Windows File Manager (WinFile) repository archived on March 1, 2025

&gt; We realize this may come as a shock and disappointment to our contributors but we simply do not have the expertise or resources within the organization to continue to maintain this project.<p>Resources ... Okay. What truly comes as a shock is the fact that Microsoft says they don&#x27;t have expertise to continue this project. I mean, who is building Windows then? It&#x27;s the same building blocks, no?!

The control used is a ListBox, and not a ListView, because we&#x27;re dealing with pre-Windows 95 software here. As a consequence, you can&#x27;t use Ctrl+Arrow Keys to move the selection, and Space to toggle selection for a file. Yet you can ctrl+click files.

Good. There wasn&#x27;t much that needed changing anyway, it was nearly perfect as-is.

Quite fast. Faster than the current explorer.

TIL that Microsoft has been maintaining the original Windows File Manager for the last 30+ years.

they don&#x27;t have the expertise? oh right, since it takes 10 seconds to load a right click context menu on the desktop in w11, no wonder &#x2F;s

MS hate aside, Windows 11 Explorer is a thing of beauty.