It appears MS comes bearing gifts: the old winfile has been updated to run on modern Windows and open-sourced.
The repo is at https://github.com/Microsoft/winfile.
(EDIT: see also https://github.com/malxau/winfile)
There's a Ghacks.net overview at https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/10/run-t ... e-manager/.
I haven't tested it but, given MS previous art, I don't expect it to be portable. Prove me wrong.
Windows File Manager (v3.0 open source!)
Re: Windows File Manager (v3.0 open source!)
According to the README, one of the changes in the improved "v10.0" version is:
That suggests that the original_plus version is indeed portable. (AFAIK, in Windows 3.x days, storing settings in program folder was common practice.)moved the ini file location to %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\WinFile
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Re: Windows File Manager (v3.0 open source!)
I don't consider myself the nostalgic type and never thought I'd miss anything about Win 3.1 but surprise, surprise I find I really missed that menu system.
Re: Windows File Manager (v3.0 open source!)
WinFile 10.1.4.0 needs Micro$oft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable but not all of it, just the files below (in the same folder)
WinFile x86:
concrt140.dll
mfc140.dll
mfc140chs.dll
mfc140cht.dll
mfc140deu.dll
mfc140enu.dll
mfc140esn.dll
mfc140fra.dll
mfc140ita.dll
mfc140jpn.dll
mfc140kor.dll
mfc140rus.dll
mfc140u.dll
mfcm140.dll
mfcm140u.dll
msvcp140.dll
msvcp140_1.dll
msvcp140_2.dll
msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll
msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll
vcamp140.dll
vccorlib140.dll
vcomp140.dll
vcruntime140.dll
WinFile x64:
concrt140.dll
mfc140.dll
mfc140chs.dll
mfc140cht.dll
mfc140deu.dll
mfc140enu.dll
mfc140esn.dll
mfc140fra.dll
mfc140ita.dll
mfc140jpn.dll
mfc140kor.dll
mfc140rus.dll
mfc140u.dll
mfcm140.dll
mfcm140u.dll
msvcp140.dll
msvcp140_1.dll
msvcp140_2.dll
msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll
msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll
vcamp140.dll
vccorlib140.dll
vcomp140.dll
vcruntime140.dll
vcruntime140_1.dll
One may also get
WinFile.chm
About WINFILE.INI ...
residing in %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\WinFile
... may be dealt with thru yaP?! ...
On the subject of App Portabilization I'm still a newbie - looking into it.
WinFile x86:
concrt140.dll
mfc140.dll
mfc140chs.dll
mfc140cht.dll
mfc140deu.dll
mfc140enu.dll
mfc140esn.dll
mfc140fra.dll
mfc140ita.dll
mfc140jpn.dll
mfc140kor.dll
mfc140rus.dll
mfc140u.dll
mfcm140.dll
mfcm140u.dll
msvcp140.dll
msvcp140_1.dll
msvcp140_2.dll
msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll
msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll
vcamp140.dll
vccorlib140.dll
vcomp140.dll
vcruntime140.dll
WinFile x64:
concrt140.dll
mfc140.dll
mfc140chs.dll
mfc140cht.dll
mfc140deu.dll
mfc140enu.dll
mfc140esn.dll
mfc140fra.dll
mfc140ita.dll
mfc140jpn.dll
mfc140kor.dll
mfc140rus.dll
mfc140u.dll
mfcm140.dll
mfcm140u.dll
msvcp140.dll
msvcp140_1.dll
msvcp140_2.dll
msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll
msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll
vcamp140.dll
vccorlib140.dll
vcomp140.dll
vcruntime140.dll
vcruntime140_1.dll
One may also get
WinFile.chm
About WINFILE.INI ...
residing in %AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\WinFile
... may be dealt with thru yaP?! ...
On the subject of App Portabilization I'm still a newbie - looking into it.