XYplorer 9.90.0800

Rated 50/50 by zridling at Jan 5, 2008

If by fanatic you mean 'fan,' then count me as one. BS and lies should always be confronted, not ignored. Otherwise, people tend to believe the lie.

Rated 40/50 by Skyfrog at Feb 29, 2008

Much better than Windows Explorer, especially the stupid version in Vista that the Microsoft nitwits programmed to automatically sort files with no way to turn the feature off. However this isn't perfect. I found it to be pretty laggy when opening or scrolling through large folders. I found xplorer2 to work much better.

Rated 50/50 by zridling at Mar 31, 2008

No, it beats the living crap out of DOpus in every way from: — features — cost — licensing — updates — copy speed — search — UI — cleaner coding — installation footprint — memory use And comes with a real lifetime license. No better time than now to check XYplorer out.

Rated 50/50 by Ralfo at Apr 2, 2008

Just for the record: XYplorer does support unicode.

Rated 50/50 by KCell at Apr 14, 2008

I've tried all the major (and not so major) file managers out there (Directory Opus, PowerDesk, Xplorer2, etc...). Of all of them, XYplorer is the most polished, well thought out, and well supported. There are a few things that the general description doesn't mention. First of all, XYplorer has a very powerful file search (supporting Boolean, RegEx, content search, and more). It's also portable (meaning that it stores nothing in the registry, doesn't require an installation routine, and only requires the files in it's directory in order to run), which means that it can be used with tremendous ease from a flash drive. It also supports Portable File Associations, so you can set your own custom file associations, and even point them to other applications on your flash drive. There is no other file manager that can do this, to my knowledge. In addition, unlike most other software companies, the developer of XY maintains a close relationship with the users - bugs are fixed almost immediately, and feature requests are taken very seriously. If a feature request is easy to implement, and is a good idea, they are often implemented within a matter of days. How many other developers can you say that for? The single and only real issue I ever had with XY was the lack of Dual Pane. However, the developer has agreed to implement it in the next release (v8.0), and there is a discussion on their forum right now, discussing the specifics of how they would like it implemented: http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?t=2293 This is truly the cream of the crop of file managers.

Rated 50/50 by LeoDavidson at Apr 20, 2008

comeoffit wrote: -- Yes, zridling, we shall agree to disagree. As usual, any feature you want would be a wonderful addition, but any feature somebody else wants--that you don't see an immediate use for--is "bloat". -- Very well said mate. Zaine has been driving me mad for about a year now, slating things because he doesn't personally use them, and exaggerating everything else out of proportion. I have nothing against XYPlorer, so I'm giving it a 5 review even though I don't use it myself, as I am writing here to correct an earlier review and not to put people off XYPlorer. I urge you to try both XY and Opus and all the other file managers and see which suits you best as they are all different. With that said, I just have to correct some of the garbage in Zaine's post below about XY compared to Opus: No, it beats the living crap out of DOpus in every way from: > — features For this read "features that zridling uses", since however you count things Opus has more features than XY. About a year ago Opus added a couple of features which XY happened to have already and Zaine accused it of stealing them (a joke since none of the Opus developers have used XY and the ideas were obvious and standard across many programs), yet when XY later added several features which Opus had had for *years* Zaine sang its praises. Bias? I think so. > — cost That's true, but value is more important than cost. Whether Opus is worth more than XY is up to the individual and which feature they consider important. > — licensing From previous conversations with him, Zaine has a bee in his bonnet about any program which doesn't offer a lifetime licence. Apparently he expects full-time teams of developers to go on working forever without any further payment. Maybe that business model works for some combinations of growing markets or programs which don't get much time devoted to them, but it's not a common model at all however you look at it. T

Rated 50/50 by shodan816 at May 6, 2008

I have tested almost every Windows Explorer replacement out there, at one time or another and have stayed with XYplorer though it all. IF you want and need dual pane capability, keep looking. IF you want and need FTP capability, keep looking. But for the vast majority of us who don't require either of these, this baby tops them all in options and features. In addition, it's author, Don, improves this gem on a daily basis. Numerous changes and a whole lot of testing by many beta testers happens between each official release. Keep up the great work, Don ! !

Rated 50/50 by zridling at May 6, 2008

Thanks for the reply, Leo, but I'm not aware of "We've been through this in a long discussion on another forum, which Zaine apparently completely ignored even though it was a direct response to his claims." A URL would be helpful. Hard to respond to things I'm unaware of. If you like DOpus, by all means use it. But no need to be another DOpus troll who "has not used XYplorer much" to run here to the XYplorer page to tell me how great it is everytime XYplorer is updated. In fact, that's pretty desperate of DOpus fans. It means they know they no longer have the best file manager. Besides, XYplorer can defend itself with better performance, cost, value, and far better coding than DOpus ever will be able to. When you've used software long enough, you'll quickly recognize who can code and who cannot. And the DOpus boys are still trying to figure it out. Apparently they trained at Microsoft, because their program is bigger and slower and more expensive than ever. And the next version will be even bigger and even slower, and I'll bet you €50 it won't be a dime cheaper. Understand, just because DOpus is sheer overpriced bloat doesn't make it a great program. I'll admit it can do anything, which according to DOpus is FTP and no more. But its current version can't match XYplorer's quality and design feature by feature for the price. As for Lifetime licenses, I reward software that offers a true Lifetime license, as XYplorer does. The past few years has seen a spate of programs offer what they contend are 'lifetime' licenses only to redefine the term, much like an ISP who says "Unlimited downloads!" but then cancels your service after 5Gb each month. I paid once for XYplorer three versions ago and I'm still enjoying it. Meanwhile, you're getting slammed by DOpus's increasing costs, at least based on the failure of the USDollar vs. the AUSdollar. Good luck with DOpus. I've no doubt you love it, and that you think it's really really great.

