Reviews of XYplorer

1. 
   emanresU deriseD

   Reviewing 8.50.0000 (Oct 9, 2009)

   I take issue with contentions such as "Best file manager ever for Windows". People who get off on assailing me with ad-hominem attacks fail to realize this product's shortcomings, only a few of which are:
   
   -- You cannot drag any file system object from XYplorer to anywhere else on your system--the Desktop, an Explorer window, anywhere--and create a shortcut to that item.
   
   -- You cannot drag any file system object from XYplorer to the Start menu, and create a "pin" to it that way. This is something you can do from Explorer, or from any other Explorer replacement.
   
   -- Bugs upon bugs upon bugs, such as when I look at the properties for files after conducting a search, it says that some of them have NTFS encryption enabled (i.e. the "Encrypt contents to secure data" item is in gray checkbox mode). None of the files on my system use NTFS encryption--not a single one. If I change any properties on these selected files, it reports that it is about to "decrypt" the files. I have no idea what would happen to the applicable files if I proceeded (probably nothing, but I don't want to find out the hard way). This makes me distrust XYplorer. It must be sending bad information to the underlying shell. Oh--and when I perform these same actions using anything else--Explorer, Directory Opus, FileLocator Pro, etc., there is no false report of encrypted files.
2. 
   Francis7

   Reviewing 8.20.0000 (Aug 12, 2009)

   It was a life-saver for me when I found it some three years ago.
   One of it's best points is the Find Files function, which makes of it one of the best file search tools ever. The price is quite just, too.
3. 
   shodan816

   Reviewing 8.20.0000 (Aug 12, 2009)

   Been using this file manager for several years now and it remains the best there is, no matter what the 'anti VB' crowd has to say. And now that it supports dual pane, it's all that much better. XYplorer's greatest asset, IMHO, is not only it's total flexibility and multitude of options, but it's complete portability. EVERYTHING is contained within it's install folder. Give it a try. What have you to lose ?
4. 
   darthbeads

   Reviewing 8.10.0000 (Jun 30, 2009)

   Any developer who describes his or her work as "ingenious" is usually anything but.
5. 
   stisev

   Reviewing 8.00.0000 (Jun 17, 2009)

   Best file manager ever (for Windows).
   
   EDIT:
   I815:
   
   Use this:
   
   REGEDIT4
   
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell]
   @="XYplorer"
   
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\XYplorer]
   @="Open in XYplorer"
   
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\XYplorer\command]
   @="\"C:\\Program Files\\XYplorer\\XYplorer.exe\" \"%1\""
   
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell]
   @="XYplorer"
   
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XYplorer]
   @="Open in XYplorer"
   
   [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\XYplorer\command]
   @="\"C:\\Program Files\\XYplorer\\XYplorer.exe\" \"%1\""

Discuss XYplorer

1. Feb 13, 2009 - 3:41 AM
   Ralfo

   Several commenters miss the ability of XYplorer to "set itself up as default file manager."
   I should make clear that this is NOT a feature of the file manager but one of the operating system. Editing the registry is necessary to make XYplorer (or any other file manager) the default file manager. However, since XYplorer is a portable application that's promoted as "not changing the system or registry" it does not offer to make this registry edit for you.
   However, the necessary changes are fairly easy to do and you can find helpful information in various XYplorer online resources.