How to make Windows 8.1 Look Almost EXACTLY Like Windows 7 

I was hit by a wave of nostalgia at 7:29 when he went through all the themes and each one had different sounds...I miss Windows 7

Those sounds bring back hard memories.

Evolution Before: How to make windows 7 look like windows 8.1. Now: How to make windows 8.1 look like windows 7.

2020, it's Windows 7 Alive Edition

Yesterday I made a fresh install of Windows 8.1 after 7 support ended you know, and holy shit this video is awesome. Windows 8.1 is also so underrated...

Hey man so i wanted to tell you hood job. All the other tutorials on this subject are like "well: start menu bad, classic shell good". But your tutorial actually does a very good job. So.. I'm proud of you, man

Huh... I guess it makes sense that the "United States" theme is replace with the "Mexico" theme on mexican Windows 7 releases, and I imagine there's a different country theme for each region. Never really thinked about it until now.

Note : AG Blur Tweaker is not really nessecary, because it makes changes to the registry. Specifically at HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\DWM. You can make the same changes by adding DWORDs.

The only missing thing is that the title for open programs in Windows 8 are centered where as in Windows 7 they are all the way to the left.

Bro your such an underrated youtuber!

7:36 - that turtle looks constipated

Windows 8.1 is so much better than windows 10

I would love to see a version of this for Windows 10

What os you use? Me: windows 8.7

Damn, and I thought that my transformation looked good. Thanks for this!

I used a taskbar skin for classic shell and added a 15 pixel show desktop button that is close enough to the real one in my opinion. It works best with a 1920x1080 screen resolution

My childhood has been saved, and I didn't have to spend a few gigabytes.

I installed Windows 8.1 on my good old PC and it's just turned my PC back into a beast! Insane performance! It was on Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit when it came, and then I updated it to Windows 10 32 bit, and after that to Windows 10 64 bit through clean install, and when performance became worse day by day, I changed to Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit on 2020 (that was the BIGGEST mistake lol) and had bushels of problems like GPU driver signature, etc. And after HEAVY lagging, frustrations and pains, Windows 7 updated to it's latest version and it was at least usable after that. Hence, I saw TrigrZolt's video on comparing 5 Windows versions, in which Windows 8.1 won. i was astounded, as Windows 8 was hated by my cousin brothers a couple years ago, and I thought Windows 8.1 must be no different. I was WAY TOTALLY WRONG. Installed Windows 8.1 two weeks ago, and got great performance. Snappiest experience possible, lowest boot time. And with a good combo of Windows 7 transitions and Windows 10 Metro theme. Had ABSOLUTELY no issues. No Telemetry, forceful creation of Microsoft Account, preinstalled bloatware and Cortana crap.

I hope eventually we get a video on how to make Windows 10 look like Windows 7.

if you want to use the windows 7 basic theme just kill dwm :) all modern or metro ui related apps and stuff including the start screen wont work until you start dwm again so uh heres your warning im surprised that more of the windows visuals and shit now depends on dwm while windows vista and 7 only needed it for aero

Omg the best 53:10 minutes spent in my life

I'm a proud user of W7 on an old machine, love it forever!

0:07 was much funny 😂😂😂

Plot twist: he was in windows 7 the whole time with the UI of windows 8.1 and just got rid of them

It dosen't even look like WIndows 8.1 anymore

To make it a little less tedious, install an icon pack instead of manually changing the icons one by one.

TrigrZ: Let's see how good Windows 8.1 is! *opens start screen* TrigrZ: *WHAA--* *explosion* never gets old lol

2013 : make Windows 7 Look Almost EXACTLY Like Windows 8 2020 : make Windows 8.1 Look Almost EXACTLY Like Windows 7

Wait a second - 1:55 you're czech? Yaaay me too.

You can replace multiple icons at the time in CustomizerGod, just select the ones you wanna change with Ctrl and replace like usual.

Thanks! I really miss Windows 7.

The icon in the sidebar of Windows Explorer is different because it's a different icon alltogether. You have to replace that icon in the Drive Icon tab.

for whatever reason, simplexdesignart is banned.

0:07 installing a new Windows version (after XP) in a nutshell

9:15 uh oh. if you notice, thats a bug on the close all windows thing

CustomiserGod isn't glitchy, its the icon cache. After deleting the cache and a restart, it should appear. Although, on Windows 10 it is VERY glitchy.

When you buy win 8 but it looks like win 7 then the seller calls and he tells you he pranked you but your like thank you because you like what he did

Nice video, but here is some important stuff: 1. Classic Shell is dead. Use Open-Shell or Startisback 2. All links currently work, but the AG Blur Tweaker link is missing: msfn.org/board/topic/163794-aero-glass-blur-tweaker/

Thank you for using me! :)

I never thought Windows 8 start menu was bad but when I upgraded to Windows 10 I got nostalgic thinking about it

The DeviantArt link for the Windows 7 Theme is dead.

