![]() ![]() It seems PowerDesk is now marketed by Avanquest. Looks like PowerDesk has changed ownership several times. The included file finder had a few more options, and the explorer featured treeview of compressed archives, also the dialog helper allowed to resize the open/save dialogs and retain their history. I was a user of PowerDesk 3 by Mijenix Corporation in Win98 days. The basic rectangular selection frame didn't seem to select any files. ![]() Xyplorer did start up on Win98, but certain functions showed the expected unreliability of Visual Basic software: New File and New Folder options spawned a dozen error messages and crashed the program. Files and folders with unicode symbols also worked. XYplorer appears to be fully functional (including media preview) on Windows XP and Windows 2000 (with gdiplus.dll copied from XP). This requires a recent version (>6) of MSIE. Instead the program launches Internet Explorer in another window to show the file listing. Even with Zip, we do not get a tree-view of the compressed files. Built-in archive support only includes ZIP. Xyplorer has some MP3 metadata management options, but doesn't support other common formats (including those with simple tags - ogg, ape), which means we need a dedicated software anyway. FTP is a good OS-agnostic way to connect to any other computer, which cannot be easily done using SMB/network neighborhood. The preview panel is easy to configure to show any media formats via DirectShow. Without a heavy-handed license management, Xyplorer is easy to transfer to a new computer. I like how there is a search function for the bulky Settings dialog, as well as an overview of keyboard shortcuts, both of which TC does not feature. I found the initial setup usable, and further configuration quite intuitive. TC has a "DOS/Norton"-feel to its core (down to keyboard shortcuts). Unlike TC, Xyplorer builds upon the win95-type Explorer with a folder tree instead of two panes, which might make the program more accessible to new users. The visual design is overall nicer compared to TC. I wouldn't even consider it, if it required NET. The performance and stability are suprisingly good considering it is a Visual Basic (!) application. Hey, Win11 Explorer has tabs at least! Not that it's any better, but if you augment it with PowerToys and QuickLook it's passable.I have tried XYplorer in the last few days. ![]() If you're not scared of the command line and need to move/backup/sync a lot of data (or want to script it), then rsync is a solid choice, though Microsoft's own "robocopy" (yeah, terrible terrible name) is a good command line tool, though being MS it has it's own weird bizarre things going on.īut all of the replacements mentioned here are worth trying it out, I don't think you can go wrong with any of these. Then I use PowerToys Run to quickly launch apps (Alt+space) then Everything for instant search (mapped to Win+alt+space). Integrates with Seer and/or QuickLook (just tap spacebar) for quick previews (can't live without it), and you can set TeraCopy for default file copying/moving. I personally use OneCommander, the basic version is free, though the pro license is something like 15€, well worth it in my opinion. Click to expand.Hey, Win11 Explorer has tabs at least! Not that it's any better, but if you augment it with PowerToys and QuickLook it's passable. ![]()
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