Q-Dir V4.36    Suggested by Island Boy - Updated by infimum on 1 Sep 2010 636KB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (8227) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (35) - Post comment - Permalink

Posted comments:

 joby_toss: Features i would like to see:
-quick launchpad button for external programs (some sort of quick launch)
-refresh button
-red color for delete icon
-shortcuts for quick view and quick edit cofigurable for external programs
-copy and move shortcuts from active to inactive panel (horizontal or vertical)
-support for browsing archives (rar, 7zip)
-another method for send to tray (the current one does not work correctly - does not free the memory like minimize does)
-option to not auto-expand the tree when browsing inside the panel
-button for quick compare folders
-button for fast switching between panels
-make new file button
-button for viewing the folders sizes
-quick search in current folder
-batch rename tool
Great tool! [2008-09-05 10:01]

 Debra: What a great program! Love it. [2008-09-10 07:42]

 Kiest: Under-rated File Manager! I've tried the popular managers like freecommander and ultraexplorer, but they didnt do it for me. Q-Dir feels the most similar to trusty Windows Explorer and has the multi-pane function nicely done. [2008-11-05 09:49]

 Borg Bucolic: I used to use a fantastic MS-DOS file manager by the same name and version number. I am really curious if it is by the same author. I found no contact info. [2008-11-11 12:24]

 Cityguy: This program has serious potential but at current has some serious flaws. Be very careful when deleting items as the focus is not always what it appears to be. I will attempt to resolve this problem with the author as well. [2009-01-02 12:35]

 Gmacri: When copying by drag and drop a file in a folder with only folders (sub folders) contents, the file is copied to one of this sub folders and is not possible to copy the file in the desired folder.
Also would be a good idea to add icons to move or copy files between windows.
The program need some fixes, and may be, will be a very good program. But now I'll will be looking for updates. [2009-03-11 16:17]

 Just Art: Nice idea. It has a few problems: it can't seem to remember its settings. They work for one time and then the next time you have to reset them (on an XP machine). And, I have another PC running Win98, and it won't work there at all. This is something that has a lot of uses, it just needs a little work. Update coming soon? Inquiring minds wanna know! [2009-04-12 10:34]

 Roland: I'm having issues. It worked flawlessly for a long time, but now I can't drag-n-drop from one side to the other. I also can't cut files on one screen and paste them to the other - the paste options are grayed out at the destination side. Anybody else have this issue? [2009-04-17 06:33]

 Long.knight: hay Borg Bucolic, can you give me a link to the DOS version? I tried to google it but all I find is the windows version... thanks much [2009-05-14 21:34]

 myzdoxae: >>Long.knight

Found this, this may be what Borg Bucolic was talking about:

http://www.eunet.bg/simtel.net/msdos/dirutl-pre.html
q-dir30.zip (980802) 11K Q-DIR: Enhanced DIR program for DOS [2009-05-27 09:51]

 anyname: Long-knight: Borg Bucolic was probably referring to QFILER. I fully agree QFILER is a great program. I Googled it and found a download of Quick Filer ver 3.2 (commonly called QFILER) here:
http://www.mindpaint.com/nostalgia/ [2009-10-27 05:07]

 joby_toss: I must be retarded!
How do I close a second tab (new feature of version 4.00)?
I see only Ctrl+T shortcut to open a new tab. Couldn't find a way to close one... [2010-01-30 16:57]

 Mariano: @joby_toss
Don't know about the shortcut but I close tabs by double clicking on them, yes a bit awkward. [2010-01-30 19:42]

 joby_toss: @Mariano: THANK YOU! It does work and it is awkward, indeed! I expected middle click to work, at least... [2010-01-30 20:24]

 joby_toss: My prayer was heard! :)
Version 4.01 features a Ctrl+W hotkey for closing last tab! [2010-02-01 13:49]

 Pistino: Previous versions seem to work better.
In "One for All Address bar" change of address is not loaded in active dir [2010-02-01 15:52]

 Pistino: Great program :)
My previous post has been fixed in the 4.03 release :D [2010-02-04 11:37]

 Faust: Just wanted to echo joby_toss and Pistino. The developer of Q-Dir is incredibly responsive to bug reports and feature requests. I reported a bug, and got a fix in a couple days. [2010-02-05 21:48]

