Windows 10: Microsoft brings Windows 3.0’s File Manager to Windows 10 Store

Back in 2018, Microsoft open-sourced the version of File Manager that shipped with Windows 3.0. The software giant published the source codes on Github and this allowed users to download and install the File Manager on Windows 10 devices.

Windows 3.0’s File Manager was released in the early 1990s. As it is decades old app, Microsoft had to make several tweaks to the package to bring it in line with today’s infrastructure. For example, Microsoft optimized the app to make it run on Windows 10 devices with 64-bit architecture

Windows 3.0 File Manager comes with several changes and minor modifications, including the ability to drag and drop files from one folder to another. There is also support for simple forward and back navigation to move from one location to another. You can also access the context menus in both panes and the search feature supports subdirectory as well.



In late January 2019, Microsoft quietly published the Windows 3.0’s File Explorer in the Microsoft Store (formerly known as Windows Store). You can simply open Microsoft Store, search for ‘Windows File Manager’ and download the application on your PC.

According to Microsoft Store page, the File Manager was published in Store on January 21 and it can be installed on Windows 10 devices with Creators Update or newer.

If you’re interested, you can download the app from here and remind yourself of what computing used to look like in the 90s. The size of the File Manager is around 8MB and you can install it for free.

The history of Windows File Manager


File Manager, GUI-based file manager from Microsoft debuted in Windows 3.0 and persisted through most of the 90s. File Manager was widely used from 1990 through 1990, but it was replaced by File Explorer from Windows 95 onwards.

It was the first graphical user interface for navigation that replaced the MS-DOS command line.

For nostalgia’s sake, the File Manager is once again available and run the computer-navigating interface in any version of Microsoft’s desktop OS, including Windows 10.

Windows 3.0’s File Manager looks dated by today’s standards, but it comes with split panes that could still be useful. The split panes allow users to view folders and their files at the same time.

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Windows 10 Tweaks

As you may already know, Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) allow you to log in with a valid Microsoft account, instead of creating a local account that only works on your machine. However, you may prefer to keep a local account for privacy reasons. If you do, though, some Windows 10 features—like Cortana—may not work. Despite the default behavior, the Windows 10 Store is not one of them. You can still log in to your Microsoft account for just the Store without switching to a full Microsoft account. The process, however, is not terribly obvious. To do so, follow these steps:

• Launch the Store from your Start menu.
• Click the user icon next to the search box.
• Click “Sign-in” from the menu that appears.
• Choose “Microsoft account” and log in like normal.
• When the “Make it yours” box appears do not enter your password. Instead, click “Sign in to just this app instead.”

from Lifehacker

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

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Microsoft Windows Home Server Corrupts Files

Microsoft has warned Windows Home Server users not to edit files stored on their backup systems with several of its programs, including Vista Photo Gallery and Office's OneNote and Outlook, as well as files generated by popular finance software such as Quicken and QuickBooks. "When you use certain programs to edit files on a home computer that uses Windows Home Server, the files may become corrupted when you save them to the home server," Microsoft said in a support document posted last week. The document went on to list the software, which includes Windows Vista Photo Gallery, Windows Live Photo Gallery, OneNote 2003, OneNote 2007, Outlook 2007, Microsoft Money 2007 and SyncToy 2.0 Beta. Others programs, however, may also corrupt files stored on a home server powered by Microsoft's operating system. "Additionally, there have been customer reports of issues with Torrent applications, with Intuit Quicken and with QuickBooks program files," the document said. "Until an update for Windows Home Server is available, we recommend that [you] do not use the programs that are listed to save or to edit program-specific files that are stored on a Windows Home Server-based system."

Source: Computerworld