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  • I have a hard time accepting the Windows Explorer as a 'shell'. It lacks the programmability that I think is key to being shell-like. Even the Windows cmd.exe has some programmability; I don't see that in Windows Explorer. Commented Aug 13, 2012 at 6:15
  • @JonathanLeffler: Alan's usage is common. See the Wikipedia article, for example. Commented Aug 13, 2012 at 7:31