MS-DOS Executive
| Component of Microsoft Windows | |
 MS-DOS Executive in Windows 1.01 | |
| Type | file manager |
|---|---|
| Introduced in | Windows 1.0 |
| Last included in | Windows 3.1 build 061d |
| Replaced by | Program Manager, File Manager |
MS-DOS Executive is the shell and first app launched upon boot from Windows 1.0 until its removal in Windows 3.0.
It was first used in Windows 1.0 as a simple file manager and primitive shell. In Windows 3.x, it was replaced by File Manager and a new shell called Program Manager was introduced; However, MSDOS.EXE was not removed until Windows 3.1 build 061d.
MS-DOS Executive was only available in the x86 16-bit architecture.