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I've found Krusader to be a pretty good tool on KDE. On Windows, Total Commander provides similar functionality.

Hey, don't knock Norton Commander. It still is the best UI I've seen for working with files and folders. To tell the truth, I'm still using it, in the guise of Total Commander.

Consider switching to Total Commander.

By using the LPT port and a special (but not too rare or expensive) cable, you can transfer at about 50Kb/s If you can at least copy/software from a diskette, you could try with Total Commander, which has a Win 3.1 version (1.5Mb), and which include that functionality, very easy to use.

That's difficult. Filemanagers require access to everything plus full network access for ads. I have a hard job trusting programs such as that.

Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ. If you're that paranoid you should just go "Stallman Style" and go without any mobile phone at all and start digesting your own toejam. Maybe if you spent less time trolling Wayland articles you would have known about Total Commander. It's un-crippled Shareware with no time limit, but you're a cheap British asshole who's also a stickler for source code, so you might want to head over to F-Droid and find a half-baked alternative that you can feel smug about.

Total Commander (nee Windows Commander) does this beautifully - trial starts up asking to press 1-3 (randomly assigned each start) and then works fully-featured (forever). If you buy it the splash screen shows your name. Your name is stored in a signed 'keyfile' that you can put on every computer you use (or a flash drive or whatever). It's pretty perfect and even if he ever charges for an upgrade, I'll happily pay it again (as long as it's another few years before the next paid upgrade).

Oh, the splash screen also have a direct 'buy now' link, makes it easy to convert impressions to sales.

Apple will be laughing all the way to the bank with additional converts.

. . . or more users will discover Total Commander

I unpacked a zipped file in the wrong directory. Now I have hundred files spread through a directory that already contained many files and directories

very easy, using Total Commander, which Microsoft should have bought and included as the default file manager long ago (it's available at http://www.ghisler.com/ ). Open your folder in pane 1, open the zip file in pane 2, Shift+F2 (or click "Compare" in the Mark menu), Num * (or "Invert Selection" in Mark menu), press Del, confirm, done.

I have been using Total Commander since Windows 3.1 as a file manager. Every version of the Windows File Manager and Explorer seems very limited to what I can do with Total Commander.

This new one even looks like it is a step backwards yet again. I hate the ribbon interfaces in Office 2007 and used a third party addon to get the old menus back, so I doubt if I will like the Windows 8 ribbons any better.

How do you non directory opus using Windows users get by without tabs and split screen view in your file manager?

Total Commander.

That's one aspect, but in this case Sky is eponymous, sort of like Windows is. So MS could trademark Microsoft Windows XP, but not Windows. Sky by itself can't be trademarked as it already has a meaning which in this case is irrelevant because only a ham fisted fascist like Murdoch would actually even consider those to be confusing.

Unfortunately, that's not true. Windows is trademarked and any application that uses the word Windows in it is asked to remove it or face charges. Point in case: Windows/Total Commander.

While MC is by far the best file manager on Linux (and a very handy text editor too), you don't really need it in Windows.

Total Commander is much better in that environment. And while it is not Free, you can still use it for free if you accept an additional click when starting it. I have bought 3 licenses for my home machines, but use it constantly on all my client's machines in it's non-paid incarnation. The little nag screen really doesn't bother me.

The OS which is most lacking in this regard is actually Mac. A good Total Commander clone is the only thing I'm really missing when working on Macs. (yes, I know about (and use) muCommander).

The key is to make the protection a slight annoyance/reminder to the user (but not enough that stops them using the software), but not worth the effort for a cracking group to spend time ripping it out and distributing it.

The best example I can think of is Windows Commander ( http://www.ghisler.com/ ), which is a program I both use and love. It has a nagware screen each time you start it up, but otherwise functions fully for free. I did actually buy it, as it's a great program, but I found that out by using it for a year or so - the protection didn't get in the way of that.

Of course, this is a balance in that windows commander only costs $30, if it was a piece of software that cost $300, it may have to be a lot stricter as there is more incentive for a user to never register it.

Could not see it mentioned anywhere. TC http://www.ghisler.com/ is the first thing that goes on my fresh Win-installs. If you used it once you'll never go back to File Explorer or mess with WinZip. I'll add a vote for IrfanView, and Notepad2 http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html should be mandatory on every system.
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try total commander
http://www.ghisler.com/

I recommend the following software:
1) Quick To-Do Pro
2) Total Commander
3) MS One Note
4) Mozilla Firefox

I can't imagine my computer without these programs.