Srsly tho, who wouldn’t go for this beautiful UI over 10

Wowowowow. Good windows!!. Before:Windows 8.1 Now:WIndows 7

The joke in the beginning 😂

THIS IS WHAT POPS ON MY SCREEN EVERYTIME -gRaMaRlY CaN hElP

You must have a beasty machine to have 12.1GB of RAM in the VM lol! I want to install Windows 8.1 in Virtualbox but when I turn on Intel Virtualization all my other virtual machines don't work! What am I meant to do to make them work? I should mention I get a Hyper V related error with them.

Wow! I can now feel like I have Windows 7 you are the best!

1:42 Hey I'm Glad You're The Only One I Found On RU-vid Using Me On Windows 8.1 3:25 WHA- *EXPLOSION*

Love the opening. And, yes. (Of course Windows 8.0 was worse-- there wasn't even a start button.) Thanks for making this!

Not really worth going to win 8.1 after 2020, since newer software only support windows 7 and windows 10, better off just sticking with windows 7 after 2020. But anyway great video.

It took me 2 days to do this but its all worth it.

I started this video while installation of windows 10 in my computer and it was a perfect time killer. 😃

RIP Windows 7

Don't forget to install an app called "Classic Shall" to change the start menu in to win 7 start !

I remember I used to use Classic Shell on windows 8 to get the old start menu back. I’m a Mac user now and I watched this whole video just for shits and giggles and the nostalgia I guess 😂

This is almost exact with just a few minor differences. Windows 8.1 can really look nearly identical to Windows 7! It's a shame the same can't be said for Windows 10.

5:26-5:29 NUUH- NOOH.

Yo I really liked this, can you do a tutorial like this for windows 10

For win 8, you need to download the win 8 version of aero glass, and during installation you need to select both options

This is INSANE!!!!!

You might want to check out the Win8To7 Transformation Pack by ImSwordKing. It's inspired by your pack, and comes in installer form with A LOT more new accuracy-aids atop.

0:07 when you step on a spike

I did all step by step and spent near 1 hour until the end of video and nothing changed but just the colours! Themes are not working...

Aah, love from Slovakia, Czech brother

*What OS Do You Use?* Me: I Use Windows 7.1

I recognize that music :D it's the windows 10 remix by Louie Jenga!

Video: this is safe Me:*tries* Computer:*explodes*

0:07 when my teeth fall out or I get stolen

Friend:what window u use Me:u wont believe it

Try Open Shell. A freeware utility that gives you back the Windows 7 interface on Windows 8.1 and Windows 19..

0:08 Mind is Exploded

Simplexdesign deleted his account himself (I got in touch with him) on DeviantArt. Who still got the theme? It is the only missing component, so please, help me, thanks :)

Ag blur tweeker messed the theme

I'm forced to use Windows 8 and up with my modern CPU so this really helped out thanks

I was not able to download the windows 7 theme. btw Great vid

the deviantart link is dead

Love your videos!

You forgot to disable the menu shadow in classic shell

I wish you’d try changing the Segoe UI font to the old one too

Dude win 10 is not garbage, just remove bloat, and it runs fast on real hardware, vms are super slow anyways.

0:07 Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows Vista back in the day.

0:06 this scared me *The start*

0:07 B O O O O O O O M

28:51 (just a bookmark)

what about the sounds?

I personally like win10 might just be cause I’ve used it for 3 years but I don’t see anything bad about it same with win8 and 8.1

Before I upgraded to W10 and had it dual boot Manjaro A long time ago on w8.1 My pc didn't properly shutdown and I hit task manager The window border was w7 style and then I opened cmd as a new task and hit explorer A buggy Windows 7-like UI showed up, taskbar and all Start menu was unusable but it let me shutdown properly Was cool And scary I'm too poor to get a more up to date computer lmao

Windows 10 is really good I've never had any problems with it. There's no need to stay behind.

In the end i woudn't even guessed that this was windows 8.1

You can replace "games" in the start menu with steam.

Nice work

i only want the aero theme because it fit's well with the centered title bar

I like how the intro is funny.

StartIsBack Would work better. Sure, you need to pay a bit and there's no glass streaks, but there's always cracking methods. I have a Safe SIB Cracker saved if yall need it.

Windows 8.1 with Aero glass is the best

I don't even have Windows 8 but I am watching this video to the end because I love W7 and this video is really cool

Tbh, the only two reasons I use win 10 is because I have a windows mixed reality headset, and because Windows 7 isn't getting security updates, and actualy, if win 7 supported wmr headsets I might actually consider going back.

I did the same thing, except it was making windows 10 look like windows XP

the deviantart theme is gone :(((( someone please help

Your channel is golden.