Some time back I posted Windows 7 M1 ultimate screenshots. Today there is another detailed leak by none other than the manufacturer Microsoft. The software giant has revealed via MSDN that Windows 7 will bring the evolution of the .theme file format introduced with Windows 95, and nothing short of a true survivor. The further growth of the .theme file format will be interpretable only by Windows 7, with the previous versions of Windows ignoring new aspects.
However the document is now modified again and all the details mentioning reference of Windows 7 has been removed. But the document is still fresh on Google’ Cache and at the same time I have taken a screenshot ( if in case you are not able to view the document ).
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Quoting the source
As far as the Themes are concerned, the software giant indicated that for “Windows 7 and later - the icon to show in the theme gallery, either an embedded resource or a path to an .ico file. Paths are relative to the directory of the .theme file.”
This, while for Desktop Appearance “you can create custom wallpaper for the desktop and specify a path to the graphics file. Additionally, this section of the .theme file can specify whether the screen saver is active. The following example shows how to do modify the desktop appearance. Windows 7 and later: If the slideshow is active, the path can be a path to a folder containing multiple images, or a colon-delimited list of image files.”
In this regard, users will be able to set a slideshow as the wallpaper, this probably in addition to the DreamScene video backgrounds which are likely to be kept alive from Windows Vista Ultimate. Additionally, Microsoft has more items tucked up its sleeve, such as Theme Packs.
“Windows 7 and later - a theme pack is a .cab file that contains not only the .theme file but also the files needed to implement the theme on another computer, such as sound files and images. Users can create theme packs through the Personalization application in Control Panel,” the company noted.
So overall this was a geeky detail leaked by Microsoft and mainly target the developer. However, any detail leak is worth mentioning, and, when its done by the manufacturer, it becomes all the more.
Who knows by stating in the document “Windows 7 and later…” ,
Microsoft is talking about Windows 8 ( may be ) ….. ( any comments ?? 
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via : long zheng , softpedia
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Now that sound good, windows 8. Well, I am all set to skip vista … for 7.. May be windows 8 will be again nothing but a vista revisted.
How does this qualify for a leak, I feel it was given for public.
@rajesh
nothing is known about windows 8.. anyways Windows 7 also nothing much than screenshots
@nirmal
This qualify for a leak as these details are not available on the page … Seems like it was exposed by a mistake .. remember how Nokia N96 details got flashed over german site…. before the official release.
hi ya i am giving you a chance get free stuff for real
i still use XP:(
Hi,its Great…..
You can create exe slideshows quite easy with the Inzomia image
viewer. Download the program for free from http://www.izview.com