Well, it's powerful, 64-bit, can use TC plugins, and it's free. I know there is a program that will transfer the files and notify you afterwards if there were any errors. Requirements: Windows 95 (untested), 98, ME, NT (untested), 2000, XP, Vista (works, not supported yet) Thanks for the effort you’ve out in making this review, a lot of people like me have to struggle by trial and error, lest somebody tries first ;-), I use the free edition of Xplorer² for quite a while now. http://www.gpsoft.com.au/DScripts/Download.asp, http://www.explorerxp.com/index.html#download, http://www.farmanager.com/download.php?l=en, https://www.gardenerofthoughts.org/ideas/filematrix/index.htm, http://www.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html, https://www.altap.cz/salamander/downloads/. The extensive feature list will give you plenty to work with. Since it’s not even at version 1.0 yet (0.77a as of 10/13/06), it can only get better (right?). Windows has never been gaining new features as fast as it is with Windows 10. My main reason for buying it is that it has “Outside-In” technology to view almost any type of file, even if the file type (extension) is missing or wrong in many cases. Homepage: https://www.gardenerofthoughts.org/ideas/filematrix/index.htm Add a custom icon to a set of files or folders based on file type, location, name (or part of name) for example: all files named XYplorer to have 'icon x' or all folders that contain the word XYplorer in the name to have 'icon y', size, date, name length, path etc. Archives are handled like subdirectories. You can easily copy files to and from archives. It allows you to search within your files, looking for specific terms, including wildcards and regular expressions.It also supports regular expressions and filter/sort your search results by file size, file modification date, etc. An example is the ease of "Jump to Setting" which helps you effortlessly find which of many settings you're looking for. Most people won’t find much fault with the default Windows file explorer, it is simple to use and gets the job done. Latest beta-release introduces the "dark mode" that we already know from other software. Because it lets me work MY way, not authors way, like fe. Doesn't do internal multitasking so often you sit there waiting and waiting and waiting for the window to come back. (I’m not a shill or anything like that, it’s just a really good program. All the settings can be contained in a single configuration file, so you can easily create "profiles" as well. It’s very customizable, has all of the features you’d expect, but the ones you really want to try (add notes to files, ftp, sync folders) are only available in the Pro version (which there’s no trial for). Extensive and active support forum with unusually quick, thorough, and friendly assistance. I haven’t used something as good even on Linux. Can it be made possible in the future to save/edit tabsets like this: Is it possible to disable the tree view on the left side? 20 containers (which are lists of files that can store, for example, the results of a search), picture converter (including the ability to normalize pictures to a specified size), media player (with the possibility to resume playing later), mouse gestures with a user interface called mouse menu, file hover information (which includes a thumbnail and a played media clip), text search with ranking (like an online search engine), steganography integrated with the viewer / editor (noise management included). It comes from a time when portable software was a thing gaining traction. I went from XTreeGold to TC around 2003 or 2004). I asked it to calculate the size of 14 folders (that contained a couple hundred files) and it immediatley gave me the answer. - Directory Opus for Windows - the Ultimate Windows File manager and Explorer Replacement. It does not come with all the advanced features from the above two choices that you may never use. This is very useful when trying to work out where the HDD space has gone. As for suggesting new features -- you'll quickly abandon all hope. The cheapest of the paid options, but honestly no better than the best of the free options. It does everything you want it too, not much of a learning curve. eg: you won't be able to open a file, or rename it, or copy it, or delete it, etc. It really is an Explorer replacement, and it offers to do so during the installation – so when you open any folder, Directory Opus will launch. Folder sizes and amount of files within the folders can be shown. Don't be fooled with its look. Unfortunately, the 0.77a has been around since March of this year, and the forum indicates that work on .80a started a while ago (but it’s still not out). It takes very little knowledge to be able to do this. I’m quite sure that it just comes down to personal preference. Switching is as easy as right-clicking on a button. One can even run such a script by drag and drop. Results can then be filtered, sorted, organised, moved, copied, renamed etc accordingly.Extremely useful if you have a lot of files to organise. by dragonetti » 16 Feb 2013 17:18, Post With its powerful scripting ability and the easily accessible menu identifiers, creating customized commands and toolbar buttons provides yet even further levels of usability specific to your needs. Tried about 10 different Explorers myself. My hard drive has issues. The first is easier to use, the second is faster than Total Commander regarding any operation. Requirements: Windows 95, 98, ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.