firestr now builds with VC 12

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fixed bug in loading app directory

Ignore-this: aa09062d3f9c3bde6d34c97aa99a6d7f

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fixed windows file loading by specifing the files as binary

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more windows fixes

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darcs-hash:20140217215447-c21fe-906c52ef3b990c7bc7623006398c9150a17ec246
made get_bin work on windows

Ignore-this: 625e2ebac3e2ebdbe8aba446a9aaa066

darcs-hash:20140218183154-c21fe-39218ea31db870c2526c87b21bd743e4741b5e1b
better error checking loading contact file

Ignore-this: 2a7cfd843924d9a52a9a9f2ec311312d

darcs-hash:20140218183300-c21fe-c2460d5fd62eedc2494b62688155548f341fbf67
fixed error messages in mencode when specifying which byte had an error

Ignore-this: 6b69fc0fa8fdca9572fe2f2cb05aaea6

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