Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 08 Feb 2021, 04:00
by Win10-Hater
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:
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Eurgh, that looks unpolished.
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?
Re: Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 08 Feb 2021, 05:27
by win32
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.
Re: Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 09 Feb 2021, 12:32
by Compa
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!
Re: Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 09 Feb 2021, 13:55
by win32
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.
Re: Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 12 Feb 2021, 06:04
by omega
You think the Vista sticky notes looks ugly? wait until you see 7's sticky notes
Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 13 Apr 2021, 17:14
by kcznsk
Win10-Hater wrote: ↑08 Feb 2021, 04:00
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
Eurgh, that looks unpolished.
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?
Why don't you just use the notes gadget instead?
Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 16 Apr 2021, 22:13
by MassClaw
It might be just for the hell of it, or 7's one is just that feature-rich.
Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 19 Apr 2021, 02:05
by legacyfan
did you try the extended kernel?
Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 19 Apr 2021, 06:57
by win32
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.
Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 22 Apr 2021, 01:21
by Win10-Hater
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win32 wrote: ↑19 Apr 2021, 06:57
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.
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.
Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 22 Apr 2021, 04:52
by win32
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I actually didn't know we had OT boxes in this forum.
Mind you, which update level are you at?
Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 23 Apr 2021, 19:52
by Kouto
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
Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 24 Apr 2021, 15:21
by K4sum1
Can you like please not use the off topic boxes? They're blindingly white on the lucid blue theme.
Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
Posted: 27 Apr 2021, 05:44
by Kouto
R3n wrote: ↑24 Apr 2021, 15:21
Can you like please not use the off topic boxes? They're blindingly white on the lucid blue theme.
Backporting the Win7 versions of some apps to Vista?
