The development of Windows 95 (codenamed Chicago) began around March 1992, just after the release of Windows 3.1 and designed to be the successor to both...

significant amount of 16-bit code ported from Windows 3.1. Windows 95 introduced multiple features that have been part of the product ever since, including the...

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft and the first of its Windows 9x family of operating systems, released to manufacturing...

of Racer X was attributed to both systems' differing capabilities and target audience. Speed Racer played a major role in the development of Windows 95...

of Windows 9x is 4.x. The internal versions for Windows 95, 98, and Me are 4.0, 4.1, and 4.9, respectively. Previous MS-DOS-based versions of Windows...

Windows 98 as a "tune-up" to Windows 95, rather than an entirely improved next generation of Windows. Upon release, Windows 98 was generally well-received...

Windows 95 Product Team!". Additionally, a dialog with credits can be invoked from the Windows Help application. During the development of Windows 95...

The development of Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn) began in May 2001, prior to the completion of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, and continued...

particular sectors of the computing industry – Windows (unqualified) for a consumer or corporate workstation, Windows Server for a server and Windows IoT for an...

for Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 10, and Windows 11 (and explicitly not compatible with Windows Vista, 7, 8, or 8.1). The PowerToys for Windows 10 and...

for Windows 95, abbreviated commonly as FS95 or FSW95, is a flight simulator video game. It was released in late 1996 for Windows. With the release of Windows...

personification of the common perception of Windows Me (Released in 2000 by Microsoft as the 9x counterpart to Windows 2000) as unstable and prone to frequent...

color) Windows 95 (256 color) More Windows (high color) All of them were included in Windows 98 and Me, except that in Windows 98, the "Windows 95" and...

Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012, made available...

Windows 3.1 is a major release of Microsoft Windows. It was released to manufacturing on April 6, 1992, as a successor to Windows 3.0. Like its predecessors...

Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009, and became...

Windows 3.1 had two separate successors, splitting the Windows line in two: the consumer-focused "Windows 9x" line, consisting of Windows 95, Windows...

is a direct successor to Windows 2000 for high-end and business users and Windows Me for home users. Development of Windows XP began in the late 1990s...

Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. The successor to Windows 8.1, it was released to manufacturing on July 15, 2015...

name, Windows API, collectively refers to all versions of this capability of Windows. Microsoft provides developer support via a software development kit...

previous "Windows Classic" style used in Windows 95 to Windows Me (as well as the Desktop Themes applet in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95, Windows 98 (as...

to develop applications for Microsoft Windows and .NET Framework. These libraries are also distributed as Windows System Files. The Platform SDK specializes...

among Windows PC applications, although it can be resolved with the SETUP command in Windows 95 by turning on the "/AT" switch to assign the Windows system...

– Windows shell and file manager COMMAND.COM – Command line shell executable Windows 95 core: KERNEL32.DLL and KRNL386.EXE – Windows API for Windows resources...

Explorer was first included with Windows 95 as a replacement for File Manager, which came with all versions of Windows 3.x operating systems. Explorer...

Microsoft Plus! 95 and later included in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows Me, and Windows XP. Windows XP was the last client release of Windows to include...

for the DCI and WinG APIs for Windows 3.1. DirectX allowed all versions of Microsoft Windows, starting with Windows 95, to incorporate high-performance...

early development of Windows. The last version of Word Pro was 9.8 Fixpack 6 from 2007 and runs on all Windows versions from Windows 95 to Windows 11. Comparison...

Windows 8, 8.1 and Server 2012) is a graphical user interface element that has been part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95, providing a means of opening...

essentially all of Microsoft's desktop and server software, including such major initiatives as the development of Windows 95, Windows NT, and Internet...