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Originally Posted by BetterRed
Can't be certain but I have a feeling the change at MS might have coincided with them falling out of the Big Blue bed  Up until Windows 3.1 at least, they were called directories, see attachment.
I loathe the word - implies they're a container, which they're not, they're a !@#$% index.
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I believe the change was in Windows 95, I think that was also when Windows Explorer (which is now File Explorer for those of us who like to keep up to date
) was introduced. Cybmole was obviously not around in '95.
Like JSWolf and yourself, I much prefer to use the more generic and descriptive term "directory", but resort to using "folder" when to do otherwise would lead to confusion with the kiddies amongst us
.