diff --git a/extra/hardware-info/windows/windows.factor b/extra/hardware-info/windows/windows.factor
index bbae541ab4..88e9a8cfb5 100644
--- a/extra/hardware-info/windows/windows.factor
+++ b/extra/hardware-info/windows/windows.factor
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 USING: alien alien.c-types kernel libc math namespaces
-windows windows.kernel32 windows.advapi32 hardware-info ;
+windows windows.kernel32 windows.advapi32 hardware-info
+words ;
 IN: hardware-info.windows
 
 TUPLE: wince ;
@@ -53,6 +54,22 @@ M: windows cpus ( -- n )
 : sse3? ( -- ? )
     PF_SSE3_INSTRUCTIONS_AVAILABLE feature-present? ;
 
+: <u16-string-object> ( n -- obj )
+    "ushort" <c-array> ;
+
+: get-directory ( word -- str )
+    >r MAX_UNICODE_PATH [ <u16-string-object> ] keep dupd r>
+    execute win32-error=0/f alien>u16-string ; inline
+
+: windows-directory ( -- str )
+    \ GetWindowsDirectory get-directory ;
+
+: system-directory ( -- str )
+    \ GetSystemDirectory get-directory ;
+
+: system-windows-directory ( -- str )
+    \ GetSystemWindowsDirectory get-directory ;
+
 USE-IF: wince? hardware-info.windows.ce
 USE-IF: winnt? hardware-info.windows.nt
 
diff --git a/extra/rss/rss.factor b/extra/rss/rss.factor
index 8a9be3f9f6..da810ee377 100644
--- a/extra/rss/rss.factor
+++ b/extra/rss/rss.factor
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ C: <entry> entry
         feed-entries [ entry, ] each
     ] make-xml* ;
 
-: write-feed ( feed -- xml )
+: write-feed ( feed -- )
     feed>xml write-xml ;
diff --git a/extra/webapps/planet/planet.factor b/extra/webapps/planet/planet.factor
index 31ef4222ba..9fdafe033b 100644
--- a/extra/webapps/planet/planet.factor
+++ b/extra/webapps/planet/planet.factor
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ TUPLE: posting author title date link body ;
 : fetch-feed ( pair -- feed )
     second
     dup "Fetching " diagnostic
-    dup news-get feed-entries
+    dup download-feed feed-entries
     swap "Done fetching " diagnostic ;
 
 : fetch-blogroll ( blogroll -- entries )
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ SYMBOL: last-update
     [ feed-entries ] map concat sort-entries ;
 
 : planet-feed ( -- feed )
-    default-blogroll get [ second news-get ] map merge-feeds 
+    default-blogroll get [ second download-feed ] map merge-feeds 
     >r "[ planet-factor ]" "http://planet.factorcode.org" r> <entry>
-    generate-atom ;
+    feed>xml ;
 
 : feed.xml planet-feed ;
 
