Is there anyway to use the Program Manager in Windows XP and show the groups as icons, rather than as minimized windows, clarified that the program I’m using is 32-bit (From CD Windows XP without any SP), so I don’t need my PC with Windows Explorer, and I want Program Mananger as the Windows Shell (like Windows 3x).
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Windows 3.1 ran totally differently than WinXP. Because of stability and security issues programs can no longer run from the root directory of the drive.
If memory serves me correctly there was no multitasking in 3.1 either.
You could make a discriptive folder and place groups of Icons inside that folder to make your desktop less cluttered. Or better yet, don’t have so many Icons on the desktop. They are nothing more than shortcuts. The same programs can be accessed at least two other ways when needed. If you don’t use a program daily then don’t keep an Icon on the desktop.
In WinXP and Windows 7 to a greater extent, I keep icons in the tray instead of on the desktop. That way they are accessible even when on the internet or in a full screen program.
Simply drag and drop icons to the left tray and delete the one on the desktop.
There was but it was very primitive and needed at least 4Mbs of RAM which wasn’t always available when Windows 3,1 was current. 4Mbs of RAM could cost as much as the rest of the system put together. It used co-operative multi-taking which means the the CPU relied on the co-operation of applications for it’s multitasking. An application would request CPU time and Windows would give it time when there was any available. The application would then do what it needed to do and then relinquish control of the the CPU for another application to get some CPU time. However once the application got the use of the CPU it could keep it for as long as it liked and if an application crashed it never relinquished control and brought the whole system down with it.
Windows 95 onwards used preemptive multitasking where the Operating system had complete control over which applications got CPU time and for how long. So if an application crashed, the CPU could take back control and terminate the application with effecting the rest of the system. Preemptive multitasking also need to advanced features of the 486 CPU do its thing.
I don’t find there is that much difference between the minimized icons of Widows 3,1 and the task bar. You get an icon and a description only the task bar is more readily accessible and the minimized icons ever were in Windows 3.1
Stuart