Apr 02, 2018 Hi Barb, We need more information regarding the setting you want to apply on your computer for us to better understand your computer. Kindly tell us how were you able to make Windows 10 look like Windows 7 before. Moving from Windows 7 to Windows 10 can be a shock. Windows 7 owners missed both Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, which changed Windows significantly. If you’ve moved from Windows 7 to Windows 10 but want something more familiar, try these tricks to make Windows 10 behave more like Windows 7. When you’re through, your. Is there any software or steps to make Windows 10 taskbar to look like Windows 7? It's much clearer if window is open in Windows 7. I don't like absence of non-bottom borders in Windows 10 Taskbar items.
Moving from Windows 7 to Windows 10 can be a shock. Windows 7 owners missed both Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, which changed Windows significantly. If you’ve moved from Windows 7 to Windows 10 but want something more familiar, try these tricks to make Windows 10 behave more like Windows 7. When you’re through, your desktop will look much like the one in the figure below.
Remove app tiles from the Start menu
Windows 8 introduced apps — mini-programs that hail from the world of touchscreen smartphones. In Windows 8 and 8.1, apps filled the entire screen. Windows 10, by contrast, includes a strip of apps along the Start menu’s right edge. Each app is a square or rectangular tile.
To remove the app’s tiles from the Start menu, right-click any app’s tile. When the pop-up menu appears, choose Unpin from Start, and the app’s tile slides off the Start menu. Repeat with each tile until they’ve disappeared from the Start menu’s right edge, leaving only the menu behind.
That doesn’t uninstall the app; it simply removes its tile from the Start menu. If you still want to access an app, click the Start button and click All Apps from the Start menu’s bottom left corner. A list of your apps and programs appears, sorted alphabetically.
When you’re through, drag the Start menu’s right edge inward, clearing the empty space formerly held by the apps.
If you’re still not satisfied, download and install Classic Shell, a program that makes Windows 10’s Start menu look almost identical to the Start menu in Windows 7.
Turn off Cortana and remove the Search box
Windows 10’s digital personal assistant, Cortana, lives in the Start menu’s Search box. Some people find the little robot to be helpful: Cortana constantly dishes up a stream of news, weather reports, and even popular nearby restaurants.
But if you’d prefer to keep Cortana quiet, disable the robot: Click in the Search box; when the Notebook pane appears, click the Notebook icon. Click the Settings option, and turn off the checkbox at the top of the Settings pane.
Remove the Search box
Windows 7 keeps the Search box on the Start menu, ready for access with a click of the Start button. In Windows 10, by contrast, the Search box always remains on your taskbar, hogging space.
To remove the Search box, right-click the taskbar, choose Search from the pop-up menu, and choose Hidden. (Or, to replace the long Search box with a small icon, choose Show Search Icon, instead.)
When you’re ready to search, just click the Start button and start typing, as you do in Windows 7. As you start to type, the Search box appears, readily accepting your typed search term.
Prevent apps from opening your files
In Windows 10, you may find that apps open your files, not your favorite programs. To switch the chores back to your programs, click the Start menu, and choose Settings. When the Settings app appears, click the System icon. Click the Default Apps section, and Windows lists which apps are currently opening your files. Click any app and a drop-down menu appears, letting you choose a different program from the list.
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Is there any software or steps to make Windows 10 taskbar to look like Windows 7?
It's much clearer if window is open in Windows 7.
I don't like absence of non-bottom borders in Windows 10 Taskbar items.
UPDATE
StartIsBack++ is indeed awesome. And it helped me
To get start button like Windows 7
Make taskbar bigger
Add opacity for my start and taskbar
But my taskbar icons are the same
All the windows are open on screenshot but they still have only bottom border.
even after applying Windows 7 Themes
Please look at opened but not currently focused window.
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You need StartIsBack++, which brings back Taskbar Skinning. Now use the Windows 7 Theme for Windows 10 to have the Windows 7 look back.
Starting with Version 2 of Startisback++, it brings the Windows 7 taskbar back. See the preview picture:
Download StartIsback++ 2 to try the new skinning feature.
Added support for full taskbar skinning (TrayNotify::Clock, TrayNotify::Toolbar, ShowDesktop::Button, VerticalShowDesktop::Button, Taskband2Composited::TaskBand2, TaskbandExtendedUI)
Open the configuration tool
and inside appearance tab you can select the Windows 7 style to have Windows 7 Taskbar and Windows 7 startmenu look back.
Perhaps try Winaero Tweaker.It provides the ability to assign Windows 10 the Aero theme from Windows 7 etc. and customize the taskbar opacity.
Edit: Unfortunately after fiddling around with WinAero I cannot find an option to replicate the desired outcome. Apologies.However, I've noticed that you can assign colours to the taskbar in Personalize in Settings. Although this isn't a complete resolution, it makes the taskbar items that are open much more clear. Taskbar Screenshot
Classic Desktop Windows 10
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