windows-ui-assets

📂 Windows UI Assets

An unofficial collection of UI assets (wallpapers, icons, cursors, and sounds) from various versions of Microsoft Windows (XP through 11).

⬇️ Download

Download the whole repository as a ZIP file

You can also clone the repository using Git:

git clone https://github.com/bartekl1/windows-ui-assets.git

🗃️ Content

	Wallpapers	Icons	Cursors	Sounds
Windows 11	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	📂 Files	📂 Files
Windows 10	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	📂 Files	📂 Files
Windows 8.1	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	📂 Files	📂 Files
Windows 7	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	📂 Files	📂 Files
Windows Vista	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	📂 Files	📂 Files
Windows XP	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	🗒️ Table 📂 Files	📂 Files	📂 Files

[!NOTE]
Preview tables are not included here to keep the README concise and avoid performance issues in the browser.

📦 Sources

Files have been extracted from official ISO files or from systems installed on VMs.

Asset type	Path in system files
Wallpapers Desktop Lock screen (Windows 8.1 and later) On screen keyboard (Windows 11)	%WINDIR%\Web %WINDIR%\Web\Wallpaper %WINDIR%\Web\Screen %WINDIR%\Web\touchkeyboard
Icons Windows 10 and later Windows 8.1 and older	%WINDIR%\SystemResources\shell32.dll.mun and %WINDIR%\SystemResources\imageres.dll.mun %WINDIR%\System32\shell32.dll and %WINDIR%\System32\imageres.dll
Cursors	%WINDIR%\Cursors
Sounds	%WINDIR%\Media

⚠️ Legal Notice

All trademarks, images and sounds are the property of Microsoft Corporation.
These resources are provided here for archival, educational, and personal use only.
Commercial use of these assets may violate Microsoft’s End User License Agreement (EULA).

📜 License

Repository structure and Markdown files (this README and preview tables) are released under the MIT License.
All graphical and audio materials extracted from Windows remain subject to Microsoft’s original licensing terms.
This repository does not claim ownership of any Microsoft content.

🔄 Repository Renamed

This repository was previously named WindowsResources.
Repository has been renamed to windows-ui-assets to better reflect its content and purpose.