Tag Archives: Windows Explorer

Auxiliary & Enhance

Classic Shell – Most perfect and classic Start Menu and Windows Explorer

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Microsoft destroyed their classic start menu in Windows 8. Afterwards, they knew that is a mistake, so in the updated versions of Windows 10, they restored this convenient feature that every Windows user is familiar with and used to use (although they tried to hang in there to see whether it’s possible to force users to be used to use their new Metro Menu design in Windows 8 and the early versions of Windows 10), even if it is still not perfect enough (just switching between Metro and desktop). This case, we have to turn to third-party software for help.

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File & Manage

Folder Size – Only best way to display folder size on Windows

Folder Size (for Windows) is an auxiliary free add-on based on service, used to be integrated into Microsoft’s built-in Windows Explorer, so as to give it the ability of viewing folder size in real time. It will work just like the native function of Windows.

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File & Manage

Mp3ListShellEx – Quickly create MP3 playlists

Individually put some frequently listened music files in a folder and then play them, this is the conventional way of playing songs on your hard disk. But if these music files distributes in multiple folders, then it needs us to enter into these directories to play. Moreover, in this playing process, it is always impossible to play according to the sequences of track title, file bit rate (i.e. the quality of music files), album title and so on. This brings user a lot of inconvenience in deed…

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File & Manage

Mini Explorer – Fast and small alternative to Windows Explorer

Windows built-in Explorer, because of combination with browser and some fancy functions, sometimes its open-speed may be very slow, at this time you can try Mini Explorer (ME2 for short), this fast and lightweight Windows Explorer alternative.

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Auxiliary & Enhance

QTTabBar – Add Tab functionality to Windows Explorer

Windows Explorer builds in few functions, so many users would install a new Windows Explorer alternative software, such as Total Commander, although they are very powerful, yet one weakness is that they cost too many system resources and have to be familiar with the new interface and operation.

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File & Manage

UltraExplorer – Advanced Windows Explorer alternative

Perhaps you have tried a variety of alternative applications to the Windows Explorer, such as tabbyFile, Xplorer2 Pro, XYplorer, One Cat File Manager, A43 File Management Utility and so on, but there is still one you can’t miss, that is UltraExplorer, after trying this one, i guess you won’t want to try other similar softwares any more.

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Auxiliary & Enhance

Open++ – Right-click menu customization

Skilled in the use of shortcuts is the sign of someone changing from rookie to superior, i.e. use fewer actions to achieve the same purpose. Open++ (AKA: OpenXX, Open Plus Plus) is a context menu shell extension application which is used to add custom commands to right-click menu, builds up a list of common tools to simplify the routine, has the same effect with FileMenu Tools.

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