Re:Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11
by hypercube33 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @10:52AM
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Somewhere in Windows 11 23H2 (maybe newer - I haven't looked) is the Windows 3 program manager application.
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Re:Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11
by WorldMaker on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @02:34PM
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Perhaps even more interesting winfile.exe the original Windows 3 File Manager was even updated (including a few open source contributions) with a few modern conveniences. There's not a lot of reason for launching progman.exe in Windows 11, but you might be surprised what you can do with winfile.exe still to this day, when you want a break from File Explorer.
It's archived again now, but: https://github.com/microsoft/winfile