Replacement file explorer/manager

On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:35:27 +0000, John wrote:

On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:21:04 +0100, "s|b" wrote:

On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:43:54 -0500, Juan Wei wrote:

I don't know Dopus, but I've been using FreeCommander for years. Not the
XE-version, but the "old "ersion", FreeCommander 2009.02b.

http://www.freecommander.com/fc_downl_en.htm

I've been using Total Commander forever!

http://www.ghisler.com/

Total Commander is payware while FreeCommander is, well... free.

I've been using this one:

http://www.avanquest.com/USA/softwar...s&cat=PC-Tools
since about version 1.0 and WIndows 3.something which was a while
back. In those days PD was free. I think it came on a floppie with
several other tools. The last update I got cost me 20 USD. I wouldn't
buy it at 40 USD.
It looks and feels very much like "File Manager" from "Ye Olde
Windowes" back when things just worked, only it has a few more tricks
and treats.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_managers and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari..._file_managers "PowerDesk"
does not exist. Nor is there a dedicated "PowerDesk" page.
Which seems a little strange as I'm running it now.
It used to be owned by Vcom, but Avanquest bought them up. That's
probably when the full price version jumped to 40 bux.

If you trust reviewers, and who does these days when they are all
given freebies by Google and Apple?, you may like these pages:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...le-manager.htm
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=wi...M9OShgef64GIAQ
Here's a list of lots: http://www.softpedia.com/get/File-managers/

J.


I've used PD for many years up to around ver 6. After that it got
flaky. I've got the latest version and sometimes use it but it can be
VERY slow and does not handle windows "Libraries" well at all. It
also crashes often and other times refuses to start because it seems
to think it's still running and you have to go to task manager and
shut down leftover parts of it. It's done this behavior on the last
three machines I've had it on so I don't think it's an OS problem but
a PD problem. I would not recommend anyone pay for PD. Us old time
users complained and complained about it's problems to Advantquest and
they basically don't seem to care. Mostly I just use windows explorer
anymore and open two instances of it.