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The current version of Windows, [[Windows 10]], reintroduced the Start menu and added the ability to run Universal Windows Platform apps in a window instead of always in full screen. Windows 10 was well-received, with many reviewers stating that Windows 10 is what Windows 8 should have been.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/review/operating-systems-software/windows-10-review-best-update-anniversary-update-creators-microsoft-3574736 |title=The Windows 10 Creators Update is set to come in 2017. Here's our review of the OS. |last=Egan |first=Matt |newspaper=PC Advisor |language=en-GB |access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/software/operating-systems/windows-10-1267364/review |title=Windows 10 review |newspaper=TechRadar |access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://au.pcmag.com/windows-10/35928/review/microsoft-windows-10 |title=Microsoft Windows 10 |date=October 31, 2016 |newspaper=PCMag Australia |language=en-US |access-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref> Windows 10 also marks the last version of Windows to be traditionally released. Instead, "feature updates" are released twice a year with names such as "Creators Update" and "Fall Creators Update" that introduce new capabilities.
== Windows
{{Main|Windows
The first independent version of Microsoft Windows,
Windows
The first version of Microsoft Windows included a simple graphics painting program called [[Microsoft Paint|Windows Paint]]; [[Microsoft Write|Windows Write]], a simple [[word processor]]; an appointment calendar; a card-filer; a [[Notepad (Windows)|notepad]]; a clock; a [[control panel (computer)|control panel]]; a [[computer terminal]]; [[Clipboard (software)|Clipboard]]; and [[RAM]] driver. It also included the [[MS-DOS Executive]] and a game called [[
Microsoft had worked with [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] to develop applications for Apple's new [[Macintosh]] computer, which featured a [[graphical user interface]]. As part of the related business negotiations, Microsoft had licensed certain aspects of the Macintosh user interface from Apple; in later litigation, a district court summarized these aspects as "screen displays".
In the development of Windows
== Windows 2.x ==
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