File Explorer

File Explorer, previously known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards.

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file explorer, previously known as windows explorer, is a file manager application that is included with releases of the microsoft windows operating system from windows 95 onwards. it provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. it is also the component of the operating system that presents many user interface items on the monitor such as the taskbar and desktop. controlling the computer is possible without windows explorer running (for example, the file | run command in task manager on ntderived versions of windows will function without it, as will commands typed in a command prompt window). located in the c:\windows directory, it is sometimes referred to as the windows shell, explorer.exe, or simply "explorer".

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Tabbed interface File search Bundled with Windows

The Best 11 File Explorer Alternatives

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Clover

Wings for your Windows Explorer! Clover is an extension of the Windows Explorer, to add multi-tab functionality similar to Google Chrome browser.

Free Windows Windows Explorer

Multiple Browser Tabs Tabbed browsing Tabbed interface Windows Explorer extension IT Asset Management GUI Designer Bookmarks Feature Tab Stacking Chrome like
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One Commander

Free dual-pane file manager for Windows featuring tabs, columns, themes, long filename support, image converter, regex renaming and many other unique features.

Free Windows

Portable Tabbed interface Image Preview Dual pane support Dark theme Batch rename files File search File preview Miller columns Multi Column View Support for regular expressions
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Explorer++

Explorer++ is a free file manager for Windows.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable Tabbed interface
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trolCommander

trolcommander - fork of the free and opensource mucommander filemanager. trolcommander is a lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface with tabbed navigation and rich functionality.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Built in viewer Tabbed interface Lightweight Dual pane support Support for FTP Syntax Highlighting Support for SFTP Built in Terminal
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My Commander

My Commander (MyCO) is "the small - smarter - fastest file manager in the world", archiver and ISO creator for Windows 7. Small and smart, MyCO uses less of your computer's memory while it's running.

Free Windows

Portable Integrated Search Tabbed interface File compression Destroy files Secure Copy (SCP)
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Just Manager

Just Manager is a feature packed, versatile, multi-tabbed multi-pane file manager for the Windows operating system. It is available in both x86 and x64 versions. Despite its many features it is relatively small and efficient.

Free Windows

Multiple languages Tabbed interface Dual pane support Support for Unicode
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Tablacus Explorer

Tablacus Explorer is a tabbed file manager with Add-on support.

Free Open Source Windows

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Portable Multiple languages Tabbed interface Support for Unicode
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Disk Order

Disk Order is a dual pane file manager for your Mac.

Commercial Mac OS X

Built in viewer Tabbed interface Dual pane support Support for FTP Batch rename files Folder Comparison
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groupy

Groupy is a powerful organizational tool for Windows that will keep information tabbed and organized. You can drag and drop multiple applications and documents together...

Commercial Windows

Tabbed interface GUI Designer Tab Stacking
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SE-Explorer

Replace standard Windows Explorer with SE-Explorer - simple and powerful dual panel file manager with tabbed interface and lots of build-in viewers.

Free Windows

Portable Tabbed interface File search Folder Comparison
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EF Commander

EF Commander is a file manager for the Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Window XP and Windows Vista desktop. If youve ever used and liked Norton...

Freemium Windows

Multiple languages Tabbed interface

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File Explorer

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The Best 11 File Explorer Alternatives

Clover

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Explorer++

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Tablacus Explorer

Disk Order

groupy

SE-Explorer

EF Commander

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