XYplorer 9.90.0800

Rated 50/50 by champanag at Jul 26, 2010

It's wonderful. Just recent I use academic version of XYPlorer. It's wounderful file manager. Even program is also small in size and fast. Great thanks to author. Just recent I use academic version of XYPlorer. It's wounderful file manager. Even program is also small in size and fast. Great thanks to author.

Rated 50/50 by LBcoolG at Oct 19, 2010

See below comments... None yet - except maybe the need for 64 bit support but I believe this is either in the pipeline or part of the latest release! For a while I have been promising the creator of this great software a review, and here it is?I use XYPlorer daily for file management. It is a great Windows Explorer replacement. You can combine user commands and customise your own keyboard shortcuts. There is dual pane (with tabs in each pane) functionality and a ?Mini Tree? view that can show you just the files you are working on in a Mini Tree so you do not get lost in the millions of subfolders you have created or have to view in a folder! This is a real time saver. The application is also portable which is a must for me because I work on many different computers. There is great support forum for this software so if you want new feature in a later release request it.Then there is the directory search built right into the application that just works! You have to try this to see how much time it will save you when you are dealing with folders with large amounts of documents in them. Yes, there are other search applications that will give you the results you seek (i.e. Everything search engine), just not from ?within? your file manager.Moreover you can set up a ?catalogue? with your favorite folders easily accessible. But wait there is still more (no...no steak knives). You also get document preview inside XYPlorer! Ace! So now you can be sure you are opening the right document every time before you open it. You can add your own scripts, see you recent file locations, and the list goes on. You really have to use XYPlorer to see just how innovative its creator/developer Donald Lessau is.Above are just some of the features of this great software. I will put up more comments on the features as I discover more about this great software. In short this is one of the best file managers around for novices and pro?s alike and I recommend you buy it. I am using v9.60.0000 ? th

Rated 20/50 by Plumber at Oct 25, 2010

I've got to balance my other review, which was too glowing. Here's a workflow example of why: 1. Run XYplorer. 2. Download a file to a new subdirectory (i.e. let the program doing the downloading create the subdir). 3. Look for the file in XYplorer. Go insane wondering where it is, because it doesn't appear anywhere. 4. Use a file searching utility or file manager that actually works to find the file. 5. Go back to XYplorer, hit F5, and like magic, see the subdir appear. 6. Wonder if XYplorer's auto-refresh option is disabled for some reason, then verify that it's not. 7. Wonder who does XYplorer's QA, or indeed if anyone does it at all. I could mention other annoyances, but I think we're all tired of truth for now.

Rated 10/50 by Hilbert at Jan 5, 2011

This developer has included a mechanism to avoid overwrite clashes in the event of files having the same name, except seemingly he has only applied it to his backup routine. What is it about developers of Explorer replacements that makes them almost universally think that copying folders with the same name over another without concern as to the fate of the contents of the destination folder is actually a feature when in fact it's an almighty stuff-up? Just because Explorer has this monumental bug--another Microsoft unfinished project f*up--where it doesn't advise the user of the potential for annihilation of same-named files in the destination folder by them being overwritten, doesn't mean it should be continually perpetuated by others. Let go, the myth of Microsoft infallibility has long since past! The days of kowtowing and slavishly copying MS bugs directly into your code have past. That this developer has actually gone to the trouble of writing code to protect the overwriting of files then not used it where it actually matters has to be about as stupid as it gets. Developer, if you read this then check out your opposition. 'Directory Opus' might be a good place to start. Then ask your users what features they actually want--not what you think they should have. Idiocy seemingly knows no bounds. Perhaps like entropy, it increases universally with time. Shame there's no negative stars, I'd give Xyplorer 9.90.0000 a minus five.

Rated 50/50 by mattsfaulkner at Jan 11, 2011

I've been using XYplorer as my main file management tool for two years now, I started out with windows explorer and went through xplorer2 and directory opus before it. XYplorer is for me a very living & breathing software entity that is constantly and lovingly updated by its developer, who seems to very actively follow his users wishes and feedback on the xyplorer user forum. For me the highlight of the program itself is that it's simple enough for anyone who has used windows explorer to jump right in (my wife did so without any problems and she's not very good with computers) yet deep enough for the professional to customize and script to perform a myriad of functions that improve file management efficiency for any kind of user. The amount of customization and special features has to be experienced to understand them, too many things to list here. There is a full trial version to be tested for anyone interested (especially after windows 7 explorer turned out to be a total disaster). Also noteworthy is that some of the negative reviews here, upon closer reading, very clearly seem to be written by people with mental problems. The pricing of the pro version with lifetime full upgrades for me now after two years of better file management seems laughably cheap and I feel like I owe the developer more than that. I recommend this software to anyone using windows.

