Windows 3.11 File Manager On Windows 8.

This also works on Windows 7,Windows Vista and Windows XP as well as on Windows 8.1. But you must be running 32 bit Windows, because this is the 16 bit File Manager that cannot run on 64 bit Windows.

File Manager has been in Windows from Windows 3x and there was also a 32 bit version that was in Windows NT3 and NT4. Both of which were 32 bit Windows and Windows 3x was 16 bit, although it could run 32 bit software.





Microsoft removed File Manager after Windows NT4 so it was not in Windows 2000. Though you can get it back but I have the 16 bit version from Windows 3.11, which I run on both Windows 7 and 8. So here is how to install it.

You need to copy the following files from a Windows 3.11 install CD as shown in the picture. I explain how to extract files in my other post.

The files you need are:
Winfile.exe
Winfile.bak
Winfile.hlp (which tells you how to use File Manager)
COMMCTRL.DLL
SCONFIG.DLL

Once you have got the files off the CD on Windows 7 and 8 place all of them in the C\Windows\System32 folder.

And also place the 2 dll files COMMCTRL.DLL and SCONFIG.DLL in the C\Windows\System folder, as well as in C\Windows\System\32.

File Manager is now installed and you can run the program on any 32 bit Windows, as well as on Windows 8.

Here is File Manager from Windows 3.11 on my Windows 8 and as you can see it is working.

So yes you can run the 16 bit File Manager from Windows 3.11 on Windows 8.
See also my other post on how to extract files from any Windows CD.
Which can be found here.