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 '''File Explorer''' is the application responsible for the [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] user interface and the default Windows file manager. The first build to include it was [[Windows 95]] [[Windows 95 build 58s|build 58s]], under the name of ''Cabinet'' for the shell portion and ''File Cabinet'' for the file manager part. [[Windows 95 build 189|Build 189]] is the first leaked build to rename Cabinet to ''Windows Explorer''. During the development of Windows 95, several [[Windows NT 3.5x#Shell Technology Preview (NewShell)|''Shell Technology Previews'']] were released for [[Windows NT 3.5x|Windows NT 3.51]], that brought the new user interface to the NT series. [[Internet Explorer 4]] updated Windows Explorer with a new, web-integrated experience. [[Windows Vista]] saw major changes to Explorer, simplifying the UI somewhat, as well as removing features Microsoft thought were under-utilized. [[Windows 7]] added Libraries to the Explorer experience. In [[Windows 8]], Windows Explorer was renamed to ''File Explorer''.
-== File Cabinet ==
+== History ==
-Explorer was first introduced in Windows 95, but it did not start out looking like its final design. In early builds, Explorer was named Cabinet, the Taskbar acted as a folder, and the Start Menu was not present. It was instead divided into three separate menus, each providing a portion of the final functionality. The first menu (denoted by the Windows logo) acted as a system menu where you could access applications using the 'Run' dialog, manipulate windows and shutdown Windows. The second menu (denoted by a magnifying glass) provided Windows Search-like functionality. The last menu was the 'Help' menu where you could access the Windows documentation and get basic system information.
-== Shell Technology Preview/NewShell ==
+=== File Cabinet ===
+File Explorer was first introduced in Windows 95, but it did not start out looking like its final design. In early builds, Explorer was named Cabinet, the Taskbar acted as a folder, and the Start Menu was not present. It was instead divided into three separate menus, each providing a portion of the final functionality. The first menu (denoted by the Windows logo) acted as a system menu where you could access applications using the 'Run' dialog, manipulate windows and shutdown Windows. The second menu (denoted by a magnifying glass) provided Windows Search-like functionality. The last menu was the 'Help' menu where you could access the Windows documentation and get basic system information.
+=== Shell Technology Preview/NewShell ===
 NewShell is a pack that adds the new NT4 (alpha) shell to NT 3.51. Only two builds of NewShell, [[Shell Technology Preview build 1054|build 1054]] and [[Shell Technology Preview build 1057|1057]] has been leaked as of 2021. NewShell's UI is similar to that of [[Windows NT 4.0 build 1130.1]]. It causes the kernel version to jump to (NT) 4.00. A final (RTM) version of NewShell was never released.
-== Longhorn ==
+=== Windows Longhorn ===
-Windows Longhorn saw many changes to Explorer. The .NET Framework included a <code>System.Windows.Explorer</code> namespace. A sidebar was integrated into Explorer, and in certain builds could even be integrated with the taskbar, as well as the Avalon ([[Windows Presentation Foundation]]) technology which changed the standard view and provided capabilities beyond what Windows Forms could do. Libraries were also intended to be included in Windows Longhorn but was ultimately scrapped when development was reset until Windows 7.
+[[Windows Vista|Windows Longhorn]] saw many changes to Explorer. The .NET Framework included a <code>System.Windows.Explorer</code> namespace. A sidebar was integrated into Explorer, and in certain builds could even be integrated with the taskbar, as well as the Avalon ([[Windows Presentation Foundation]]) technology which changed the standard view and provided capabilities beyond what Windows Forms could do. Libraries were also intended to be included in Windows Longhorn but was ultimately scrapped when development was reset until [[Windows 7]].
 == Gallery ==