Rated 50/50 by drbb at Feb 1, 2011

Easy to use interface None that I have found. I had 70 corrupted files (about 6 gigs worth on a very crowded external hard drive used for backup) with VERY long file names that I just couldn't delete. Changing the names using the command prompt to shorten them failed miserably, as did a number of file wipe utilities. I found one mention of XYplorer being able to delete files with long names, so I gave it a try. Download and installation was a breeze. The interface was intuitive and within a minute, I had figured out how to delete files. Another ten seconds to highlight and click "delete," and--presto! Corrupted files went bye-bye! Now I will take the time to explore XYplorer's other features this one feature was fabulous!

Rated 50/50 by eil at Apr 4, 2011

Using XYplorer for about a year made me kinda addicted to it. It's fast, small on resources, has good and handful interface, build-in wast scripting abilities and many thing "you may have dreamed for". For me, personally, XYplorer is almost best for 3 reasons(almost- because it's developing daily so it can become even beter): 1- it's a great replacement for default Win Explorer-shell 'cause it rather resembles it still having a bunch of features to impress; 2- from the moment you install it you have some familiar and "used to" feeling - that's because XYplorer is treated just like an internet browser = middle click to open new tab, same to close existing, double-click on empty space to go up in catalog-tree(i just admire this feature!) and many other "browser-like" cool stuff; 3- in search of good file manager i tried almost all of them or at least every i could find = all this Directory opus, Speed Commander, X2plorer etc. = and imo the only file-manager XYplorer may "bow to" is Total Commander - not because XY is worser, but because only TC stands at similar level = TC is for pro-users with keyboard-only-style(and don't say you use TC with mouse- that's shameful!), and XY is for anyone and especially for "mouse-serfers"(i hope you understand what i mean). So, all in all XYplorer is a "all you can find in any other file manager" and "many things you can find only here". It's not about "buy it - you must have it" = it's about " try it - you may like it" :) P.S. All following is not part of my review but my personal opinion: read few reviews below and got a feeling of a capricious child who found a pen spot on a blank paper and keeps to annoyingly/blindly scream that paper is bad.

Rated 50/50 by garyklepfer at May 9, 2011

CUSTOMIZABLE WITH AN EXTENSIVE CONFIGURATION SETUP WIZARDTOOLBAR HAS ALL YOU 'LL EVER NEED AND IT'S PROGRAMMABLE ALSO THERE ARE NONE, UNLESS YOU DON'T LIKE UPGRADING OFTEN, THIS PROGRAMMER IS ALWAYS IMPROVING AND RELEASING FREE UPDATES. THE BEST MANAGER FOR THE COST!

Rated 30/50 by dhry at May 24, 2011

Not a bad program, but $42 is incredibly overpriced for what you get. Best free alternatives are Qdir (http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir) and the opensource Explorer++ (http://www.explorerplusplus.com/). Best commercial alternative is Directory Opus, by a country mile.

Rated 50/50 by nsl333 at May 29, 2011

Use of colorsTabs and dual paneSync and renameCatalogs: create a project environment and make everything one-click away, network or notMacro's/Scripting. These are brilliant. You have a complete programming language behind a one-click-button. No that I can think of. There is no way you can make this amount of functions totally intuitive. I'm as lazy as the next user, so I don't read manuals. Activatiing the macros took some effort but was well documented. I bought the lifetime version early on and it sync's and it renames. Functions I have bought separate programs for in the past. I'm looking forward to using the catalog functions.The clincher for me was the use of colors, though. I once had to give a guy five files he had to read in the weekend in order to do a last minute bid. He had a Mac and my mouth dropped open that I could color the most important documents for him to read.As we have extensive photo and drawing libraries, with which I want to do stuff, it's super to be able to have a placeholder > where did I leave last time, or which directories contain interesting stuff, or which files have been processed (resized, pepped up, whatever). For me it's all about giving a file a certain color or easliy changing the icon of a directory. I've put some effort in their macro-abilities, and now I have 5 clickable buttons in the bar that lets me assign a color-status to a file, or a directory (processed, in-process, interesting, etc). And yeah, you can also do that last one thru win explorer/right-click/tab customize/<change icon..>/scroll/<ok>/<ok>. Maybe Win7 has better features nowadays, but I'm not interested in finding out. If I have to learn a whole new OS over XP, I'll switch to Linux or Mac. The Eye Candy you get there is unbeatable.