# Explorer Shell Merged

DevFeed: [Explorer Shell Merged](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/explorer-shell-merged-33107.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/project-news/explorer-shell-merged/>)

Published: 2014-11-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Shell](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shell.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [WINE](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wine.md>), [interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interfaces.md>), [Data structures](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-structures.md>)

Tags: [contributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contributed.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [project](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/project.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [refactoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/refactoring.md>), [shell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shell.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>), [wine](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wine.md>)

## AI overview

ReactOS announces the merger of the explorer_new branch into trunk after years of development. The article recognizes contributors involved in developing the shell, refactoring supporting libraries, researching shell data structures and interfaces, and adapting the code to run on ReactOS and Windows.

## Source excerpt

To all the community members, we of the ReactOS Project present an early Thanksgiving present in the form of the merging of the explorer_new branch into trunk. It has been a long road with explorer_new's development having stretched many years. It is only fitting that we also celebrate the people who contributed so much to bringing this to fruition, some of whom we pay specific thanks to below. The first such person actually never touched explorer_new, but his contribution should not be overlooked.