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It was kind of Microsoft to include icons for so many products that rivalled their own. It was also a good way to get the MS-DOS user onboard with Windows, even
by Theodores 1y ago
It was kind of Microsoft to include icons for so many products that rivalled their own. It was also a good way to get the MS-DOS user onboard with Windows, even though it was not needed for these MS-DOS applications.
Most of these MS-DOS applications installed into well known folders. Was there any tool that came with Windows to find these applications and put them in program manager groups, or was this something that one had to do for oneself?
- dontdoxxme 1y agoThe post alludes to it, the previous post has details[1], setup did it, based on the data in APPS.INF (a massive file shipped with Windows, although you could add your own data[2]). [1]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250505-00/?p=111143 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250505-00/?p=11... [2]: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/microsoft/resource_kits/0030-54303_Windows_for_Workgroups_3.11_Resource_Kit_Addendum_1993.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/microsoft/resource_kits/0030-54... page 183