Windows 7’nin bazı özelliklerini kendi uygulamalarınızda kullanabilmek mevcut .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 sürümü ile mümkün. http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack adresinden download edebileceğiniz API sayesinde Windows 7’nin güzel özelliklerini kendi uygulamalarınıza yansıtabiliyorsunuz. Bazı kullanılabilecek özellikler aşağıda;

  • Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists, Icon Overlay, Progress Bar, Tabbed Thumbnails, and Thumbnail Toolbars.
  • Windows 7 Libraries, Known Folders, non-file system containers.
  • Windows Shell Search API support, a hierarchy of Shell Namespace entities, and Drag and Drop functionality for Shell Objects.
  • Explorer Browser Control.
  • Shell property system.
  • Windows Vista and Windows 7 Common File Dialogs, including custom controls.
  • Windows Vista and Windows 7 Task Dialogs.
  • Direct3D 11.0, Direct3D 10.1/10.0, DXGI 1.0/1.1, Direct2D 1.0, DirectWrite, Windows Imaging Component (WIC) APIs. (DirectWrite and WIC have partial support)
  • Sensor Platform APIs
  • Extended Linguistic Services APIs
  • Power Management APIs
  • Application Restart and Recovery APIs
  • Network List Manager APIs
  • Command Link control and System defined Shell icons.