{"id":111157,"date":"2025-05-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/?p=111157"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T20:19:04","slug":"20250507-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20250507-00\/?p=111157","title":{"rendered":"What were the MS-DOS programs that the moricons.dll<\/TT> icons were intended for?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last time, we looked at the legacy icons in progman.exe<\/tt><\/a>. But what about moricons.dll<\/tt>?<\/p>\n

Here’s a table of the icons that were present in the original Windows 3.1 moricons.dll<\/tt> file (in file order) and the programs that Windows used the icons for. As with the icons in progman.exe<\/tt>, these icons are mapped from executables according to the information in the APPS.INF<\/tt> file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nGeneric MS-DOS prompt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFancy MS-DOS logo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft Basic Compiler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft C Compiler 7.0
\nMicrosoft Quick C
\nMicrosoft C Compiler 6.0
\nMicrosoft C Compiler 5.1
\nMicrosoft Quick C with QASM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFlight Simulator 3.0
\nFlight Simulator 4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLearning MS-DOS Quick Reference
\nLearning Microsoft Works
\nLearning MS-DOS 3.0
\nMS Quick Pascal Express 1.0
\nLearning Microsoft Word 5.0
\nLearning Microsoft Word 5.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft Multiplan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft Project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPC Config 7.x<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft Word 4.0
\nMicrosoft Word 5.0
\nMicrosoft Word 5.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft Works 1.x
\nMicrosoft Works 2.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMS-DOS Editor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft Game Shop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nProgrammer’s WorkBench<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft QuickBASIC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft QBASIC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft QuickBasic Extended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAPPLAUSE II 1.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFramework II
\nFramework III<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMultiMate
\nMultiMate 4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nExtra! for MS-DOS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNow!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKid Pix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBorland C++ IDE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nQuattro Pro 1.0
\nQuattro Pro 2.0 to 4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTurbo Pascal 5.0
\nTurbo Pascal 6.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nParadox 3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nParadox 3.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nParadox SE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nReflex 2.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nACCPAC BPI<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nACCPAC Plus<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHotWire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nProcomm Plus 1.1B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nProcomm Plus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDataEase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCrosstalk Mark 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCrosstalk-XVI 3.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRemote 2 call<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPATHWORKS Mail for MS-DOS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNetwork Control Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSEDT Editor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSethost Terminal Emulator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDecnet Job Spawner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFTP FTPSRV Utility
\nFTP LPQ Utility
\nFTP LPR Utility
\nFTP PCMAIL Utility
\nFTP PING Utility
\nFTP RLOGINVT Utility
\nFTP RSH Utility
\nFTP TN Utility
\nFTP VMAIL Utility
\n[programs by FTP Software<\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOPTune<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nQ-DOS 3<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nQuicken<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKnowledgePro (MS-DOS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLotus 1-2-3 3.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLotus 1-2-3 2.2 to 2.4
\nLotus 1-2-3 2.3 WYSIWYG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLotus Agenda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFreelance Plus 3.0
\nFreelance Plus 4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncc:Mail for MS-DOS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMagellan 2.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRelay Gold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nClose-Up 4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nManifest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHarvard Graphics 2.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHarvard Graphics 3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHarvard GeoGraphics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHarvard Project Manager<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHarvard Total Project Manager<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOfficeWriter
\nOfficeWriter 6.2
\nProfessional Write<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nProfessional File<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSPSS\/PC+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLapLink Pro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWordStar Professional 6.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWPOffice Calculator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWPOffice Calendar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDataPerfect<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDrawPerfect<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWPOffice Editor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWPOffice File Manager<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLetterPerfect<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWPMail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWPOffice NoteBook<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPlanPerfect<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nScheduler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWord Perfect Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWord Perfect<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nReflection 1<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nReflection 2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nReflection 4<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nReflection 7<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nReflection 8<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nXcelleNet X\/Mail for MS-DOS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPC Paintbrush IV Plus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPATHWORKS for DOS<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPCTOOLS – View<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFoxPro
\nFoxbase Plus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHarvard Graphics 2.0
\nHarvard Graphics 2.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nInterleaf 5 for MS-DOS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLotusWorks 1.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSymphony 2.2
\nSymphony (Access)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSAS 604<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSidekick 2.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft Mail – Admin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicrosoft Mail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAccess for DOS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPCTools Desktop 5.5
\nPCTools Desktop 6.0
\nPCTools Desktop 7.x<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPCTOOLS – Directory Maintenance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nComm Server 3270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPCTools PCShell 5.5
\nPCTools PCShell 6.0
\nPCTools PCShell 7.x<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Maybe seeing these program names will bring back a wave of nostalgia. Or maybe you’d rather forget that any of these ever existed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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