The Windows Store with minimalist applications for Windows 8.1 and 10, which began operating back in 2011, over the years of development of the latest versions of the system not only did not destroy the market for desktop Windows programs, but, on the contrary, only emphasized their relevance. Alas, even now, after 6 years of operation of the store, high-quality and useful applications there is still quite a bit of it. More or less sensible applications from Windows Store, as a rule, are either created by Microsoft itself or by developers of paid web services. Or such applications are sold for money. One of the failed software niches presented in the Windows Store is file managers. Many of them are not even up to the level of Windows Explorer. File managers from the Windows Store, as a rule, do not allow the launch of EXE files, do not unpack archives, and generally offer only a minimum of capabilities for working with files. Whereas the desktop file manager market can offer an abundance of products that are functionally oriented to different levels of users. Below we look at ten desktop file managers for Windows.
1.Total Commander
Total Commander- the most famous third-party file manager, an old-timer in the market of this type of software. This is a customizable file manager with a two-panel interface and extensive functionality - with a built-in archiver, file search engine, FTP client, file splitting/assembling functions, group renaming files, directory synchronization, with the ability to set internal file associations, with a customizable panel quick launch programs and Windows Services, with support for plugins that expand functionality, with the ability to integrate portable software, etc. Total Commander – conditional demon paid program. You can freely download and install it on your computer, and there is no time to pay for a license in the future.
2. Q-Dir
The lightweight free program Q-Dir is not as rich in functionality as Total Commander and its analogues. Q-Dir is more correct consider it as a more convenient alternative to Windows Explorer with a customizable interface. The trick of this file manager is the variety of panel layout options. In the program window, you can configure as many as 4 panels displaying computer files, select the most suitable option for a three-panel interface, or stop at standard choice two-panel windows. Q-Dir can be recommended to beginners due to its resemblance to Windows Explorer.
3.Double Commander
Free file manager Double Commander is suitable for users computer devices based on different operating systems. This is a cross-platform product with a Linux-style design, for which it was originally created, and was subsequently ported to Windows and Mac systems. Double Commander is a two-panel file manager, an analogue of Total Commander, which supports working with the latter’s plugins.
4.Multi Commander
Multi Commander is a two-pane file browser. It is free, lightweight, with a customizable interface, its own archiver, FTP client, the ability to configure internal file associations, support for add-ons, plugins and other features. Multi Commander is additionally equipped with separate functions for working with images, video and audio files.
Free NexusFile is a two-panel file manager with a nice, lightweight interface and three themes to choose from, its own archiver, FTP client, file shredder, and other functions.
6. Unreal Commander
Unreal Commander is a free file manager, practically a clone of Total Commander, only with a different interface design and the ability to change it by installing other themes and other icons on the panel quick access. Unlike Total Commander, Unreal Commander is also supplemented with built-in tools - the utility backup and download manager.
7.EF Commander
Functional file manager EF Commander - like Total Commander, this is a shareware program. And like the latter, EF Commander is an old-timer on the file manager market: the program was created back in 1994 for OS/2, and 2 years later it was ported to Windows. The program's features include customizing the interface, a number of functions for working with files, a built-in FTP client and archiver, working with plugins, convenient launching of individual standard Windows functions etc.
8. Directory Opus
The shareware file browser Directory Opus is not as functional as Total Commander and its full-fledged analogues, but it has a friendly, flexible and customizable interface. Equipped with an FTP client, archiver, file searcher, duplicate file tracking, multimedia file viewer, image converter and slide show function.
9. omega
Shareware file manager omega is another program that has only a small part of the capabilities that are presented in functional products like Total Commander. The oMega file manager is simple and usability-oriented: from a number of other file managers, it is distinguished by a convenient Ribbon interface - a ribbon interface with drop-down tabs and menu sections, as in Microsoft applications Office and other Microsoft products.
10. Just Manager
The free lightweight file manager Just Manager is similar in organization to Total Commander, however, the very name of the program contains a hint that it is more of a tool for a quick fix, but not a solution for long-term and productive work. Just Manager is equipped with an FTP client and can offer basic file operations. It doesn't even have its own archiver.
