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Just Manager v0.1 Alpha 54

webfork on 28 Oct 2016
  • 1022KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 24 Aug 2014
  • Suggested by Island Boy

Just Manager is a feature-rich, customizable, multi-tabbed and multi-pane file manager. Supports drag-and-drop, file/folder highlighting, favorites, up to 16 file panes, and includes FTP client.

Functional in 64-bit.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch JustManager.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: FileVoyager, Multi Commander
What's new?
  • 1. Added correct handling of locked file delete situation.
  • 2. IThumbnailProvider interface support added.
  • 3. %INACTIVE_PATH% parameter added for custom commands.
  • 4. Folder update monitoring improved.
  • 5. Thumbnails crash fixed.
  • 6. Incorrect system folders names under Win XP - fixed.
  • 7. file:\\ prefix handling added.
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smaragdus on 2016-10-27 17:45

Perhaps Just Manager became public too late as it is unlikely to see any new releases in the future. At least billon, Checker and SYSTEM will be spared the effort to update the entry. Although labelled Alpha, Just Manager seems to be very stable and the built-in FTP client works fine.

Atari800xl on 2016-10-28 08:39

Great for bare bones Windows PE, it runs without any dependencies, it seems, very useful in x64, too bad it's not supported anymore...

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SE-Explorer 1.31.1

billon on 24 Apr 2018
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 10 Jun 2010
  • Suggested by chadross

SE-Explorer is a simple and powerful dual panel file manager with tabbed interface and a wide variety of built in file viewers including audio, video, pictures, archives, documents, text with syntax highlighting, and even file hex view. The program can even view system files such as fonts and executable files, as well as icon libraries and DLL files.

The program also includes disk search and size analysis tools, and can compare text files, folders and subfolders.

Supported viewer formats include MP3, WAV, AVI, MPEG, WMV, SWF, FLV, ZIP, RAR, ISO, 7Z, MSI, CAB, PDF, DjVu, DOC and WRI, HTML, CHM, RTF, EXE and more.

NOTE: product development stopped.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: .NET Framework 2.0
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SE-Explorer.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: CubicExplorer
What's new?
  • Compare folders: compare including subfolders and compare files by content.
  • Small interface changes are done.
Latest comments
PAFuser on 2017-06-26 21:39

"If you are looking for SE-Explorer, SE-DesktopApps, etc., then we want to inform you that at present we've stopped the development." from web site. http://www.se-soft.com/lang/en/

webfork on 2017-06-28 23:17

@PAFuser: it's unfortunate what some people think is obsolete. There are a whole lot of very old programs on my machine that still do a way better job than available alternatives.

PAFuser on 2017-06-29 19:30

I do not disagree, I still use Excel 2003, and it took some work to get it to work correctly on Windows 10 - 64 bit. If program is all you need and works, great. SE-Explorer zip contains SE-MediaPlayer, does not work. Context menu limited to SE-Explorer list, unlike FreeCommanderXE, etc. which include context items added to Windows menu. Future development might have changed this.

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A43 File Management Utility v3.90

webfork on 22 Dec 2015
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

A43 is a file manager with integrated text editor, integrated zip/unzip functions, file search, quick launch area and dual-pane view. Includes favorite area for often-used folders.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch A43.exe.
What's new?
  • Fixed painting bug with the Path Bar.
  • Added ability to send an ISO file to Windows Disk Image Burner. Don't know why, unless it is because I never remember it is in the context menu. Sadly, need Windows 7 and up to use. Under File menu.
  • Added ability to create an ISO image from a data CD. Under File menu. Works on XP and up. Does not create ISO images of audio cd.
  • Fixed bug in Drive toolbar refreshing incorrectly.
  • Added the ability to open Registry Editor to a qualified key. This was something I needed and if others find useful we will try to enhance it. Under Tools menu. Just type in or paste a key and hopefully regedit will open to the key. Example: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft
  • Removed the status bar at the bottom. Hints now shown in the title bar. Panel in file view will open on zip operations.
  • Fixed the No Row Color for the Browse for Folder dialog not working.
  • Change to language.ini.
Latest comments
Napiophelios on 2013-02-15 03:37

Updated website url,
I dont think the site allows for direct download of the zip file tho.

