Deprecated Components and Programs
| Component | Description | Category | Introduced | Last OS included | Superseded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Pinball | A pinball video game version from Full Tilt! Pinball. | Game | Plus! 95 for Windows 95 |
Windows XP | No |
| ActiveMovie | Streaming media technology | API | Windows 95 | --- | DirectShow |
| Cardfile | A personal information manager software. | Personal organizer | Windows 1.0 | Windows ME | Outlook Express, or Windows Live Mail |
| DriveSpace | A disk compression utility. | Data compression | MS-DOS | Windows ME | No |
| File Manager | A file manager program. | File manager | Windows 3.0 | Windows NT 4.0 | Windows Explorer |
| HyperTerminal | A communication utility on a low end version of HyperACCESS. | Communication | Windows 95 | Windows XP | No |
| Hover! | A video game in a combination of bumper cars and capture the flag. | Game | Windows 95 | --- | No |
| Internet Mail and News |
A e-mail and news client. | Windows 95 | --- | Outlook Express, or Windows Live Mail |
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| Media Control Interface | A program which can play media files and record sound by passing commands as strings. | API | Windows 3.0 | --- | No |
| Media Player | A media player software. | Media player | Windows 3.0 | Windows XP | Windows Media Player |
| Microsoft Calendar | A personal organizer program. | Personal organizer | Windows 1.0 | Windows 2000 | Windows Calendar, or Windows Live Mail |
| Microsoft Diagnostics | A tool provide detailed technical information about user's software and hardware. | Diagnostics | MS-DOS | Plus! 95 for Windows 95 |
Microsoft System Information |
| Microsoft Fax | A fax application | Fax | Windows 95 | Windows XP | Windows Fax and Scan |
| Microsoft WinHelp | A proprietary format for online help files that can be displayed by the Microsoft Help browser winhelp.exe or winhlp32.exe. | Online help | Windows 3.0 | Windows XP | Microsoft Help |
| NTBackup | A built-in backup command of Microsoft Windows. | Backup | Windows NT 4.0 | Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 |
Windows Backup and Restore Center, Windows Server Backup |
| Outlook Express | A e-mail client application. | Windows 98 | Windows XP | Windows Mail or, Windows Live Mail |
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| Program Manager | A shell exposed a task-oriented graphical user interface, consisting of icons (shortcuts for programs) arranged into program groups. | GUI | Windows 3.0 | Windows XP | Windows Explorer |
| Recorder (Macro Recorder) |
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| Reversi | A version of Reversi. | Game | Windows 1.0 | Windows 3.0 | Internet Reversi only on Windows ME and Windows XP |
| System File Checker | A utility that allows users to scan for and restore corruptions in Windows system files. | Security | Windows 98 | Windows Server 2003 | Windows Resource Protection |
| Video for Windows | A multimedia framework program. | API | Windows 3.1 | Windows 95 | DirectShow |
| Windows Address Book | A list of contacts that can be shared by multiple programs. | Contact manager | Windows 95 | Windows XP | Windows Contacts, or Windows Live Mail |
| Windows Calendar | A calendar application. | Personal information | Windows Vista | Windows Vista | Windows Live Mail |
| Windows File Protection | A sub-system in the operating system, aims to prevent programs from replacing critical Windows system files. | Security | Windows Me as System File Protection |
Windows XP | Windows Resource Protection |
| Windows Mail | A e-mail and newsgroup client. | Windows Vista | Windows Vista | Windows Live Mail | |
| Windows Messaging | A e-mail client. | Windows 95 | Windows 95 | Internet Mail and News, or Windows Live Mail |
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| Windows Messenger | An internet messaging client. | Internet messaging | Windows XP | Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 |
Windows Live Messenger |
| Windows Movie Maker | A video creating and editing software. | Video | Windows ME | Windows Vista | Windows Live Movie Maker |
| Windows NetMeeting | A video conferencing client. | Web conference | Windows 95 | Windows XP | Windows Meeting Space |
| Windows Photo Gallery | A photo management, tagging, and editing tool client. | Photo | Windows Vista | Windows Vista | Windows Live Photo Gallery |
| Windows Picture and Fax Viewer | A image viewer application. | Photo | Windows XP | Windows XP | Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Fax and Scan or Windows Live Photo Gallery |
| Windows Write | A word processor application. | Word processor | Windows 1.0 | Windows NT 3.5 | WordPad |
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