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Which File Manager do you rely on in Windows?

Windows Explorer

Altap/Servant Salamander

Frigate

Speed Commander

AB Commander

Haven't decided yet.

Other

Variety is the spice of life - I use mutliple File Managers!!

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fenixproductions

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Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Reply #350 on: April 26, 2009, 12:15:47 PM »

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TC did not start to be called differently. TC UP is still TC but with additional tools and plugins. You could have the same package done by yourself if you want to smiley

Ultima took his own configuration and decided to share it with other people (with Ghisler's agreement of course).


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Darwin

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Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Reply #351 on: April 26, 2009, 12:18:11 PM »

Quote from: Innuendo on April 26, 2009, 10:11:33 AM

The Novatix re-incarnation of PowerDesk that they dubbed Explorer Plus is without a doubt the most desirable version of the PowerDesk siblings.

Incidentally, I forgot to ask above (when posting the download link), what are the advantages of Explorer Plus 6.2 over the current PowerDesk version (7.x)?


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Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Reply #352 on: April 30, 2009, 11:38:26 AM »

Quote from: Darwin on April 26, 2009, 12:18:11 PM

Incidentally, I forgot to ask above (when posting the download link), what are the advantages of Explorer Plus 6.2 over the current PowerDesk version (7.x)?

It's been a while since I used either program as I'm a Total Commander devotee, but if I remember correctly there were a few bugs that Explorer Plus 6.2 fixed over PowerDesk Pro 6.0 when it was released. It wasn't anything major. I think it had to do with file listings and minor things like that.

However, when PowerDesk Pro 7 came out it fixed a couple bugs that were in Explorer Plus, but...didn't fix all the bugs that Explorer Plus had fixed over PD Pro v6 so you had to choose which bugs you wanted to deal with. No version released has fixed them all.

My absolute favorite feature of this family of products is the enlarged thumbnail of graphics files when you hover over the filenames with your mouse cursor. That's something I haven't figured out yet how to add to Total Commander.


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Darwin

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Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Reply #353 on: April 30, 2009, 11:52:54 AM »

Thanks, innuendo Thmbsup

I'm a DOpus devotee (but own a licence for TC and love it as well), so understand your position!


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Innuendo

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Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Reply #354 on: May 03, 2009, 02:57:41 PM »

You're a very unusual person, Darwin. Usually people either the DOpus way of doing things or the TC way of doing things, but not usually both.

DOpus had its origins on the Amiga & the odd thing about your post is that the Amiga version of DOpus was a really big inspiration for TC's author to bring that kind of power and customizability to the PC. What's odd is that TC is probably a closer relative of DOpus/Amiga than DOpus/PC and TC is probaby more true to the 'spirit' of that venerable program on the Amiga than its modern day descendant of the same name.

Back to PowerDesk Pro and Explorer Plus, for a minute...there's no possible way to find a retail copy of Explorer Plus anymore. Looking at the author's site seems to paint the story that Explorer Plus never existed. The trial you expertly tracked down is a poor substitute for the full product. Without delving too far into sketchy legalities I will say I just did a check and the 18.9 MB archive of the full retail product is up on a major P2P network.

However, I have to urge anyone who loves the PowerDesk way of doing things to take a good close look at Total Commander. It is, by far, the ugliest program on the face of the Earth when you first install it, but everything you see can be customized and changed even the menus so you could customize Total Commander to look and work exactly like PowerDesk Pro if it was one's inclination, but it is going to be a far more powerful program for file management than PowerDesk Pro ever was or most likely ever will be.


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Darwin

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Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Reply #355 on: May 03, 2009, 05:11:43 PM »

Quote from: Innuendo on May 03, 2009, 02:57:41 PM

You're a very unusual person, Darwin.

Heh, heh... So I've been told!

I own a licence for PowerDesk 7 (and 6, for that matter) but don't have it (either) installed anymore. DOpus is all I use day to day. I have purchased licenses for almost all the major file managers available - TC, XYPlorer, explorer2, FileBoss, FileQest, Altap Salamander, Frigate 3, etc. but have only DOpus installed on my harddrive with XYPlorer and TC installed on my thumbdrives (along with DOpus!). I have had TC installed and tweaked to perfection and love it. Howver, DOpus is no like a well worn pair of shoes - so comfortable and familar smiley


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Tuxman

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Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Reply #356 on: October 02, 2009, 02:25:28 PM »

I would actually vote Directory Opus, but no lifetime license with this price is a no-go for me.

So currently I basically use two file managers:
1) CubicExplorer, still in first steps of development but already fast and stable with a bunch of useful extra features. And it is free.
2) xplorer², the fastest FM on the "market". Using your regedit skills, you can also assign My Computer to it, although the developer doesn't really support this ...

Alternative: Nomad.NET is very feature-rich (and free), too, but the major con is that it is developed in C#, so it's sluggish and hogs resources. A pity, really...