on the 7TSP page that you should restore your default icons if youre going to update, so in 7TSP, do I click restore at the bottom, or remove custom pack at the top? Thanks
Your tutorial is awesome, it looks perfect. Windows 7 is really beautiful. I have some questions: Why didn't you use 7stp in your Windows 11 to 7 tutorial? 2013Windows8.1 icon pack doesn't bring back the old tray icons Will updates break any of this modifications?
I was still very new into this world of Windows customization back then, so I didn't know 7tsp existed. Regarding your other question, updates WILL break stuff as Windows replaces modified system files after every update, so make sure to disable Windows Update when you're done.
Sorry, I'm Brazilian, so the part where you open and change some files I need to do in the en-US folder or in the folder for my language and region: pt-BR?
You need the pt-BR files, otherwise you will probably run out of texts or it will crash, I believe you can try to find the files in portuguese using a Windows 7 ISO, but it is better to change the language of the system
Completely breaks all right click menus, explorer corrupted. Now all buttons have Windows. in front of them. Regedit refuses to open the import dialogue.
would it be possible to disable aspects of the transformation and make windows look like windows 10 again if you somehow want to go back or would you need to reinstall windows cause of the amounts of edits done?
I don’t know why Microsoft didn’t keep windows 7 it at least worked like it was supposed to and did nothing by itself in the background like windows 10 and 11 like to do all the time
i have a question, what do i need to delete inside my downloads folder after the transformation? it looks messy... And thank you for this transformation! hope youll make another transformation on windows 10 ;)
I have another question. After running "file replacement.cmd", whenever I open File Explorer, my whole explorer.exe crashes and has to restart (which takes a few seconds). Sometimes this occurs as soon as I open File Explorer, while other times it takes like 5-15 seconds, but it always happens. Do you have any idea what could be causing this or how I could fix it? (I don't mind if my Windows machine looks slightly less like Windows 7; I just want it to work well.) Have a blessed day, Gibsound
Does this work on Windows 11? I tried it on my 24h2 and my Windows won't turn on anymore after applying the DLLs, maybe I missed a step or it's just not compatible
he already made a tutorial on it, but i think glass blur doesnt work on 11 and he used a money based software theres most likely some other problems but i didnt watch the full tutorial so dont take my word
well, not kinda. after the trial is over, it will start to show sad faces in the start menu, as well as the jumplists. i just recommend getting a crack
@@mramayoskenI just got the resource hacker and when I opened it I got a threat identified warning, it says that there is a threat called W32.Riskware.Phacker, do I remove the threat or just continue?
When I try to inject using AWM it gives an error that says "cannot load injection library", I think it's probably linked to the fact that when I downloaded AWM I don't seem to have the symbols folder in there? unsure of what's causing any of that though Edit: Solved this a bit ago, see replies if you're having the same issue
Where do I use the Glass Color .ini file? I don't know if I missed that part of the video or you didn't use it. And also, is there a way to get the Windows 7 battery flyout back?
Had one other issue with this, for some reason Beautyfox has a black bar covering the titlebar after installing it? If I run the AWM injector again it temporarily fixes it, but it causes my PC to lag and it goes back to the way it was before after I restart or log off
@@mramayosken i was at the start menu part before you said download the run time. I already had the metrics imported. But the buttons are still fine ig, if i reset my computer again for something, then it should be fixed when i do this tutorial again.
my windows 7 theme isnt activating. I still have the windows 10 title border. I have a windows 10 22h2 build 19045, them background and everything else is loading though
@@mramayosken i did everything it said. But i did select a high contrast theme and went to the win 7 theme again. It turned on a windows 7 theme but with no transparency and looking more of win 8
I think no, unless you can get replacement files that are Spanish. You would have to work with es-XX folder instead of en-XX, where XX is the country/state depending on your Windows.
There are some scripts inside the "Aero Colors" folder I've included to change the window color. Regarding your other question, disable the lockscreen from Winaero Tweaker.
