Windows 7 build 6568

Windows 7 build 6568 is a pre-Milestone 2 build of Windows 7. Prior to its leak, dj_cityboy shared some screenshots of this build. It was eventually leaked by Grabberslasher on BetaArchive on 2020-01-28 as an x64 Enterprise SKU VHD.

New features and changes

 * There is now an option to show the desktop via a button on the right-hand side of the taskbar. This is the first time the Show Desktop button has appeared on the taskbar ever since Windows 98 build 1415 and Windows 2000 build 1796.1.
 * This build by default uses the boot screen from Windows Vista. The aurora one from build 6519 can be seen by enabling "No GUI Boot" in.
 * It is the first build to have Windows Health, which would later become Action Center in the RTM.
 * This build has a new gadgets dropdown menu and the sidebar has been changed.

Superbar
To enable the Superbar, open the Registry editor, go to, create a DWORD value called  , and set its value to.

Bugs

 * When switching themes to Aero, there may be rendering issues.