• putty + pageant
• total commander
• editplus
• utorrent
• klipfolio

On my Windows Mobile 2003SE I use:

- CAB Installer: you can select where install programs
- GSPlayer: Simply audio player for Pocket PC
- Mozilla Minimo: web browser
- Opera for windows mobile: web browser
- TCPMP: media player
- Total Commander: file manager
- Vbar: task manager
- WiFiFoFum2: the best WiFi scanner and war driving software for Pocket PC
- PocketPuTTY: ssh access
- .NET VNC: VNC viewer

I will suggest also a daily visit :) to this great website: FreeCABs (Your Link to Free PPC Software which can be installed without a PC connection)

Have you tried Total Commander? (It's nifty, you can send the results of a file/foldername search into the the file manager window. You can also do more advanced searches like 'older than X' or 'filesize larger than Y'. Or use regular expressions.)

GP is wrong, Windows search really is slow, even for something that searches the whole hard disk. It doesn't "really take that long". If you Start/Run/"cmd", cd\ then 'dir foo* /a/s/b' it is much faster than Windows search.

I NEVER hear about any projects done with Delphi ...

Well, I do know of at least one program written with Delphi and still very alive: Total Commander, the best file manager for Windows ever. I wish Midnight Commander would be as solid, reliable and feature rich as it's Windows cousin. (And the lack of a Mac version is probably the main reason I don't also have Macs)

So, Delphi is definitely still used.

I was about to post the same thing. Windows Commander had it's name changed to Total Commander after being contacted by attorney's representing Microsoft.

http://www.ghisler.com/name.htm/

In the interest of not getting its creator, Christian Ghisler, into unnecessary trouble with MS, I did not raise a fuss when they forced him to stop calling it Windows Commander.

But still, years later, I continue to be very, very pissed off. Windows Commander is a Norton Commander workalike for Windows, so I think the name is highly apt. The product, which arguably stands head and shoulders over a number of similar, competing products, has been known under that name for years and provides significantly enhanced functionality over what Explorer does. I find that Windows Commander works around some major flaws and lacking functionality in Explorer, and that life without it is difficult and awkward. Instead of coming down on the guy, Microsoft should be thanking him for making their crappy product more useable.

I hope that when Bush leaves office (hopefully by impeachment), MS will be hit with an abuse-of-monopoly charge and resultant damages that they will never fully recover. I want to see the 300 lb gorilla chained and bound, then whittled down to size. That, I feel, would be justice.

For all those not familiar with it, Windows Commander is now known as Total Commander and can be found here. No, I'm not affiliated or anything, just a very satisfied user.

On PC:

Picassa
Paint Shop Pro
IrfanView
XNView

(Both the last two are good with Total Commander)

On Mac:

AcdSee
I View Media Pro
Graphics Converter (can edit as well)
Aperture

ZTree Don't leave $HOME without it.

Well, it seems that would be don't leave %USERPROFILE% without it, since it's only for Windows (and OS/2).

And if it's Windows, Total Commander seems to be much better. I wish Midnight Commander would be as good and feature rich as Total Commander. And I wish there was a Mac version.

Who needs WinZip.. Total Commander all the way :)

Ok let's do a simple test. You have 500 files in a directory and you want to replace SMG with TSF in the file names. You use the GUI and I'll use a 80 character shell script... ;-)

Ok another test... you have 200 files and you want to move all the files that contain _testing_ somewhere in the file name. You use the GUI and I'll use ...

"Windows" is a totally uncommon word ... NOT :-)
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MS "kindly asked" Windows Commander (now "Total Commander") to be renamed

Windows Commander is now Total Commander!

Why this name change? In Summer 2002, we received a letter from attorneys representing the owner of the trademark "Windows". In this letter they expressed concerns that our usage of the name could lead to confusion with their own products. In particular, people could think that our program could be from their company. We were indirectly asked to change the name of our software.

Because "Windows" is registered as a trademark, we didn't want to risk a lawsuit, and decided to change the name. It's important to mention that we have been treated in a very fair way: There have never been any legal threats, and we could negotiate a transitional period until the end of the year. We ask you to consider this, and not to make any negative comments - especially in the forum. Because we are legally responsible for its contents, it could bring us into deep legal troubles. Please also do not contact us because of the new name. As a small company, we couldn't handle the big amount of messages. We will not give more information about the name change anyway.

Total Commander is a pretty good 'Midnight Commander'-like file manager for Windows.

In 2002 Microsoft 'kindly' requested that they chose another name, after 9 years of being called Windows Commander.

Total Commander can see the files on the iPod using this file system plugin. (link to download may be broken, but plugin can be found elsewhere...)

TC is all you really ever need, and can replace explorer quite effectively with loads of added bonuses.

