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Unreal Commander Is The Swiss Army Knife Of File Managers For Windows

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Poor file management can lead to poor performance of your system, and can cause a lot of problems in finding the right files at the right time. Although, Windows comes with its native File Explorer out of the box, it’s not the most comprehensive solution around. This is where third-party tools like Unreal Commander step in to the game. It’s a feature-laden desktop application for Windows that acts as Swiss Army Knife for handling your folders and files. First and foremost, its dual pane support makes file management a breeze by letting you view and transfer files between multiple folder under one window. Secondly, it boasts a plethora of settings and options that you aren't likely to come across in any other single file management app. Read More

EaseUS FileManager Is A Decent Explorer Alternative For Windows 8 & RT

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Microsoft put a lot of emphasis on Modern UI – initially referred to as Metro UI -- when it unveiled Windows 8, but quite ironically didn't include a native Modern-style file manager in the latest version of Windows. Perhaps the software giant wants users to stick to the desktop File Explorer for all kinds of file management, which in all honestly feels fairly cumbersome to navigate on a Windows RT device. Those who want to manage files without leaving the Metro environment can install third-party file managers such as Metro Commander or Files&Files from the Windows Store. Today, we stumbled upon another simple yet powerful Windows 8 file manager called EaseUS FileManager and couldn't wait to give it a try. Read on for our review. Read More

UNCOPT File Browser For Android Offers Holo UI, Dual-Pane View & Root Access

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Dual-pane file managers for Android have been around for a while, and so have others that let you access root level system files. Both these elements offered in one single app for free however, is a rarity that UNCOPT File Browser aims to offer. To build on that, the app sports fantastic aesthetics with a dark Holo theme, along with the ability of browsing  the contents of compressed files like any other folder, support for plugins and much more. Let's take a look at what makes UNCOPT File browser a worthy opponent to most Android file managers out there. Read More

Saladin: Open-Source, Dual-Pane File Manager With Focus On Convenience

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File Managers come in all shapes and sizes, and we’ve already covered quite a lot of them for our readers, including Double Commander, Bru File Manager, and Multi Commander, just to name a few. Saladin is another file manager with a dual-pane interface to let you easily manage your files and transfer them between different directories without having to open two Explorer windows. Saladin also has a host of other features such as Windows Shell integration, built-in file viewer, file archiving, FTP etc. Read on for details. Read More

Better Explorer Boasts Tabs, Ribbon UI, Drive Size Charts & Much More

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We have seen Microsoft make certain improvements in the Windows 8 version of Windows Explorer, now known as File Explorer. The options bar at the top has been replaced with a ribbon-based UI that groups similar options together under tabs. While the default Windows Explorer in Windows 7 provides you with seamless file browsing, navigation and search features, it lacks some advanced options, such as tabs, built-in multiple format archive management, folder/drive size charts, history view and advanced conditional selection, to name a few. Better Explorer is an application for Windows that gives you all the features of Windows 8 File Explorer in Windows 7, along with quite a few additional ones. Let's take a look at the features in detail after the jump. Read More

Explorer++ Is A Light, Portable & Multi-Tabbed Windows File Manager

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On any computer platform, a good file browser is a integral part of a smooth user experience. Although Windows Explorer provides you with a lot of useful options to view, search and access your content, many power users require more than that to efficiently organize their files and folders, and quickly transfer their content between multiple folders. Explorer++ is a great portable and lightweight third-party file browser for Windows that has been around for a while and has recently received an update, fixing several bugs and making it more stable. It provides you with tabbed browsing, complete integration with the operating system, ability to split and merge files, search files with name and attribute filters, and a lot more. Read More

FileDesk Is An OS X File Manager With Tabbed Browsing & Bookmarks

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Finder in OS X is good enough file browser for most users, and it holds up enough in terms of features against the Windows 8 File Explorer. For those who would like to have more features in Finder, there is XtraFinder to add them for you. Though if you’d rather not go with an add-on app like XtraFinder and are more interested in a third-party file browser, FileDesk LITE is a free Mac app available in the Mac App Store that can prove to be a good alternative. FileDesk LITE supports tabbed browsing and has a quick launch button for the Launch Pad. The tabbed browsing feature is very intelligent; it remembers your open tabs upon quitting it and can restore them upon launching it again. Folders can be bookmarked and when browsing a particular folder in FileDesk LITE, you can view a complete list of folder within that folder from the app’s left side bar. You can add any folder to the left side bar for quick access. Files can be sorted by name, size, kind and label. The app also shows you previews for many types of files, and a ‘Show enclosing folder’ button allows you to quickly open the parent folder of the item. Read More

TinPlayer Is A Nifty iOS Media Player With Built-In File Management

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If you've been using iOS for a while now, it's likely the hassle of waiting for iTunes to convert unsupported media files has forced you to look for an alternative to the stock Music and Video apps. There are tons of media players out there that'll let you play a host of formats, but few of them sport as flexible a built-in file manager as does TinPlayer. In addition to basic management features, it allows password protection for individual media files and lets you edit their metadata. The player combines files from your iTunes library and its own storage, has lyrics and subtitles support, easy playlist management and nifty alternative playback controls optimized for one-handed usage. Read More

