This was great. I've been using Directory Opus for years, and while I knew I wasn't scratching the surface on how I could utilize it, this has opened my eyes to new possibilities with real-world examples.
Directory opus was the best file manager on the Amiga era ❤ For norton commander lovers there is also the total commander which is my personal choice for windows os.
Director Opus is incredibly powerful. Some of my most favourite features are Rename and Search in combination with “regular expressions”. The built-in picture viewer can also work with colour management profiles. Oh, and you can customize your own colour schemes or create a whole new look. Work with database and archive collection with 3rd party plugins… Possibilities are almost endless. BTW, the extremely detailed Help documentation is also invaluable.
Ctrl + Shift + T is ❤️ I learned it on your Dec. 5, 2019 video (20 Keyboard Shortcuts You're A Moron for Not Using). It's my life saver at work ever since.
I've been using Directory Opus since 2004 and I love it. The customization is insane! I've customized Opus by quite a bit, but even after all this time, I have barely scratched the surface of this file manager's capabilities. I enjoy using the synchronization feature that allows me to easily backup files to my backup drives.
Maybe customize the "Get Sizes" function to always list folder sizes, but if it takes longer that 5 or 10 seconds, leave it blank unless you call the function.
Not really possible because you can’t know how long it would take unless you actually perform the process, but then you’re still tying up resources to calculate that. You could instead maybe calculate how many files and sub folders are inside with a quick recursive function but the threshold for what is “too many” would vary by hardware and how fast the CPU and drives are. However even this is not perfect because 10 really large files can take longer to calculate than 100 really small ones depending on fragmentation and other factors. Honestly there are just more purpose built tools for doing this like WinDirStat or WizTree for calculating directory structure sizes.
This is what the built-in file explorer should have been like 10 years ago, would it really be that much work for a multi-billion dollar company to add stuff like tabs and a dual-view?
Wow. That brings back some memories. I've been a Linux admin/user for about 25 years now (where I have almost all of the DOpus functionality you showcase here, under KDE/Plasma and Dolphin), but I used to write DOpus scripts in my Amiga days in the early 90's.
Total Commander deserves praise too, I think. Very powerful. And for nostalgia: Far Manager. An open source Norton Commander clone for modern systems. I've been using others for specific functions, but I always have the classic Windows File Manager at hand, because handling certain type of folders could lead to errors. But other times is the Windows FM that end in errors. Other thing to consider alternative tools for copying files, like was the old but gold "Ultracopier", that gave you control of the file operations speed and other very useful settings that should be in Windows as "advanced settings", that nowadays seems like just a dream and the System is getting dumber and less customizable.
total commander doesn't hold a candle to dopus yet they expect 37 eur before tax, so 50 eur meanwhile dopus pro is 58 eur and the lite version that still does much more than total commander is 32 eur, lol should cost 10 max, if they don't want us to keep pirating it to get rid of the annoying dialog.
@@harshnemesis Which is why I've not paid for Total Commander but use it all the time - much better than Windows File Explorer. Opus may well be superior but is too expensive IMO.
Bro I’ve been watching you for almost 7 years and I have learned so much. I haven’t even seen this video but I know I’m gonna use directory opus now lol
This is game changing 💚🔥 Finally after so many years being frustrated with the buggy and inefficient Windows Explorer! On Windows 11 Windows Explorer can’t even remember the opened windows/tabs from last time the pc was on. And though it would remember them in Windows 10, it would often crash. Plus anytime I copy a file to another window such as cloud storage, my original window panel automatically resets to the top, which is super aggravating when working with thousands of photos. Plus, the “extra large” thumbnails are not big enough. Being able to see the sizes automatically is amazing too. This app is must buy
I've been using Total Commander, and even windows commander before that so must be at least 20 years. I use it daily and it does everything I want it to. I don't really know how to use Window's own system as I just use total commander all the time. Easy to use and does the job. I've tried a lot of the others like DOPUS but end up going back to total commander every time.
I have been using Directory Opus for many years in its standard form without editing the program but have found even in that form it has many features that is far superior to File Explorer. There is also a feature (Find File) that is a powerful searching tool that allows finding groups of files with the same attributes which is impossible with File Explorer. This feature allows using "wildcards", "case sensitive letters", "file dates", "file sizes" and many other attributes that you may want to search a group of files with. Great review.
