Windows 3.0 is the third major release of Microsoft Windows, launched on May 22, 1990. It introduces a new graphical user interface (GUI) that represents applications as clickable icons, instead of the list of file names in its predecessors.

May 22, 1990 · First released in 1990, it was the first version to sport the Program Manager, Windows File Manager and draggable icons.

Feb 3, 2025 · Windows 3.0 is a major release of Microsoft Windows that was released on 22 May 1990 as the successor to Windows 2.x and was the first truly popular version of Windows.

Windows 3.0 is the third major release of Microsoft Windows, and was released on May 20, 1990. It is a graphical environment (a program that runs on top of an operating system), instead of an operating system by itself. It became the first successful version of Windows in the market.

May 22, 1990 · Windows 3.0 is the third major release of Microsoft Windows, launched in 1990. Like its predecessors, it is not an operating system, but rather a graphical operating environment that runs on top of DOS.

Windows 3.x was the first to gain significant development and commercial traction. It combined the 8086, 286, and 386 modes of Windows 2 in to one package. It replaced the MSDOS Executive with a Program Manager and File Manager similar to those in OS/2 1.x. Much of its success was spurred by the availability and success of Microsoft Office.

Windows 3.0 is a version of Microsoft Windows released on May 22, 1990. Like its predecessors, it is an operating environment that runs on top of MS-DOS. Work on what became Windows 3.0 began at Microsoft in 1988 when David Weise and Murray Sargent independently decided to develop a protected...

Microsoft Windows 3.1 was an evolution to Windows 3.0 and undoubtably the most popular, poster child version in the Windows 3.x series.

Windows 3.0 is the third major release of Microsoft Windows, and was released on 22 May 1990. It became the first widely successful version of Windows and a rival to Apple Macintosh and the Commodore Amiga on the GUI front.

Although Microsoft would have had you believe otherwise, Windows 3.x was the direct foundation for Chicago/Windows 95. 3.11 was a minor kernel update to 3.1. Although "3.11" is often associated with Windows for Workgroups 3.11, this release does …