Some users may not feel comfortable moving to the new Windows 95 interface immediately after you upgrade their computers from Windows 3.x. To ease their transition, you can use the a Windows 3.x Program Manager.
When you replace Windows 3.x with Windows 95, you can choose to include Program Manager on the Windows 95 desktop. Program Manager does not support the following Windows 95 functionality:
The folders that were created when you installed Windows 95 are not designed to work with Program Manager. Program Manager recognizes files only.
In this case, Program Manager uses the filename (minus the extension) for the shortcut's name. For example, if you copy the MS-DOS Prompt shortcut from My Computer to a Program Manager group, the MS-DOS Prompt description is shortened to MS-DOSPR. This occurs because the MS-DOS Prompt shortcut uses the MS-DOS name MS-DOSPR.LNK. To rename the shortcut, click it, click the File menu in Program Manager, and then click Properties. In the Description field, type a new name.
This occurs because the icon created in the Program Manager group references a file with an .LNK extension. Because Program Manager does not recognize this extension, a generic icon appears. To change the icon, click it, click the File menu in Program Manager, and then click Properties. Click Change Icon, and then select a different icon.
Tip For a comparison of Windows 95 and Windows 3.x features, see "If You've Used Windows Before" in online Help.
If you want to run Windows 3.1 Program Manager, it must be installed during Windows 95 Setup.
After Setup, a shortcut for Program Manager appears in the StartUp folder. This causes Program Manager to start every time Windows 95 is started.
After users grow familiar with the Windows 95 interface, they will probably prefer to use it to run applications and manage files. At this point, you can remove the shortcut to Program Manager from the StartUp folder.