The search function was better in older versions of Windows File Explorer. IIRC, the one with Windows XP let you search with wildcards, dates, and sizes, and it had a cute little dog!
You still can search for those. Just put something into the search bar and extended search options will pop up on top toolbar of explorer. From there you can add pretty much any criteria, and it's in fact only a text like "date:" added to the search bar, so when you learn them you can skip top toolbar.
Total Commander is my (windows) choice, speciifcally dealing with large folders with project files or measrment data without losing oversight or control. And because of decennia long muscle memory ;). The duo window is a must for me with efficient conmparison and synching. Automatic background synching is to unreliable and slow.
This just validated me. Been using Opus for many years now but I would every now and then check out other file explorers just to see if I've been missing out on something. Still, so far, nothing can replace it for me. While mine is now so customized it's unrecognizable from the default settings, I still haven't tapped into all of its features. BUT you don't have to (and don't be overwhelmed by its tons of offerings). What makes Opus great is that when there's something you want to do or have that isn't there, just dive down into its options and you'll likely find a solution under its hood. And you can save every configuration so you don't have to redo it every time. It can be as simple or as complicated as you want. It's like readily having a set of tools (or different toolboxes) when you need it, for whatever task. In other words, spend some minutes, hours, or a day customizing it, then just let it grow to fit your needs. Rich and powerful, once you've tried Opus, you'll realize things can be a lot easier and better, especially if you're a power user.
I've switched from only using Total Commander to using One Commander as well. Directory Opus just haven't convinced me on the value proposition side, I find it to be way to expensive because it's competition just isn't as expensive and some of it is straight up free.
The breaking point in the Windows file explorer for me wasn't the layout hitches, nor the fact that flac/ogg files brought it to a screeching halt (half a minute for 5 items, on a gen 4 NVMe SSD), it was when it started to completely freeze because it could not properly parse the thumbnails on video files (requiring manually deleting administrator-protected cache files and rebooting). How does Microsoft do it? This looks pretty good, I'll check it out.
My biggest problem with File explorer was that one update that introduced a buggy memory leak that for most people could be resolved simply by restarting the computer, but my laptop being incredibly old was affected differently, the memory leak was permanent and after a week or two broke the laptop entirely.
I have been using Total Commander since I was introduced in the world of computers when I was around 3 years old. I am very used to it. I use the free version, I have no intentions of paying it because it has everything I need. I use Total Commander in my Android phone, and when I use Linux, I install a very similar app (even I think it is a clone) called Double Commander
Directory Opus is the KING of file managers. I've been using it for 33 years, since it was written for the Commodore Amiga in 1990. Yes, it's expensive, but you get what you pay for.
Total Commander since forever I can remember. Just like a few others, loved the 2 panes layout of NC from DOS days and found total commander (windows commander then) and have never moved away from it. It's the philospohy of the 2 panes - source and target that is the attraction and full marks to Norton for that. All that is ready in Total Commander and there is no need to customize to make it look like that - also while Directory Opus may be giving more control, it's also is making it complicated and the customizations makes commands appear all over the place in it's layout. Maybe, its appealing to people used to the windows file explorer and yes, in comparison to file explorer it's definitely better but finesse of Total Commander is a class apart. The plugins only add to its already great functionality.
Thanks Thio, I'll keep this in mind if I get annoyed with the default file explorer in the future. Also, one tool I can recommend if someone wants tabs in the vanilla file explorer is QTTabBar
That's what I've been using for a very long time now. The issue I have with it is that it *slurrrrrrrrrrps* RAM like crazy. You can see explorer.exe take several hundred MB of RAM casually with QTTabBar. To be honest, I had been using it mostly for the tabs. I know there's a ton more it can do. Something I wish I could do, clean up the left pane, that it can't. Looks like Directory Opus can, however. Well, that's because it's a different app altogether and not an extension like QTTabBar.
DirectoryOpus is the first piece of software I install on any new Windows machine. I absolutely hate dealing with Windows installs that don't have it. When family asks for help with a computer, I insist they install it if they want me to do anything for them. (Mostly I buy them a license for my own sanity) I've been using dOpus for over 30 years, since the Amiga 2000! (I can't believe I'm typing that ...) It's a bad joke how little, in time measured in *decades*, MS has improved Explorer.
