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While Windows 7 contains many new features, a number of capabilities and certain programs that were a part of previous Windows versions up to Windows Vista were removed or changed.
The following is a list of features that were present in Windows Vista and earlier versions but were removed in Windows 7.
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desktop.ini
parameters like IconArea_Image
and IconArea_Text
preventing users from setting a background picture for folders. In Windows Vista, this feature was not built-in, however the list view control supported this if shell extensions or folder customization utilities which set the correct desktop.ini parameters and attributes were installed.
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