What were the MS-DOS programs that the moricons.dll icons were intended for?

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May 8, 2025 - 18:09

Last time, we looked at the legacy icons in progman.exe. But what about moricons.dll?

Here’s a table of the icons that were present in the original Windows 3.1 moricons.dll file (in file order) and the programs that Windows used the icons for. As with the icons in progman.exe, these icons are mapped from executables according to the information in the APPS.INF file.

	Generic MS-DOS prompt
	Fancy MS-DOS logo
	Microsoft Basic Compiler
	Microsoft C Compiler 7.0 Microsoft Quick C Microsoft C Compiler 6.0 Microsoft C Compiler 5.1 Microsoft Quick C with QASM
	Flight Simulator 3.0 Flight Simulator 4.0
	Learning MS-DOS Quick Reference Learning Microsoft Works Learning MS-DOS 3.0 MS Quick Pascal Express 1.0 Learning Microsoft Word 5.0 Learning Microsoft Word 5.5
	Microsoft Multiplan
	Microsoft Project
	PC Config 7.x
	Microsoft Word 4.0 Microsoft Word 5.0 Microsoft Word 5.5
	Microsoft Works 1.x Microsoft Works 2.0
	MS-DOS Editor
	Microsoft Game Shop
	Programmer’s WorkBench
	Microsoft QuickBASIC
	Microsoft QBASIC
	Microsoft QuickBasic Extended
	APPLAUSE II 1.5
	Framework II Framework III
	MultiMate MultiMate 4.0
	Extra! for MS-DOS
	Now!
	Kid Pix
	Borland C++ IDE
	Quattro Pro 1.0 Quattro Pro 2.0 to 4.0
	Turbo Pascal 5.0 Turbo Pascal 6.0
	Paradox 3.0
	Paradox 3.5
	Paradox SE
	Reflex 2.0
	ACCPAC BPI
	ACCPAC Plus
	HotWire
	Procomm Plus 1.1B
	Procomm Plus
	DataEase
	Crosstalk Mark 4
	Crosstalk-XVI 3.71
	Remote 2 call
	PATHWORKS Mail for MS-DOS
	Network Control Program
	SEDT Editor
	Sethost Terminal Emulator
	Decnet Job Spawner
	FTP FTPSRV Utility FTP LPQ Utility FTP LPR Utility FTP PCMAIL Utility FTP PING Utility FTP RLOGINVT Utility FTP RSH Utility FTP TN Utility FTP VMAIL Utility [programs by FTP Software]
	OPTune
	Q-DOS 3
	Quicken
	KnowledgePro (MS-DOS)
	Lotus 1-2-3 3.1
	Lotus 1-2-3 2.2 to 2.4 Lotus 1-2-3 2.3 WYSIWYG
	Lotus Agenda
	Freelance Plus 3.0 Freelance Plus 4.0
	cc:Mail for MS-DOS
	Magellan 2.0
	Relay Gold
	Close-Up 4.0
	Manifest
	Harvard Graphics 2.3
	Harvard Graphics 3.0
	Harvard GeoGraphics
	Harvard Project Manager
	Harvard Total Project Manager
	OfficeWriter OfficeWriter 6.2 Professional Write
	Professional File
	SPSS/PC+
	LapLink Pro
	WordStar Professional 6.0
	WPOffice Calculator
	WPOffice Calendar
	DataPerfect
	DrawPerfect
	WPOffice Editor
	WPOffice File Manager
	LetterPerfect
	WPMail
	WPOffice NoteBook
	PlanPerfect
	Scheduler
	Word Perfect Office
	Word Perfect
	Reflection 1
	Reflection 2
	Reflection 4
	Reflection 7
	Reflection 8
	XcelleNet X/Mail for MS-DOS
	PC Paintbrush IV Plus
	PATHWORKS for DOS
	PCTOOLS – View
	FoxPro Foxbase Plus
	Harvard Graphics 2.0 Harvard Graphics 2.1
	Interleaf 5 for MS-DOS
	LotusWorks 1.0
	Symphony 2.2 Symphony (Access)
	SAS 604
	Sidekick 2.0
	Microsoft Mail – Admin
	Microsoft Mail
	Access for DOS
	PCTools Desktop 5.5 PCTools Desktop 6.0 PCTools Desktop 7.x
	PCTOOLS – Directory Maintenance
	Comm Server 3270
	PCTools PCShell 5.5 PCTools PCShell 6.0 PCTools PCShell 7.x

Maybe seeing these program names will bring back a wave of nostalgia. Or maybe you’d rather forget that any of these ever existed.

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