Great Video, More people need to know there are options out there. I switched to Directory Opus 2 years ago and there is no looking back. I still keep Windows Explorer as the default, but a simple double click on the desktop anywhere fires it straight up. One Great feature I love is the 'Print / Export Folder Listing...' button, This is a 2 click process to list all of the contents in your folder as a text file which you can then use however you want, and is highly customizable. Transferring files from one location to another, or from your phone is also great because you can set it to keep transferring if there is a problem, and then you can go through the problem files at the end.
that print folder listing thing, used to (?) be fairly easy to do, though in a roundabout way, and it's been annoying that I can't anymore. i'm pretty sure the trick was dragging and dropping a selection of files into an Office document - my guess was Excel. It was even a key step in some project documenting procedure I wrote up for a company I interned at. Now...of the top of my head I still can't think of any easy way. Run commands in command prompt I guess?
Makes me happy to know that I'm not the only one that sorts files by modification time. I live in the terminal, so I've got a bunch of aliases for listing directory contents in different ways, but this looks so good I'm wondering if it would work through WINE.
This is one of your most useful tutorials yet. I like the way you have customized your file explorer and now want to find a more fully featured file explorer in Linux.
WOW... two things i just wanted to say: As a DOS-era relic i'm also using an alternative "file explorer"; namely Total Commander (which resembles the "back-then-uber-filemanager NC.exe (aka norton commander)). It even uses the same operations on the Fn-keys as the original. F3 will always be view, F8 is delete and tons of other functions ofcourse. NC is cloned and copied on every operating system I know or have used. The second thing my eye struck is your driveletters... I dunno if you know it; but A: and B: are reserved letters for floppy drives... That's also the reason why the boot-harddrive (or ssd) gets the designation C: and not A:. The reason why there are two letters reserved for floppy drives is simple: back in the days we also had computers withouth a hard-drive, and to not swap floppies every time the system needed a systemfile or function; we kept the MS-Dos bootdisk in drive A: and run applications from drive B: That's also the reason why you see those "vintage" computers having two 5.25" floppy drives. Once harddrives came along computers began to be fitted with a single floppy drive as there was no need for two anymore. But if in a modern day computer you'd hook up two floppy drives on the floppy controller on the motherboard, i'll automatically give them driveletters A: and B: on a Microsoft OS... So it's actually NOT DONE to designate either of those letters to non-removable drives... I use A: for certain USB thumb-drives (if you do that, than only the ones u gave that specific letter will get it when reconnected, others will just keep getting the first free letter). As soon as you'd connect a floppydrive though, that driveletter will become locked to the floppy and you'll need to set a new driveletter for that usb-drive. So i hope you (and your viewers) will adopt the correct driveletters from now on, as you could run in big troubles when we all revert to magnetical storage in the form of 360KB/1.2MB 5.25" floppies or the 720KB/1.44MB 3.5" diskettes as main storageformat... (ofc that's a joke!)
Free-commander is my go too it has dual sides each with infinite tabs to add that you can drag an drop through on the fly as well haha along with being open source baby woooo thats what I have been waiting for
I've been using Total Commander for years even before it changed it's name from Windows Commander - apparently Microsoft pointed out that 'Windows' was their trademark.
Well, I'm using Total Commander, which frankly is free to use. All you need to do is just click a correct button to keep it opened (it tells you which one it is). Yes, it asks for registration, which does cost money. But you don't have to, unless you're using it on behalf of a bussiness.
Or you can use just as good alternative called Double Commander which is free for personal and also for commercial use. I used Total Commander before, but then I could not use it on my work PC, so switched to Double Commander and never looked back. It even has some nice features not available in Total Commander
You know what would be a nice improvement? Moving to trash a file when you accidentaly overwrite it. It occures to me from time to time that I drag and drop into a folder a file which has the same name of another already in it, and I confirm the overwriting without thinking (because often it is the straightforward thing to do), just soon realizing I actually needed that file too!
