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That was written for DOS. It's not "Windows File Manager" just because it will run under Windows. That'd be like claiming apps written for Win32 are Linux apps
by delinka 9y ago
That was written for DOS. It's not "Windows File Manager" just because it will run under Windows. That'd be like claiming apps written for Win32 are Linux apps because they'll run in Wine.
- dfox 9y agoMSDOS Executive on the screenshot was part of early windows versions. In windows 3.0 it was replaced by File Manager (and Program Manager). The program that you are thinking of is DOS Shell, which is part of MS-DOS 4.0 and higher, runs in text mode (optionally with custom VGA font) and it's UI behavior is somewhere half way between Windows' MSDOS Executive and File Manager.
- delinka 9y agoI concede. I thought I was seeing all ASCII line drawing for the 'windows' in that screenshot, but in fact at least the upper right corner is actual graphics.
- dspillett 9y agoAs dfox mentions, I think you are confusing "Windows MSDOS Executive" with DOSSHell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_Shell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_Shell
- Narishma 9y agoI belive it was written for the very first version of Windows, using what would later become known as the Win16 API.