Windows 7 Explorer alternative

[Zanqeutil]

Windows7 Explorer alternatives:

Maybe there are better ones out there, but I like this one.
Cubic Explorer, it's freeware

You can download the installer but in fact it's a portable program.
Download the zip, and unzip, no need to istall.
http://www.cubicreality.com/ce/download/

Screenshots:
http://www.cubicreality.com/ce/

Works with Windows 7 32-64

Review

http://www.question-defense.com/2010/01/08/tabbed-windows-explorer-in-windows-7-using-cubic-explorer

Regards,

Zanqeutil

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Windows7 Explorer alternatives:

Maybe there are better ones out there, but I like this one. Cubic
Explorer, it's freeware

You can download the installer but in fact it's a portable program.
Download the zip, and unzip, no need to istall.
http://www.cubicreality.com/ce/download/

I love portable programs! I downloaded it for later exploration.

 

[Jeff Layman]

Windows7 Explorer alternatives:

Maybe there are better ones out there, but I like this one.
Cubic Explorer, it's freeware

You can download the installer but in fact it's a portable program.
Download the zip, and unzip, no need to istall.
http://www.cubicreality.com/ce/download/

Screenshots:
http://www.cubicreality.com/ce/

Works with Windows 7 32-64

Review

http://www.question-defense.com/2010/01/08/tabbed-windows-explorer-in-windows-7-using-cubic-explorer

Just tried it. Looks clean, but I see there is no extraction facility
for zipped files.

Not sure what advantage Cubic Explorer has over Explorer++
(http://www.explorerplusplus.com/), which is also portable.

 

[C.Joseph Drayton]

Windows7 Explorer alternatives:

Maybe there are better ones out there, but I like this one.
Cubic Explorer, it's freeware

You can download the installer but in fact it's a portable program.
Download the zip, and unzip, no need to istall.
http://www.cubicreality.com/ce/download/

Screenshots:
http://www.cubicreality.com/ce/

Works with Windows 7 32-64

Review

http://www.question-defense.com/2010/01/08/tabbed-windows-explorer-in-windows-7-using-cubic-explorer


Regards,

Zanqeutil

I have been using freeCommander for years. It is a dual-panel
file-manager with ZIP, shred, view capabilities. There is a portable
version that runs on Windows7 both 32b and 64b.

As an aside, I have been a fan of portable apps for years, and under my
'Users' folder, I created a sub-folder called 'My Applications' and have
a couple of dozen portable apps sitting there. They all run well.

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services

Web site: http://csdcs.site90.net/
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)90.net

 

[C.Joseph Drayton]

I have been using freeCommander for years. It is a dual-panel
file-manager with ZIP, shred, view capabilities. There is a portable
version that runs on Windows7 both 32b and 64b.

As an aside, I have been a fan of portable apps for years, and under my
'Users' folder, I created a sub-folder called 'My Applications' and have
a couple of dozen portable apps sitting there. They all run well.

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services

Web site: http://csdcs.site90.net/
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)90.net

Forgot to put the URL for freeCommander's home page:

http://www.freecommander.com/

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services

Web site: http://csdcs.site90.net/
E-mail: (e-mail address removed)90.net

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Just tried it. Looks clean, but I see there is no extraction
facility for zipped files.

Not sure what advantage Cubic Explorer has over Explorer++
(http://www.explorerplusplus.com/), which is also portable.

I just tried Cubic Explorer, and I can both create and extract a zip
file with the intrinsic Windows zip utility in exactly the same way that
I do with Explorer. What problem do you have?

 

[Thip]

On 1/25/2011 6:05 AM, Zanqeutil wrote:

I have been using freeCommander for years. It is a dual-panel file-manager
with ZIP, shred, view capabilities. There is a portable version that runs
on Windows7 both 32b and 64b.

As an aside, I have been a fan of portable apps for years, and under my
'Users' folder, I created a sub-folder called 'My Applications' and have a
couple of dozen portable apps sitting there. They all run well.

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services

A big +1 on that! It's a great file manager.

 

[Ashton Crusher]

A big +1 on that! It's a great file manager.

It looks like it's very similar to PowerDesk, which is not free. I've
been using PD for years and it's great so I would figure freeCommander
is too. I particularly like having native dual-pane, it makes it so
easy to move files between directories.

 

[Jeff Layman]

I just tried Cubic Explorer, and I can both create and extract a zip
file with the intrinsic Windows zip utility in exactly the same way that
I do with Explorer. What problem do you have?