But the creator of Just Manager took care of exporting and importing program settings. Whereas the same Total Commander with reinstalling Windows you either need to reconfigure or fiddle with manually transferring the “.ini” settings file.
All 10 file managers reviewed support a Russian-language interface.
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Typically on devices running the operating system Android systems No standard means, which would allow you to view and edit the file structure. If necessary, the user himself can download and install all the necessary tools.
More specifically, to be able to manage folders and files stored on your device or memory, you should install an explorer application. Programs of this type are also known as file managers.
Which conductor should I install?
IN Google Play you can find a variety of file managers for Android. Perhaps the most popular of them is ES Explorer. According to Google statistics Play, number of installations of this application per at the moment exceeds 850,000 times. Plus, “ES Explorer” has a high user experience. Thus, we can assume that this file manager is a very worthy choice.
Brief overview of the ES Explorer file manager
After launching ES Explorer, the file structure is displayed in the program window. The user can navigate through directories using the usual finger touches. Similarly, you can perform important operations such as copying, pasting, moving, deleting and renaming files and directories. By the way, the clipboard is visualized and has its own section in the application interface.
Images, audio and video can be played directly from Explorer's built-in tools. The program also provides the ability to directly work with archives, encrypt information, and transfer it in various ways.
“ES Explorer” allows you to view not only the data recorded on the device, but also the contents of the memory card if it is connected to the gadget. It is possible to manage downloads from the Internet.
Using the built-in application manager, you can perform bulk deletion unnecessary programs. There is also the possibility of management deleted files through the basket.
"ES Explorer" is a comprehensive program and its capabilities are not limited to standard functions for a file manager. Basic set The application's capabilities can be expanded with modules that can be downloaded from Google Play and connected to Explorer.
A nice bonus for ease of use of the program is the presence of an advanced gesture control system for the application.
Video on the topic
Sources:
- Official website of the developer of the "ES Explorer" application
There are a large number of file managers for various operating systems. Many high-quality programs have been written for Windows to work with file system– they all differ from each other in functionality and the principle of working with windows.
Instructions
The file manager is software, designed for convenient and efficient data management hard drives. To achieve this goal, file manager programs have an extensive set of appropriate tools for working with files.
If you don't advanced user and do not have special preferences, use the standard file Windows manager– File explorer. This is the so-called navigation manager. To launch it, click on the program icon on the taskbar or use the Win+E key combination. In Explorer you can perform all standard operations on files, and the latest version for Windows 8 has built-in preview of photos, audio/video, documents, text. IN latest versions Explorer can work both with directories and folders, and with libraries - a kind of collection of shortcuts, links to certain directories and files. The standard manager also has a built-in file system search, a utility for mounting disk images, and tools for working in the system with Administrator privileges.
Use Total Commander if you are an advanced user. This shareware program allows you to work in two-pane mode, customize keyboard shortcuts, menus and panels, create tabs and much more. Total Commander has a built-in FTP client and a utility for working with archives. You can also install huge amount plugins, significantly expanding the functionality of the viewer. This type of program also includes Free Commander (does not have a built-in FTP client), muCommander (works on most operating systems), UnrealCommander (distributed for free). Try them all and choose the most suitable manager for your job.
Before I talk about the remaining keys on the keyboard, I would like to introduce another important (from my point of view) lesson on file managers. Explain what type of programs they are and their purpose.
First, let's understand the terminology.
Concepts such as “file” and “manager” have long become common nouns. The younger generation does not even suspect that these words are borrowed from English language. And that's okay.
After all, our generation is absolutely calm about such borrowed words as, for example, “shampoo” and “tram”.
But let's get back to our sheep.
File
Term "File" this is the Russian pronunciation of the English word "file", which in the broad sense of the word means a certain complete set of data (information) that takes up a certain space on an external storage device, or simply on a hard drive.
Once upon a time, in that distant time when programmers in the Soviet Union were called mathematicians, the file was called an “array” or “data array.” I don't think this will clarify anything. But there was something like that.