+1 for Xyplorer. ive been using it for many years. The file tree pane where I can hide unwanted folders is what makes it worthwhile for me. Also not free. But you get what you pay for
@@rikutalvio I'm switched from default explorers (on my win7 , win8 and win10 PCs) to XYplorer a few month ago . And it feels great . I still experimenting with endless toolbar instruments and whole app settings . But i curious about your choice . What do you think make Xplorer2 most suitable for you ? And what in your opinion make it unique (in comparing to XYplorer and Directory Opus) ?
@@Grif_on96 I switched back in 2004 after a lot of testing with all the available alternatives; Xplorer2 felt the best and had everything I needed in the free lite version - have been happy with it ever since, and eventually bought the ultimate version to support the developer. Prompted by this video, I had a look at the top contenders, and even installed DO and XY to see what they're about. I'm sure their extensive customisation options will make them great, but the OOBE was so off-putting, I couldn't be bothered to test them very long. Most features are probably shared across the board. But do they have Miller columns?
I'm using Total Commander. 🙂 It's free, dual-window (like this in the video), can filter folders (Ctrl+Alt+[letter]), can use tabs (Ctrl+↑) and can save them to file, have a customizable toolbar at the top and it have a bunch more features, but doesn't contain search feature, unlike the Windows file manager. It also have built-in "quick view" feature ("lister", Ctrl+Q) which can display even pictures and play audio files, too. Total Commander also expandable with lots of plugins. 🙂
I use "Open Shell" file explorer because it was built into the operating system called "Ameliorated Windows 10" that I reconstructed myself. I recommend building that OS for yourself because it strips all of Windows 10 bloatware out, dramatically improves OS performance, and eliminates Microsoft's ability to track/collect your data. (Note you will have to download and resinstall your GPU driver)
Ameliorated Windows 10 looks interesting, especially on my older laptops that won't work with W11. How are future upgrades and security updates handled with Ameliorated Windows 10? I like to know before committing to clean installing it and then installing my applications. If Ameliorated Windows 10 is something that is reliable, I can see it breathing new life into my older Win10 pcs (2) and laptops (2). What's Microsoft's take on this?
@@teknerd Unfortunately one of the major draw backs is making updates to the OS, if you want to update it you need to reinstall it, but to counter this issue you can do three things that cover most security vulnerabilities without the need for updates: (1) be careful what you download/install; (2) remove administrative privileges from the OS default user; and (3) install an antivirus (I use Avira). As for Microsoft's take, the distribution/download of an edited Windows 10 .iso file (that is not from Microsoft) breaks the law and could be considered piracy, but what is not illegal is recreating/editing your own version of the "Ameliorated Windows 10" from an already owned Windows 10 .iso file. The "Ameliorated Windows 10" website provides you with all of the information required to build the OS for yourself which is what I did.
Also as a tip if you are worried about security or some software not working in the OS then use a normal version of Windows 10 inside a Virtual Machine (VM). That way you are still secure and can run anything on "Ameliorated Windows 10".
@@litLizard_ Have you had anything break with Chris' debloater tool? I tried leaner version of windows before and almost everytime I had something break like a new program that requires something that has been removed. Just asking. I am also a subscriber to Chris' channel.
@@litLizard_ I have used ShutUp10++ and I like it as an alternative (the only concern is that it blocks only 99% of bloatware/spyware from running and doesn't actually remove the bloatware). To be honest "Ameliorated Windows 10" is only used by those who want the most extreme solution. Still ShutUp10++ is a really good option!
For a quick File Search I use 'Everything' so much faster than normal File Explorer. I hope this DOPUS is as fast... I also use QTabbar. Would be great to have all-in-one solution..!
That is an amazing recommendation! I spent the last hours installing and configuring it and will evaluate it at work too. Already added a custom button to open the current folder in VSCode since I keep forgetting the command for that
I've been using FreeCommander for years and I love it. But that's mainly because the thing I do most with files is move/copy from one place to another and the split panes makes it very easy.
The problem with TC is that it can't group files. At least for extended attributes such as video resolution or framerate. Or maybe at all, i can't remember.
@@AyoKeito It does group by the column you click on such as extension. Haven't tried adding any custom ones, but I think your experience was too long ago. Mostly I use it for SFTP, various cloud drive services and as a front end for android ADB.
Just wanted to say that Directory Opus has been around for years and years. I first came across when I owned my Commodore Amiga 500, way back when. It was excellent then, and still seems to be excellent now! Thanks for the video!