Do you have something similar to WE's "Extract all" in your Cubic
Explorer right-click menu? I can't see one in mine. I can choose "Open
with" and that calls up WE to deal with the zip, but that seems to me to
defeat the object of having a different file manager to WE.

 

[Char Jackson]

Do you have something similar to WE's "Extract all" in your Cubic
Explorer right-click menu? I can't see one in mine. I can choose "Open
with" and that calls up WE to deal with the zip, but that seems to me to
defeat the object of having a different file manager to WE.

If you deal with archives more than once in awhile, you should
probably have something like 7Zip or Winrar installed. I use Winrar
here, and Cubic Explorer properly includes all of the same right-click
Winrar menus that I normally see in Windows Explorer.

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Do you have something similar to WE's "Extract all" in your Cubic
Explorer right-click menu? I can't see one in mine. I can choose
"Open with" and that calls up WE to deal with the zip, but that seems
to me to defeat the object of having a different file manager to WE.

Yes. Here are snapshots showing both compression and extraction options
in operation.
http://crash.thedatalist.com/temp/CubicExplorer.htm

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

It looks like it's very similar to PowerDesk, which is not free.
I've been using PD for years and it's great so I would figure
freeCommander is too. I particularly like having native dual-pane,
it makes it so easy to move files between directories.

I agree, but the native Windows Explorer has dual pane, too. I've always
used that.

 

[Bob Henson]

I agree, but the native Windows Explorer has dual pane, too. I've always
used that.

Other than by running two copies - how do you do that?

 

[badgolferman]

I have been using freeCommander for years. It is a dual-panel
file-manager with ZIP, shred, view capabilities. There is a portable
version that runs on Windows7 both 32b and 64b.

I have been using that instead of Windows Explorer also. It takes me
back to the days of Norton Commander and I love to use the keyboard
shortcuts. It's highly configurable and has a myriad of tools and file
viewers.

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Other than by running two copies - how do you do that?

Perhaps we are not talking about the same thing. When I say "dual pane"
I mean a navigation pane and a focus pane. I can drag any file in the
focus window to any folder in the navigation tree, including mapped
remote sites. That, in fact, is how I posted this snapshot to my website:

http://crash.thedatalist.com/temp/explorer.png.htm

 

[Zanqeutil]

Dave "Crash" Dummy schreef:

Yes. Here are snapshots showing both compression and extraction options
in operation.
http://crash.thedatalist.com/temp/CubicExplorer.htm

Nice sreenshots but the default grey theme is a bit boring.
Did you try: View \Themes\ for example: Office 2007 Silver ?

There are 16 themes available.

Regards,

Zanqeutil

 

[Bob Henson]

I have been using that instead of Windows Explorer also. It takes me
back to the days of Norton Commander and I love to use the keyboard
shortcuts. It's highly configurable and has a myriad of tools and file
viewers.

I know nostalgia is not what it used to be - but ZtreeWin will evoke
memories of the much beloved Xtree, and being text based is quick as a
flash on modern kit. I still prefer FreeCommander, but others might like to
check out ZtreeWin.

 

[Zanqeutil]

Bob Henson schreef:

I know nostalgia is not what it used to be - but ZtreeWin will evoke
memories of the much beloved Xtree, and being text based is quick as a
flash on modern kit. I still prefer FreeCommander, but others might like to
check out ZtreeWin.

FreeCommander is my favorite for synchronising folders on disks and
Flash drives. ZtreeWin looks 'horrible' with this deep-ocean-blue
background, reminds me of good old Word Perfect 5.1 !

But it's all a matter of personal taste.

Regards,

Zanqeutil

 

[Bob Henson]

Perhaps we are not talking about the same thing. When I say "dual pane"
I mean a navigation pane and a focus pane. I can drag any file in the
focus window to any folder in the navigation tree, including mapped
remote sites. That, in fact, is how I posted this snapshot to my website:

http://crash.thedatalist.com/temp/explorer.png.htm

That right. Dual-pane is usually taken to mean what you might call
quadruple pane - like two Explorers side by side. It makes it much easier
to compare file and directories and to move them around, without all the
hassle of using cascaded windows.

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Dave "Crash" Dummy schreef:

Nice sreenshots but the default grey theme is a bit boring. Did you
try: View \Themes\ for example: Office 2007 Silver ?

There are 16 themes available.

What can I say? I'm a boring kind of guy. I selected the default theme
so that it would be consistent with my Windows Classic theme, also a
boring gray.