What File Manager do you use?


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I happily used Windows Explorer for 12 years but the Media View (where the view changes constantly) in Vista is so annoying I can no longer use it, especially as I cannot find a way to disable it. The file copy/move "Skip all" is much better though.

So I'm looking for something similar to Windows Explorer in Windows 9x-XP. I have tested xplorer2 which is decent but it has an annoying bug whereby it loses all settings.

Total Commander is powerful but the interface is hideous and I don't much like the two folder pane idea. What do you guys use? Thanks

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I tried Directory Opus but found it bloated and overkill for my needs. Thanks for the other suggestions guys.

I've found XYplorer, which looks pretty good.

i agree that is annoying in vista, and i spent so long trying to stop it!!! whch is why i'm never leaving xp ! lol

Me too. All the fixes I could find just stopped it happening for awhile before it started happening again.

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I don't think you did use Explorer in Windows 3.11 ;).

Yeah ... my bad. It's been so long :) Winfile FTW of course.

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i agree that is annoying in vista, and i spent so long trying to stop it!!! whch is why i'm never leaving xp ! lol

You mean "another" annoying thing in Vista? That's NOT an annoyance, that's a feature!!

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You mean "another" annoying thing in Vista? That's NOT an annoyance, that's a feature!!

Explorer's Media View is actually the most annoying thing I find out Vista, next is the fact it's bloated (compared with Windows 2000/XP). Otherwise I don't have much problem with it.

EDIT: Is there no way to change the View or is it stuck to Details?

I use ExplorerXP, which I believe someone on here recommended to me. It's a good program that does what I want. http://www.explorerxp.com/

Thanks. I'll take a look.

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Altap Salamander : simply the best

it's norton commander style split-pane, has tons of plugins, support for rar/zip internally, file-splitting, file compare, directory compare, and a billion hotkeys

not free though (they have an old version as freeware though)

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the Explorer used in vista is so bad

i hope someone got fired for that one

its shame tho as i really wanted to use vista and i like alot of the improvements it brings

i guess im stuck on xp with 2GB RAM till windows 7 :(

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I happily used Windows Explorer for 12 years but the Media View (where the view changes constantly) in Vista is so annoying I can no longer use it, especially as I cannot find a way to disable it. The file copy/move "Skip all" is much better though.

So I'm looking for something similar to Windows Explorer in Windows 9x-XP. I have tested xplorer2 which is decent but it has an annoying bug whereby it loses all settings.

Total Commander is powerful but the interface is hideous and I don't much like the two folder pane idea. What do you guys use? Thanks

Follow this guide, and you troubles will be gone :)

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70819-wi...w-settings.html

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