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Moved winfile.hlp to the help directory;
added winfile.chm and clarified some things in readme.md.
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The Windows File Manager lives again and runs on all currently supported version of Windows,
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including Windows 10. I welcome your thoughts, comments and suggestions. There are two
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versions of the source code in two branches:
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primary versions of the source code in the master branch:
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1. original_plus: contains the source for WinFile as of Windows NT4 with minimal changes
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1. original_plus tag: refers to the source for WinFile as of Windows NT4 with minimal changes
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so that it compiles with Visual Studio and runs on current Windows.
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2. master: contains my personal changes / additions to WinFile.
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2. current master: contains my personal changes / additions to WinFile.
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I will consider bugs fixes and suggestions for minor changes to the master branch. Feel free
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to create a pull request or post issues as you see fit.
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I will not be changing the original_plus branch nor creating other branches for other purposes.
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I will not be changing the original_plus sources nor creating other branches for other purposes.
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You are welcome do that on your own.
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## History
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## Changes in original_plus
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The source code provided here was copied from the Windows NT 4 source tree in November
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2007. The branch named original_plus contains a very limited set of modifications
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The source code provided here (in the src directory) was copied from the Windows NT 4 source tree in November
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2007. The tag named original_plus contains a very limited set of modifications
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from the original sources to enable WinFile.exe to run on current Windows.
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The most significant changes are:
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5. converted 64-bit arithmetic from internal libraries to C
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6. converted internal shell APIs to public APIs (the primary reason the old version would not run)
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The help directory contains both winfile.hlp and winfile.chm. Winfile.hlp was in the NT4
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source tree, but does not work on Windows 10 any more. Winfile.chm was copied from
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a regular installation of Windows 98 and works on Windows 10. As is, WinFile.exe
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tries to launch winfile.hlp which fails.
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## Changes in master v10.0 after original_plus
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The master branch contains changes I have made since 2007. The changes have been solely determined

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