Calmira Reborn – a Windows 9x-inspired shell for Windows 3.1

Re:Calmira Reborn – a Windows 9x-inspired shell for Windows 3.1 by the_mitsuhiko on Thursday February 02, 2023 @06:19AM (#34625078)

Somehow related: Windows NT 3.51 looks pretty much exactly like Windows 3.11. However at a later point where customers able to try the "new shell" beta which added Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 95 UI on top of Windows NT 3.51.

You can see the transformation on youtube: https://youtu.be/lTeeml8RULM?t=793

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Re:Calmira Reborn – a Windows 9x-inspired shell for Windows 3.1 by stuaxo on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:31AM (#34627898)

NT 3.51 had some interesting things that didn't make it across because things got overwritten by Windows 95 versions.

Progman.exe actually allowed nested program groups. Winfile.exe supported long filenames.

These both seem to have been overwritten by the versions from Windows 95 (with their Windows 3.1 ancestry) so lost those functions going forward.

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Re:Calmira Reborn – a Windows 9x-inspired shell for Windows 3.1 by the_mitsuhiko on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:27AM (#34628839)

Not that it matters much, but winfile.exe with long filename support lives on and can be installed from the Store even on Windows 10. https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/windows-file-manager...

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Re:Calmira Reborn – a Windows 9x-inspired shell for Windows 3.1 by elevendroids on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:28AM (#34628858)

Those were still included in Windows NT 4.0 as optional features (similarly to the Win 3.1 tools on Windows 95).

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Re:Calmira Reborn – a Windows 9x-inspired shell for Windows 3.1 by bluedino on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:49AM (#34629207)

Somewhat related article: Why wasn't the Windows 95 shell prototyped on Windows NT?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20120102-00/?p=87....

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