All the shell goodies from windows explorer - none of the hassle! Plus all the features you would expect from a powerful tabbed dual pane file manager, including Omni Finder, a find files module that simply outclasses all known search tools. Don't take our word for it, seeing is believing!
xplorer² is a file and information manager that adheres to the philosophy "efficiency through simplicity". Without reinventing the wheel, it integrates the best features of Windows' shell architecture in a small, resource efficient package that's instantly familiar to work with. But look a little closer and you'll discover a whole new world under the surface that offers power, precision and flexibility, and will boost your everyday productivity no end!
Features
- All area shell namespace access
- Shell integrated with drag/drop, context menu etc
- Automatic sensing of changes in all folders (networked etc)
- Multithreaded & multi window operation
- Folder tree panel
- Dual pane mode (browse 2 folders in one window)
- Tabbed interface
- Save and restore tabs (folder groups)
- Keyboard shortcuts and overall usability
- Path autocompletion
- Filtering of item visibility
- Filtering on arbitrary criteria (hyperfilters)
- Selection engine for precision marking of files
- Selection with arbitrary criteria (hyperfilters)
- Extended filesystem information columns (comments etc)
- Even more columns (checksum, 8.3 name etc)
- Multi column sort (using shift+column click)
- Individual folder settings
- Window layout saving and management
- Export folder information as text (for printing etc)
- Hard links (NTFS)
- Mass renaming
- Change file dates (touch)
- Find text in files
- Search for multiple keywords with boolean context
- Search for text in office and PDF documents using filters
- Search for text using regular expressions
- Customizable info bars (status bar for each pane)
- Unicode & file encoding aware
- Unicode version available
- Split/Merge/Shred
- Text/RTF/Hex preview
- Text editor
- Graphics & HTML preview
- Thumbnail view mode
- Mini and densely packed thumbnails
- Fuzzy filename matching
- Multimedia preview (audio & video)
- Find files with arbitrary criteria
- Search within archives, FTP, webfolders (webDAV) etc
- Refine previous search
- Scrap containers (simultaneously manage many folders)
- Folder comparison & synchronization
- Deep synchronization (including subfolders)
- Script wizard for DOS & win32 text commands
- Intercept command output in user* friendly console
- Customizable user command menu
- Detect duplicate files & cleanup
- Toolbar customization
- Add extra toolbars and custom button icons
- Drivebar for easy access to local drives
- Detailed breakdown of subfolder disk usage (statistics)
- Robust background file transfers with optional filters
- Exact preview of ActiveX documents (office, PDF etc)
- Custom/skinned system icons (drives etc)
- Show in groups
- User defined groups
- Extended icon overlays (e.g. TortoiseSVN)
- Color coding of filenames
- Folder junctions, symbolic links (NTFS)
- Calculate folder sizes in detailed view
- Bookmark and quicklaunch panel (mini* scrap/"drop box")
- Keyboard (hotkey) customization
- Toolbar skinning
- Native 64 bit executable
What's New
The latest version 6.1 isn't going to shake the file management establishment - but useful features are there to be found. Your browsing experience within mobile phones gets better, as they now appear in the drive-list
Deep path (folder names >260 letters) browsing is also improved, especially so in transitional folders, just before the onset of deep paths; hence you can create deep folders easier! For windows 10 you can see the shell context menu for 1-item selections, and also enjoy item infotips. Every little helps!
A new toolbar button Open With offers easy access to "open with" applet available in the shell context menu. Clicking on the button pops a menu with programs available to open the selected file (e.g. Notepad/Wordpad for TXT files).
If you don't see this button, add it to the toolbar through customization.
Other improvements of note include: (see the changelog for the full list of changes):
- Super dual bookmarks. Submenu Bookmarks > Dual > Add current asks you whether to save folder tabs as well (not just a pair of left/right folders). These super dual bookmarks will restore the entire workspace of browsed folders. You may find this handier than defining Layouts just for browsing certain folder sets in dual pane mode.
- Mass rename improvements. When you click on preview button to see the planned filename changes, files that won't be changed show with yellow background, as an alarm call prompting you to modify the rename template. The rename mode Remove accents also removes some unicode diacritical marks (underlines and whatnot) that may come from downloaded files.
- Duplicate pane style. Having independently configured panes has its uses, but sometimes you want to have both dual panes look the same. Enter Go to > Same style menu command that makes the inactive pane identical to the active one, in terms of browsing style (details/thumbnails...), file details (columns), sort order and even complex groups.
