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How do you get the aero theme in a windows 7 vm?

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I have virtualbox installed and the windows 7 iso from the frutiger aero archive, but I can't seem to get the aero theme. I tried using a "guest additions" iso, but the ones on the internet archive aren't labeled properly & I don't know where else to find them.
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You need to first of all install the guest additions, there's a .exe file somewhere in that iso file that you need to launch in the virtual machine.
Then apply these settings in virtualbox for your Windows 7:

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admin wrote:You need to first of all install the guest additions, there's a .exe file somewhere in that iso file that you need to launch in the virtual machine.
Then apply these settings in virtualbox for your Windows 7:
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Re: How do you get the aero theme in a windows 7 vm?

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Use VMWare Fusion 13, it's free and better
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xrossmediabar wrote:Use VMWare Fusion 13, it's free and better
Noted. I will try it later. Thanks for the recommendation. :)
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Re: How do you get the aero theme in a windows 7 vm?

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xrossmediabar wrote:Use VMWare Fusion 13, it's free and better
vmware workstation (on windows)? no thanks
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ee wrote:
Use VMWare Fusion 13, it's free and bettervmware workstation (on windows)? no thanks
I said Fusion, not Workstation.. 
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Re: How do you get the aero theme in a windows 7 vm?

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xrossmediabar wrote:
vmware workstation (on windows)? no thanksI said Fusion, not Workstation..
i know, the version of windows for it is called workstation
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