The Verge

Microsoft open-sources original File Manager from the ‘90s so it can run on Windows 10

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is releasing the source code for its original Windows File Manager from ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 3.0 File Manager Reborn in All Its Nostalgic Glory

In 2018, Microsoft open-sourced the original and first GUI-based Windows File Manager which debuted in Windows 3.0. The program, which is maintained on GitHub by Microsoft, is now available to ...
ZDNet

Windows 10 revisits 1990: Now you can run Windows 3.0's open-sourced File Manager

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 ...
TWCN Tech News

Original Windows File Manager (winfile) with enhancements for Windows 11/10

Windows File Manager (winfile) is reborn! The program now comes with enhancements for Windows 11/10. Microsoft Windows File Manager is the graphical user interface (GUI) through which end users can ...

Microsoft tests File Explorer search optimisation to reduce RAM usage in Windows 11

A new Windows 11 Insider update optimises File Explorer search by removing redundant indexing operations, promising faster ...
Bleeping Computer

Blast from the Past: File Manager (WinFile.exe) is Open Sourced By Microsoft

If you were born in the late 90s, you probably have never used or even heard of the Windows File Manager, which was the Window's file management program before Windows Explorer. Originally included ...
Hexus

Microsoft File Manager open sourced, now on GitHub

Microsoft's Craig Wittenberg has released a modified version of the source code for Windows File Manager via GitHub. File Manager was introduced alongside Windows 3.0, nearly 28 years ago and brought ...

Microsoft is injecting more AI into File Explorer in Windows 11Microsoft is injecting more AI into File Explorer in Windows 11Microsoft is injecting more AI into File Expl…

File Explorer has a fair share of issues and bugs that annoy people, and Microsoft is about to rub some extra salt into users ...
ZDNet

Windows 10: Now you can get 1990s Windows File Manager from Microsoft Store

The new app is for fans of the look and feel of File Manager in Windows in the early 1990s. The Windows File Manager was the first graphical interface for managing and accessing files. It was replaced ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Open Sources Its First File Manager

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5 sneaky steps I take to speed up Windows 11's File Explorer

Windows 11's File Explorer can sometimes feel like slog to navigate through - here are five tips and tricks to make the ...
PC Gamer

Windows 11 is going to start quietly preloading File Explorer in the background to make it faster, which is a good reminder that you should probably try a different file ...

In the latest Windows Insider beta update released November 21, Microsoft announced the arrival of its full-screen Xbox experience for laptops and desktops alongside a number of other new features and ...