What's your favourite file manager? - Page 1
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author: david77
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 09:47:58 am
content: This was inspired by the Acrobat thread.So what do you use?As I have grown up with MS-DOS I got used to the good old Norton Commander. Ever since the switch to Windows 3.1 I have used this:http://www.ghisler.com/index.htm.Absolutely essential, couldn't live without it. It's the first thing the goes on the HD after Windows.Under Linux I use the Midnight Commander, of course.

author: PeterG
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 09:53:39 am
content: I generally install DOS with total commander then install windows. It is always nice to be able to boot into DOS to troubleshoot windows.I guess old habits die hard.Regards

author: Dawn
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 10:47:00 am
content: I used Power Desk for years that used to come as a giveaway with OnTrac software products for most of 2000/XP years which was vastly superior to window's explorer. For the DOS machines we had at the shop, we still used File Commander.

author: LEECH666
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 11:01:29 am
content: explorer.exeWent shitty tho with Vista and newer Windows versions.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 03:58:25 pm
content: same with leech... explorer.exe and the "brain". but WinXp and earlier only. newer explorer (Win7) sux like hell! i cant even search properly! one thing i'm lacking and dont have time to develop for is "Synchronize/Update (latest) file" between two machines. i never have faith in premade ones (not made by me)

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 04:05:59 pm
content: Same here, dual file lists display rules, was using Norton Commander since DOS era, and now Total Commander on win platform, just couldn't stand win explorer since the beginning of windows era.Btw the color scheme at my Total Commander is set identically with the original DOS based NC with dark blue background and cyan foreground for the text, talking about fanatic and loyal user, here I am.

author: sacherjj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 04:07:51 pm
content: Power Shell, when I can't have a real shell.

author: david77
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 05:32:01 pm
content: @BravoV: Yeah, mine's also dark blue with cyan scroll bar. Like NC in the old days!All Microsoft's attempts at filemanagers have sucked, starting with DOSSHELL (remember that?), Winfile and all incarnations of explorer.exe.

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 05:43:53 pm
content: Quote from: david77 on May 31, 2012, 05:32:01 pmSurprisingly how bad windows7's explorer.exe is, i am perfectly fine with it

author: sacherjj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 06:59:37 pm
content: I click on a folder and hit delete. Explorer tells me I can't because something is accessing it. What is accessing it? Well, that would be explorer. It wants to read all the files and make sure I have thumbnails and all that crap. Drives me nuts.

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 07:14:25 pm
content: Quote from: sacherjj on May 31, 2012, 06:59:37 pmThat's not only the worst thing with explorer.exe

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 09:27:52 pm
content: Quote from: DaveXRQ on May 31, 2012, 05:43:53 pmmy mantra says... you prefer to explore in "thumbnail mode"? or dont care whats hidden or not hidden or search your longing lost files?Quotedont use windows, its OS thing, go for linux or mac. perfect?tools->folder option->view->do not cache thumbnails... i hate thumbnails! i used ACDSee viewer for pictures.

author: amspire
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 11:47:28 pm
content: Since Windows 3.1, it has always been Total Commander (was originally called Windows Commander). Even though it has been shareware, it has always been totally uncrippled - just a nag screen on startup until you register.www.ghisler.comIt has always been very solid, and it has always done the job of replacing a handful of other programs. There have been lots of similar programs, but they are never as solid, and they come and go. Total Commander is just always there.Windows Explorer is fine up to a point, but it is a disaster when things get difficult.Richard.

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 12:31:18 am
content: Another vote for Total Commander!

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 12:38:04 am
content: Once i have explorer.exe setup how i like in win7 the only thing that still annoys me is moving files on samba shares.I have a linux box with a samba share made up of files that are on multiple physical drives.When i "move" files inside this share explorer "thinks" it can move the files instantly because it assumes that (being on the same share) they must be on the same disk when they're not. So it locks up explorer for the entire move operation as it copes them between disks.It happens because explorer.exe only multithreads copes, not moves.