Has probably been mentioned already, but QTTabBar has most of the same features and is free. My only complaint is the split window is crap, though I have not tried the latest 2048 release. I also used Ultra Explorer for years, and still do on occasion. The split window is much better, but has been out of development for several years, so the UI is somewhat dated. I especially like the filename formatting for different extensions.
Yup, QTTabBar is great. It just adds features to Windows File Explorer for free. That way you don't have to worry about setting default file managers or have any compatibility issues. I just use it for tabs.
Explorer is so far behind the curve. I've been using XYPlorer for years, not free but the license allow use on any PC I own. Similar features and very customizable.
Xyplorer can be overwhelming, especially with the pace of new features that are always being added. Don't get me wrong, I always download and review every update and try to use the new features as they are introduced.
Not speaking about Opus, but about almost all other replacements - for some reason they think its acceptable to downgrade the functionality of File Explorer, instead of improving it. Most replacements I've tried failed an extremely simple test - picking a file/folder and dragging it to a favourites bar. Almost none could do it, and some didn't even have any form of vertical favourites bar at all. "Files 2.0" which is often mentioned in Reddit posts can't do it, that is besides it being unimaginably slow.
As someone working in tech support, I honestly wish Microsoft would replace their explorer to something and name it as something else. Reason being: Me, on the phone, not seeing what customer is doing: "Can you open file explorer and look for folder X for me? Open file Y in that folder." Cusromer, after a way too short while: "OK, I'm on the internet now. What should I do again?" They open Internet Explorer. All the time. It's so frequent, that my colleagues and I have started to ask customers if they know what the windows explorer is.
Besides for asking the customer, there are a few ways to deal with this: 1. Ask the customer if they see the icon with the yellow folder with the blue holder at the bottom of their screen (on the taskbar). 2. Ask the customer to press Windows-E to open File Explorer. 3. Ask the customer to click on the Start button and then type in "file explorer" 4. Just have the customer download your remote support software from your Web site and run it, so you can do everything yourself. 😊
@@Eternal_Tech Thank you for the reply. :3 We do most of these already. Although quite a number of customers don't know what the "windows key" on their keyboard is, some have trouble downloading our remote support tool (related: too many customers insist they are on the current version of our software, because they downloaded the setup file....but then didn't run the setup file). But yeah, with some combination of these things we usually get around to helping our customers.
Free commander is my go to at work. Many dual pane explorers are good, here are some other that I used: - one commander (fancy looking, I like it, but it feels too heavy) - xyplorer (very classic, but very good at what it does)
just tried it and it seems to downgrade File Explorer functionality - can't add current path to Favorites via drag-and-drop, also can't add the current tab via drag-and-drop either. Also can't add a selected folder to a specific place in Favourites bar either - only to the very end. If I try to drag it to a specific place, FC tries to physically move/copy the folder to a new path instead. Too much functionality missing. Really hate when programs that are hailed to be "better" remove the functions I use daily instead.
I love Directory Opus. As a close second, I use FreeCommander XE. It's also really good, and free, so I tend to use it on computer I don't use that much.
I have been using Total Commander since forever (talking win 95, here). I even used Norton Commander in DOS before that and the idea was to have something that did what NC did in DOS but in Windows. In old vanilla DOS you had to type everything: COPY MOVE DEL DIR EDIT MD CD etc. NC simply showed two directories side by side, you could jump from side to side with Tab and Copy and Move files and directories with F5 and F6, for instance. F4 was the EDIT command. It was so much better than typing! Total Commander was a copy of those functionalities in Windows and a gazillion more. You can export your customizations just copying the .ini and .bar files and it's portable so you can have it on a pendrive.
XYplorer has been my go to for a long time now. I don't think the UI is quiet as clean as what you were showcasing, but its background mechanics such as copy are REALLY strong. I'm gonna give your program a shot though. While I really like XYplorer, your demo of Directory Optius feels more modern.
Dopus has great file moving/copying mechanics too.. it even lets you schedule operations, rather than run them simultaneously. If it that doesn't do it for you, there's actually a built in script that let's you use teracopy on the power user bar.