I've also used a neat OS X util called Senuti (iTunes backward) to be able to copy from and to the iPod and do all sorts of other cool things.

(Next to zsh and vi, it's the cheese!) ;)

"For example, do you know about FAR - one of the best file managers in the world?"

Total Commander is better.

"Or how about RAR?"

7-Zip is better.

"And certainly you haven't heard about the superb mailer "The Bat!""

Other poster pointed out that it isn't Russian.

"Besides, lots of software is written in Russia: Microsoft Flight Simulator"

X-Plane is better.

"IDEA (the best Java IDE)"

JCreator is better.

Those Russians might have the most powerful mafia and some really hot chicks, but their programmers are obviously ass.

I'm not sure if the is I.E. or File Explorer that allows you to do that. I do know that when I launch file explorer I can do that and go to the other computer and the same with I.E.. I also know that you can do the same thing using Total Commander. Then again, I'm pretty sure that I.E. and File Explorer are the same program.

One thing that will make any OS easier to use for a geek is an alternate file manager.

I can tolerate Windows, but I wouldn't wish Windows Explorer on my worst enemy. Instead, I use Total Commander. It acts exactly the way I ask it to and lets me do everything with the keyboard.

For us who are still being trapped in the Windoze world, there is Total Commander, which is even available for WinCE/PPC (yet there the 2 window style is disabled per default due to real estate problems).

• Total Commander -- previously known as Windows Commander. A file manager. (and here's how I set it up)
• Proxomitron - HTTP proxy with regex support
• Bandwidth Monitor Pro - lets me set up a transparent bandwidth graph in a screen corner that really doesn't interfere with anything else (replaced DUMeter on all my systems)
• ParaWin - provides additional keyboard layouts
• SQLyog - although it has plenty of issues, this is still the best MySQL front-end that I've found to date
• Opera Browser - still the fastest and most convenient for me

Thunderbird, Mozilla, PuTTY, EditPlus, Winamp

The 1st thing I install on windows (for about 10 years, I was using it in win31 also) is TotalCommander, which was known as WindowsCommander before, it mimics the good old NortonCommander3/4/5 I was using under DOS, it can do almost everything in windows.

Then I install tweakui, winace, winamp, and of course all the windows update...

BTW I never reformat, I just delete the c:\windows or c:\winnt folder and reinstall from the setup files I have copied on my HD, I keep my favorites, cookies, and clean up some folder in c:\progra~1 before re-installing.

I have to agree here.

Total Commander is definately the first program I put on in any new Windows install.
Ultra Edit is also near the top of my list, the best Windows text editor by far.
WinAmp is also one of the first programs I install.
I prefer Opera to Mozilla
ACDSee instead of Irfanview.

Except for the choice of browser and picture viewer/editor our top 5 are pretty much the same.

The rest of my top 10 would be:
Eudora - leave the virus of the day with MS LookOut behind
Win RAR - manages most archive formats
Nero Burning ROM - an alternate would be Burn At Once if you are looking for a free Windows burning program
Clipmate - great utility for managing multiple clipboard items
Secure CRT - last but not least, I have to do some work sometimes

Of course many of these programs also need plugins and codecs installed as well.

Windows users: Don't forget Total Commander!

Kicking Midnight Commander's butt any day too. ;-)

Don't forget to look at its plugins either. If you're still looking to extend the functionality after that list, look here too.

It's not free (in either meaning), however it's one of those software packages I'm prepared to buy. And if you don't, you can at least still use 100% of its feature set for as long as you wish. There's just a nag dialog at startup.

Windows users: Don't forget Total Commander!

Kicking Midnight Commander's butt any day too. ;-)

Don't forget to look at its plugins either. If you're still looking to extend the functionality after that list, look here too.

It's not free (in either meaning), however it's one of those software packages I'm prepared to buy. And if you don't, you can at least still use 100% of its feature set for as long as you wish. There's just a nag dialog at startup.

A decent file manager:
midnight commander for win32
windows commander

Every system has its philosophy and you are mostly best off not trying to act against it. W2K philosophy is to store all preferences in users profile, so let's do it this way.

I administer a medium-sized network with W2K workstations (and a Linux server of course :) and I *HATE* software which stores preferences in its C:\Program Files directory. That way, all users share their preferences and all users have to have rights for writing to the .INI file. I like my Program Files read only for ordinary users. Storing settings in user's profile means it is stored on my Samba server and thus the preferences are the same on whichever computer user logs on.

The best solution I have found is that of Total Commander: the installation program lets you choose where you want to store your preferences: C:\Windows, near the binaries, users profile or a custom folder you choose. That is the way to go if you don't like the Microsoft C:\Documents and Settings approach.