Hello, MrAmayosken! I have a question. In your "file replacement.cmd" file, you have a line that renames shell32.dll.mun to shell32.dll.mun.old in %windir%\systemresources, and then (three lines later), you have a line that copies the shell32.dll.mun in "SystemDrive%\alt resources" to %windir%\systemresources. I have a problem, however. I do not see any file named "shell32.dll.mun" in my "alt resources" folder. So, either I missed something in your video, or you never mentioned putting that file into "alt resources". What should I do about this? Where should I source this file from? Have a blessed day, Gibsound
Here are some thing I'd like to add:
1.- To get the Action Center flyout, grab "ActionCenter.dll" and "ActionCenter.dll.mui" (Found inside System32) from a Windows 8.1 ISO
2.- You can also get the old Narrator program from the link in the description; Download the files and put "Narrator.exe", "NativeHooks.dll", and "TRAPI.dll" inside the "alt resources" folder.
When putting the shortcuts to the Start Menu, change the Narrator shortcut's path to "%windir%
arrator.exe".
3.- Before you install Aero Window Manager, get the Visual C++ Runtime 2019 if you run into some issues.
4.- Don't use the Thick Frames mod used in this video, get the alternative found in the link in the description.
also, the 8.0 action center can bug out sometimes. the 8.1 one works perfectly fine. for narrator, it anyone wants it in a foreign language, go to your locale folder in system32 (not like en-us but for example let's say polish, so you would go to the pl folder and take the narrator dll from there)
You need to add cardspace also
How do I get the cursor from windows 7
@@callumferguson9372 grab a windows 7 iso/vm and grab the Cursors folder from System32. yjen take ownership of the whole folder in win10 and replace every curdor thst there is
@@callumferguson9372 replace cursors folder with the one from 7 sp1
I can never forget how beautiful Windows 7. The Aero effect, The Ui styles, gadget and personalize the windows. Thanks for bringing back my favorite OS!
the fact that you even added the basic theme for the user account control thing is insane bro, this is almost a 1:1 recreation of windows 7.
One of the most accurate transformations I ever saw on the internet, keep it up
hey I have been waiting for this video for 2 months ur the best at windows customization
Clicked on this video as soon as I saw this in my recommended section
This guy successfully made history on windows modding related content
not really, the people that developped all the tools this guy used are the ones that made it.
@@uiebwuiowebuiopwebfoipbewfoip you're right too
If this video succeds, I'll redirect this video that people don't see a 2 year old reupload. Thank you man! - The guy who reuploaded Saturn's Win 7 video.
Im using the build from your video right now
i went on the entire journey to set this up myself and the result is fantastic!! amazing work putting it all together and making this tutorial. the only issues i ran into were openwith enhanced not installing at all, and the windows explorer icon in the start menu still being the windows 10 one (its the windows 7 one everywhere else). but those r pretty minor so i dont mind. ^_^
WHEN WE NEEDED HIM MOST, HE DELIVERED
The most accurate Windows 7 theme ever!
Thank you so much! Especially for changing the build number.
I remember years ago (around 2021 or such) I was obsessed into getting that Windows 7 look on modern Windows (especially the Aero theme with the slim window buttons and transparency) but at that time there was no way to recreate that. Nowadays, it seems like the scene has completely changed, and now it is almost indistinguishable from base Win 7! I would just love to see how the theme acts in resolutions up to 4k, in case the icons start to blur or such. Cuz if not, I am very tempted to try it on my main system!
I remember trying to do this type of thing back in 2021, and I was sad because I could only get the minimize and maximize buttons to be the same size as the close button!
me too, this looks almost 1 to 1 to the real windows 7, i am shocked.
i clicked ur video as soon it got posted because i really wanted to try that and im first
Great work mate! It really looks like its windows 7 in the end!
I would like to ask if this windows 7 msstyle theme is compatible with windows 11, perhaps..?
I had this theme for weeks but sadly it can crash everything and make your pc unusable, that's why you should have an restore point which I constantly need to use.
38:27 I know it’s probably a different language but I think it’s funny how the network folder is called the color red.
Yeah, red is network in Spanish
@@mramayosken im from spain and i confirm
It works! Video about it tomorrow.
You: Downloading Version 3.5 And 3.2
Me: Went To Dropbox
This really looks like a Windows 11 development reset so much that they decided to base the next build on Windows 7, keeping the NT 10.0 and everything.
Best transformation I have ever seen! Btw, i have a question for u ;). I have some trouble on 53:56 .