Rated 50/50 by Zerbe at Jul 30, 2008

Great program.

Rated 30/50 by Undesired Username at Jul 30, 2008

Still buggy and limited, I see. As far as what is "dishonorable", well I'd throw assaulting a person's character just for reviewing software in that category, but what do I know, I'm not an overweight 40-something shut-in.

Rated 30/50 by Undesired Username at Aug 25, 2008

As "great" as a VB program can be, I suppose.

Rated 30/50 by Custer at Aug 26, 2008

I agree with the last post. Unfortunately, XYplorer is written in VB6, which even Microsoft no longer supports, or updates. There is no future for this software; only minor updates and patches can be made with a dead language, no new features. The poor developer is like a dinosaur, stuck in the past.

Rated 50/50 by Infin8Cyn at Aug 27, 2008

Author is amazingly expediant at updating this software despite its VB6 codebase and trying to integrate user wishes. I applaud him for his efforts and for his response time on his forum. The application is small and highly efficent at what it does. Lots of software is written in VB3-6 and Delphi today without issues. The gripes by Custer seem to be a personal issue with the author and should be discounted IMHO.

Rated 50/50 by Doc Money at Oct 24, 2008

As far back as DOS, I have had a favorite file management tool. I tend to be really picky about choosing a product for this purpose, and over the years I have been a committed user of a total a five products. XYplorer is the latest addition in my tool set, having replaced PowerDesk after a number of years of use. XYplorer is a great product with a well thought out UI and feature set.

Rated 50/50 by Doc Money at Nov 7, 2008

XYplorer is as fast, stable, and bug-free as software can get. It's an extremely well-designed application and, by the way, the reporting features of the recent 7.80 have become very handy already. Not for nothing this is one of the most popular file managers.

Rated 50/50 by Ralfo at Dec 3, 2008

Some commenters here are attempting to diss XYplorer because of its "no longer supported VB6 codebase". So what? Are you reviewing a file manager or a programming language? XYplorer is a very strong file manager, it is permanently evolving (almost daily BETAs for many years now), it works fine in all Windows versions from Win95 to Vista x64, and it has a broad and growing user base. Who cares about the language used for coding it? This is totally irrelevant to the user! After all, XYplorer is compiled to native code: When you download and run it there's no VB6 in it anymore. It might have been coded in Egyptian hieroglyphs, after compilation it's just another Windows executable.

Rated 50/50 by crisoco at Dec 4, 2008

Having tested Copernic, Agent Ransack, Windows Search 4.0, Locate32 etc. I am happy to report that this is one of the few that really works well. It does not hog resources and is lightening fast. Has functional and pleasant GUI in my opinion. Too expensive when not very well known and tested. Shame that it does not show the actual position of the text search in the results. See my comments in the summary. Now shareware but you can test the 30 day version out with practically everything working. I personally could not find that much that I would pay for over having the free version 5.55 which is still available as a Last Freeware Version. This an excellent search facility built into a File Manager. I have never seen so many customisable options available. Shame that it does not show the actual position of the text search in the results but that is not a serious issue like it can be with some other programs. The internal review pane will open most well known formats and then you can open the actual file in say Word and search for the position there. This, along with the shareware cost would be my only complaint but not enough to rate the program less than 5 stars. Windows Secrets have also reviewed it. You may want to consider Yahoo X1 or Google and some others but this program has a lot to offer. Updated on Dec 4, 2008 On further testing I can confirm that the software does not highlight results of searches for text. It also does not search within archive files such as zip files. I see that Cnet show the price as $29.95 but the developers site shows the price as $24.95 for the Standard Licence (upgrades up to version 8.7 free) $44.95 for the Lifetime Licence (all upgrades free).

Rated 20/50 by Undesired Username at Dec 8, 2008

Well the programming language used by XYplorer does come into play. If you bothered to wake up, you'd know there are things that XY can't do and will never do because "you can't do it with VB".

Rated 50/50 by Ralfo at Dec 9, 2008

Undesired Username, see my comment from Dec 3, 2008. There's nothing to add. If you generally like XYplorer but think an important feature is missing, please visit the user forum and post in the wishes section.

Rated 50/50 by Doc Money at Dec 10, 2008

The Mini Tree is clever!