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{{Short description|Graphical shell for early Windows systems}}
{{about|software||Program management}}
{{Infobox software
| name             = Program Manager
| screenshot       = Program Manager.png
| screenshot_size  = 300px
| caption          = Program Manager in [[Windows for Workgroups 3.11]]
| developer        = [[Microsoft]]
| replaces         = [[MS-DOS Executive]]
| replaced_by      = [[Windows Shell]]
| operating system = [[Windows 3.x]], [[Windows NT 3.1]], [[Windows NT 3.5]], [[OS/2]]
| genre            = [[Shell (computing)|Shell]]
}}

'''Program Manager''' is the [[Shell (computing)|shell]] of [[Windows 3.x]] and [[Windows NT]] 3.x [[operating system]]s. This shell exposed a task-oriented [[graphical user interface]] (GUI), consisting of ''[[icon (computing)|icon]]s'' ([[computer shortcut|shortcut]]s for programs) arranged into ''program groups''. It replaced [[MS-DOS Executive]], a [[file manager]], as the default Windows shell.

[[OS/2]] 2.0 and later included the Program Manager as part of its Win-OS/2 compatibility layer.<ref>{{cite web |title=OS/2 Warp Frequently Asked Questions List |author=Timothy F. Sipples |date=20 February 1995 |url=https://www.mit.edu/activities/os2/faq/os2faq0103.html}}</ref> Win-OS/2, including the Program Manager, are still included in later derivatives of OS/2 such as [[ArcaOS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/arcaos/compatibility-subsystems/getting-the-most-out-of-dos-and-win-os2-sessions/|access-date=2020-09-03|title=Getting the most out of DOS and Win-OS/2 sessions|work=Arca Noae }}</ref>