** = problem
In that section, i used cmd as administrator, copying and pasting the location, wrote the code "regsvr32 msdia140_awm.dll", after that i closed it and used ExecTI opening the cmd and doing the same thing again, in the tutorial u showed me that i need to go to aero10 folder and import the reg file and fhen i wrote injector.exe, **it cannot load the injecton library**. Is the any other way i can fix this? :)
**solution fixed**
I tried this guide on windows 11 23h2 and it didn’t end well, good thing 7tsp made a restore point..
doing this when i have the time and patience to move everything from my computer and back
sir or bro we can do this in windows 11
and bro real love your video
Unfortunately, no
@@mramayosken ok then ok bro thank you
@@hotmalejeet he already made a windows 11 version i think
@@collosious3597 except it’s really outdated, using windowblinds and other outdated stuff.
nice job but does it decrease or increase performance?
Everything has worked perfectly, however it still says windows 10 home on control panel and on the desktop watermark for some reason. however i'm confident that I imported all the res files into resource hacker and saved them each
quantos cobra para fazer no meu pc via remota ?
you should make a iso of this, its insanely accurate!!
An ISO option is also available in my channel. I just did a tutorial for those who don't trust custom ISOs, which tbf they shouldn't.
@@mramayoskenI use custom isos
@@mramayoskenwhere is the iso?
i love your vids❤
i think installing windows 7 would take shorter but, nice video.
modern hardware not support Window's 7
no drivers, all modern hardware based on UEFI pure there is no legacy support for winodws 7.
yeah, but try to open a modern app on windows 7 bro, you cant
Will windows updates break it? If so, do I just need to repatch the system for icons, or completely revert to the restore point? It said on the 7TSP page that you should restore your default icons if youre going to update, so in 7TSP, do I click restore at the bottom, or remove custom pack at the top? Thanks
can i just skip the registry editor part for the control panel glass colorization part entirely without anything bad happening?
Thanks for this, how would you disable transparency for the windows?
There is now a Windhawk mod to play logoff, logon, shutdown sounds
Your tutorial is awesome, it looks perfect. Windows 7 is really beautiful.
I have some questions:
Why didn't you use 7stp in your Windows 11 to 7 tutorial? 2013Windows8.1 icon pack doesn't bring back the old tray icons
Will updates break any of this modifications?
I was still very new into this world of Windows customization back then, so I didn't know 7tsp existed. Regarding your other question, updates WILL break stuff as Windows replaces modified system files after every update, so make sure to disable Windows Update when you're done.
@@mramayosken I understand, thank you!
Sorry, I'm Brazilian, so the part where you open and change some files I need to do in the en-US folder or in the folder for my language and region: pt-BR?
You need the pt-BR files, otherwise you will probably run out of texts or it will crash, I believe you can try to find the files in portuguese using a Windows 7 ISO, but it is better to change the language of the system
Will you ever do a video where you turn Windows 10 or 11 into Windows 95? As always, I appreciate the work and dedication.
Very nice tutorial.
windhawk keep saying Compilation failed, the mod might require a newer Windhawk version
Completely breaks all right click menus, explorer corrupted. Now all buttons have Windows. in front of them. Regedit refuses to open the import dialogue.
Now i need everything done in 1 button😊 and to reverse it aswell
18:59 checkpoint
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Very good bro
27:44 Show your friends this!
would it be possible to disable aspects of the transformation and make windows look like windows 10 again if you somehow want to go back or would you need to reinstall windows cause of the amounts of edits done?
You can uninstall the software and run "sfc /scannow" on CMD as admin.
@@mramayosken yay, so i'll probably replicate this video when i reinstall windows 10. your video is amazing btw and you deserve 100k subscribers!
Why would you use an old version of Firefox?
nice video
I don’t know why Microsoft didn’t keep windows 7 it at least worked like it was supposed to and did nothing by itself in the background like windows 10 and 11 like to do all the time
bro also you can give the song of your this video
All songs and links can be found in the description.
@@uoeno4344 ok bro i will see it
@@uoeno4344 thank you
HOW MANY DO YOU CHARGE TO DO THIS SERVICE ON MY PC BRO GIVE YOUR CONTACT THEN YOU CAN DO IT REMOTELY
i have a question, what do i need to delete inside my downloads folder after the transformation? it looks messy... And thank you for this transformation! hope youll make another transformation on windows 10 ;)
It's better not to delete anything in case of malfunctioning.
