Windows 95 used a very basic "trick" to detect setup files0 0

Windows 95 relied on surprisingly simple tricks to spot setup files, revealing an unexpected design choice behind its ...
PC World

How Microsoft’s Windows 95 test nearly crashed an entire software store

The switch from Windows 3.x to Windows 95 was a big step for Microsoft and their software developers. Accordingly, Microsoft tested the compatibility of as many programs as possible when making the ...
TechSpot

Windows 95 developers didn't have enough time to give the OS its own setup program

Retro Potato: Raymond Chen is once again sharing an intriguing behind-the-scenes story about the making of Windows 95. It turns out that building the setup process for the consumer-oriented operating ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Windows 95 can now run modern Linux thanks to WSL, and yes, it actually works

Someone saw a 30-year-old OS and thought it needed a Linux subsystem.
SlashGear

Why The Launch Of Windows 95 Was Such A Huge Deal

The 1990s are remembered as the start of a technological revolution and the beginning of the digital era with the recent birth of the internet and the mass adoption of personal home computers. Fast ...