There were a lot of “interesting things” about this in the Soviet Union. For example, it was forbidden to write “Computer” or “PC” (personal computer) in official documents. Only a computer or PC (personal electronic computer).
So, this logically complete set of data can be:
- system file - information with which the Operating System works
- text file - text editor programs can work with this data
- media file - audio or video. The corresponding programs play music or video from these files.
- image files - pictures and photos of various formats that are opened for viewing by appropriate programs.
- And so on.
I'll say more. Programs that allow us to edit texts, listen to music, watch photos or movies also consist of a set of files. True, they have a slightly different name - “executable files” and “libraries”.
And the operating system itself is a huge set of files.
Now I looked at the number of files in operating system on your work computer: 87,108 files and 17,728 folders.
By the way, "Folder" is also a file. Officially it sounds like this:
“a special file object that acts as a container for storing other folders or files.”
Let's summarize. Apart from files, there is nothing else on the hard drive of our computer (what else could there be?).
Manager
The concept of “manager” comes from the English “manager” (management), pronounced in Russian. True, in everyday reality, everyone usually hears more about Sales Manager (salesperson, tradesman) or Office Manager (cleaning lady), but the main meaning of this word is still “management”.
File manager
Thus, we come to the semantic component specialized programs working with files - file managers or "file management programs". That is, the main task of such programs is to facilitate and simplify work with a large number files.
The history of file managers
As I wrote in the previous lesson, at the dawn of computerization there were no graphics. All that could be seen on the monitor was a prompt and a lonely blinking cursor with a blinking frequency of 1 Hz.
The cursor was made to blink for two main reasons:
- the cursor indicated the place where the next character would be entered
- blinking meant that the system was still “alive”, i.e. the computer or mainframe has not yet frozen and is in working order
All commands had to be entered manually. Very often, the set of commands in a line to perform a particular operation was a set of tens or hundreds of characters.
The slightest typo, even in one character, resulted in an error. Then we had to enter everything again.
Even when it became possible to “return” previously typed text to the command line with just one cursor control key, it was still necessary to find this incorrectly entered character (typo), correct it and run the typed command for execution.
Agree, the work is not the most rewarding.
It’s good if the user knows perfectly well the location of symbols on the keyboard (letters, numbers and special characters). What if a novice user? But at the beginning of the century of computerization, almost the majority of users were beginners.
But computer thought developed. To replace 8-bit came to computers 16-bit. They made it possible to bypass a lot of limitations inherent in 8-bit systems. Additional characters could now be encoded to allow users to more easily manipulate data on their computer.
Thus, “pseudographic” symbols (and not only) appeared, which made it possible to create and facilitate the work of programmers and system administrators. Well ordinary users(at that time they were called “computer operators”) even more so.
Pseudographics- these are not graphic, but text symbols (such as letters and special characters), from which, like cubes, you can create various frames and tables.
Here are examples of these symbols:
And the programmers wrote a program that made working with files easier and significantly increased the speed.
This program was a kind of shell over a text interface, which was visually perceived as graphic component, although it was not graphics.
The shell itself was located above command line, and help on the hot keys below it.
One of the first programs from a series of file managers under the DOS operating system was the Norton Commander (NC) program.
Even the first versions of the NC program turned out to be “explosive.” Now everything was clear and convenient.
Two panels, on each of which you could separately select drives and folders and perform various operations in or between them using function and special keys on the keyboard.
For example, drives A:, B: and C: on the left panel selected by pressing a combination "Alt+F1", A on the right panel combination "Alt+F2".
Storage media in a computer are designated by the Latin letters A, B, C, D, E, ... When there were no hard drives, the only storage media were floppy disks. Typically, no more than two floppy drives were installed on a computer. The operating system was loaded from one floppy disk, and the programs with which they worked were loaded from the other. So, the disk drives were given the names A and B. Today no one uses floppy disks anymore. All storage media begin to be named with the letter “C:” (the first hard or logical drive). Well, the letters “A:” and “B:” remained reserved for disk drives.
The frames themselves were “drawn” with pseudographic symbols.
