Posted on 04/09/2018 7:50:16 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
Microsoft is releasing the source code for its original Windows File Manager from nearly 28 years ago. Originally released for Windows 3.0, the File Manager was a replacement for managing files through MS-DOS, and allowed Windows users to copy, move, delete, and search for files. While it’s a relic from the past, you can still compile the source code Microsoft has released and run the app on Windows 10 today.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Why?.................................[we still have it on some of our old computers].....................
Wait until people see what a cluster your file system has become! Complexity for the sake of confusion.
Thay was for 16-bit dos file systems with limited address spaces. You would have to do significant mods to make sure it could handle 32 and 64 bit file systems and be able to access much larger hard drive address space today.
Would Windows 10 security even let you install and run it?
File Manager was never as good as the replacement that came with Norton Desktop.
If I can’t run Leisure Suit Larry, then forget it!
I’m awaiting the return of Microsoft Bob. /s
that’s funny right there. is that real ?
I think the “Pastry” option is a dead giveaway.
Count me as a MS10HATER !! I’m still Waiting for MS 10 to go away and MS12 to come.
If only it would allow us to play our old 95 and XP games.
I use XYplorer as a replacement. You can adjust the text size and spacing and font and thumbnail image size etc.
https://www.xyplorer.com
BTW, having lived in Minnesota for over 40 years, I am definitely Minnesota_out_bound (snow this morning, more this weekend).
Hooray! The return of Clippy? I loved Clippy. (That little dog, too.)
MS13 is already here.
And the good Print Shop versions. And Broderbund Architect. And earlier WordPerfect programs. All that and more.
The smartest thing MS could do is re-release XP and call it Windows 11.
Is there an om-line address for it?
Now they should implement SED, FIND, AWK, GREP ... that entire family of programmer tools. Microsoft STILL doesn’t have a way to directly enumerate serial ports from an application or display a JPEG file in a window without jumping through hoops. Did I mention getting a text file containing a list of files their attributes of a folder without using the CMD shell? CMD is usually prohibited to students in a high school, so sometimes even the most mundane things cannot be accomplished even with the billions of bytes of Windows software.
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