Ennovy on 2015-12-22 17:56

Website is down.
The SnapFiles page about A43 (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/a43file.html) points to this homepage: http://vault32.com/a43/

webfork on 2015-12-22 23:47

Ennovy: updated, thanks

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Explorer++ v1.3.5

webfork on 10 Sep 2020
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 3 Feb 2013
  • Suggested by I am Baas

Explorer++ is a multi-tab Windows Explorer replacement, featuring image preview, keyboard shortcuts, customizable user interface and advanced file operations (merging, splitting) etc.

Alternatively, Explorer++ Portable adjusts paths and automatically switches between 32 and 64 bit.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv3
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create an empty file called config.xml in the same folder
  3. Launch Explorer++.exe
Similar/alternative apps: CubicExplorer
What's new? New features:
  • Added support for another drag and drop format (which is used, for example, by Outlook 2003 when copying attachments).
Bug fixes:
  • The 'Open in New Tab' menu item was not always been added to the folder context menu. Fixed.
  • Previously, file times could not be set for a directory using the set file attributes dialog. Fixed.
  • A UTF-16 LE BOM is now written when pasting text (as a file).
Misc:
  • Logging is now available. It can be enabled using the following command:
    explorer++.exe -enable_logging
    Information will then be saved to Explorer++.log, which will be created within the same directory as the executable.
Latest comments
bitcoin on 2018-07-07 21:27

i was interested in this one but v1.3.5 x64 kept crashing for some reason

juverax on 2020-09-10 16:43

Current version: 1.4.0.1669 (github)

hamasaki on 2020-09-10 22:46

@juverax 1.4 is a beta version.

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Xenon File Manager Portable v1.5.0.2

webfork on 24 Feb 2019
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 19 Jun 2012
  • Suggested by Ameri-CAIN

Xenon is a tabbed file manager that supports themes, search, bookmarks, and a folder view. The program also has its own file associations, letting you launch the program of your choice for a given file type.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices
License: LGPL
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch XenonPortable.exe.

CubicExplorer v0.95.1

webfork on 17 Feb 2017
  • 8MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 31 Jan 2014
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

CubicExplorer is a customizable Explorer replacement that supports bookmarks, themes, and multiple tabs. "Sessions" can be set with various customizations set to a particular setting (e.g. a picture folder set to thumbnails, a logs folder set to "details" and a program folder with desktop-like icons), and multiple sessions can be set for different folder sets based on tasks such as work, home, play, etc.

Unlike similar programs, CubicExplorer is built for ease-of-use and ability to adapt to your environment rather than a broad feature set, but includes some advanced features such as filtering, file preview, search, a built-in text editor with syntax highlighting support, and more. Multiple instances of the program can be run simultaneously.

Note: main site offline; linking to archive.org. Alternatively, CubicExplorer Portable adjusts paths in settings, bookmarks and sessions.

Languages: 26, including Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and French

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: Yes
License: MPL (source code)
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CubicExplorer.exe.

Optionally: Set as default Explorer program via Options - General "Register" and then "Unregister" before program close.
Similar/alternative apps: XYplorerFree
What's new?
  • Fixed Allow Move button in Stack toolbar.
  • Check selection now changes focus.
  • Fixed status bar not updating on tab change bug.
  • Chanced Update type Weekly to Snapshot.
  • Updated Chinese Simplified translation.
Latest comments
webfork on 2012-06-02 02:09

Outstanding file manager for when you constantly work with a set list of folders. The tabbed interface, bookmarks, and ability to save sessions makes navigating folders easy and simple. I would have great difficulty on Vista/Win7 without it.

rodger123 on 2012-10-15 05:34

Portable version on authors site does not write to the registry at all-I like the stack feature as I can drag files there and then drag them to a folder on my external drive,a little buggy but very useful-could not live without it!

hamasaki on 2014-06-22 13:45

Very nice file manager. Really nice interface. A little buggy at times, but overall very good. I like the fact you can build your own tree via categories in the left menu, rather than the default c drive tree view others have. Means I can have only relevant folders showing.