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 01:52:06 am
content: I use to love Directory Opus on the amiga... Its still available for the PC

author: dcel
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 04:30:55 am
content: Any one remember the old shareware Stereo-Shell?I have found that Nero has their shell that is very similar, I use it when grouping or moving a bunch of files, other than that I use exploder.Chris

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 07:59:13 am
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on May 31, 2012, 09:27:52 pmI do not use thumbnails lol ... i unhide every single thingAnd yes, i use search a lot

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 11:36:19 am
content: Total Commander users, suggesting to save this in your bookmark/favorite as well ->http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/, its open sauce TC clone at windows or linux platform, pretty good I'd say and capable of using TC's plugins as well.Example screen shot

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 12:24:27 pm
content: I loveFree Commander, especially the shortcut keys, the integrated search engine and the feature that shows the size of the subdirectories (helps me a lot in cleaning up garbage from the HD)However, all the reviews about Total Commander are making me curious...

author: amspire
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 02:15:02 pm
content: Quote from: rsjsouza on June 01, 2012, 12:24:27 pmI do like Open Source, but when someone has developed Total Commander for for over twenty years, and has made it completely uncrippled shareware for all that time, I like to support the author. I have paid for my license. Every time I have tried the clones, I just do not find them as good. They do not feel as solid, and they usually are missing some tools I use all the time. I just do not trust them 100%.Just as an example of the type of thing you can do: a few times I have had to upload a big multi-gigabyte file to another site over a bad connection. It dies at 90% upload, and the upload site has no resume. If I try again, it will probably fail again before the upload is complete. So I want to chop the file up and download the remaining portion as a second file, and then append the two files at the receiving end to make the original. I can split and combine files easily in Total Commander. Impossible with Windows Explorer.I have done a lot of IT support work, and Total Commander is usually the first thing I install on a new system (or run from a USB stick if I cannot install it). With Linux, I usually use a terminal window most of the time, so I use Midnight Commander rather then a graphical file manager. Midnight Commander is impressive as well once you configure it for Lynx-style interface. the Norton Commander stye interface looks old fashion, but it is still a much safer and useful way to work with files then drag and drop interfaces.Richard.

author: Rufus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 02:23:25 pm
content: Day to day I get by with windows explorer.For serious file management I have Ztreewin (although I am getting a bit rusty driving it).

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 04:47:01 pm
content: Well, I see you made clear you really like Total Commander. However, I am giving my testimony on a freeware software that I think, in my opinion, is my favourite file manager (the original subject of the post).I come from years of paying and using Powerdesk Pro in my systems, but I had trouble with their new owners (Avanquest) and decided to move over to something else. I tested several explorer substitutes and ended up landing on FreeCommander years ago (2009 if I am not mistaken) - I do not regret.Quote from: amspire on June 01, 2012, 02:15:02 pmTechnicalities, technicalities... Freecommander is closed source but freeware.Well, I am also supporting the author by advertising what I think is his very stable and decent product created only with donations and word-of-mouth advertising. This is a practice also done by one well-known aussie that runs this server...Quote from: amspire on June 01, 2012, 02:15:02 pmWell, just because Freecommander is freeware it does not mean the software is not good or does not deserve to be advertised in a public forum. I know a lot of paid software that is simply not good when compared to open source clones. But again, one scenario is not applicable everywhere.Quote from: amspire on June 01, 2012, 02:15:02 pmIn the software landscape there are too many levels of quality and features that appeal to different users. Also, good or not good is a matter of opinion, it is just my favorite file manager. I agree with your impressions about opensource, but they are also applicable to freewares, ad-based freewares, sharewares, commercial...Quote from: amspire on June 01, 2012, 02:15:02 pmI do the same with Freecommander... Again, it is a matter of opinion.I don't use file managers with Linux. In my opinion, it is too much hassle.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 04:55:41 pm
content: file managers ? why would one need file managers ...under dos yes, but under a graphical operating system ?You have a home directory and you plunk your stuff in there. done.And if you set it up right that home directory lives on a network share that is mirrored inside a nas box , and mirrored between nas boxes as well.

author: jerry507
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 05:03:51 pm
content: Quote from: free_electron on June 01, 2012, 04:55:41 pmTotally agree.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 06:26:44 pm
content: Quotebecause the explorer.exe winXP is the closest thing to DOS manager that i have. i've even setup for "DOS prompt only" if i need command line mode. and no! i'm an oldstyle guys i dont use networked HD to save my archives. if something bad happen, there! right in front of me. and.... multiple treeviews, ie subdirectory and its subdirectories simultaneously is a must, i can navigate files between subdirs alot faster than dos.any external program will integrate nicely with it, winzip winrar etc. thats all i need... oldschool.Quotedefault windows home dir? disaster!