File Brick Is A Local, Network & Cloud Files Manager For Windows 8 & RT

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Not too long ago, the storage space available in most PCc used to be quite limited. We had to choose to keep only the more important files, and often delete the huge ones that didn't require frequent access, or burn them to discs. With the massive surge in hard disk capacities and decrease in per-GB price over the past few years, personal computers can now save terabytes of data and thus, the need to delete old files in order to copy or create new ones is no longer a concern for most of us. Moreover, other than local storage, cloud storage services, such as Dropbox, SkyDrive and Google Drive allow you to save, access and retrieve your important documents from the cloud anytime. In order to view and manage all that data, we need a good file manager. We have covered several third party file managers for Windows 7 but when it comes to the new Windows 8 modern UI, there aren’t a lot of options on tha table. File Brick is a file management app for Windows 8 that allows you to explore both locally saved files, and those saved on different cloud services including, SkyDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive and Facebook. More on File Brick after the jump. Read More

Easily Find & Delete All Files With A Particular Extension

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Finding files of a particular type in order to get rid of them can become overbearing at times, especially if the location you're looking through has become flooded with an umpteen number of files. The default download directory for instance, often becomes a victim of this issue, as we keep filling it with random files, leaving everything disorganized and cluttered. Now, you could always right-click anywhere within the folder and sort files according to type to make the required extension easier to spot, but sometimes, even that doesn't cut it. This is where Daanav File Manager comes to the rescue. This lightweight Windows freeware scans any selected folder (and its subfolders), and lists the file extensions within it along with the file count of each. This way, you can easily locate and delete all files with a particular extension in bulk. Further details past the break. Read More

Files&Folders Is A Windows 8 File Manager With SkyDrive Support & Native Media Player

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On any computing platform, a good file explorer is essential in order to access stored data. By now, most of us know that Windows 8, available for PCs as well as tablets, has a new Start Screen that acts as a primary dashboard. Desktop is no longer the main workspace. It doesn't even support any third-party apps on Windows 8 tablets running Windows RT. While File Explorer is still available in Desktop Mode on all versions of Windows 8, having a full touch-friendly, Modern UI app for it can come handy, especially on tablets. Developers are slowly coming up with a lot of apps for Windows Store, and with each new app, the quality is also increasing. Previously, we covered a file explorer for Windows 8 called Metro Commander than offers all basic file management options including copy, paste, move etc. Today, we have another file manager for Windows 8 users called Files&Folders that allows you to work with files and folders in Modern UI. It provides options to navigate throughout your storage, access your SkyDrive account, copy, cut and move data. Moreover, you can view images and play audio and video files using the built-in media player. Keep reading to find out more about Files&Folders. Read More

Install CyanogenMod 10 File Manager On Jelly Bean Android Devices

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The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean-based CyanogenMod 10 (CM10) is slowly but surely heading towards its final release. The latest iteration of the crowd-favorite custom Android ROM supports a host of powerful features, now including a Holo-themed, root-level file manager. If you’re rocking Jelly Bean on your Android device, here’s some good news for you. Said file management app has been extracted from CM10 nightly builds, and is now available on an XDA thread, ready to be downloaded and installed on any rooted Android device running JB. The app’s UI is somewhat reminiscent of the highly-regarded Solid Explorer. However, included within this CM10-based file manager are certain features that can put most of its counterparts to shame. Read More

Metro Commander Is A Windows 8 Modern UI File Manager With SkyDrive Sync

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Windows 8’s desktop and tablet hybrid optimization is certainly something to look forward to. As it seems a lot of users will be using Windows 8 on the go, it’s quite handy to have a file manager app at hand, as the native File Explorer might not be as easy to use with a touch screen. Metro Commander is a Windows Store app that offers all basic file management options including copy, paste, move etc., so you don’t have to open the desktop for performing basic file management operations. Apart from providing you with a sleek, dual-pane Modern UI workspace to manage local files, the app lets you connect to your SkyDrive account to easily manage, upload and sync files and folders. Read More

FenrirFS: File Manager With Profiles, Evernote Sync & Data Labels For Quick Access

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Downloading and transferring files from the internet and physical storage mediums respectively, and saving them at different locations makes it quite hard to manage disk space. Most third-party file managers provide a helping hand in fighting such issues by letting users organize files and folders from a single place. FenrirFS is a brilliant file manager that organizes your data by implementing the concept of Profiles and Labels for data identification. The Labels feature lets you tag the files from different locations, so that you can quickly access them by just clicking the required label. The application also allows you to upload images to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, synchronize important notes with Evernote, preview files like video, image, audio and text in an integrated quick-preview window and more. Read More

