Explorer++
A tabbed replacement for Windows Explorer that can run completely portable and save its settings to a file.
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Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install explorerplusplus
About Explorer++
Explorer++ is a small, fast file manager that adds what Explorer has long lacked: proper tabs you can bookmark, a display pane showing a preview of the selected file, filtering, and advanced file operations including merging and splitting files and changing dates and attributes in bulk.
It can save its settings to a configuration file rather than the registry, which makes it genuinely portable on a USB stick. Drag and drop works fully with other applications including Explorer itself, and there are 32-bit, 64-bit and ARM64 builds. The last tagged release was January 2024.
Strengths
- Tabbed browsing with bookmarkable tabs, which Explorer only gained much later
- Completely portable when configured to save settings to a file rather than the registry
- Advanced operations including merging and splitting files and bulk attribute changes
- 32-bit, 64-bit and ARM64 builds
Limitations
- Windows only
- The last tagged release is from January 2024
- Single-pane rather than a dual-pane commander layout
- Does not replace the Explorer shell itself, only the file browsing window
Details
- Pricing
- Free · Free and open source under the GPL.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- David Erceg (derceg)
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Browsing files on Windows with tabs, a preview pane and no installation
- Categories
- File managers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus downloads catalog (Utilities); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.