Tech sleuth claims to have found the oldest GUI application that still works with Windows 11 — CDPLAYER.EXE from Windows NT in November 1992 wins the prize — News for Startups

Tech sleuth claims to have found the oldest GUI application that still works with Windows 11 — CDPLAYER.EXE from Windows NT in November 1992 wins the prize

However, if you cheat and enable 16-bit apps in Win11, you can still enjoy REVERSI.EXE, as distributed with Windows 1.01 in 1985.

Tom's Hardware · 2026-10-31T10:00:00.000Z