But, if you really want to get rid of it, you can disable the Action Center by going to Settings > System > Notifications & Actions and clicking “Turn System Icons On or Off”. It’s handy for seeing all recent notifications you might have missed, and frankly, we think it’s worth keeping–it’s one of the more useful updates to Windows 10. The Action Center is a new feature of Windows 10 that’s available by clicking the message bubble on the right side of the Taskbar. De-select “Show Task View Button” and go to Cortana > Hidden. So, to continue our conversion to a Windows 7-like experience, you can remove both of them from the Taskbar–you just need to right-click on the taskbar. Neither Cortana nor Task View was available in Windows 7. In Windows 10, that search box was moved to the Taskbar and integrated into Cortana (personal assistant) and the Task View (virtual desktops) button was added to the Taskbar as well. The Windows 7 Start menu included a Search box right on the menu.

RELATED: How to Hide the Search/Cortana Box and Task View Button on the Windows 10 Taskbar Remove the Cortana Box and Task View Button from the Taskbar You can read more about the color settings here. Just head to Settings > Personalization > Colors to change them. But that’s boring! Thankfully, the latest version of Windows 10 lets you add some color to the title bars in the settings, letting you make your desktop a little more like Windows 7. The title bars on windows in Windows 10 are white by default. RELATED: How to Get Colored Window Title Bars on Windows 10 (Instead of White) Check out our full guide for all the tweaks. If you’re not happy with the changes, you can get the look and feel of Windows 7’s Windows Explorer back with a free tool called OldNewExplorer, along with some tweaks to the settings and registry that get rid of the ribbon, hide Quick Access, and lots more. There are a lot of changes in Windows 10’s File Explorer compared to Windows 7’s Windows Explorer. RELATED: How to Make Windows 10's File Explorer Look Like Windows 7's Windows Explorer Make File Explorer Look and Act Like Windows Explorer

Not only is it more similar to Windows 7’s start menu, but it’s insanely customizable, so you can get the Start menu of your dreams. You can even download images of the Windows 7 Start orb and use that on the Taskbar for the Start menu. If you truly want the Windows 7 Start menu back, install the free program Classic Shell. Microsoft sort of brought the Start menu back in Windows 10, but it’s been given a big overhaul. RELATED: Bring The Windows 7 Start Menu to Windows 10 with Classic Shell

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