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Last Updated March 28, 2023 Version 10.2.0.10
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Privacy Statement | The privacy statement can be found here |
Introduction |
Winfile is the well known old File Manager from Windows NT. It has been revived by Microsoft and shared with the public via
the Winfile github repository under the MIT License.
I have spent some time on this repository to fix bugs and more important to make it symbolic link, hardlink and junction aware. Since up till now not all PRs made it to the maintrunk, I have prepared a git branch on my fork of the repository which contains all my combined contributions. Further more I added all Hardlink and Junction support to malxau's git branch of Winfile, so that an W2K/WXP version is also available. |
Installation | Copy Winfile.exe to some directory referenced by your PATH environment variable. %systemroot% is a good place. |
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Changes |
The changes I contributed to Winfile are
All features of the version can be found here |
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Symbolic Link Creation Hardlinks/Junctions |
Winfile now can create symbolic links/hardlinks or junctions quite easily
![]() The cursor now shows an arrow symbol if you pressed CTRL+SHIFT. If you pressed CTRL+SHIFT+ALT a chain symbol is shown as cursor. Once the file/directory is 'released' a symbolic link/hardlink/junctions is created in the target. In general to create symbolic links one of a few constraints has to be met:
Symlinks/Hardlinks/Junctions can be created by selecting File/Symlink/Hardlink from the menu ![]() |
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Very Long Path |
Winfile supports up to 1024 characters, which is an improvement, but not the full scope of 32767 characters. Anyhow this should be enough to solve most real world problems.![]() |
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UNC Name support |
Winfile allows you to quickly navigate among UNC paths.
![]() Up to 10 different UNC path can be stored in Winfile and can be switched between via CTRL+0, CTRL+9 and its 'numbered' drives. Use CTRL+W on an open UNC path window to close such a UNC mapping and delete its numbered drive. |
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Download precompiled 64bit W7/W10/W11 binaries |
Download and extract
winfile.zip (417kb)
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Download precompiled 32bit W7/W10/W11 binaries |
Download and extract
winfile_32.zip (390kb)
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Download precompiled 32bit W2K/WXP binaries |
Download and extract
winfile_xp.zip (192kb)
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