---
title: "August 11, 2026"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/august-11-2026-qvffmzv1a
source_url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260811-00
type: article
source: "The Old New Thing"
published: 2026-08-12T04:44:09.239Z
updated: 2026-08-12T04:44:20.543Z
tags: ["windows"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 7
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# August 11, 2026

**[The Old New Thing](https://daily.dev/sources/oldnewthing)** · 1 min read · 7 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A brief note about the little-known winstart.bat batch file that predates Windows 95, with minimal content provided beyond the title and a teaser sentence.

## Full article

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