![]() Just so no one gets the wrong impression from NyaR: XYplorer is unfortunately NOT YET a 64 bit application, but that IS planned for near future so while it works just great on 64 bit systems (based on XY forum) and provide many features lacking in the basic Win Explorer, it also can't be said that it fully supports that OS yet. This is not really a review but rather follow-up and clarification to a comment made by NyaR in his Feb 12th posting and some remarks about prior reviews: It has already earned back its (extremely modest cost) many times over. Almost every time I use it, I discover new features that are useful, features I didn't even know it has. Having finally gotten fed up, I did a lot of research on line in search of an alternative XYplorer was one of a handful of packages I decided to try.It only took a day or two of testing to decide that XYplorer is so good that I had no need to even try any of the other options I downloaded. But for some reason, over the years, as the designers of this produce modified and issued new releases of, they’ve screwed it up in a variety of ways: removed some useful features, added some whose purpose seems inscrutable,introduced bugs and irritating reminders that pop up to not purpose, embedded in it mechanisms for upgrades and to ensure that it’s used on only one machine-mechanisms that malfunction more often than they should (that is, more often than never). Many years ago I switched to an alternative shareware file manager which was a vast improvement in every respect over Explorer. ![]() Worse, it lacks several obviously important features. Windows Explorer has never been particularly well-designed it’s dorky and awkward to use. I could get it doing moderately complicated file-management tasks in a very short period of time. It does have an awful lot of features but because it's so well designed, users can just ignore features they don't need at the moment and/or don't want to bother learning about. That documentation, by the way, is excellent: thorough without being overwhelming, designed to facilitate access to particular topics, and there is even an extensive manual one can download in PDF from the site. The menus are so well designed and intuitive that, although I've used XYplorer heavily for almost two weeks I've yet to have to consult the on-line documentation. Find Files, Visual Filters, Color Filters, Spot and Jump, Type Ahead Find now all optionally ignore diacritics (accents on letters: àçöñ.) and thus let you find or mark files with letters your keyboard cannot easily produceReplace with File in Clipboard.It has a plethora of valuable options. A revolutionary display style where every group of files is highlighted depending on the sorted columnIgnore Diacritics. ![]() New optional context menu command to replace the contents of the selected file with the contents of the file currently in the clipboard Changes ![]() Find Files, Visual Filters, Color Filters, Spot and Jump, Type Ahead Find now all optionally ignore diacritics (accents on letters: àçöñ.) and thus let you find or mark files with letters your keyboard cannot easily produceReplace with File in Clipboard. This latter function can save hours of time searching through files by allowing you to search directly in XYplorer - without any need to use Windows search tool - simply by placing a "?" between the location and search pattern.Ī truly impressive replacement for Windows Explorer - once you've used it you may never go back. This tabbed feature does give XYplorer a distinct browser style feel especially the featuring of an address bar which accepts not just folders, but also files, URLs, and search terms. These tabs are fully customizable too - you can drag them around, rename them, hide them, lock them and much much more. XYplorer also removes the need for multiple folder windows along your taskbar because it employs the use of tabbed file management much in the same way as Firefox does with internet browsing. XYplorer allows you to configure hotkeys to carry out the most common copying and moving operations that you require meaning less mouse movements and faster management of your files and folders. The biggest advantage this program has over Windows Explorer is undoubtabley the Move and Copy dialogues. What's more, XYplorer is completely portable so you can put it on a USB stick and use it wherever you want and whenever you need it. ![]() XYplorer is a simple to use file manager which replaces Windows Explorer with several enhanced functions and interface improvements. ![]()
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