NOTE
The idea here is to present in one package all the elements to 
take a complete inventory of one's system before and after 
software changes.

REQUIREMENTS
Windows
NDW Batchrun (or adapt the *.WBT files to other windows batch 
languages).

HISTORY
I can across a reference to a batch file written by Kurt S that 
made use of two files from the IBMSYS forum to take a 
"snapshot" of one's windows and system subdirectories, as well 
as its system.ini and win.ini files. Once a new app has been 
loaded, running the "compare" provided an itimized list of file 
additions within the two directories, as well as itemized lists 
of changes in both the system.ini and win.ini files.

This proved invaluable in maintaining a database record of 
what a given app had done to a system. I then used Norton 
Desktop's Batch language to run Kurt S's two batch files 
seemlessly from windows itself so as to make the whole process 
as painless as possible.

INVENTORY
I'm including the following:
1. The original HDIFF.ZIP and DIFF.ZIP files so the real credit 
can go where it is due.
2. The wonderful batch files written by Kurt S, SNAPSHOT.BAT and 
COMPARE.BAT as well as his original text notes.
3. My own Windows adaption of those, SNAPSHOT.WBT and 
COMPARE.WBT. I've also included a clean up utility called 
CLEAN.WBT an another which automatically calls up the relevant 
changed files called SFILES.WBT.
4. Some temporary *.pif files.

SETUP
1. Copy the *.pif files to the windows subdirectory and the 
rest to one of choice.
2. Change the paths in all the *.WBT files to those where you 
set up the files. Change the *.PIF files to show this path. Also 
change the default editor. 
3. Run the *.WBT files, first SNAPSHOT.WBT, then load an app or 
make any changes you want and run COMPARE.WBT. Then call up a 
record of those changes by looking at the new *.D01 files with 
any text editor or running SFILES.WBT.