dogleg43 Member D Join Date Dec 2005 Location Indiana Posts 520 Jan 16, 2015 #1 Does anyone here found an alternative program to Windows Explorer (file manager)? My laptop has Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. ====== Thanks
Does anyone here found an alternative program to Windows Explorer (file manager)? My laptop has Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. ====== Thanks
George Graziano Lifetime Supporting Member G Join Date Jul 2004 Location NY Posts 447 Jan 16, 2015 #3 www.freecommander.com
Ken Roach Lifetime Supporting Member + Moderator Join Date Apr 2002 Location Seattle, WA Posts 17,486 Jan 16, 2015 #4 I have a couple of colleagues who swear by Zabkat software's Xplorer2 as their file manager.
RClem Lifetime Supporting Member Join Date Nov 2010 Location Pennsylvania Posts 110 Jan 16, 2015 #5 Total Commander, available as shareware here: http://www.ghisler.com/ Rich
daba Lifetime Supporting Member D Join Date Jul 2004 Location uk Posts 5,401 Apr 23, 2019 #7 dogleg43 said: Does anyone here found an alternative program to Windows Explorer (file manager)? Click to expand... No-one has asked the question "Why ?" Is there something that you want that Windows Explorer doesn't do ?
dogleg43 said: Does anyone here found an alternative program to Windows Explorer (file manager)? Click to expand... No-one has asked the question "Why ?" Is there something that you want that Windows Explorer doesn't do ?
Dirt Member D Join Date Apr 2008 Location Stockholm Posts 292 Apr 23, 2019 #8 What explorer cant do, for example change filenames in bulk. Also missing some more advanced search feature. Last edited: Apr 23, 2019
What explorer cant do, for example change filenames in bulk. Also missing some more advanced search feature.
kallileo Lifetime Supporting Member K Join Date Jun 2008 Location Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Hellas Posts 353 Apr 23, 2019 #9 daba said: No-one has asked the question "Why ?" Is there something that you want that Windows Explorer doesn't do ? Click to expand... Can't do Tabs...but there are third party extensions that can add this feature. Imho it's absolutely essential for effective file browsing and management. I use free commander.
daba said: No-one has asked the question "Why ?" Is there something that you want that Windows Explorer doesn't do ? Click to expand... Can't do Tabs...but there are third party extensions that can add this feature. Imho it's absolutely essential for effective file browsing and management. I use free commander.
alive15 Member A Join Date Oct 2015 Location Montgomery, AL Posts 724 Apr 24, 2019 #10 I'm already so used to opening multiple windows panes and just dragging and dropping files. Changing file names in bulk seems pretty useful though.
I'm already so used to opening multiple windows panes and just dragging and dropping files. Changing file names in bulk seems pretty useful though.
Bit_Bucket_07 Member Join Date Feb 2013 Location Southeast US Posts 1,875 Apr 24, 2019 #11 alive15 said: I'm already so used to opening multiple windows panes and just dragging and dropping files. Changing file names in bulk seems pretty useful though. Click to expand... Of course, you can do that using REN through the Command Prompt.
alive15 said: I'm already so used to opening multiple windows panes and just dragging and dropping files. Changing file names in bulk seems pretty useful though. Click to expand... Of course, you can do that using REN through the Command Prompt.
Dirt Member D Join Date Apr 2008 Location Stockholm Posts 292 Apr 24, 2019 #12 Bit_Bucket_07 said: Of course, you can do that using REN through the Command Prompt. Click to expand... But with say "total commander" you can see the results before acutally applying them, which could be cruicial to not scr*****g up. The cmd is great for lots of stuff, but not that forgiving. Last edited: Apr 24, 2019
Bit_Bucket_07 said: Of course, you can do that using REN through the Command Prompt. Click to expand... But with say "total commander" you can see the results before acutally applying them, which could be cruicial to not scr*****g up. The cmd is great for lots of stuff, but not that forgiving.