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 06:40:14 pm
content: who said a windows home directory ? i said 'a' home directory. You make a folder somewhere that has subfolders and you throw all your stuff in there. backups / disaster prevention is easy : simply backup that folder. doneWhy do you have the urge to move files manually outside the programs that created these files.i simply hae a folder called My Designs , My Word documents, My Excel Files , My code Projects etc etc ... and each has releevant subfolders. doneThe only time i need a file explorer is when copying a file to and from external media... and even that i do less and less. My nasboxes have usb readers and cardreaders plug in a stick or memcard and files are automatically saved in a folder.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 07:04:24 pm
content: Quotebecause i'm a polymath!there's alot of traffic going on in my that single HDD. and all manual. and most of the time, when saving a new file, i dont know where to save! and how do you run your old install file? click the thumbnail on your desktop? thats a "file manager embedded in the kernel"

author: kaptain_zero
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 07:13:45 pm
content: Midnight Commander in a Yakuake terminal.

author: jerry507
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 07:14:31 pm
content: Computers are a great way for people to make their lives more complicated in the name of "being more powerful." Why just drag a file from one window to another when you can use some crazy command line thing?

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 07:50:41 pm
content: Quotewhen you cannot do with click and drag thing. if you think you dont need command line, i'm happy for you. my advice is dont ever look at command line and be "modern"Quotethanks! i know i'm not the oldest oneoh and i forgot... takling about power cut. my crappy "X800 Contronetix UPS", count that as my "file manager"

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 08:10:45 pm
content: Compared to old days, files in our computer are also getting much more complicated, like when part of our captured digital life also resides in our computer for example in picture & movie files from camera/handycam, and for power user's desktop with the addition of SSD, where you just can't dump the whole thing in there, so multiple drives mixed ssd + hds really adds up the management complexities.Hell, even managing electronic related PDF files alone needs quite some effort, I don't think its wise to put them "all" in single folder, at least for me I do split them into category folders like manufacturers, component types, app-notes, e-book, e-mag etc..etc.

author: sacherjj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 08:24:08 pm
content: Quote from: jerry507 on June 01, 2012, 07:14:31 pmBecause by using the drag and drop to a destination that is over a network and slow, you have just locked up explorer.exe. Had the same issue with the default file manager on Ubuntu. GUI is not always best. Tab completed Command Line is often 2-3x faster to get the same job done.

author: david77
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 08:40:53 pm
content: I've got all my digital information saved on my Linux home server and connect to that from the Windows workstations via Samba. My way of ordering my stuff is older than the way Microsoft wants us to save our files since Win95. I've never been a big fan of the home directory idea, that's just the way I work. I couldn't imagine dropping everything into one folder as some people do. It's all divided into different network shares: Electronics, Images, Documents, Music, and so on.A good file manager is essential and workflow in Total Commander is so much quicker than clicking through window after window with explorer.exe. It is fully keyboard operable which I find much quicker than clicking around with the mouse.There's nothing wrong with drag&drop and it does work perfectly well with TC, it does not restrict me in any way but enhances Windows so much, I couldn't imagine not having it as a tool.As I said before it is more than just a file manager, it's a control & command centre for me.Just my view, of course.Btw. you can tell TC to put the copy process into the background when copying large amounts of data and can continue working. Neat, isn't it?

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 11:05:28 pm
content: Quote from: jerry507 on June 01, 2012, 07:14:31 pmBingo !@TC : it is irellevant where the data lives. network share , directory . it does'nt matter. i have a folder 'electronics' , a folder 'images' a folder 'music' etc. some live on a separate drive, some on the network some are subdirectories. Any modern operating system supports mounting points. including windows.Now again : why do you have the need to move files around outside of the program that create or use them ?If i make a design in altium i tell it make new project : here is a path you can use. ( can be local , can be remote ). Altium then throws anything it needs or generates in there.Same with visual studio. Same with Lightroom. Same with any program out there. you make a project , feed the program a project name and a location where it can plunk anything it generates.If you start mucking about with these files and subdirectories you run the risk of messing it up ! stay off. the only thing you need is backup. And the easiest way is to have a root folder with your username and created catalogs in there. done. Need a backup : copy one folder. The copy command is sufficiently clever to copy only what is needed ,tell your if there are differences etc. And a copy command is a matter of drag and drop. I hav a shortcut to my 'root location'. right click - copy double click my computer , select backup voluem right click paste.The same goes with duplicating projects. i have shortcuts on my desktop to the folder called 'visual studio projects' doubleclick it. done everything is right there. if i go one folder up i have all my other 'root directories'I guess my point is : i do not understand why you need an additional file managing tool beyond what is built in to the operating system. Can you give me an example where this is necessary ? where you can do an operation in a more simple way ( more simple meaning less mouseclicks / keystrokes ) than with the built in stuff.