All functionality for working with files was “hardwired” into function keys F1 - F12. For advanced functionality, the “Ctrl” and “Alt” keys were additionally used together with F1 - F12 or with letters. In other words, all the basic commands of the DOS operating system were “hardwired” into function keys or combinations thereof.
A great achievement was the presence of a built-in text editor, which greatly simplified the work of both programmers and ordinary users. Text editor"called" by a key F4.
To cancel any “wrong action” the key was used (and is still used) "Esc"(I will make a separate lesson about undo keys).
Over time, with the release of new versions, the functionality of the file manager increased. More and more functions made it possible to perform various operations and actions by pressing just a few key combinations.
Programs analogous to the NC file manager began to appear, such as Volkov Commander (VC) and DOS Navigator (DN).
Volkov Commander:
File manager interface DOS Navigator:
By and large, they were practically no different from each other. Except that in each program the hotkeys were reassigned differently. Which was quite inconvenient after you “get used” to one of the managers.
But in any case, each of the managers had their fans.
True, in DOS Navigator it was possible to color the background, folders and files in different colors. For example, text files in one color, image files in another, etc. The result was such a “parrot” that the eyes were dazzled by such a “rainbow”. But many people liked it.
Then came a graphical shell for the DOS operating system called Windows (windows), which eventually grew into a full-fledged GUI operating system, the first of which was Windows 95.
File managers were written not with a pseudo-graphical, but with a graphical interface. Moreover, the functionality of these interfaces has increased significantly.
I will not list all these programs. I will only mention three that I use myself.
Far Manager
This file manager is used mainly by professionals.
Regular users will find it boring and ascetic due to its strict minimalistic interface.
It is popular among professionals due to the reliability of working with data. It is the fastest file manager that works under a graphical shell.
Total Commander
In my opinion, the best file manager today with very wide capabilities. I've been using it for over 10 years. With each new version functionality is added and improved.
True, it has a small drawback. Officially it is paid. But when has that stopped us? Torrents always have " free versions» for Russian-speaking users. 🙂
Double Commander
This is a cross-platform free file manager. Cross-platform means that this program can be used not only under Windows, but also under Linux and MacOS without any emulators.
Although this program is still in beta, it is quickly gaining popularity.
In this lesson we learned where and how file managers came from and what they are.
In the next lesson, using one of the file managers as an example, I will show you several examples of using these programs. Well, more precisely, why I myself use file managers. After this, I think it will finally become clear to you why these programs are still popular, and the family of file managers continues to develop.
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Among the various programs used when working on personal computer, file managers occupy a special place. For many users they have become an indispensable tool that combines a number of useful utilities and allowing you to effectively organize work with various files and all kinds of documents. The Frigate file manager discussed in the article is a very good example a competent combination of flexibility and functionality that meets the needs of the modern user. For comparison, a brief overview of two other well-known programs of this class is provided: FAR manager and Total Commander.
File managers
File managers are a class of programs that are used for all kinds of work with files, including support for operations such as creating, editing, copying and deleting, to ensure flexible and convenient launching of other programs designed to work with these files. They are often accompanied by additional utilities that make the user’s life easier. For many users, their favorite file manager often acts as a shell, replacing some of the standard file management tools available in the operating system.
The famous Norton Commander, which freed users from the need to work with the MS-DOS operating system through the command line, with its ingenious two-panel interface, took a place in their hearts for many years. Subsequently, the DOS Shell was included in MS-DOS, but it did not gain popularity among users.
Norton Commander was replaced by the no less famous Dos Navigator, which can confidently be called the first professional file manager. New program made it possible to simultaneously open several file panels and text files, had convenient keyboard shortcuts and powerful text editor. The file manager now has several useful utilities, including a calculator, a phone book, and even a CD player.
However, Dos Navigator was written for DOS, and the developers did not port it to the Win32 platform. Released for Windows, Norton Commander was not particularly popular. Many file managers that appeared after Dos Navigator claimed its laurels as the best file manager. But some, with all their advantages, worked in text mode, others were unreliable in operation, and the interface of others was not flexible and convenient enough.
