How to load ANSI escape codes or get coloured file listing in WinXP cmd shell?

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I\'m trying to get, wouldn\'t you believe it, coloured file listi

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I ran across ANSICON at http://adoxa.110mb.com/ansicon/index.html ansicon github repo

Using it to colorize NAnt output. ls --color is being processed correctly.

Source code is provided, but I haven't examined it.