diff --git a/extra/windows/kernel32/kernel32.factor b/extra/windows/kernel32/kernel32.factor
index bb8919dd70..5e0f4ddc65 100755
--- a/extra/windows/kernel32/kernel32.factor
+++ b/extra/windows/kernel32/kernel32.factor
@@ -1010,7 +1010,8 @@ FUNCTION: HANDLE GetStdHandle ( DWORD nStdHandle ) ;
 ! FUNCTION: GetSystemDefaultLCID
 ! FUNCTION: GetSystemDefaultUILanguage
 ! FUNCTION: GetSystemDirectoryA
-! FUNCTION: GetSystemDirectoryW
+FUNCTION: UINT GetSystemDirectoryW ( LPTSTR lpBuffer, UINT uSize ) ;
+: GetSystemDirectory GetSystemDirectoryW ; inline
 FUNCTION: void GetSystemInfo ( LPSYSTEM_INFO lpSystemInfo ) ;
 ! FUNCTION: GetSystemPowerStatus
 ! FUNCTION: GetSystemRegistryQuota
@@ -1019,7 +1020,8 @@ FUNCTION: void GetSystemTime ( LPSYSTEMTIME lpSystemTime ) ;
 FUNCTION: void GetSystemTimeAsFileTime ( LPFILETIME lpSystemTimeAsFileTime ) ;
 ! FUNCTION: GetSystemTimes
 ! FUNCTION: GetSystemWindowsDirectoryA
-! FUNCTION: GetSystemWindowsDirectoryW
+FUNCTION: UINT GetSystemWindowsDirectoryW ( LPTSTR lpBuffer, UINT uSize ) ;
+: GetSystemWindowsDirectory GetSystemWindowsDirectoryW ; inline
 ! FUNCTION: GetSystemWow64DirectoryA
 ! FUNCTION: GetSystemWow64DirectoryW
 ! FUNCTION: GetTapeParameters
@@ -1057,7 +1059,8 @@ FUNCTION: BOOL GetVersionExW ( LPOSVERSIONINFO lpVersionInfo ) ;
 ! FUNCTION: GetVolumePathNamesForVolumeNameW
 ! FUNCTION: GetVolumePathNameW
 ! FUNCTION: GetWindowsDirectoryA
-! FUNCTION: GetWindowsDirectoryW
+FUNCTION: UINT GetWindowsDirectoryW ( LPTSTR lpBuffer, UINT uSize ) ;
+: GetWindowsDirectory GetWindowsDirectoryW ; inline
 ! FUNCTION: GetWriteWatch
 ! FUNCTION: GlobalAddAtomA
 ! FUNCTION: GlobalAddAtomW
diff --git a/extra/windows/nt/nt.factor b/extra/windows/nt/nt.factor
index d9e8f58cc2..a485beba00 100644
--- a/extra/windows/nt/nt.factor
+++ b/extra/windows/nt/nt.factor
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ USING: alien sequences ;
     { "kernel32" "kernel32.dll" "stdcall" }
     { "winsock"  "ws2_32.dll"   "stdcall" }
     { "mswsock"  "mswsock.dll"  "stdcall" }
+    { "shell32"  "shell32.dll"  "stdcall" }
     { "libc"     "msvcrt.dll"   "cdecl"   }
     { "libm"     "msvcrt.dll"   "cdecl"   }
     { "gl"       "opengl32.dll" "stdcall" }
     { "glu"      "glu32.dll"    "stdcall" }
     { "freetype" "freetype6.dll" "cdecl"  }
 } [ first3 add-library ] each
+
+USING: windows.shell32 ;
diff --git a/extra/windows/shell32/shell32.factor b/extra/windows/shell32/shell32.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6599df637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/windows/shell32/shell32.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+USING: alien alien.c-types alien.syntax combinators
+kernel windows ;
+IN: windows.shell32
+
+: CSIDL_DESKTOP HEX: 00 ; inline
+: CSIDL_INTERNET HEX: 01 ; inline
+: CSIDL_PROGRAMS HEX: 02 ; inline
+: CSIDL_CONTROLS HEX: 03 ; inline
+: CSIDL_PRINTERS HEX: 04 ; inline
+: CSIDL_PERSONAL HEX: 05 ; inline
+: CSIDL_FAVORITES HEX: 06 ; inline
+: CSIDL_STARTUP HEX: 07 ; inline
+: CSIDL_RECENT HEX: 08 ; inline
+: CSIDL_SENDTO HEX: 09 ; inline
+: CSIDL_BITBUCKET HEX: 0a ; inline
+: CSIDL_STARTMENU HEX: 0b ; inline
+: CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS HEX: 0c ; inline
+: CSIDL_MYMUSIC HEX: 0d ; inline
+: CSIDL_MYVIDEO HEX: 0e ; inline
+: CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY HEX: 10 ; inline
+: CSIDL_DRIVES HEX: 11 ; inline
+: CSIDL_NETWORK HEX: 12 ; inline
+: CSIDL_NETHOOD HEX: 13 ; inline
+: CSIDL_FONTS HEX: 14 ; inline
+: CSIDL_TEMPLATES HEX: 15 ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_STARTMENU HEX: 16 ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS HEX: 17 ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_STARTUP HEX: 18 ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_DESKTOPDIRECTORY HEX: 19 ; inline
+: CSIDL_APPDATA HEX: 1a ; inline
+: CSIDL_PRINTHOOD HEX: 1b ; inline
+: CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA HEX: 1c ; inline
+: CSIDL_ALTSTARTUP HEX: 1d ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_ALTSTARTUP HEX: 1e ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_FAVORITES HEX: 1f ; inline
+: CSIDL_INTERNET_CACHE HEX: 20 ; inline
