is Windows Explorer created in a high level language?

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I wanted to know if windows explorer is created like in C# using ListView and other components, is it like that ?

I highly doubt it - although the gui could be, the underlying code will not be — Sayse, Aug 17 '13 at 21:21
Windows explorer has been around far longer than .NET. But C is also considered a high-level language, so the answer to the title would be "yes". — Jon, Aug 17 '13 at 21:21
I think your question probably is related to know in which language windows is written? isn't it — Sachin, Aug 17 '13 at 21:21
@Sachin - I can't remember Windows 3.1 having the windows explorer — Sayse, Aug 17 '13 at 21:22
@harold how do you know which compiler was used to build explorer? — greatwolf, Aug 17 '13 at 21:27

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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Use dependency walker to open explorer.exe and see if it has dependencies on any .NET assembly, and you will find that it does not.

Here's the output from my machine (Windows 7 x64):

Windows 7 x64 explorer.exe dependencies

As you can see there is no dependency to mscoree.dll, which is a dead giveaway that explorer.exe has nothing to do with .NET.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Aug 17 '13 at 21:24

Jon

+1 - I thought I was the only one that still had to use gdi32 – Sayse Aug 17 '13 at 21:27

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