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Microsoft launched Windows 3.0 in 1990, becoming a popular operating system predominantly due to its introduction of a new graphical user interface (GUI) that displayed applications as clickable icons ...

Microsoft has open-sourced Windows File Manager, its first graphical interface for managing and accessing files, which debuted in its 1990 Windows 3.0 release. Microsoft dropped File Manager after ...

The world's most ubiquitous operating system was not always so. The evolution of Windows was often uncertain and precarious. Its success was symbiotic with advancements in processor speed and memory ...

Few gaming platforms in the U.S. are obscure as Windows 3.x (an umbrella term which typically includes the Windows 3.0, 3.1, and 3.11 products). That's because Microsoft's golden-era windowing ...

With the release of the Windows File Manager in 1990 for Windows 3.0, the graphical user interface (GUI) made it much easier for users of all experience levels to manipulate their files and folders.

The 90s called and want their file manager back. File managers have become de-emphasized thanks to the more app-centric world of mobile devices, but once upon a time, they were pretty much the center ...

Microsoft has released the source code for File Manager, the computer-navigating interface that debuted in Windows 3.0 and persisted through most of the 90s. Remember clicking rightwards through ...

A major upgrade to Windows 3.0, introduced in 1992. It added more stability and support for multimedia, TrueType fonts, compound documents (OLE) and drag & drop. Windows 3.1 ran 16-bit Windows and DOS ...

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Imagine a world without the Start button. No, I’m not talking about Windows 8. Dig deep into your memory, and you may recall a time when Windows 3.1 ruled the Earth. Twenty-five years ago this month, ...