Total Commander Beta 2 For Android Gets Native Media Player & More

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Total Commander has the distinction of being one of the first root-level dual-pane Android file mangers, and if it’s your primary choice for a file explorer, here’s some good news for you; the developer has just released a fresh beta (v2.0) of the app that can be downloaded from the official TC forums (link provided at the end). The latest beta release brings with it a slew of new and updated options that are surely going to help Total Commander strengthen as a full-fledged and dynamic Android file explorer. Included within the update are several noteworthy features comprising audio/video playing and streaming capabilities via a native media player, a 5-band equalizer with multiple (customizable) audio presets, drag-and-drop gestures for maneuvering files/folders between directories, uninterrupted background operations, option to specify owner and group for file(s), write to restricted ext-SD cards, advanced file modification permissions in the native editor, custom time/date format allocation for files and folders, and a handful of other minor additions to the overall app structure. We take a closer look at all the features in detail past the break. Read More

A43: Windows File Manager With Built-In Quick Launch, Text Editor and Hex Viewer

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Gone are the days when the storage space of a PC was limited and we had to choose which files to keep and which ones to delete. Now, with massive storage spaces available even in personal computers and laptops, there is no reason for us to delete old files when copying or creating new ones. However, having so many files stored in your PC makes managing them and finding the required file a tedious task. The default Windows Explorer in Windows 7 provides you with file browsing, navigation and search options, but it lacks some advanced options, such as built-in archive explorer and extractor. Today, we have a portable file management utility named A43, which features a built-in text editor, supports archives, and includes an advanced file search function. It also lets you add frequently accessed folders as favorites, so that you can quickly open them without having to navigate through multiple locations. Read More

WinMend File Splitter: Split Large Files & Merge The Parts Without The Application

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Sending large files via email wasn't very much plausible until recently and still, various email services don't support ubber large file attachments. Same goes true for file hosting websites and even if they support large file size, they do ask for some sort of premium subscription. If you want to split a large file into small chunks in order to upload it to a website or send it via email, then worry not, as WinMend File Splitter is all you need. It's a free Windows application which comes with an integrated file splitter and joiner utility, allowing you to split files into parts by specifying either the Number of blocks or Block size, whichever should you so desire. Unlike most file splitters and joiners that require the main tool to reassemble the split blocks, this particular program creates a relative BAT file after the splitting process, and running the BAT script brings back the original file by merging its parts. Could it get any easier? Read More

Proto: Keyboard-Only File Manager & Application Launcher For Windows

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If you watch a lot of movies, you must have noticed how actors using computers never seems to touch the mouse or trackpad, getting their jobs done in a jiffy using just the keyboard (The Matrix, anyone?). All that surely looks cool in films, but if you really like to get your tasks done in a quick and efficient manner, especially without using the mouse, then you should consider giving Proto a shot. Developed by Mieszko Lassota, this file launcher and management utility is reminiscent of the Windows CMD (Command Processor) utility. You can manage your files and launch applications using just the keyboard. According to the developer, it’s based on Humane Interface and is aimed at people who favor working using a keyboard over a mouse and value speed in everyday computer tasks. Although there is some sophistication involved during the first run, but once you get a hold of how it works, this nifty application will prove to be extremely useful. Read More

Desk & Archive: Windows File Manager With Smart Sort & Advance Filters

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Most power users need more than just Windows native File Explorer to manage data saved on the hard disk. Although Windows Explorer provides you with a lot of useful options to view, search and access stored content, sometimes we need some additional features to efficiently organize the files in a folder. Along with the native features of Windows, we always keep covering third-party software that can increase your usability and reduce the amount of time you spend while performing simple tasks. We stumbled across one such application today, a file explorer named Desk & Archive, which lets you manage your stored files and helps you create, copy, and move files and folders to specified locations. It comes packed with some additional file management features including Smart Sort that lets you quickly change the file and folder sorting criteria, Ad hoc Item Lists to open files from multiple folders in a single pane, and Filters to group similar files together for easy access. Keep reading to find out more about Desk & Archive. Read More

AROMA File Manager: Touch-Enabled Android File Explorer That Runs Within Recovery

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We at AddictiveTips always love to bring to you apps that provide the users with instant and convenient solutions to their routine technology-related issues. When it comes to Android, things are no different at all. As can be seen in our compilation of 10 best Android file browsers, we have already come across quite a few feature-packed file management apps for the Android platform. Managing your Android’s internal and external storage content from within the OS through a nifty file explorer is one thing, but what if you wanted to avail these tools right from within your device’s recovery? If you often flash custom ROMs or mod ZIP files onto your device, you might have, at least once or twice, forgotten to move the flashable ZIP file to local storage before rebooting into recovery. You can always use your custom recovery's mount USB storage option to remedy such situations, but now, there's a better way to go about it.  Fresh to the arena, AROMA File Manager by XDA member, amarullz, is among one of the very first successful attempts at providing Android users with a fully-functional root-level file explorer that can be operated from within system recovery; a custom recovery such as ClockworkMod Recovery. Read More