It should be noted that in recent years the need for similar programs. If earlier file managers were almost the only way to conveniently work with the operating system, then gradually, thanks to the efforts of Microsoft, most users found that the tools available in Windows were sufficient. The other part of users, whose needs continued to grow, began, on the contrary, to place new, increased demands on functionality and appearance file managers.
The Frigate file manager, which will be discussed below, is good example wide functionality and flexibility provided by its rich customization and configuration capabilities.
Frigate 3
The history of the third Frigate (http://www.frigate3.com/) begins in 2002, with the release of the first public version of the file manager. The program developed the concept used by the developers in previous versions, but was developed almost from scratch, taking into account the shortcomings identified during its support.
The new modular architecture, based on ActiveX technology, made it possible to make Frigate truly modular, thanks to which almost any part of the system, with the exception of some core, works independently and can be disabled if necessary. This approach to the program architecture had a positive impact on its performance and reliability.
The frigate has a modern interface (Fig. 1), which is easy to configure. The program supports color schemes that allow you to almost completely change its appearance in order to achieve maximum comfort and efficiency. The file manager has a multilingual interface with support for 10 languages, including Russian.
The program supports the concept of bookmarks and allows you to open several file panels, editing and viewing windows for files and switch between them using the mouse and hotkeys.
File operations are carried out in background. There is a special copy queue that allows you to organize the corresponding operations so that they begin only after others have completed.
The main advantage and advantage of Frigate is the close integration of all its modules and additional utilities, due to which it is possible to achieve high efficiency and ease of use. The user can perform almost any action without switching from the keyboard to the mouse, since the focus remains in the program all the time, which helps to increase productivity.
The ideology of plugins that expand the capabilities of Frigate is to implement some minimum reasonable functionality needed by most users. Moreover, instead of only a few of them, it is necessary to use more powerful external programs.
In fact, Frigate is not just a file manager, but an entire office that has a lot of capabilities and can replace dozens of other programs. The professional package includes more than 25 modules and various plugins, as well as a number of other operations that are supported by the core of the program. Let's look at the main features of the program.
File functions
Frigate supports work with 11 common archivers: ARJ, ACE, JAR, CAB, HA, LHA, RAR, PKZIP, ZOO, LIM and HYP. Working with them is carried out transparently for users and outwardly is almost no different from operations with ordinary files and directories.
The module for comparing and merging text files makes it easy to see how two text files differ and what changes were made to them, and using directory synchronization you can track and process changes to a group of files at once.
The multiple file renaming utility allows you to perform a bulk operation to change file names. You can remove part of the name, add a date, create a numbered list, or change the extension.
The built-in console makes it possible to conveniently work with the command line. Search and ability supported comfortable work using hotkeys and context menu with clipboard.
The size manager will help you quickly assess occupancy hard drive or other media. Using graphs and tables, you can not only find missing free space, but also decide how to split files when copying to other media.
Working with images is Frigate's strong point, which will be appreciated by those who often deal with graphic files. The program supports working with files in BMP, JPG, ICO, TIF, TIFF, PNG, WMF, EMF, PCX, TGA and GIF formats. The built-in image viewing (Fig. 2) allows you to “scroll through” images located in the current directory, scale, rotate by 90° and flip relative to any of the axes.
Thumbnail view mode (Fig. 3) provides quick preview a large volume of images on one file panel in the form of thumbnail images.
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http://www.farmanager.com/) was created by Evgeniy Roshal, author of the famous WinRar archiver. The initial idea to write a console RAR for Win32 like RAR-DOS transformed into the decision to create a full-fledged file manager. FAR allows you to perform most of the necessary actions: view files and directories, edit, copy and rename files, has convenient functions for setting up user menus and has a number of other useful features. The program has tools for searching files, quickly jumping to certain directories using hot keys, and the function of creating “text screenshots”. In addition, it is possible to create keyboard macros to override standard FAR keys or create new ones. Despite its text-based appearance (see picture), similar to Dos Navigator, FAR is a 32-bit application and supports working with file NTFS system. FAR Manager has a multilingual interface and allows you to change your appearance using editable color schemes. In addition, color highlighting and file sorting groups are supported. Since June 2000, FAR Manager has been developed by the FAR Group, but its author, Evgeniy Roshal, continues to monitor the project. The program supports working with archives of most known formats: ARJ, ZIP, JAR, AIN, UC2, HA, LZH, TAR, GZIP, Z, BZIP and, of course, RAR, authored by Evgeniy Roshal. In addition, the program allows you to work with Microsoft CAB archives. Like many other file managers, FAR allows you to switch between your own open windows, which allows you to simultaneously use open panels, and windows for solving various problems. However, file operations such as copying are not performed in the background and completely block the program.
