XYplorer 9.90.0800

Rated 50/50 by zeeZee at Dec 10, 2008

needs an option to have 2 line or more tab bar, color select tab, need scrollbar when it is to long for screen.

Rated 40/50 by Flebbo at Jan 6, 2009

It got everything I ever wanted but......it starts slow, compared to other filemanagers.

Rated 50/50 by flemur13013 at Jan 7, 2009

"Great file manager" Quick, small footprint, versatile. Xplorer2 Pro has a nicer search/find setup. I've tried serval explorer replacements and ended up keeping XYplorer.

Rated 50/50 by Flebbo at Jan 13, 2009

The startup-time HAVE improved =) Love it

Rated 50/50 by qwerty12345 at Jan 21, 2009

For me this is the best file manager ever. Apart from the speed of evolution the beta club support flattered me. Apparently, dual pane, fast copy etc are to come soon. So I am not going anywhere from this already super piece of software. full points.

Rated 40/50 by Walrez at Feb 5, 2009

I’d really want to use this software. I download the demo from time to time, and I’m usually amazed by the developer’s imagination in adding such useful and unique features. One of the newer features, the scripting language, is really great and flexible. I find the syntax a little weird, and not always consistent (I think it got altered at least once). This brings me to the reasons I still haven’t bought the program. Though it looks great, I find that the interface is not always consistent, and there’s some redundancy in features. For example, for bookmarking a directory or file, you can user “Favorite Folders” (with no sublevels), “Favorite Files”, and the “Catalog”. If you open the Favorites menu, you’ll see that “Toggle Favorite Folder” is on the first level, while “Toggle Favorite File” is inside the “Favorite Files” submenu. Little things. Now you have the “Minitree”, which basically lets you build your own tree. That’s how the catalog was promoted initially: “Build your own tree”. I know there are differences here and there, but in my opinion, not enough to justify the addition of yet another way for doing the same thing. I asked in the forum why don’t just leave the catalog (that covers all the functions), and the developer asked the users what they though, stating that he’d personally be happy using just the catalog. He noticed and admitted that “Favorite Folders” and “Favorite Files” are the same thing (folders are treated as files) and suggested to unify them, but some users got touchy at the very idea that something could be changed, so he left it as it was. I though that many users were proud about this program “lightness”, to the point of rejecting basic ftp functions as “bloat”. Mhh… Speaking of which, I’ve found that the user base (a central p

Rated 40/50 by l815 at Feb 12, 2009

I used this for a very short period. It is nice, but I don't like to use other file managers unless they have the ability to set themselves as default for opening any type of folder; rather than just a "open with" feature. Because of this, xplorer 2 has been a better choice for me.

Rated 50/50 by qwerty12345 at Feb 12, 2009

Wow!! just tried the new version and it has more features in just few days. I am amazed by the evolution. Some softwares dont manage decent features even in half a year. My favorites in this are tags and comments which are nifty for grouping similar files and folders. Waiting keenly for Dual pane which i assume is in version 8.0. Anyway, this version gets 5 stars for speedy feature implementation and quick fixes to tiny bugs. And thanks to the developer who (unlike many others i've experienced) respects the users view points.

Rated 50/50 by stisev at Jun 17, 2009

Best file manager ever (for Windows). EDIT: I815: Use this: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell] @="XYplorer" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\XYplorer] @="Open in XYplorer" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\XYplorer\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\XYplorer\\XYplorer.exe\" \"%1\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell] @="XYplorer" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XYplorer] @="Open in XYplorer" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XYplorer\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\XYplorer\\XYplorer.exe\" \"%1\""

Rated 10/50 by darthbeads at Jun 30, 2009

Any developer who describes his or her work as "ingenious" is usually anything but.

Rated 50/50 by nf_xp at Aug 10, 2009

"Best file explorer I ever see" It's fast and small, highly customizable. It has many features that you will like: multiple tabs browsing, favorites, fast thumb view, batch renaming, and many many more... None so far to me... If you don't like some features or find some bugs, go to the official forum and tell the author, he will improve it in very few versions. Especially recommend it to artist and designer, XYplorer has best thumb and preview features. Also recommend to programmers, make your daily work much easier with multi-tabs and favorite features.

Rated 50/50 by Francis7 at Aug 12, 2009

It was a life-saver for me when I found it some three years ago. One of it's best points is the Find Files function, which makes of it one of the best file search tools ever. The price is quite just, too.

Rated 50/50 by shodan816 at Aug 12, 2009

Been using this file manager for several years now and it remains the best there is, no matter what the 'anti VB' crowd has to say. And now that it supports dual pane, it's all that much better. XYplorer's greatest asset, IMHO, is not only it's total flexibility and multitude of options, but it's complete portability. EVERYTHING is contained within it's install folder. Give it a try. What have you to lose ?

Rated 20/50 by emanresU deriseD at Oct 9, 2009

I take issue with contentions such as "Best file manager ever for Windows". People who get off on assailing me with ad-hominem attacks fail to realize this product's shortcomings, only a few of which are: -- You cannot drag any file system object from XYplorer to anywhere else on your system--the Desktop, an Explorer window, anywhere--and create a shortcut to that item. -- You cannot drag any file system object from XYplorer to the Start menu, and create a "pin" to it that way. This is something you can do from Explorer, or from any other Explorer replacement. -- Bugs upon bugs upon bugs, such as when I look at the properties for files after conducting a search, it says that some of them have NTFS encryption enabled (i.e. the "Encrypt contents to secure data" item is in gray checkbox mode). None of the files on my system use NTFS encryption--not a single one. If I change any properties on these selected files, it reports that it is about to "decrypt" the files. I have no idea what would happen to the applicable files if I proceeded (probably nothing, but I don't want to find out the hard way). This makes me distrust XYplorer. It must be sending bad information to the underlying shell. Oh--and when I perform these same actions using anything else--Explorer, Directory Opus, FileLocator Pro, etc., there is no false report of encrypted files.

Rated 50/50 by doctorbiz at Nov 1, 2009

"How windows exporer should have worked. Wonderful" I am able to see the file extention Various View options Lovely preview pane Gives more file details than any other file manager I have used Not many, maybe the colours (option to change) was distracting Great program, one of the few worthy of buying!

Rated 50/50 by Znetworker at Nov 2, 2009

"Color your world! (Or at least your files!)" I love the ability to color each drive in the tree. The Catalog and scripting functions make this a very flexible and fast file explorer. Click on Computer in it and gives full list of all drives and totals up amount of space available. Not really a con but would like Color from tree drive to show in pane also to make clicking on right one easier. I really enjoy this product, as you can run it off a USB drive. File size installed is like 4.5MB. You can make your own scripts with built in scripting to do whatever you can think of. The Catalog makes it easy to run your scripts with a simple ... read more >>

Rated 50/50 by budgall2 at Nov 29, 2009

"My most used utility" It does it all no cons from me

Rated 50/50 by Ralfo at Dec 3, 2009

Note that the bugs kindly mentioned by emanresU deriseD have been fixed in the latest version (8.70).

Rated 20/50 by emanresU deriseD at Dec 8, 2009

Yeah, sure they have.

Rated 50/50 by wongjai888 at Dec 29, 2009

Extremely easy to use, yet it can be very powerful given its numerous features. The tab browsing feature makes it very fast. The ability to personalize colors and settings makes it attractive and improves efficiency. Can't think of any. A Truly First Class file manager. The developer is very responsive to suggestions, his website is filled with useful information, and the active community forum, including the XYwiki, provides rich/useful resources to help new users become powerful users.