UPDATE: Windows Movie Maker added.
Microsoft has removed many classic features from Windows 7 like Classic start menu, Quick Launch toolbar, etc. Although most of them can be enabled using 3rd party apps or simple registry hacks:
[AIO] How to Get All Good Old Classic Features Back in Windows 7
There are 6 more classic programs which have also been removed from Windows 7 but most of the people don't notice them. The programs are:
- 3D Pinball Game
- InkBall Game
- Hold 'Em Game
- Windows Movie Maker
- Windows Calendar
- ClipBook Viewer
3D Pinball game is an awesome game and Microsoft removed it from Windows 7 for no reason. Similarly Windows Calendar is a very useful application but Microsoft removed it to force people to use Windows Live Essentials pack.
Our DA group member "scritperkid2" has shared these classic applications files which can be copied to Windows 7 to enjoy these missing programs in Windows 7.
Simply follow the instructions to get the programs back in Windows 7:
Get 3D Pinball Game in Windows 7:
Download following ZIP file, extract it and copy the Pinball folder to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games" folder. If you have installed Windows 7 in any other partition, change C: drive letter to the correct one.
Download 3D Pinball Game for Windows 7
Get InkBall Game in Windows 7:
Download following ZIP file, extract it and copy the files to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\InkBall" folder. If you have installed Windows 7 in any other partition, change C: drive letter to the correct one.
Download InkBall Game for Windows 7
Get Hold 'Em Game in Windows 7:
Download following ZIP file, extract it and run the install.bat file:
Download Hold 'Em Game for Windows 7
Get Windows Movie maker in Windows 7:
Download following ZIP file, extract it and copy the appropriate folder to "C:\Program Files\" folder. If you have installed Windows 7 in any other partition, change C: drive letter to the correct one.
Download Windows Movie Maker for Windows 7
You can also download and install Windows Live Movie Maker which is an advanced version of default Windows Movie Maker:
Download Windows Live Movie Maker
Or check following free alternatives to Windows Movie Maker:
Ultimate Collection of Free Alternatives to Windows Movie Maker
And if you want the good old Windows Movie Maker 2.6 version, check following:
Get the Good Old Movie Maker 2.6 in Windows Vista and 7
Get Windows Calendar in Windows 7:
Download following ZIP file, extract it and copy the extracted folder to "C:\Program Files\" folder. 64-bit users copy the extracted folder to "C:\ Program Files (x86)\" folder. If you have installed Windows 7 in any other partition, change C: drive letter to the correct one.
Download Windows Calendar for Windows 7
Get ClipBook Viewer in Windows 7:
Download following ZIP file, extract it and copy the clipbrd.exe file to "C:\Windows\System32\" folder. If you have installed Windows 7 in any other partition, change C: drive letter to the correct one.
Download ClipBook Viewer for Windows 7
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Ktown
How do people come up with this? This is absolutely incredible. Can this also work with Vista?
helmutcheese
There was a way to get Calender before in but it would not work if you set a reminder!
xoniv
@Ktown this came from Vista
Someone
What is the ClipBook viewer?
Rtyh-12
Yahoo!! Pinball is back!!
Swapnil
@Someone, The ClipBook viewer is a tool for viewing the contents of the ClipBoard. It can also erase the contents of ClipBoard.
NZero
Actually the 3D Pinball game can directly copy from Windows XP and it's playable in Windows Vista and Windows 7. It's not so "wow".
Anyway, it's a good game!
Open the Pinball folder at "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Pinball" and locate the "Pinball.exe" executable file.
Right click the "Pinball.exe" file and drag it to the GameExplorer/"Games" folder in the Start menu and choose "Copy here".
Now when you want to play 3D Pinball just click Start > Games > Pinball.
InkBall
Available on Windows Vista and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
Removed (discontinued) from Windows 7
For more infomations:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InkBall
After download the files, extract to C:\Windows\system32
Note: You might have to be an administrator for it to work.
The InkBall executable file inkball.exe will directly work on Windows XP computers.
After you download InkBall just double click and start playing Inkball on your Windows XP computers.
For Windows 7 users who want to play InkBall game, the Inkball application must configure to compatibility to Windows Vista or earlier version of Windows.
Then the game will run successfully.
Open the context menu by a right click on the icon for the InkBall program.
Select "Properties" menu option on the InkBall's context menu.
Go to "Compability" tab.
Under compatibility section, make sure you marked the "Run this program in compatibility mode for" checkbox.
Select the "Microsoft Windows Vista" operating system option from the compatibility modes dropdown list box.
Click on Apply button.
Under privilege level check mark "Run this programs as an administrator". Click on “Apply”.
Click on “OK” button.
Don't forget to drag the inkball.exe to GameExplorer/"Games" folder for shortcut.
wildgoosespeeder
Nice! Old stuff is usually the best stuff. :D
IB
hi everyone
do you remember chip chalenge game from windows 9x?
Can anyone share it and show how to play it in win7?