On: Files UWP: An enthusiast’s take on what Windows File Explorer explorer should be

[c-smile]

http://html-notepad.com - distribution 2,5 Mb (compressed) http://notes.sciter.com - 2.5 Mb and on all platforms.

And these applications are not using "numerous DLLs" - just two files: app.exe and sciter.dll (and that one can be linked statically into executable).

So "yes", 50 Mb for an Explorer thing is too much.