How did you turn on classic personalization instead of settings?
This is part of CPL restoration.
I have another question. After running "file replacement.cmd", whenever I open File Explorer, my whole explorer.exe crashes and has to restart (which takes a few seconds). Sometimes this occurs as soon as I open File Explorer, while other times it takes like 5-15 seconds, but it always happens. Do you have any idea what could be causing this or how I could fix it? (I don't mind if my Windows machine looks slightly less like Windows 7; I just want it to work well.)
Have a blessed day,
Gibsound
You need the Aerexplorer Windhawk mod
Does this work on Windows 11? I tried it on my 24h2 and my Windows won't turn on anymore after applying the DLLs, maybe I missed a step or it's just not compatible
34:48 Bruh, can’t do this someone help me
bro if it not possible to make windows 11 like windows 7 then we can gat windows 7 app pls ?
he already made a tutorial on it,
but i think glass blur doesnt work on 11 and he used a money based software
theres most likely some other problems but i didnt watch the full tutorial so dont take my word
The best alternative for windows 11 is Revert8Plus
@@BTN09-j5k DWMBlurGlass still work on Windows 11
@@ThatRandomToast oh, thanks for letting me know
Aero10 is kinda broken on windows 11, no animations, no borders, broken context menus, etc.
on 57:40 when you click free trial, does that mean I’ll only have the windows 7 taskbar for free temporarily?
No, you'll just get a message every time you log in saying that you're trial has expired.
@@mramayosken ohh ok thanks!
well, not kinda. after the trial is over, it will start to show sad faces in the start menu, as well as the jumplists. i just recommend getting a crack
@@xdektv how do you crack things
@@mramayoskenI just got the resource hacker and when I opened it I got a threat identified warning, it says that there is a threat called W32.Riskware.Phacker, do I remove the threat or just continue?
When I try to inject using AWM it gives an error that says "cannot load injection library", I think it's probably linked to the fact that when I downloaded AWM I don't seem to have the symbols folder in there? unsure of what's causing any of that though
Edit: Solved this a bit ago, see replies if you're having the same issue
That's weird 'cause I just checked and it does work. Did you get the "2004-22H2" version and ran it with ExecTI?
@@mramayosken Yeah, I did. I ran the regsvr32 command before but that worked fine so I'm not sure what it is with this
Just solved this, turned out I didn't have MSVC runtime, oops
@@sunsh1neuponme I'm missing the sources folder and I've also got the same problem. What did you use/download to get the injector to run?
@@mainmanmonti MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++) runtime 2019
Can't Do Windows 10 To Windows Xp Please
Windows 7 is my chilhood.
When I have Beautyfox installed, there's a blackbar that appears over the top right corner, is their a way to fix this?
Where do I use the Glass Color .ini file? I don't know if I missed that part of the video or you didn't use it.
And also, is there a way to get the Windows 7 battery flyout back?
54:58
You can enable the flyout with Winaero Tweaker
@@mramayosken Thank you so much! Now I completed the tutorial! You're awesome!
Had one other issue with this, for some reason Beautyfox has a black bar covering the titlebar after installing it? If I run the AWM injector again it temporarily fixes it, but it causes my PC to lag and it goes back to the way it was before after I restart or log off
I also was not able to get the classic UI elements in Paint and Wordpad (which you can see at 1:19:18), how was that acheived?
Get "UIRibbon.dll", "UIRibbonRes.dll", and their respective .mui files from a Windows 7 ISO and put them inside the "alt resources" folder. 38:34
BTW, Is your system set to English United States?
@@mramayosken Yeah, it is. Thanks for the quick response, by the way, I'll see if this works
I had all of those files already strangely, but after running the file replacement.cmd again that seemed to fix the issue with Paint. Thanks!
How do i get the windows 10 sounds back?
How do you access the BeautyFox settings after restarting the browser?
does anybody know how to automatically colour the taskbar
the 1607uac folder now includes a install .cmd, should i use that or is it more safe to just do it like on the tutorial?
You can use that as my script doesn't rename the files before copying them.
Do I have to use virtual machines to do this Transformation?
