diff --git a/extra/io/windows/files/files.factor b/extra/io/windows/files/files.factor
index 655b5f9daf..7d88392fdc 100755
--- a/extra/io/windows/files/files.factor
+++ b/extra/io/windows/files/files.factor
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 USING: alien.c-types io.backend io.files io.windows kernel
 math windows windows.kernel32 combinators.cleave
 windows.time calendar combinators math.functions
-sequences namespaces words symbols ;
+sequences namespaces words symbols combinators.lib
+io.nonblocking destructors ;
 IN: io.windows.files
 
 SYMBOLS: +read-only+ +hidden+ +system+
@@ -93,3 +94,41 @@ M: windows-nt-io file-info ( path -- info )
 
 M: windows-nt-io link-info ( path -- info )
     file-info ;
+
+: file-times ( path -- timestamp timestamp timestamp )
+    [
+        normalize-pathname open-existing dup close-always
+        "FILETIME" <c-object>
+        "FILETIME" <c-object>
+        "FILETIME" <c-object>
+        [ GetFileTime win32-error=0/f ] 3keep
+        [ FILETIME>timestamp >local-time ] 3apply
+    ] with-destructors ;
+
+: (set-file-times) ( handle timestamp/f timestamp/f timestamp/f -- )
+    [ timestamp>FILETIME ] 3apply
+    SetFileTime win32-error=0/f ;
+
+: set-file-times ( path timestamp/f timestamp/f timestamp/f -- )
+    #! timestamp order: creation access write
+    [
+        >r >r >r
+            normalize-pathname open-existing dup close-always
+        r> r> r> (set-file-times)
+    ] with-destructors ;
+
+: set-file-create-time ( path timestamp -- )
+    f f set-file-times ;
+
+: set-file-access-time ( path timestamp -- )
+    >r f r> f set-file-times ;
+
+: set-file-write-time ( path timestamp -- )
+    >r f f r> set-file-times ;
+
+M: windows-nt-io touch-file ( path -- )
+    [
+        normalize-pathname
+        maybe-create-file over close-always
+        [ drop ] [ f now dup (set-file-times) ] if
+    ] with-destructors ;
diff --git a/extra/io/windows/windows.factor b/extra/io/windows/windows.factor
index 635a992777..64c4684e15 100755
--- a/extra/io/windows/windows.factor
+++ b/extra/io/windows/windows.factor
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ M: win32-file close-handle ( handle -- )
     ] with-destructors ;
 
 : open-pipe-r/w ( path -- handle )
-    GENERIC_READ GENERIC_WRITE bitor OPEN_EXISTING 0 open-file ;
+    { GENERIC_READ GENERIC_WRITE } flags
+    OPEN_EXISTING 0 open-file ;
 
 : open-read ( path -- handle length )
     GENERIC_READ OPEN_EXISTING 0 open-file 0 ;
@@ -69,6 +70,24 @@ M: win32-file close-handle ( handle -- )
 : (open-append) ( path -- handle )
     GENERIC_WRITE OPEN_ALWAYS 0 open-file ;
 
+: open-existing ( path -- handle )
+    { GENERIC_READ GENERIC_WRITE } flags
+    share-mode
+    f
+    OPEN_EXISTING
+    FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS
+    f CreateFileW dup win32-error=0/f ;
+
+: maybe-create-file ( path -- handle ? )
+    #! return true if file was just created
+    { GENERIC_READ GENERIC_WRITE } flags
+    share-mode
+    f
+    OPEN_ALWAYS
+    0 CreateFile-flags
+    f CreateFileW dup win32-error=0/f
+    GetLastError ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS = not ;
+
 : set-file-pointer ( handle length -- )
     dupd d>w/w <uint> FILE_BEGIN SetFilePointer
     INVALID_SET_FILE_POINTER = [