Features of Windows Vista removed in Windows 7
Windows Explorer -Dotted lines that connect folders and subfolders do not appear as the option to turn off a simple folder view is missing.-Automatic horizontal scrolling in the left pane and the horizontal scrollbar.-The size of any selected item and free disk space is not shown on the status bar.-Icons on the command bar in Windows Explorer and common application dialogs for Open/Save.-Auto Arrange and Align to Grid are not available in Windows Explorer windows.-The Sort bar that appears for any view in Windows Vista only appears for Details view.-Use of Folder.jpg as the folder thumbnail image. Windows Shell -Classic Start menu-Windows Media Player’s taskbar-integrated Mini-player-Network activity animation on Network Connections icon in the notification area-The ability to turn off taskbar window previews-The ability to disable the taskbar’s “always on top” setting.-Managing multiple taskbar items with multi-select (Ctrl+click) to group-tile, cascade, minimize or close the selected windows has been removed.-AutoPlay will support AutoRun only on optical media, such as CDs and DVDs.-Dynamically pinning default Internet browser and e-mail client software programs on Start menu-The ability to disable grouping similar taskbar buttons. Users can still disable combining multiple taskbar buttons of the same type into one button.-Numerically showing the number of combined taskbar buttons-Detection of HD DVD was removed from AutoPlay.– Unlike previous versions of Windows, there is no longer a web browser and email client pinned to the top of the Start Menu by default. Windows applications -Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Movie Maker, and Windows Mail-The web filtering and activity reporting functionality from the in-box parental controls feature.-The Aurora, Windows Energy, and Windows Logo screensavers.-The sidebar for Desktop Gadgets was removed-The Contacts and Notes Desktop Gadgets.-Software Explorer feature of Windows Defender-Windows Meeting Space-Windows Calendar-Windows Ultimate Extras in the Ultimate edition. Read: List of features removed in Windows 10.
