From here you can add, remove, or further customize any menu item.

You may customize the icon for each menu item, and give each icon a color.

If you had the hDC Windows Color utility installed, you would see an additional eight colors in the selection box. (Windows 1 and 2 limit themselves to 8 UI colors for compatibility with other video modes).

The "icons" are not Windows icon files, and can not be imported or exported. You must draw it in the edit box. They are limited to one color per icon.

Shutting down Windows from hDC Windows Express.

Over all, hDC Windows Express is a nice looking menu shell for Windows 2.x. It became redundant when Microsoft introduced the Program Manager in Windows 3.0 - although, in many ways the Program Manager was not quite as friendly.

It would be nice if the Windows 1.x version would turn up. There was also a much later version (Windows Express 4.0) that was enhanced for Windows 3.1.

Finally, here is a complete list of the applications loaded in to the sample menu. Some of them are DOS applications, but many are Windows 2.x applications:
 

Sample Menu Desktop Applications  CALC.EXE Calculator  -- from Microsoft  CALENDAR.EXE Calendar  -- from Microsoft *.CAL  CARDFILE.EXE Cardfile  -- from Microsoft *.CRD  CLOCK.EXE Clock  -- from Microsoft CLIPBRD.EXE Clipboard  -- from Microsoft  NOTEPAD.EXE Notepad  -- from Microsoft *.TXT REVERSI.EXE Reversi  -- from Microsoft  TERMINAL.EXE Terminal  -- from Microsoft *.TRM General Business  Databases  -- for organizing data  Spreadsheets  -- for financial analysis  Word Processing  -- for written correspondence  This folder contains documents and word processing programs for Windows.  Communications  -- for telecommunications  This folder contains programs for telecommunications.  Project Management  -- for organizing important projects Databases QUARTZ.EXE Omnis Quartz  -- from Blyth Software  PCLINK.EXE PC/SQL-link  -- from Micro Decisionware  OPUS.EXE Opus I  -- from Roykore Software  SQL.EXE SQL Windows  -- from Gupta Technologies Spreadsheets EXCEL.EXE Excel  -- powerful spreadsheet from Microsoft *.XLS  EXCEL.EXE q1budget.xls Budget  -- Q1 This item is protected with a password. PleasetType "Mary" when prompted. Correspondence WRITE.EXE NEMEMO.WRI Memo -- Northeast Division 10/25 WRITE.EXE WMEMO.WRI Memo -- West Division 9/5 Word Processing  WRITE.EXE Write  -- from Microsoft Choose a document to edit *.WRI GUIDE.EXE Guide -- Hypertext from Owl International  WINTEXT.EXE WinText  -- from Palantir *.WT  NOTEPAD.EXE Notepad  -- from Microsoft *.TXT  Correspondence  -- Misc. memos, notes, letters Communications EMAIL.EXE eMail  -- From Da Vinci Systems  DYNACOMM.EXE DynaComm  -- from Future Soft  TERMINAL.EXE Terminal  -- from Microsoft *.TRM PCMACNET.EXE PC/Mac Net -- from Connect Project Management  DESIGN.EXE Design/2.0  -- from Meta Software Drawing Tools  PBRUSH.EXE Windows Paintbrush  -- from ZSoft *.PCX PAINT.EXE Paint  -- from Microsoft Choose a Paint file *.MSP  PRO3D.EXE Pro3D/PC  -- from Enabling Technologies Presentation Tools PIXIE.EXE Pixie  -- from Zenographics Clip-art Graphics Drawing Tools  -- for creating graphics  Presentation Tools  -- presentation graphics applications Clip-art  -- art files SCRAP.EXE ClickArt Scrapbook+  -- from T/Maker SNAP.EXE Snap -- from Microsoft Clip-art PAINT.EXE images.msp Images  -- Paint pictures  PAINT.EXE logos.msp Logos  -- Paint pictures  DRAW.EXE symbols.pic Symbols  -- Draw objects Page Layout & Design DESIGNER.EXE Designer  -- From Micrografx A&L.EXE Arts & Letters Graphics Editor  -- From Computer Support Corporation  A&L.EXE Arts & Letters Graphics Composer  -- From Computer Support Corporation  PM.EXE PageMaker  -- from Aldus Choose a publication to edit *.PUB HALO.EXE HALO DPE  -- From Media Cybernetics  IMAGEDIT.EXE IBM ImagEdit 2.0  -- Image editor from IBM TR.EXE IBM TextReader  -- OCR scanning from IBM Clip-art PAINT.EXE images.msp Images  -- Paint pictures  PAINT.EXE logos.msp Logos  -- Paint pictures  DRAW.EXE symbols.pic Symbols  -- Draw objects Standard Applications  Spreadsheets  -- 1-2-3, Multiplan, SuperCalc  Word Processing  -- Word, WordStar, WordPerfect, and others  Languages  -- BASIC, Pascal Graphics  -- Presentation and Drawing Database Management -- dBASE, R:BASE, PFS, and others  Communications  -- SmartCom, Access, and others  Project Management  -- Harvard, Microsoft  Integrated Applications -- Symphony, Framework Spreadsheets  1-2-3  -- Lotus 1-2-3, versions 1A and 2  123.PIF Lotus 1-2-3  -- version 1A  123.PIF Lotus 1-2-3  -- version 2 MP.PIF Multiplan  -- from Microsoft  SC4.PIF  SuperCalc 4  -- spreadsheet Word Processing  IBM  -- Personal, Professional, Assistant  WordStar  -- from MicroPro  Word  -- from Microsoft  MM.PIF Multimate Advantage II  -- from Ashton-Tate  PFSWRITE.PIF PFS Write  -- easy to use VW3.PIF VolksWriter  -- from Lifetree  EDITOR.PIF XYWrite  -- from XYQuest WRDPERF.PIF WordPerfect  -- version 4.2 IBM  PE2.PIF Personal Editor  -- from IBM  PROEDIT.PIF Professional Editor  -- from IBM  WRITE.PIF Writing Assistant  -- from IBM WordStar WS.PIF WordStar  -- version 3.3  WS2.PIF WordStar  -- 2000 WordStar Word WORDEGA.PIF Word  -- for the EGA  *.DOC  WORD.PIF Word  -- from Microsoft *.DOC Languages  ACTOR.EXE Actor  -- Windows programming from the Whitewater Group BASIC  -- QB, BASICA, BASIC  CL.PIF /Zd %f,,,; c  -- msc compiler Choose a source to compile  *.C Turbo Pascal  -- three versions  MAKE.EXE Make  -- Program Maintenance Utility Choose a project to make *.MAK BASIC BASICA  -- advanced BASIC interpreter  BASIC  -- BASIC interpreter  QB.PIF QuickBASIC  -- from Microsoft Turbo Pascal  TURBO.PIF Turbo Pascal  -- from Borland TURBOBCD.PIF Turbo Pascal  -- with BCD math  TURBO87.PIF Turbo Pascal  -- with 8087 support Graphics  CHART.PIF Chart  -- from Microsoft GRAPH.PIF Graphics Assistant  -- from IBM PC-DRAW.PIF PC - DRAW  -- Drawing application Database Management dBASE  -- versions II and III IBMFILE.EXE Filing Assistant  -- from IBM R:BASE  -- for DOS and Clout  FILE.PIF PFS File  -- file manager SCOM.PIF Smartcom I  -- version I  SCOM.PIF Smartcom II  -- version II dBase DBASE2.PIF dBASE II  -- from Ashton-Tate  DBASE.PIF dBASE III  -- from Ashton-Tate R:BASE RBASE.PIF R:BASE for DOS  -- from Microrim  CLOUT.PIF Clout  -- natural language interface Communications ACCESS.PIF Access  -- from Microsoft PFSACCES.PIF PFS-Access  -- communications  Smartcom  -- from Hayes  XTALK.PIF XTalk  -- from Microstuf Project Management  HTPM.PIF Harvard  -- project manager  PROJ.PIF Microsoft  -- project manager Integrated Applications  FW.PIF Framework  -- from Ashton-Tate  SYMPHONY.PIF Symphony  -- from Lotus Windows Utilities  WINMAN.EXE hDC Windows Manager  -- system extensions from hDC hDC Windows Manager is a new product from hDC that makes Windows easier and more enjoyable to use. For more information about this product, please contact hDC! COLOR.EXE hDC Windows Color -- palette-setting utility hDC Windows Color is an enhanced display driver and palette-setting utility.  If you are running Windows without hDC Windows Color, you are not taking full advantage of your EGA or VGA card!  hDC Windows Color doubles the colors you see with Windows -- and any Windows application.  At the same time, it gives you a high screen resolution of 640 X 350 with an EGA and 640 X 480 with a VGA.  Not only do you get 16 colors instead of 8, but you can choose which 16 out of a palette of 64. For more information about hDC Windows Color, call hDC!  EXPEDIT.EXE hDC Windows Express Editor  -- to create and modify menus Use the hDC Windows Express Editor to modify existing or create new menus (.WEM files) for use with Windows Express. As instructed in the manual, never edit the menu file that you are currently running with Windows Express.  *.WEM CONTROL.EXE Control Panel  -- to modify Windows This item is the Windows Control program.  MSDOS.EXE MS-DOS Executive -- for file management The password for this menu item is "Microsoft" Utilities Windows Utilities  -- from hDC & Microsoft DOS Utilities -- popular utilities for DOS DOS Utilities  COMMAND.COM DOS  -- run command.com in a window Remember!  To close COMMAND.COM you must first type exit at the prompt. Back up your hard disk  -- all files This will use the IBM BACKUP.COM program to back up the C drive to the A drive  Back up your hard disk  -- modified files This will use the IBM BACKUP.COM program to back up the C drive to the A drive Main Menu  WRITE.EXE readme.wri Open Me First!  -- Windows Express 2.11 Release Notes  This is a WRITE file containing release notes for Windows Express version 2.11.  NOTEPAD.EXE SAMPLE.TXT Notepad  -- read sample file This item is used in the hDC Windows Express tutorial.