weEvil Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Any good replacements for the default explorer in XP?I'm looking for something very lite, as many features as the standard one. More is better, but it has to be very easy on the system.Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 do you want just a file browser or a full shell replacer? Here are some examples:Shell Replacementhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_shell_replacementFile Browsers:A43 http://www.primitus.us/a43/FreeCommander http://www.freecommander.com/UltraExplorer http://www.mustangpeak.net/ultraexplorer.htmlXYplorer http://www.xyplorer.com/xplorer² http://www.zabkat.com/ExplorerXP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srikat Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 xplorer2 is fast and nice. Give it a try first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[deXter] Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 +1 for xplorer² for file managementAs for a very fast, lean, and well-featured extensible shell replacement, I highly recommend xoblite (bb4win) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PC_LOAD_LETTER Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 (edited) theres alsoDirectory Opus (Commercial)doesnt replace the shell -just the file explorers Edited November 17, 2007 by geek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtwarrior Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 do you want just a file browser or a full shell replacer? Here are some examples:Shell Replacementhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_shell_replacementFile Browsers:A43 http://www.primitus.us/a43/FreeCommander http://www.freecommander.com/UltraExplorer http://www.mustangpeak.net/ultraexplorer.htmlXYplorer http://www.xyplorer.com/xplorer² http://www.zabkat.com/ExplorerXPA very nice list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Some other "minimal" explorer substitutes (as filemanager):http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=95jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 (edited) I was looking for a file manager only. Explorer is giving me BS. Its been having issues with copy/paste with large[r] files.I didn't consider shell replacement too, but I'll mess around with that when I get a chance.Starting out with xplorer2. I'll see how it behaves over the next few days. Edited November 22, 2007 by brucevangeorge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[deXter] Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 ^ If you're using xplorer², don't forget that the default keys for copy/move are F5 and F6. Ctrl+C / Ctrl+X would use the standard windows copy / move functions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idontwantspam Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I wish they'd release KDE for windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weEvil Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 I wish they'd release KDE for windows. They are. Its alpha now.http://windows.kde.org/The KDE-Windows PortWe are currently trying to port the KDE-applications to MS Windows. Currently we support only Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003. Vista support is underway.The preferred way of installing KDE apps under windows is the KDE-Installer you can download from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srikat Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 ^ If you're using xplorer², don't forget that the default keys for copy/move are F5 and F6. Ctrl+C / Ctrl+X would use the standard windows copy / move functions. oh, and also F7 will create a new file. F8 will create a new folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pksw Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 xplorer² is very nice, and freeware for the basic version. I have tried it, and it's not a memory hog and is quick. As I grew up in the DOS era, I still use an XtreeGold clone (www.ztree.com) I use it for everything - moving, copying, renaming, comparing files etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idontwantspam Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I wish they'd release KDE for windows. They are. Its alpha now.http://windows.kde.org/The KDE-Windows PortWe are currently trying to port the KDE-applications to MS Windows. Currently we support only Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003. Vista support is underway.The preferred way of installing KDE apps under windows is the KDE-Installer you can download from here.SWEET!!! :thumbup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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