Windows File Manager

Windows File Manager ("Conductor") helps with the Windows operating system to carry out the most widespread tasks for work with files: creation, editing, viewing, playing, movement, copying, removal, setup of parameters, properties and document retrieval.

2019: Placement in Microsoft Store

In January, 2019 in Microsoft Store shop there was a file manager ("Conductor") which in the nineties was used the 20th century in the Windows 3.0 operating system. Windows File Manager can be installed on Windows 10.

In terms of the user interface and functionality the "reinkarniruyemy" file manager almost completely repeats that which was applied in Windows nearly 30 years ago. In the program, for example, it is possible to drag files from one folder in another, to perform navigation forward and back for movement from  one place to  another. It is also possible to get access to  a context menu on  both panels, and  function of search supports the subdirectory. 

Windows File Manager interface

Windows 3.0 was the 16-bit operating system therefore developers had to adapt the code for modern platforms with 64-bit architecture.

The company wanted to emphasize with emergence of Conductor in Microsoft Store once again one of the main features of Windows which consists in its backward compatibility and an opportunity to work with very old software.

Besides, source codes of a file manager for Windows 3.0 were placed in a public access — on the GitHub portal.

The size of the Windows File Manager installation file in Microsoft Store is only 7.44 MB. The program can be downloaded free of charge.

Certainly, there are no practical benefits of Windows File Manager as modern file managers more convenient and advanced. By hearsay, by the beginning of February, 2019 of Microsoft tests Conductor with support of tabs which will allow to minimize quantity of open windows.^[1]

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