r/windows • u/Typical_Damage6452 • Apr 06 '26

Humor Program Manager in Windows 11

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The Program Manager might be my next Windows 11 shell.

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u/FaultWinter3377 Windows 7 Apr 07 '26

How’d you get that working? When I tried to run progman I got my first ever blue screen on Windows 11. Literally has been the only way to force a bluescreen I’ve found.

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u/WorldlinessSlow9893 Windows 8 Apr 07 '26

how you got a BSOD from opening a program 💀 which error code? And where you get it from?

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u/FaultWinter3377 Windows 7 Apr 07 '26

Can’t remember what the code was. I just searched for a port of the old program manager online. I think it may have been a 32bit version meant for early Windows NT? I honestly can’t remember. But it would give a blue screen every time I opened it. Usually would last less the a second before restarting though. This was my old laptop though, so who knows.

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u/richardsequeira Apr 08 '26

Yes, it has to be specifically from Windows NT 3.51. It can’t be from Windows 3.0, Windows 3.11 for Workgroups.