Program Manager

E193863

Program Manager was the graphical file management and application launching interface used in early versions of Microsoft Windows before the introduction of the modern Windows Shell.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Program Manager canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Windows component ⓘ
application launcher ⓘ
file manager ⓘ
graphical shell ⓘ
architecture 16-bit Windows application ⓘ
category Microsoft Windows graphical shells ⓘ
Windows 3.x software ⓘ
configurationStorage PROGMAN.INI ⓘ
defaultGroup Accessories ⓘ
Control Panel ⓘ
Games ⓘ
Main ⓘ
Startup ⓘ
defaultShellUntil Windows 3.x ⓘ
developer Microsoft ⓘ
executableName progman.exe ⓘ
fileManagementCapability launch file manager for file operations ⓘ
historicalRole primary user interface for Windows 3.x ⓘ
introducedInVersion Windows 3.0 ⓘ
linked to: Windows 3.x
legacySupport could be run on early Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 systems ⓘ
notableFor icon-based program group interface ⓘ
operatingSystem Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to: Windows
primaryFunction launch applications ⓘ
manage program groups ⓘ
organize application icons ⓘ
replacedBy Windows Explorer ⓘ
linked to: File Explorer
replacedInVersion Windows 95 ⓘ
runsOn Windows 3.x graphical environment ⓘ
linked to: Windows 3.x
startupBehavior launched automatically at Windows startup in 3.x ⓘ
status discontinued component ⓘ
supersededByConcept Start menu ⓘ
linked to: mintMenu

desktop metaphor in Windows Explorer ⓘ
taskbar ⓘ
supportsFeature drag and drop within groups ⓘ
minimized icons ⓘ
multiple program groups open simultaneously ⓘ
program groups ⓘ
program items ⓘ
usedInVersion Windows 3.0 ⓘ
linked to: Windows 3.x

Windows 3.1 ⓘ
linked to: Windows 3.x

Windows NT 3.1 ⓘ
linked to: Windows NT

Windows NT 3.5 ⓘ
linked to: Windows NT

Windows NT 3.51 ⓘ
linked to: Windows NT

Windows for Workgroups 3.1 ⓘ
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ⓘ
userInterfaceStyle Program groups and icons ⓘ
visualLayout MDI window containing program group windows ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows Shell → replacedComponentOf → Program Manager ⓘ
Explorer.exe → replaced → Program Manager ⓘ
MS-DOS Executive → replacedBy → Program Manager ⓘ
progman.exe → implements → Program Manager ⓘ
progman.exe → visibleName → Program Manager ⓘ