😳🤔Because from there I don't know what to do, help please
when i try to use injector.exe, it says:
C:\Win 7 Files\2004-22H2>injector.exe
Aero Window Manager
===================
1. Hook Library Path: C:\Win 7 Files\2004-22H2\awmdll.dll
2. ERROR: Cannot load injection library.
Try installing Visual C++ Runtime 2019
@@mramayosken thank you so much! it worked
@@mramayosken now i have the problem where the buttons are off centered. They appear lower than the window.
Import my included "Window Metrics.reg" and log in again.
@@mramayosken i was at the start menu part before you said download the run time. I already had the metrics imported. But the buttons are still fine ig, if i reset my computer again for something, then it should be fixed when i do this tutorial again.
my windows 7 theme isnt activating. I still have the windows 10 title border. I have a windows 10 22h2 build 19045, them background and everything else is loading though
Did you install UltraUxThemePatcher and OldNewExplorer?
@@mramayosken i did everything it said. But i did select a high contrast theme and went to the win 7 theme again. It turned on a windows 7 theme but with no transparency and looking more of win 8
Did you try restarting or something?
@@mramayosken yes, evertime i try to install a theme on any windows 10 computer, it doesent work.
@@mramayosken i reset my computer and now it works!
very cool.
is it possible to transform 10 into 8.1?
Yes it is, I'm actually working on a mod like this.
Working on Windows 8.1?
Now you gotta do it to Windows 11.
he already did
@@thetechguywizard I think it's outdated though.
Hello, may I have a selective recovery of the items in the control panel？
for some reason i dont get the user account administrator window
i want the glowing caption buttons
Can you try and make this as a transformation pack?
so the new version of the website doesn't work i have try what you have say how can i fix ? maybe can you send me the old one ?
Can this be done in Windows 10 21H2 in Spanish?
I think no, unless you can get replacement files that are Spanish. You would have to work with es-XX folder instead of en-XX, where XX is the country/state depending on your Windows.
im seeing this video after 7 hours later LOL
wait
Ok now it's 7 days😅
What is the purpose of OldNewExplorer when Aerexplorer is being used
It's used to load shellstyle mods.
oh ok
21:03
How to install native control patch in beautifox?
I want this but it i cant follow this tutorial
how do u even download something from devianart
How do you change the window transparency, and to disable the Ctrl+Alt+Delete at logon?
There are some scripts inside the "Aero Colors" folder I've included to change the window color. Regarding your other question, disable the lockscreen from Winaero Tweaker.
how do you add themes to aero themes instead of installed themes
Make an update for the 10 to vista mod, for logon screen etc.
umm why was windowfx not included
It didn't work properly.
Do programs that don't work on Windows 7 still work here?
Yes
@@mramayosken Awesome! Your video is incredible!
In the registry editor i cant find the glass thingy
Could you upload the files you grabbed from the win7 ISO to mediafire? my internet's too slow to download the ISO from any legitimate sources :(
If anyone is dual booting Windows 10 with Linux in 2024 and having no issues let me know!!!!!
I cant find the iso file on your channel
Hello, MrAmayosken! I have a question.
In your "file replacement.cmd" file, you have a line that renames shell32.dll.mun to shell32.dll.mun.old in %windir%\systemresources, and then (three lines later), you have a line that copies the shell32.dll.mun in "SystemDrive%\alt resources" to %windir%\systemresources. I have a problem, however. I do not see any file named "shell32.dll.mun" in my "alt resources" folder. So, either I missed something in your video, or you never mentioned putting that file into "alt resources". What should I do about this? Where should I source this file from?
Have a blessed day,
Gibsound
6:32
Drop another tutorial for windows 11 plss!
Seems the guy who uploaded the Improved Thick Frames mod, deleted it. How fun. Guess im sticking with the crappier one in your video...
me: uninstalls windows 10 and instead installs windows 7
modern hardware not support Window's 7
no drivers, all modern hardware based on UEFI pure there is no legacy support for winodws 7.
@@anonymousak809Plus, it’s more prune to viruses since windows no longer makes updates for 7
how can I download "Desktop.7z" file at 22:37? My new WinClassic account is still on waiting for approval
uhh go view Number 3 in the pinned comment in "How to transform Windows 11 to Windows XP"
how do i download desktop.7z guys?