The "Win95" Shell Preview: Windows NT 3.51's new clothes

Development on Windows 95's new UI started as early as 1993.
And while it was not ready yet to ship for 1995's Windows NT 3.51 release, Microsoft still brought the so-called Shell Technology Preview for NT.

So what was it all about NT 3.51's new clothes?
And is it true, that it could run Office 95?

00:00 Intro
00:30 About NT's Shell Technology Preview
02:39 Installing the Shell Technology Preview
04:44 NT 3.51, Office 95 and the New Shell
06:02 The "Add/Remove programs" control panel
07:33 Conclusion
08:02 Next on TPC / Outro


Links:

The "Alternate OS Shell" Series by TPC:
   • Alternate OS Shells  

Windows NT, and the OS/2 Presentation Manager:
   • Inside the OS/2 personality of Window...  


General Technical Information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...
https://betawiki.net/wiki/Microsoft_C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(...)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...

The NT 3.51 Shell Technology Preview:
https://winworldpc.com/product/newshe...

Background Information on Win95 & NT usability testing:
https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_95_...
https://web.archive.org/web/202110302...
https://web.archive.org/web/201912241...
   • Windows 3.x Focus Group & Win95 Usabi...  

Computer Chronicles on Windows 95:
   • The Computer Chronicles - Windows 95 ...  
   • The Computer Chronicles - Windows 95 ...  


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