author: amspire
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 12:02:10 am
content: Quote from: free_electron on June 01, 2012, 11:05:28 pmSome reasons:1. Need a powerful rename tool to rename thousands of files in a folder according to a pattern match. Need it to preview the changes before you hit OK. Couldn't live without this.2. Need to copy files over from a disk with file problems. Windows does not work well when a bulk copy process crashes on the odd file. Windows just does not give enough options for file copying.3. Need a good FTP client integrated into the file manager that can copy folder structures easily.4. Need to be able to view the contents of ANY file - particularly binary files. Use this all the time in IT support. I could not live without a View feature in a file manager.5. Need to be able to compare the contents of folders.6. Need to be able to compare the contents of any two similar files - including binary files. An essential tool.7. Need to split and combine files - say you need to put a 10GByte file on to 2 DVDs8. Need to view the contents encoded in an email in MIME, UUE, BinHex, etc when the email is saved to a file.9. Need to generate checksums to check that a downloaded file is valid.10. Need to test archive files11. Need to be able to open archive files as if they were folders - particularly less usual formats like bz2 archives, disk images, etc12. Need to be able to browse, view and delete files in an external POP3 server. Perhaps there is one email file that for some reason is blocking the download of all later email files.13. Need to be able buffer a sequence of copy/delete/move operations to be done so that it will perform the sequence unattended. Useful in managing huge folders, deleting junk of huge drives. etc.14. Need to synchronize folders.These are just some of the things that a file manager like Total Commander can do. All of these things can probably be done with a collection of other utilities, but it is really nice having one file manager that integrates all of this and is totally reliable. Once you are used to using tools like this regularly, it is very hard to go back to a file manager that just does the basics. There may be a basket full of 3rd party utilitities that in some way add this extra functionality to Windows Explorer, but they are not integrated together, and for IT support, I often cannot load any third part utilities at all. If I need to build a clean install for a client, or fix problems on current systems with nothing installed that is not required by the client, I need to be able to all of this from a file manager installed on a USB stick.Richard.

author: jerry507
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 01:22:13 am
content: Quote from: amspire on June 02, 2012, 12:02:10 amThe only thing I ever have needed to do off this entire list is number 11, which Windows does. No wonder you (at the very least think you) need such a complicated file manager.

author: amspire
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 01:36:10 am
content: QuoteRecent versions of Windows include synchronizing. When you are supporting other organizations, you find people running Windows 2000, Windows 98 - all sorts of obsolete stuff. I occasionally see someone running a very ancient Windows 3.1 as they have some old business program that they are still running, but I always refuse to touch anything like that. You can still download Total Commander for Windows 3.1 if you are that desperate.Definitely though, if you are only doing basic work on a Windows computer, use Windows Explorer. When you are working to strict deadlines and you need to be able to fix problems in the most efficient way possible, you need something better. If I am helping someone by phone, there are many problems I can solve in seconds if they have Total Commander installed which I cannot solve at all if they only have Windows Explorer.Richard.

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 01:38:18 am
content: I pretty much do the same things a amspire. Also add:15. batch rename tool16. ability to use arbitrary archive plug-ins to read or create packed files17. use HTTP browser to batch download images (or other files) from a web site without the "right-click, save as" routine in browsersFor web development, software engineering, etc, TC is the best shit since sliced bread.Also, who in their right mind keep their stuff in a single home directory? I have terabytes worth of physical partitions (separate from the OS partition) with dedicated directories for all sorts of things. I could not possibly imagine using Explorer for that.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 01:42:00 am
content: Quote from: amspire on June 02, 2012, 12:02:10 amhmm. You got some valid points. When people talk about a file manager iwas thinking a tool to organize files. Why would you need that...Of course viewing hexedit etc is i teresting. I did not associate that with 'file manager'. Thanks, i learned something today. Need to check it out.Renaming tons of files. That is something i would not do outside the prgrams that manipulate them. For example images. Any image processor , lightroom , picasa can do this. Across multi directory.As for drives with problems.. I go in via the debug sidechannel... Comes with my job

