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File Manager

file manager bundled with Microsoft Windows in the 1990s, now open source and ported to modern Windows
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File Manager

Summary

File Manager is a system software[1]. It draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (system_software category, ranking #9 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • File Manager's instance of is recorded as system software[3].
  • File Manager's instance of is recorded as file manager[4].
  • File Manager's instance of is recorded as formerly proprietary software[5].
  • File Manager's instance of is recorded as open-source software[6].
  • File Manager followed MS-DOS Executive[7].
  • File Manager was followed by File Explorer[8].
  • File Manager's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[9].
  • File Manager's operating system is recorded as Windows 3.x[10].
  • File Manager's operating system is recorded as Q486487[11].
  • File Manager's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[12].
  • File Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 10.0[13].
  • File Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 10.0.1805.1[14].
  • File Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 10.0.1806.1[15].
  • File Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 10.1.4.0[16].
  • File Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 10.2.0.0[17].
  • File Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 10.3.0.0[18].
  • File Manager's software version identifier is recorded as 10.4.0.0[19].
  • File Manager is part of Windows 3.0[20].
  • File Manager is part of Q486487[21].
  • File Manager is part of Windows 95[22].
  • File Manager is part of Q483132[23].
  • File Manager's Commons category is recorded as Winfile[24].
  • File Manager's country of origin is recorded as United States[25].
  • File Manager's distributed by is recorded as Microsoft Store[26].
  • File Manager's ESRB rating is recorded as Everyone[27].

Body

Geography

Part of include Windows 3.0[20], an operating system[28], founded in 1988[29]; Q486487[21], an operating system[30]; Windows 95[22], an operating system[31], founded in 1995[32]; and Q483132[23], an operating system[33], founded in 1998[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include system software[3], file manager[4], formerly proprietary software[5], and open-source software[6].

Why It Matters

File Manager draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (system_software category, ranking #9 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35]

Related Entities

Disk Master Microsoft Windows open-source software proprietary software United States Windows 3.0 Windows 3.x Windows 95

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . microsoft.com. microsoft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Reinheitsgebot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → —
    Pro-linux.de dbapp id → 1183
    Part of → Windows 3.0, Q486487, Windows 95 +1
    Logo image → WinFile Icon.svg
    + 48 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ [[Property:P275]]: [[Q334661]], Fixing references as part of Mix'n'match cleanup"
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