winfile
Open-Shell-Menu
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25 days ago | 9 days ago | |
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MIT License | MIT License |
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winfile
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Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look older than the rest?
Ask and ye shall receive: https://github.com/Microsoft/winfile
File Manager, or winfile.exe, was the predecessor to Explorer's file management aspects. You can use it on Windows 10 and 11 (and all the others) if you want to.
Program Manager, or progman.exe, was the predecessor shell to Explorer. It was included with Windows through Windows XP SP1 before finally being stubbed in SP2. You can probably grab the binary from XP SP1 and run it in newer Windows versions, though.
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RIP, WordPad
> Plenty of open source apps are abandoned. The maintainers get tired, too busy, or whatever.
Other people can pick up the baton. For example my window manager of choice is Window Maker which was abandoned for literally years (fortunately since the underlying tech doesn't change every other month, it still kept working) before someone else it picked it up and nowadays there are a few developers working on it.
> If it was open source, the odds are no one would care to take over maintenance (though they could) since it’s basically redundant at this point.
When Microsoft opensourced winfile[0] (the file manager from Win3.x/NT 3.x) some developers did flock to it (i personally even added a small feature to allow for multiple file masks which was merged), so i'm pretty sure the same would happen for an opensourced wordpad.
[0] https://github.com/microsoft/winfile
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[Windows 10/11] [S Files Pro X] [$14.99 -> $0] [Dual Pane File Manager with Colorful Themes]
There's always winfile lol. I wish they'd drop the 95 era file explorer source. That was the best one imo.
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How to split your models among several drives in Windows 10
The ancient winfile (that get revived by microsoft), ctrl+shift drag to make symlink.
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Is there a better file manager than Explorer that I can download?
Joke comment: WinFile if you do not have Windows 11 22H2.
- Valve is paying a whole lot of developers to keep the Steam Deck's open-source software going
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I’m trying to install Monkey Island but don’t know what I should install it on.
Here's the WinFile link, enjoy :) - https://github.com/Microsoft/winfile/
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file manager/windows explorer
Good old Windows File Manager from the early 90s! In the Microsoft Store or github https://github.com/microsoft/winfile
- Windows10Debloater: Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware
- the "folder jump up" problem in Ms windows and it's solution in WinFile.
Open-Shell-Menu
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Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone
I've been very happy happy with https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu as a Start Menu replacement. If ads have rolled out to my Windows install, I wouldn't even notice.
- Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look older than the rest?
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Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS
Whenever I set up a new computer for older family members, despite it being windows 11, I always install open shell[1] and retro bar[2]. Between the two, I've made the operating system look very close to Windows XP visually, and they always appreciate it.
[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
[2] https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
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Window Manager / DWM replacement?
There's Open-Shell but it's not exactly a full WM replacement.
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I turned the Windows start icon into Elysia's signet!
Hi yall, I used Open-Shell to change the icon.
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How do I remove the recommended thing in the start menu, or add more space for pinned apps?
There is also Open Shell, a free and open source tool which performs a similar function.
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What is a piece of software that you need but doesn't exist?
I wish so bad there is a port (a fork) of the Legacy Kickoff start menu for Windows: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1083
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Looking for a specific 'subgenre' of digital minimalism - "Retro digital"?
Classic Start Menu
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Ask HN: How do you “clean” Windows from all bloatware?
I use Open Shell (fork of Classic Shell) as a replacement to original Start Menu. This gives me full control over what appears in start menu - no results from internet, animated tiles, etc (I am on Win 10 though, from what I read the Win 11 is supported, but not yet officially [1]). It could be a solution to the ads appearing in start menu.
[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1564
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I missed the old windows so i tried to recreate it
Looks like you're going for an XP theme. May I suggest using open-shell to skin the taskbar, start menu, and start button if you wanna take that extra step? You can also find the taskbar skin and start button here. Also, I would remove the search bar, task view button, and news & interest area of the taskbar just to bring things together. This is all just a suggestion, you don't have to if you don't want to.
What are some alternatives?
ubuntu.com - The official website for the Ubuntu operating system
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
Files - Building the best file manager for Windows
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
yori - Yori is a CMD replacement shell that supports backquotes, job control, and improves tab completion, file matching, aliases, command history, and more.
ThisIsWin11 - The real PowerToys for Windows 11
MS-DOS - The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, for reference purposes
TaskbarX - Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options.
webapp-manager
Fluent-Metro - A modern, highly customizable Start menu skin for Open-Shell.
budgie-extras - Additional Budgie Desktop enhancements for user experience
TileIconifier - Creates tiles for most Windows 8.1 and 10 start menu icons