The *WORST* thing is antivirus software like AVG6, which needs full write access to C:\Program Files\AVG for all users in order to update itself from internet. As if the updater had to run under current user's account... And don't get me started about those WIN16 multimedia encyclopaedias... admin's nightmare.

Try Total Commander. It has two panels for listing files and you can set it up so that anything you type goes into a little command box at the bottom.

Pressing + brings up a file selection box, type *.jpg (or whatever), then type in your command like rm (or whatever), hit ctrl+return and it will perform it on all the selected files.

Very cool program, I haven't used windows explorer or a single command line in a long time.

• The Bat! mail client (shareware)
• Opera browser/mail/newsclient (adware), much more lightweight than Mozilla
• 40tude Dialog newsclient
• Total Commander file manager (shareware)
• eMule peer-to-peer client (open source)
• ViM
• editor (open source)
• GhostScript and GSView for PostScript and PDF rendering/conversion/manipulation (open source)
• ActivePerl, ActivePython, ActiveTcl for scripting
• 7-zip packer

I have to agree with this one here, I've been using TC since it was still called Windows Commander (after Norton Commander) but M$ sent them a "nasty" letter about using the word "windows". Rather than fight them at all they just changed the name because they felt that it was limiting them anyway, so now they can go cross-platform. I love it when someone can turn a disadvantage into an advantage. Best ability you can have in life!

One feature you didn't mention was the wicked FTP client. Since the program is two-pane, the ftp client works virtually identical to your local files. Not to mention the file sorting tools, the multi-rename tools, MIME en/decoders, etc. And the built-in packer treats zip and arj files like directories. Thus, I don't need Win Explorer, WinZip, or an FTP client. All combined in one easy package!

And btw you can get it here.

I have to agree with this one here, I've been using TC since it was still called Windows Commander (after Norton Commander) but M$ sent them a "nasty" letter about using the word "windows". Rather than fight them at all they just changed the name because they felt that it was limiting them anyway, so now they can go cross-platform. I love it when someone can turn a disadvantage into an advantage. Best ability you can have in life!

One feature you didn't mention was the wicked FTP client. Since the program is two-pane, the ftp client works virtually identical to your local files. Not to mention the file sorting tools, the multi-rename tools, MIME en/decoders, etc. And the built-in packer treats zip and arj files like directories. Thus, I don't need Win Explorer, WinZip, or an FTP client. All combined in one easy package!

And btw you can get it here.

My Personal Opinions (Apps I can think of):

Mozilla Thunderbird: Email client that's still in Alpha but has never given me one problem.

Mozilla Firebird: Greatest web browser around today. Here are some reasons why.

Krusader/Windows Commander: Great file managers. Windows Commander is (obviously) the windows original and Krusader is the KDE based *nix one.

Open Office: You already mentioned this one

GAIM: Best IM client avaliable (I know this isn't exactly productivity software).

AVG Anti-Virus : Free non-commerical use anti-virus.

PuTTY: Telnet/SSH/Rlogin, everything you need for remote access.

XMMS/Winamp: Media Players

I am still looking for good financial software. Microsoft Money is the best I've found so far.
cuban

This is not entirely correct. Total Commander supports plugins for ext2 and reiserfs in windows.

while Linux is able to handle such tasks much better while keeping the system still usable or at least more so than Windows(esp. if you use the cl to cp the file rather than a graphical file manager such as nautilus or konqueror).

And Windows is the same way there - the graphical file manager, Windows Explorer, is the worst way to copy large files. Either go to the command line, or use a file manager like Windows Commander. I use Windows Commander to move 10-20gb files across database servers all the time, and Windows still flies while it's running.

For years, I could not have functioned using DOS (or Win 3.1) without NC.

Clearly it was getting long in the tooth, and I was fortunate some years ago to run across a SUPERIOR native Win32 app patterned after NC called "Total Commander". It's the only shareware program I've ever registered, and I've gotten far more than my money's worth. Though it's a GUI app, you can drive it totally from the keyboard. It's well maintained, and some new features are still being added. I rate it A+++.

I wish there was a Linux version of Total Commander. I've tried (and occasionally still use) Midnight Commander, but I'm a Linux newbie, and lack of consistent terminal behavior makes MC operate inconsistently for me. A Linux native GUI version of MC (or Total Commander) would be nice.

And Total Commander (formerly known as Windows Commander) is a great replacement.

Norton eventually came out with a windows version, but the viewers were VERY slow, and most of the keyboard shortcuts didn't work. TC/WC is far more like the original NC.

It's shareware. I bought personal license #41662. :)