diff --git a/EgtGeneral.rc b/EgtGeneral.rc
index 4702d26..8174fa2 100644
Binary files a/EgtGeneral.rc and b/EgtGeneral.rc differ
diff --git a/FileUtils.cpp b/FileUtils.cpp
index f877d24..92d73b0 100644
--- a/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,19 @@ FindFirstFileEgt( const string& sFileSpec, string& sFileName)
    return false ;
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+bool
+ExistsDirectory( const string& sDir)
+{
+  // leggo gli attributi del direttorio
+   DWORD dwAttr = ::GetFileAttributesW( stringtoW( sDir)) ;
+  // se non esiste
+   if ( dwAttr == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
+      return false ;
+  // se è un direttorio
+   return ( (dwAttr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) != 0) ;
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool
 EmptyDirectory( const string& sDir)