 Emrea: This is an excellent and somehow underrated file manager - better than all other free better known alternatives. It works like a German car, really. and uses very little resources. Highly recommended. [2010-02-27 00:21]

 P C: A perfect replace of Windows Explorer. Though there are still some minor issues on copy-and-paste, it excels in other aspects when compared with Windows Explorer. Keep on the very good job. [2010-03-25 16:09]

 joby_toss: Does anybody have any clue what
"Privilegs are disabled in Q-Dir, activation is possible over the q-dir.ini by entry enable_priv=1
The occasion was e.g. access to "Samba" (Linux) on windows and others,
a better solution in the next versions."
means? It's from v4.15 changelog. [2010-03-31 13:07]

 Edwin: nothing beats Total Commander imho... :) [2010-04-29 16:13]

 Tovento: Strange behaviour for me in the last few versions.
First, from time to time, the program does not auto refresh. (create a new directory, and have to hit F5 for it to appear). Closing the program and opening makes it work again.
The real annoying one for me at the moment is when copying files to a USB stick using the "send to" in the file context menu. If I do this in Q-dir, I get a popup saying that the target device cannot handle the document. Everything copies fine, but I get this annoying popup every time. This behaviour does not present itself in Windows Explorer or any other explorer replacement I've tried. This did not happen in the past, so it's something with newer versions. [2010-05-02 12:07]

 David: I have been using that *WONDERFUL* software for 6 months now. You can have 4 panels... and in each panel, as many TABS as you need... i am a web developper... and this software changed my life ^^ [2010-05-18 09:42]

 toto: Have you try Unreal Commander Free File manager.
Try it and you'll forget Qdir [2010-05-18 15:18]

 Wyrdbeard: Love this app! It has replaced Windows Explorer for me completely. The only problem is that Gmacri's comment about its inability to drag-n-drop files remains true for version 4.21. [2010-05-21 11:48]

 zandY: ..normally taken 2hrs all accomplished in 10mins. Great prg. [2010-06-07 22:15]

 Bryce: Is there any way to get the stupid "moving" box out of the way when you're transferring files? This is a deal breaker for me, since I mainly use it to transfer large files, and if that message box is constantly in the way the program is useless. I'll have to continue to use explorer2 lite until I can find a fix for this. [2010-06-28 12:33]

 Amber: This has replaced Windows Explorer for me since 2008. I cannot say enough to recommend it. The tabs are great and drag and drop works fine except for very, very large file loads - GBs. What I would like is to be able to group icons in all viewing modes. Thanks for the software - and it's free! WOW! [2010-08-23 14:10]

 TP109: Very good utility for performing tasks on several directories or folders at the same time. Drag and drop works for me, but I haven't tried it with very large files yet either. [2010-08-29 20:10]

 spicydog: I have asked the developer to introduce the 3 changes below but I get no response. Are they so useless? (I don't think so) But, hey at the end is somebody does not need them he/she can just keep them disabled, right?

1) Add somewhere (maybe near the 'Delete' 'Cut' 'Copy' 'Paste' icons) a 'Refresh' Button/Icon (more practical than F5 or right-click/Refresh)

2) Add a 'Vertical Scroll Lock Toggle' function to get 2 (or more) panes scroll together while scrolling (up/down) only one of them.

3) When renaming a file, by default the extension does not get renamed (gets excluded from the renaming part), this could be a useful option but in certain situation it is not. Could you kindly add (to Q-Dir's 'Extras') the option to enable/disable this feature?

Anybody feels the same way? Maybe if the developer gets more requests he will consider introducing these small changes in one of the very frequent new releases. [2010-09-01 09:44]

 wolf: I agree with suggestion 2. It's a pretty cumbersome feature at times. [2010-09-01 10:13]

 wolf: Sorry, that should have been a 3. Pre-selecting the renaming selection should be a feature that one can turn off. [2010-09-01 10:15]

 spicydog: I am glad to notice already a (partial) agreement :)

If anybody shares my opinion on any of the points I would suggest to send multiple requests to the developer (support2006@softwareok.de) to stimulate a reaction. [2010-09-01 10:18]

 Larry: Version 4.36 has the artists,etc colums blackened out...previous color was light gray [2010-09-01 17:55]

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