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.