I'll definitely try this - the changes is recent versions of Windows are always constantly irritating. The hobbled search function is unbelievable. The technology for instant filtering has been around for years, but in Windows, searching for files now is the same sluggish operation it was when I got my first Win98 PC. The incompetence is mind-boggling.
I love the .bak script. But I'd like to see it modified so that .bak* files get created in or moved to a designated backup folder so that you don't have to move them after the fact.
I have been using Directory Opus for over 20 years ever since it was on the Amiga, and is one of the few programs I am happy to actually pay for. I cannot live without it, windows explorer is unusable for me now.
First thing to do in Directory Opus: Go to Settings - Preferences - File Displays - Mouse: Double-click on file display background: Go to parent folder! What it does: double clicking on a white space in a folder takes you up one level. (In other words you go up by barely moving your mouse.) You try it once and never want to go back. May seem like a small thing, but you do it often and it really adds up.
Wow! A LOT of comments! Like many of your commenters I have used DOpus since Amiga days, and I've "supported" the produce (i.e.paid for it) since then. Whether or not it is perceived as value for money (I absolutely agree with your "you get what you pay for" comment) is for the individual to decide, but what I would add is that (1) the author's licensing system allows your installation to "follow" your system if and when you modernise or otherwise upgrade, like I have just done, and (2) the software developers are very responsive to bug reports, feature requests and resolving any user problems, and for me this is what elevates this product. In short the support infrastructure is first class. For these reasons I wholeheartedly endorse your recommendation.
Holy cow! Tab groups alone are worth the price of admission. If I'm working on financials, can have bank statements, credit card info, associated reports, etc. all front and center. Wow!
Q-Dir and OneCommander are also nice free options [although no where near as many features as Opus]. Q-Dir has good functionality but dated user interface. OneCommander has new interface but lacks some basic functionality.
I would like the option to automatically extract a ZIP file as you download it from a web browser instead of having to unzip it and delete the zipped variant. Also, an "Extract Folder" option would be nice - You can use it on a folder to move all of the files and folders inside of it to the upper directory and delete the original folder to organize your files.
Directory Opus is great but Total Commander (originally Windows Commander) is equally good in many ways. I've been using it for decades and can't imagine using Windows without it.
Total Commander does the work for me. When I copy or move files an folders, I don't want them to change the time and date. This can be set in the options. Also the sync directories is a treat. It's shareware and cost only 25 euro to remove the ads.
There are a couple of things I'd like to see in file managers. First, is write and verify to make sure what is written is readable back as the original data. Second, is tag management, and this splits again into two formats, unstructured tags, and hierarchical tags. The second can be the possibility of having multiple directory hierarchies for a single file, i.e. abstracting the directories on the user side respect to the volume directories (which at that point could become redundant). In truth, these features could be more efficient as part of a file system. Then the multi-directory model could yield intrinsic de-dub for files (e.g. files catalogued by hash, then assigned the required directory hierarchies, implying no duplicate files on the FS volume).
I was thinking for the need of such multi directory file system for a long time... Removes the redundant files and the stupid shortcuts that are not very useful for single files. For a lot of different workloads that will be a life saver... (3D modeling/texturing/rendering, video editing and so on on for me personally). I often need a lot of files (some of them pretty big too) to be in several different folders for different projects at the same time, and shortcut does not do the job at all...
I didn't notice the number one feature I would like in a file manager. The ability to "actually" set the view mode in a way that windows doesn't "forget" it right after setting and closing the window. This is especially exacerbated by removable drives. If I have a drive full of movies, I don't want to have to keep changing the view mode back to my customized movie view. This has been a major PITA since Windows 3.0 over 30 years ago, and despite just as many years of complaints, Microsoft still hasn't addressed this issue. By now, this issue should not only have been addressed, but we should have an option to save multiple custom views for a given folder/subfolder structure which we could toggle between with a simple drop down list, and it should all be saved to a hidden config file so that the options could be accessible on any device a removable drive is plugged into without it constantly forgetting. On the up side (of this app) the built in sync feature is an overdue feature that is sorely needed.
Directory Opus sounds a little expensive for such. Instead of it, I use Total Commander. It may not try to fit the Metro style, but it works out of the box, has two window tabs in one (As I believe that is enough), but has directory tabs from which you can switch between. It also has its own sync and commands. And it costs 37 EUR (56 AUD) for the full version. I think it's genuinely a better one to use. But, Directory Opus still seems like a nice alternative.