author: amspire
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 01:58:51 am
content: Quote from: free_electron on June 02, 2012, 01:42:00 amNo, no, no. In many cases you absolutely cannot use the editing applications to change file names in a production workflow. The files themselves may be final, and you cannot let any application re-render them. Also renaming at the operating system level is an instant process - running major graphics/video applications and loading huge sequences of hi-res frames is a very slow process and then rendering a new output can be a process taking hours.If you are talking about applications that has a pure renaming tool built in, why use a tool that can rename a handful of file extension names, when you can have a much more efficient and safer tool that can rename anything to anything? If there is the slightest chance that an image tool re-renders rather then renames, then you have a disaster as any director-approved images are turned into images that are no longer approved. This could happen if the rename tool is combined with image conversion tools. That would be a mistake that could see you sacked on the spot.If you have final image sequence files with names like likeframe1, frame2, frame3, .... ,frame 2153and you need to rename them intosuper-electrodesignaman_seq023_0000, super-electrodesignaman_seq023_0001, etc, you must use a rename tool and nothing else.Richard.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 06:42:28 am
content: Quotebingo! when i need something fancy. my intuition will tell me.. get external program. hoping one manager to do everything, well... i dont think there's any. i've made my dedicated batch renaming tool. but hardly use that nowadays.@free_electron: i integrated hexedit with my explorer.exe thats one of most crucial partjust FYI. and another most important of "why file manager". if you think your archive structure (or some parts/subdirs of it) become obsolete (need new name and arrangement), there's no "open file/save" that i know that can do that.just FWIW... my archive manager... left = dirs, right = files/dirs/subdirs. basic popup menu, just basic!enough for what i need. detailed view not that crapped thumbnail. and i dont touch any "My" "My" "Shared" "Home" "Network" stuffs, windows needs it, not me! only C:\ D:\ E:\ etc... and also dirs with "underscore" and "cory'sreport", "science hobbiest", "biologists..." files have not been properly sorted yet. their fate will be decided later.

author: wkb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 09:17:48 am
content: bah..the solution is so obvious:/usr/local/bin/bashor/bin/sh

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 10:52:30 am
content: Quote from: wkb on June 02, 2012, 09:17:48 amYeah. I was thinking the same thing. Most of those tasks can be (NAY!) should be done as a batch command.They don't often call them file managers any more, they're file browsers.I think gui file browsers should only be used for just that: browsing and for other very light duties. The problem is once you require it to do more you soon risk getting unintended results.For the record, my favourite file manager was the one that came with KDE3. Both of which aren't really available any more.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 11:11:41 am
content: Quote from: wkb on June 02, 2012, 09:17:48 amcome again? c:/usr? or c:/myhome/usr?

author: LEECH666
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 04:40:02 pm
content: Quote from: amspire on June 02, 2012, 12:02:10 amIn the end it all depends on how you like to do things. I personally never got used to Total Commander. Last time I tried to use it I found the GUI to be very cluttered and messy.

author: dics
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 02, 2012, 06:51:41 pm
content: Am i the only one in here using Far Manager ? Is the closest thing to Norton Commander that ever existed. And is open source

author: david77
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2012, 06:39:00 am
content: Quote from: LEECH666 on June 02, 2012, 04:40:02 pmThat's exactly the point of Total Commander. No need to mess around with a dozen different tools, it's all available in one neat package. All the functionalities are integrated in one common GUI and work together perfectly. It is not OpenSource and you really should pay to use it, but on the other hand the freeware version is completely uncrippled and can be used exactly like the paid version. I have a feeling the reason why it works so good is because it is not OpenSource. And I realise I could get some flak for saying that.

author: amspire
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2012, 07:18:16 am
content: Quote from: david77 on June 03, 2012, 06:39:00 amAs far as I know, Total Commander has been programmer Christian Ghisler's income since 1993. The income model is a once only unlimited upgrade license, and so if you purchased a license in 1993, every upgrade since then is completely free. All the plugins are free (except where you link it to programs like WinRAR that is not free). It is a very reasonable license. I don't think he offers any other products - just this one. Total Commander is widely used by IT professionals and programmers, but I have never seen any IT professional using any of the open source alternatives.I sort of compare the use of the open source alternatives it to an engineer going out into the field with a $30 Chinese multimeter instead of a Fluke 87. It often work perfectly, but is it actually worth the risk? One disaster and then all then the money saved with the freeware clone means nothing.Richard.

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 03, 2012, 08:49:31 am
content: Quote from: kaptain_zero on June 01, 2012, 07:13:45 pmSame here. + Dolphin.Alexander.

author: LEECH666
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2012, 04:26:39 pm
content: Quote from: david77 on June 03, 2012, 06:39:00 amYes I know that. I wasn't trying to bash TC or trying to convince people not to use ut, I just wanted to point out that not everyone is able to cope with this tool (me i.e.). And I wanted to show mostly free and valuable standalone alternatives to part of TC functionallity.I just gave the latest version a try and it looks less messy than I remember it.

author: david77
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2012, 04:54:11 pm
content: Nix für ungutI just really like this particular tool so much I will always fight it's corner.

author: eV1Te
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 06, 2012, 01:09:36 pm
content: Directory Opus is the best! Period!

author: digsys
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 06, 2012, 01:52:59 pm
content: I've used PowerDesk since version1. It does much of what's on the "list". Especially sync.Also has other nice tools, and easy to use. Still, no harm in checking out other suggestions listed.Added:QuoteYeah that's true, and they have let it become buggier ... still, has nice tools .... hmmm