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MetaPath v4.0.13

Checker on 24 Jun 2012
  • 122KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by ashghost

Metapath is designed to be a slim file browser, set to open every file with the same application (i.e. a text editor). You can, however, change this setting so that each file opens with its Windows default application, or you can right-click on a file to choose the set application. Simple file manager actions are provided (copy, move, create link, rename, delete, save as...) along with the ability to set a filter and sort by name, file-type, size, or date.

It integrates well with Notepad2 and it's possible to add a "Browse" button to the toolbar, which brings up Metapath (if stored in the same directory.)

The setting for the "target application" (the default application with which to open every file) takes a standard relative path, but the location settings for a "quick viewer" and the "Favorites" folder do not. For example, "\Apps\UniversalViewer\Viewer.exe", but not "..\UniversalViewer\Viewer.exe".

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch metapath.exe.
What's new?
  • Move window to default position (Ctrl+Shift+P)
  • Improved compatibility with Windows 7
  • Released x64 build of metapath.exe
Latest comments
Mooncrow on 2011-08-19 17:33

This little utility does have some potential.
There are some problems though, things like it's not very portable, you can't enter 'relative' paths for things like the viewer, it needs to have a drive letter.
It doesn't show the file extensions.
If you want to use a text editor other than 'Notepad2', well, tough.
You don't seem to be able to select multiple files to copy or move.

I'll keep an eye on this, if it can be improved then i could use it.

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DuoExplorer v1.6

webfork on 11 Jan 2016
  • 685KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by guinness

DuoExplorer enables two Windows Explorer views in one window and it remembers the last used paths. It also supports up to 10 bookmarks for quick navigation.

Note: Main website offline -- linking to Softpedia.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DuoExplorer.exe.
Latest comments
guinness on 2012-02-11 05:35

Confirmed. Thanks outskirter.

outskirter on 2012-02-12 00:03

You're welcome, Guinness. I've just sent a review to Softpedia, including a heads-up to the site's administration about the bad download file.

DuoExplorer was *almost* my choice for basic file management in two panes. I don't mind the lack of extra features, as I was looking for a minimalistic dual-pane file manager. Nevertheless, for me it has two drawbacks: It doesn't save the details-view column widths to its .INI file, and there's no option for vertical pane orientation -- they're strictly horizontal. Another thing: If I use list view in both panes, when restarting the app it remembers that setting for the active pane only. The inactive pane reverts to details view. There is no Settings menu, and editing the .INI file doesn't help.

outskirter on 2012-02-15 16:17

Final note on DuoExplorer: Softpedia has now fixed the download file. It's now a proper Zip archive containing DuoExplorer.exe. That's the only file you need; the app writes the necessary config files in its own application folder.

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XPlorer v0.50.113 Beta

webfork on 11 Jan 2016
  • 606KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Fluffy Bot

XPlorer is a Windows Explorer replacement that supports multiple tabs so that you can open lots of locations at the same time. You can also filter files by wildcard selection. It includes a built-in file viewer/editor, toucher and splitter/joiner.

Developer has indicated the project is currently offline.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch XPlorer.exe.
Latest comments
Jscott on 2009-11-17 12:01

McAfee also shows Trojan.

Long.Knight on 2009-12-05 09:49

anyone know how to contact the auther? The "Contact me" link on his website doesn't work... I thought he should know about the trojen problem... but no luck (oh and his blog is not in english, I tried to leave him a comment there also, but couldn't navigate the page properly by guess)

-just another
--Long Knight

anon on 2011-02-15 16:15

the provided url is not working, cheers !

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UltraExplorer v2.0.3.1

webfork on 23 Nov 2021
  • 12MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 11 Dec 2012
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

UltraExplorer is a file manager that supports both dual-pane display and multi-tab views. It also features a built-in command line window for keyboard junkies that stays synchronized with the current view. The user interface is extremely customizable to suit individual tastes.

Note: Main website offline - linking to Softpedia (thanks Emka)

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder: various .cfg files
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch UltraExplorer.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: CubicExplorer
Latest comments
Mike on 2009-09-11 18:35

Not bad, but I prefer xplorer², which is smaller and has more features.

Emka on 2011-12-26 19:56

links broken

logear on 2023-07-15 09:25

trying to test this and the updated v25 in Win10. Not too smooth. Anyone else having any luck?

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