Use Vista like Microsoft Windows XP system [group map]

The following tips mainly change some of the most frequently encountered items when using a computer.
1.Recover the XP style "Start”menu
Right click on the Vista"Start” button, select the “property" item from the pop-up menu, and select “Traditional Start Menu” Items, and finally click “OK” In this way, Vista's "Start" menu changes back to the XP system style, and it is much easier to use.


Figure 1
Vista and XP style & ldquo; start & rdquo; menu comparison (Legend: Vista Start menu, open the lower layers of the menu changed in the same window, when more than one program project You have to drag the scroll bar to find it. This is not the same as the XP layer expansion.)
2.Retrieve the desktop
Right-click on any blank space on the desktop and select “Personalization”. In the window that opens, select "Themes", then click on the "Themes" drop-down menu and select "Windows System Classic" to confirm.


Figure 2
Display Properties window comparator (Legend: Compared with the Personalization window of Vista, XP Display Properties window in a traditional way tabs multiple functions were organized by category There are still some advantages.
3.Retrieve all the menu items of the folder
The file window of Vista is very different, so it is really difficult to adapt at once. Fortunately, we can also retrieve the classic files. Folder style. Click “Start →Documents"Opens the My Documents window, then clicks the "Organize" button above, selects the "Folder and Search Options", and then selects "Use Classic Windows" folder & rdquo; entry, you can determine the


Figure 3
V ista and XP style folder comparison (Legend: Vista folder window has no menu items, though beautiful. , but not necessarily convenient.)
Let Vista and XP coexist peacefully
The above method is an alternative question. At the same time, either use Vista style or XP style, the two can not coexist. its In the case of not changing Vista's original settings, you can also use some of XP's features. The following method allows us to use Vista's "Personalization" window, or quickly bring up the XP-style desktop property window.
Step 1: In other systems with Windows XP, enter the system directory <;C:\\Windows\\System32”, copy the file desk.cpl to a USB flash drive or other removable disk. Then renamed to xp-desk.cpl (renamed to prevent duplicate names with the same name in Vista).
Step 2: Copy xp-desk.cpl to the Vista system directory <C:\\Windows\\System32” Under the folder, then click "Start → Control Panel", click on the left side of the "Classic View", you will see the newly added "Desktop" one (with the control panel in XP) The project has the same name. If you want to use the XP-style desktop property setting window in the future, double-click the “Desktop” item. The first run will pop up a window asking if the control panel program works normally. Hit In the box, "This control panel works fine" is confirmed.
Tips
In fact, you don't have to copy the cpl file to the system32 directory, and put it in a separate directory (such as: C:\\xp-cpl) Alternatively, double-click the corresponding cpl file to use it. In fact, in Vista, some of the original control panel programs in XP have been slightly modified and placed in the xp system download directory. For ease of invocation, you can also copy them to a separate directory (eg C:\\xp-cpl) for easy recall. The XP control panel program kept under Vista is briefly listed below (although there is also desk.cpl, it is too simple compared to XP's desk.cpl):
appwiz.cpl Add or remove programs
joy.cpl Game Controller
hdwwiz.cpl Add Hardware Wizard
inetcpl.cpl Internet Properties
intl.cpl Regional and Language Options
main.cpl Mouse Properties
mmsys.cpl Sound and Audio Device Properties< Br> ncpa.cpl Network Connections
powercfg.cpl Power Options Properties
telephon.cpo Location Information
sysdm.cpl System Properties
timedate.cpl System Time
wscui.cpl Windows Security Center< Br>