XFilesDialog 4.00.211

3.0 out of 5 stars 3.0 (78 votes)

(September 15, 2010)

Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Shareware; $27.00 / 4,875 downloads

XFilesDialog will improve the Open and Save dialogs for all normal program with new features: a) It will be possible to automatically resize all that file dialogs - and as a result on a 1600x1200 or 1280x1024 desktop you will no longer be forced to "scroll 3 lines at a time" inside a tiny window which was initially designed for a 640x480 resolution - it is also possible to automatically select the type of view that you want, the sort type and sort order. b) It will be possible to have a history of recently-used files and folders.

Reviews of XFilesDialog

  1. 1 out of 5 stars
    raveren

    Reviewing 4.00.211 (Sep 16, 2010)

    Laughably bad. The application interface is even worse than their site and it's a quite expensive shareware.

    Though supported on win7 now, it still uses XP buttons, which look bad even on XP. Ungh.

  2. 1 out of 5 stars
    CyberDoc999

    Reviewing 4.00.205 Beta (Jul 28, 2010)

    renting this to you for a yearly fee..... what a joke

  3. 1 out of 5 stars
    Plumber

    Reviewing 4.00.205 Beta (Jul 28, 2010)

    This software doesn't take advantage of security holes in Windows. It merely uses documented methods (i.e. hooks) to accomplish what it does.

    Which isn't much.

    It's unstable, and the GUI sucks. And a recurring fee of $35? Come on now.

    One star for unusably-unstable software.

  4. 4 out of 5 stars
    The MAZZTer

    Reviewing 4.00.205 Beta (Jul 27, 2010)

    sbeckstead: How can it be a security problem when you specifically download and run it itself? Plus modifications to other windows like this can't jump security boundaries (IE this can't modify elevated apps unless it too is elevated).

    I don't run shareware but rating 4 since there are few apps like this around and there really should be a few more...

  5. 2 out of 5 stars
    sbeckstead

    Reviewing 3.60.193 Beta (Jan 26, 2009)

    The fact that this works scares me. Yet another security hole in Windows.

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