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I want to browse thru my documents (pdfs, pics, word, rtf, and so on...) ...

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mouser:
yeah, i would 2nd that recommendation to check out powerdesk; not exactly what you asked for (no files in tree), BUT with 3 panels you get mostly the same effect plus a great file manager.

http://www.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html

elpresi:
Thanks all for the suggestions;

I had already checked UltraRecall and Novatix ExplorerPLus (I believe it's from the PowerDesk programmer), but as I said I wished that files were included in the left tree structure.
That would leave far more space to the viewer/editor and facilitate BROWSING.
(I find that dual pane file managers are geared towards file operations instead)
To illustrate my point, let's say you would like to browse thru your bookmarks in Firefox, would you like to have the folder tree in one column with the actual bookmarks in a second column?
To avoid complex tree structures, the tree could be rooted at any desired location and be configured to show only specific file formats.
That is the idea I have in mind.

 :)

JeffK:
I thought Directory Opus might be OK but I can't get it to show the files as indicated here:-

http://www.gpsoft.com.au/Preview/preview_6.html

Jeff

Darwin:
Hi Jeff,

To get the view that is shown in the screenshot from the Dopus website, you need to select View->Flat View->Grouped... At least, on my installation that replicates the screenshot nicely. The real problem, as far as I can tell, is getting Flat View to "stick", i.e. to set it up as the default view so that each time you change folders you don't have to re-select flat view as an option from the view menu. I am reasonably confident that this can be done (as I have mine set up for details view by default I am not surprised that Dopus reverts to this each time I change folder...), but it might take a bit of work to do. The users' forums are excellent and no doubt someone would be able to tell you how to do this.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DOpus/messages (beginner's forum)
http://resource.dopus.com/ (expert forum - the developers hang out here and are regular posters/respondents).

Mike

JeffK:
Thanks, I'll try it again.

Jeff

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