+: CSIDL_COOKIES HEX: 21 ; inline
+: CSIDL_HISTORY HEX: 22 ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA HEX: 23 ; inline
+: CSIDL_WINDOWS HEX: 24 ; inline
+: CSIDL_SYSTEM HEX: 25 ; inline
+: CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES HEX: 26 ; inline
+: CSIDL_MYPICTURES HEX: 27 ; inline
+: CSIDL_PROFILE HEX: 28 ; inline
+: CSIDL_SYSTEMX86 HEX: 29 ; inline
+: CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILESX86 HEX: 2a ; inline
+: CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON HEX: 2b ; inline
+: CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMONX86 HEX: 2c ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_TEMPLATES HEX: 2d ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS HEX: 2e ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_ADMINTOOLS HEX: 2f ; inline
+: CSIDL_ADMINTOOLS HEX: 30 ; inline
+: CSIDL_CONNECTIONS HEX: 31 ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_MUSIC HEX: 35 ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_PICTURES HEX: 36 ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_VIDEO HEX: 37 ; inline
+: CSIDL_RESOURCES HEX: 38 ; inline
+: CSIDL_RESOURCES_LOCALIZED HEX: 39 ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMMON_OEM_LINKS HEX: 3a ; inline
+: CSIDL_CDBURN_AREA HEX: 3b ; inline
+: CSIDL_COMPUTERSNEARME HEX: 3d ; inline
+: CSIDL_PROFILES HEX: 3e ; inline
+: CSIDL_FOLDER_MASK HEX: ff ; inline
+: CSIDL_FLAG_PER_USER_INIT HEX: 800 ; inline
+: CSIDL_FLAG_NO_ALIAS HEX: 1000 ; inline
+: CSIDL_FLAG_DONT_VERIFY HEX: 4000 ; inline
+: CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE HEX: 8000 ; inline
+: CSIDL_FLAG_MASK HEX: ff00 ; inline
+
+: S_OK 0 ; inline
+: S_FALSE 1 ; inline
+: E_FAIL HEX: 80004005 ; inline
+: E_INVALIDARG HEX: 80070057 ; inline
+: ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND 2 ; inline
+
+
+: SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT 0 ; inline
+: SHGFP_TYPE_DEFAULT 1 ; inline
+
+LIBRARY: shell32
+
+TYPEDEF: void* PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE
+FUNCTION: HRESULT SHGetFolderPathW ( HWND hwndOwner, int nFolder, HANDLE hToken, DWORD dwReserved, LPTSTR pszPath ) ;
+! SHGetSpecialFolderLocation
+! SHGetSpecialFolderPath
+
+: SHGetFolderPath SHGetFolderPathW ; inline
+
+: shell32-error ( n -- )
+    dup S_OK = [
+        drop
+    ] [
+        {
+            ! { ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND [ "file not found" throw ] }
+            ! { E_INVALIDARG [ "invalid arg" throw ] }
+            [ (win32-error-string) throw ]
+        } case
+    ] if ;
+
+: shell32-directory ( n -- str )
+    f swap f SHGFP_TYPE_DEFAULT
+    MAX_UNICODE_PATH "ushort" <c-array>
+    [ SHGetFolderPath shell32-error ] keep alien>u16-string ;
+
+: desktop ( -- str )
+    CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY shell32-directory ;
+
+: my-documents ( -- str )
+    CSIDL_PERSONAL shell32-directory ;
+
+: application-data ( -- str )
+    CSIDL_APPDATA shell32-directory ;
+
+: programs ( -- str )
+    CSIDL_PROGRAMS shell32-directory ;
+
+: program-files ( -- str )
+    CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES shell32-directory ;
+
+: program-files-x86 ( -- str )
+    CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILESX86 shell32-directory ;
+
+: program-files-common ( -- str )
+    CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON shell32-directory ;
+
+: program-files-common-x86 ( -- str )
+    CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES_COMMONX86 shell32-directory ;
diff --git a/extra/windows/windows.factor b/extra/windows/windows.factor
index 657a8e8a7c..e07c504781 100755
--- a/extra/windows/windows.factor
+++ b/extra/windows/windows.factor
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ IN: windows
 
 : lo-word ( wparam -- lo ) <short> *short ; inline
 : hi-word ( wparam -- hi ) -16 shift lo-word ; inline
+: MAX_UNICODE_PATH 32768 ; inline
 
 ! You must LocalFree the return value!
 FUNCTION: void* error_message ( DWORD id ) ;
diff --git a/extra/rss/reader/reader.factor b/unmaintained/reader/reader.factor
similarity index 100%
rename from extra/rss/reader/reader.factor
rename to unmaintained/reader/reader.factor