@@artce As a fellow russian, well, not always. I do pay when it is something neat and small as it's not really expensive, but when it comes to actually useful stuff, and since it comes for a bit... too much, then no, I do not.
dopus is program from commodore amiga. it is far complexed from this presentation. it is expensive, and for everyday users, which are (almost) satisfied with windows native file explorer it is better to use something like free commander. it is light year behind dopus with graphics, but it is usable almost as dopus is. it even have option to compare files/directories what is missing in dopus. i'm using it from amiga time, more than 25 years and still didn't catch all what it can do. sadly i cant attach my dopus screen. and it is very alive and customers are always happy to help. great thumb up (for program)!
A suggestion: In the instructions file you can write the path as C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Roaming\, which will automatically substitute the correct username for the current user. This would fail only in very few cases if the machine is part of a domain and the account has been renamed at some point in time, but the profile folder remains the same. Usually happens with Administrator and Administrator.domain ;-)
explorer.exe is more than just the file explorer, its the entire desktop and taskbar. There are programs out there that replace it entirely (although they're not very good imo)
@@badasahog Apologies then, this is why people on the internet are always aggy .. when writing something the intonation is not passed on, next time try something like, "as a side note, explorer.exe", "by the way" or "not to mention".
i have been using OneCommander for a while now, and i think its great. It has this file temperature color settings that can show you how old a file is just by a little color square next to the file name. its super handy when looking to see if files have been updated, a quick glance will tell you if a file has been updated recently. its got some other cool features also.
I am a senior, not too bright when it comes to all this technology, and have always had trouble with windows explorer. There are just too much crap and on there I don't understand. Is there anything out there simple to save files without all that extra tools ? Thanks for your videos, you rock my Friend.
Hi ThioJoe, hope you're doing well. I've been watching a lot of your videos in the last month or so. I just have a comment. I was just wondering why 90 per cent of RU-vidrs don't mention if new tools or programs they use apply to multiple users all the time. Thanks again for the great content you provide. I truly appreciate your videos. Have a great day.
Using Total Commander (previously Windows Commander) for more than 20y. It is a two side explorer which makes it easy to switch to different locations and transfer, remove, compress files... For someone who handles lots of files, image sequences for example... it is a must-have tool. Extremely powerfull, lots of addons, plugins, bookmarking locations, tabs, integrated simple text editor and zip unpacker. And the tool called Multi-rename tool which is so usefull that I use it almost daily. For example if you have an sequence of files with a typo in their name.. you can rename and fix that in just a few clicks. Anyway TC is the app that is first for me to install on a fresh OS (even before the drivers) because working in Windows Explorer is so annoying , specialy when you need to transfer, archive, rename...... lots of files
I like the ability to assign colors to file types. It makes it easy to quickly identify files in my directory listings. One of my favorite features is the ability to add comments to files and directories by pressing CTRL-Z. Then when you hover over that file it will display the comment. No more wondering what the files are, or how one file differs from another. I could go on all day about Total Commander. I've been using it for decades.
@@bejarano1960 Exactly. I transitioned to TC from Norton Commander in DOS :) I hate that its an extremely widely unknown and underated tool. But it makes so much different tasks easy. Handling and organizing a huge number of different files. I like tabs, location bookmarks, milion of different plugins to for example connect it to dosbox, gdrive....... I am working in computer animation and daily handling lots of image sequences. And for example if I make a typo in images names or for example start the sequence from 001 instead of 000... I can fix that in TC in like 15 seconds. Its file search is great......And best thing it is basicaly free. In unpaid version you only need to click 1 2 or 3 each time you start the app but functionality-wise is the same.
@@nenadcocic Yes, the built-in renaming tool is fantastic! I also do computer animation and it would be nearly impossible to manage frame sequences without Total Commander. And as you pointed out, it's shareware, too. A donation of any amount will buy it, but even without a donation it's still fully functional.
I've been using FoldersPopup for years. Its main advantage is to propose you the most recent folders you stored files into, because the "recent folders" pane in Windows explorer is useless (at least in W7 and W10). I would take it to a desert island.