FAR allows you to work with local network And network drives, has a good FTP client. Built-in modules include: temporary panel, list system processes, editor system registry, a tool that allows you to change the case of letters in the names of groups of files. In addition to the built-in modules, the program has many additional plugins that are connected through a set of special interfaces Plugins API. Thus, there are modules that allow you to automatically highlight files on the panel whose names are on the clipboard, highlight syntax in source texts, check spelling and manage WinAmp. Some modules, such as working with a local network and FTP servers, as well as editing the system registry, are included in the standard FAR package. On the website http://plugring.farmanager.com/ alone you can find information about more than 600 plugins that expand the functionality of the program. It is the presence of a large number of additional modules that is the determining factor for many users who continue to use FAR Manager. But you should pay attention to the fact that in the last few years the program has practically not developed, and even its author admits that the current functionality suits him quite well and that he cannot imagine what else really needed could be implemented in the basic modules. |
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Text editor
In terms of functionality, the built-in text editor (Fig. 4) is not inferior to many well-known analogues. It supports dictionary-based spell checking Microsoft Office, quick templates for inserting repeating text fragments, highlighting vertical blocks, has useful features like changing the case of letters and, of course, syntax highlighting. The program comes with 35 color schemes, which include support for various syntaxes from AWK, PHP, C and SQL to HTML and CSS. If necessary, you can create your own diagram in a special editor.
The editor supports several additional layouts for environments and programs such as Windows, Borland, Visual Studio, Brief and Epsilon, and allows you to work with text files Windows formats, UNIX and Mac. The following encodings are supported as standard: Windows 1251, DOS, KOI8-R, Mac, ISO and Unicode.
Internet and local network
Built-in Internet browser allows you to browse websites and local HTML files without assistance external programs. The Internet Explorer engine is used to display pages.
The frigate has a full set of tools for working with a local network. With its help you can work with available network resources, copy, create, edit and delete files. There are additional utilities, including working with network drives and searching for a computer on the local network.
The file manager contains a built-in FTP client. Working with it is carried out transparently for the user and is not much different from working with local disks. The “passive mode” mode, often used by FTP servers, is supported, as well as secure operation via SSL and the SFTP protocol.
Utilities
Quick notepad, in fact, is a simple text editor with the only difference that it is launched using a special key combination. Can be used to store temporary notes or as a temporary editor.
The built-in calculator will help out in situations where you need to quickly calculate something. For convenience, digits in numbers can be separated by spaces, and both a comma and a period are supported as a separator between the integer and fractional parts in decimals.
Startup Manager utility that allows you to manage startup programs. Can be useful both to make sure that when Windows startup nothing unnecessary is loaded, and if necessary, you can manually add the desired program.
Structural notebook (Fig. 5) is a tool for storing various notes or organizing tasks. Presentation of the list of categories in the form of a tree allows you to conveniently group and easily navigate through posts. Each note can be edited in an editor that supports images, text formatting, and color highlighting.
One more useful tool is an image converter with which you can not only change the image format, but also its size. The utility supports work with the eight most common graphic formats.
The frigate contains built-in audio and video players. Of course, they are not as powerful as some programs, but they are quite suitable for finding the desired media file without calling an external program for each candidate.
Additional utilities
From the Frigate website you can download Frigate 3 Extension Pack, which contains nine additional programs, further expanding its functionality. After installing it, the Tools item appears in the file manager menu, providing convenient launch of these tools.
