Features
| Version | Shell | Theme | Internet Explorer | Web server | Windows Media Player | Command-line interpreter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 1.0 | MS-DOS executive | No | ||||
| Windows 2.0 | MS-DOS executive | No | ||||
| Windows 3.0 | Program Manager | No | ||||
| Windows 3.1x | Program Manager | No | ||||
| Windows 95 | Windows Explorer | 2.0 in OSR1, 3.0 in OSR2 and OSR2.1, 4.0 in OSR2.5 | COMMAND.COM | |||
| Windows NT 4.0 | Windows Explorer | 2.0 | COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe | |||
| Windows 98 | Windows Explorer | 4.01 | PWS | COMMAND.COM | ||
| Windows 98 SE | Windows Explorer | 5.0 | PWS | 6.0 | COMMAND.COM | |
| Windows 2000 | Windows Explorer | 5.01 | IIS 5.0 | 6.4 | COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe | |
| Windows Me | Windows Explorer | 5.5 | 7.0 | COMMAND.COM | ||
| Windows XP | Windows Explorer | Luna (Blue standard) | 6.0 | IIS 5.1 | 8 (9 in SP2) | COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Windows PowerShell (optional) |
| Windows Server 2003 | Windows Explorer | Classic (Luna can be enabled with Theme Service) | 6.0 | IIS 6.0 | 9 (10 in SP1) | COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Windows PowerShell (optional) |
| Windows Vista | Windows Explorer | Aero | 7.0 | IIS 7 | 11 | COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Windows PowerShell (optional) |
| Windows Server 2008 | Windows Explorer | Classic (Aero can be enabled by installing "Desktop Experience") | 7.0 | IIS 7 | 11 (enabled by installing "Desktop Experience") | COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Windows PowerShell (optional) |
| Windows 7 | Windows Explorer | Aero | 8.0 | IIS 7.5 | 12 | COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Windows PowerShell V2 |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | Windows Explorer | Classic (Aero can be enabled by installing "Desktop Experience") | 8.0 | IIS 7.5 | 12 (enabled by installing "Desktop Experience") | COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Windows PowerShell V2 |
| Windows Server 2012 | Windows Explorer | Classic-Metro, (Aero-Metro can be enabled by installing "Desktop Experience") | 10.0 | IIS 8 | 12 (enabled by installing "Desktop Experience") | COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Windows PowerShell V3 |
| Windows 8 | Windows Explorer | Aero-Metro | 10.0 | IIS 8 | 12 | COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, Windows PowerShell V3 |
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