essentially a collection of cabinet files that consist of theme resources including background images, color preferences, desktop icons, mouse cursors, and sound schemes.The new theme extension simplifies sharing of themes and can also display desktop wallpapers via RSS feeds provided by the Windows RSS Platform. Microsoft provides additional themes for free through its website.
he start orb now has a fade-in highlight effect when the user hovers the mouse cursor over it. The Start Menu’s right column is now the Aero glass color. In Windows Vista, it was always black.
Windows 7’s Start menu retains the two-column layout of its predecessors, with several functional changes:The “Documents”, “Pictures” and “Music” buttons now link to the Libraries of the same name.A “Devices and Printers” option has been added that displays a new device manager.
The “shut down” icon in Windows Vista has been replaced with a text link indicating what action will be taken when the icon is clicked. The default action to take is now configurable through the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window.Taskbar Jump Lists are presented in the Start Menu via a guillemet; when the user moves the mouse cursor over the guillemet, or presses the right-arrow key, the right-hand side of the Start menu is widened and replaced with the application’s Jump List.
Links to the “Videos”, “Downloads”, and “Recorded TV” folders can now be added to the Start menu.