The Image2Ico utility is designed for creating and editing icons.
Using ImageBox, you can create a slideshow or presentation from images and music files.
CDuke allows you to burn CDs and DVDs and has an optimized interface for different types disks. So, for example, when creating a disk with photographs (Fig. 6), the standard list of files is replaced with thumbnail images.
EasyDVDCopy allows you to copy DVD movies.
The SecureWallet utility is designed to store passwords and other personal information, such as serial numbers to programs and credit card data.
VisualRenamer allows you to rename groups of files and folders.
The PrintMaestro module is indispensable for those who need to quickly print or translate directory structures and their contents into PDF or HTML files.
The FolderShine utility makes it easy to assign icons to your most important folders. The set includes over 200 beautiful, professionally designed icons.
AudioConverter program is designed for converting music files.
I present the TOP 10 best file managers for the Windows operating system. When compiling the list, only file managers with a graphical interface were taken into account, which are convenient for most users to work with. Therefore, there are no file managers with a text interface, for example FAR Manager or Midnight Commander.
Outside the list of the best file managers were programs that had not been updated for a long time, for example, EF Commander, ViewFD, or lesser-known applications: FileVoyager, Tablacus Explorer, muCommander, One Commander etc.
The file manager program (“file commander”) is designed to work with files, disks and folders on a computer. Basically, such programs perform routine operations such as copying, moving or deleting files, opening folders and files, and launching applications.
In the operating room Windows system The default file manager is Explorer. Many users are not satisfied with the functionality of the standard file manager, so they use other alternative file managers to work on their computer.
Most of the presented programs work only on the Windows platform, but there are also multi-platform applications among them.
One of the best, most popular alternative dual-pane file manager for Windows (Android is also supported). Total Commander was formerly called Windows Commander.
In Total Commander you can perform various operations with files, the application has a customizable menu and appearance, built-in FTP client with support for a secure connection, working with archives using your own means, batch mode, advanced search with the ability to use regular expressions and many other functions.
The capabilities of the Total Commander program are significantly expanded with the help of scripts and numerous plugins.
Total Commander works in Russian, the program was created by a developer from Switzerland - Christian Giesler. The program is paid, but can work for free.
A two-panel file manager with a huge range of capabilities for working with files. The SpeedCommander window can be split into two parts, either horizontally or vertically.
SpeedCommander comes with full Unicode support, multi-tab support, virtual folders, batch operations and macros. The file manager has a built-in viewer for more than 80 file types, a client for connecting via FTP, FTP-SSL, SFTP, a built-in text editor with syntax support, and supports plugins that expand the capabilities of the program.
The program works with 13 types of archives (unpacking, packing), the application has a built-in powerful encryption system and password protection of files. SpeedCommander can sync data across folders, compare data between folders and files, the file manager has tools for grouping and filtering, etc.
SpeedCommander is a paid program developed in Germany (SpeedProject). To support the Russian language, you need to install a Russifier.
Powerful file manager with a lot of useful functions. The application's capabilities are expanded using plugins. oMega Commander has a friendly, fully customizable interface.
Main features of oMega Commander: tape interface, transfer, rename, format tapes, open files in different programs, color grouping of tabs, pinning and saving tabs, file flags, highlighting files by type, multi-window interface, list of favorite windows, smart copying, working with archives as with regular folders, secure deletion of data without the possibility of recovery, cutting and merging files, multifunctional search, built-in editor, control free space and much more.
oMega Commander is a paid program with Russian language support (developed by Pylonos.com LLC).
Free two-pane file manager with wide functionality. The program is similar in operation and appearance to Total Commander. Unreal Commander supports plugins created for Total Commander (except file system plugins).
Unreal Commander can synchronize folders, supports batch renaming of files, supports basic types of archives, built-in FTP client, advanced search panel, media player, preview of files in the form of thumbnails, quick viewing with built-in tools, verification checksums files, the application has built-in utilities for downloading and backup, and much more.
Unreal Commander developer - Max Diesel. The program supports Russian language. To enable the full-featured mode, you must obtain a free license key.
