Before File Manager, there was MS-DOS Executive, which was the file launcher and viewer for the first two versions of Windows.
MS-DOS Executive debuted with Windows 1.0 in 1985. It was text-based, and limited to viewing a folder's contents and double-clicking on the file names to open them.
Microsoft's Windows 8 purports to be a PC operating system for every device. But a PC experience may no longer be necessary.
