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| Author: | Win10-Hater [ 08 Feb 2021, 04:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
| Hello all, I have seen that the Vista versions of some built-in apps like Snipping Tool and Sticky Notes lack in quality a little or they don't look neat and polished to match Vista's beautiful Aero interface. See how the Vista Sticky Notes app looks: vista sticky notes.png (34.73 KiB) Viewed 8323 times Also, Snipping Tool on Vista does not capture images clearly and adds a red border line, which I don't like. So, can the Win7 versions of these apps be backported to Vista? Is it as simple as copying the Win7 program folders and files over to Vista or as complicated as making whole new versions of those apps dedicated for Vista only? |
| Author: | win32 [ 08 Feb 2021, 05:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
| If you go to Snipping Tool options and uncheck "Show selection ink after snaps are captured", the red border disappears. As for the reason why most built-in win7 applications do not work on Vista, it is because they call several telemetry functions not present in Vista. I do plan on adding stubs of such functions in ntdll once we can make direct modifications to it. I had recently found a function in ntoskrnl that seems to compare the hashes of "protected" files with those in their authenticode signatures. I think it can be rigged. |
| Author: | Compa [ 09 Feb 2021, 12:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
| I forgot all about the Sticky Notes application. Looks like the Office 2003 styling, a default .NET interface, the XP(!!) title bar... not really sure how on earth it was missed. Wonder what its build date is internally, looks like something from Longhorn era lmao - heck, in W7 SP1 there are files pertaining to 5.2.3663! |
| Author: | win32 [ 09 Feb 2021, 13:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
| I believe the Sticky Notes, much like InkBall come from XP Tablet PC Edition 2002. Even some of InkBall's UI elements remind me of the silver Luna skin. |
| Author: | omega [ 12 Feb 2021, 06:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
| You think the Vista sticky notes looks ugly? wait until you see 7's sticky notes |
| Author: | kcznsk [ 13 Apr 2021, 17:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
Why don't you just use the notes gadget instead? |
| Author: | MassClaw [ 16 Apr 2021, 22:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
| It might be just for the hell of it, or 7's one is just that feature-rich. |
| Author: | legacyfan [ 19 Apr 2021, 02:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
| did you try the extended kernel? |
| Author: | win32 [ 19 Apr 2021, 06:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
| Have any of you checked the extended kernel thread recently? Sticky notes will take longer due to reimplementation of registry functions in kernel32, but calc and paint are working. |
| Author: | Win10-Hater [ 22 Apr 2021, 01:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
Off Topic Oh yes, I checked it just now, but whenever I try to install the Feb. 2021 release of the extended kernel, on reboot, this error pops up: Windows did not boot successfully. The file CLFS.SYS is either missing or corrupt. Idk why this happens. |
| Author: | win32 [ 22 Apr 2021, 04:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
Off Topic I actually didn't know we had OT boxes in this forum. Mind you, which update level are you at? |
| Author: | Win10-Hater [ 22 Apr 2021, 08:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
March 2021, but it was the same story with all updates upto December 2019 installed. Edit : The same issue has been reported here on MSFN, which has be corrected by the poster, but I dunno how it was resolved. https://msfn.org/board/topic/181612-wip-windows-vista-extended-kernel/?do=findComment&comment=1196587 |
| Author: | Compa [ 23 Apr 2021, 19:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
I didn't either, probably added by the fancy BBCode editor plugin that R3n installed a while ago. Play around in a post preview/draft as much as you like, but uh, do use them properly please  |
| Author: | K4sum1 [ 24 Apr 2021, 15:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
| Can you like please not use the off topic boxes? They're blindingly white on the lucid blue theme. |
| Author: | Compa [ 27 Apr 2021, 05:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
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| Author: | Win10-Hater [ 17 May 2021, 06:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista? |
I tried installing the May 2021 release of the extended kernel, and this error did not occur! |
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