Just started using Win 7 and find it just fine. Similar enough to XP to be not the disgusting jolt that the wife’s Win 8 machine is.
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You can download an app called “ClassicShell”. Look and feel of Windows XP ...
Thanks for the tip.
Still an alien environment, no thank you. The new version of Windows Explorer is weird enough in Win 7.
Will wait for the next OS version to upgrade, if ever.