Freecommander Xe 64-bit Download

[Florene Pothoven]

Im very new to FreeCommander (Build 716) but I can confirm that it does show the SVN folder icons for all items within the currently-selected folder (i.e. the right-hand pane of the traditional Windows Explorer window).

I just bought the 64-bit "donor" version of FreeCommander (Build 720).

When it comes to SVN icon display, I can confirm that it appears to function exactly the same as the 32-bit free version ... i.e. the folders in the folder tree-view do not show the SVN icons but the files and folders (in the right pane) for a selected folder do show the SVN icons.

You will notice in the screen capture above that I have set different colors for the Tree Display and the File display. Also, I configure the program to display executables in a different color than data files.

I can configure which program to use for file comparison (I use WinMerge) and it can be used to compare 2 highlighted files in each pane using the toolbar icon and is also available from the context menu in the folder sync function after comparing 2 folders.

The current commercial product that is a successor to Central Point PC Tools (who acquired the XTree Company), through Symantec Norton Navigator 95 (who had acquired Central Point), is Avanquest PowerDesk Pro.

I have personally had and use(d) all three: Central Point PCTools, Symantec Norton Navigator 95, and Avanquest PowerDesk Pro 9. I have also tried Free Commander and I do use xplorer2_lite on secondary computers, but I prefer the commercial stuff, possibly because I had its (expensive) predecessors.

PowerDesk is worth a look or a trial if anyone is serious about this: I like it, and the only qualification I can make is that you should realize that the reason it gives lightning-fast results to searches is that it spends resources cataloguing (which can be turned off).

There is however a learning curve, so you must be prepared to spend some time studying it to appreciate its power. It is in my opinion best suited for those with technical interests and a preference for using single-key commands rather than the mouse (although the mouse is supported).

That was PowerDesk Pro, as posted earlier, and I do suggest a trial (which would give you enough time to accomplish what I did whether you decide to buy or not). I have also run across a free utility that works well with getting an overall picture of what occupies the space on a drive or folder, in case readers of this thread are interested, and that is Folder Size 3.0.0.0, which is a terrific asset.

I purchased PowerDesk Utilities 98 (version 3) from Mijenix in about 1999. At that time I thought it was great. I especially liked the builtin support for ZIP files; they were treated like a folder and I could drag-and-drop files to and from the Zip folder.

Some years later PowerDesk was acquired by Avanquest and in 2007 I purchased the upgrade to PowerDesk Pro 6 ($39.95 retail). This version also worked great until I upgraded my computer to Windows 7 64-bit. I immediately noticed that PDP-6 would not handle the file context menus for 64-bit applications (e.g. AxCrypt file encryption).

Avanquest is currently selling PowerDesk Pro 9 ($39.95 retail) and the features listed on their Web Site are about the same as for version 8, but I am not going to buy it to see if they have fixed the problems.

I am currently using FreeCommander XE (as mentioned in previous posts) because it has all the features I liked in PowerDesk Pro 6 and much more. It has builtin 64-bit context menu support and it opens large folders very fast (re-sorting is fast as well).

I had some friends who used XTree Gold and liked it. Back when I was using DOS, my file manager of choice was a shareware product called Stereo Shell. By default, it always showed two panes and tasks like copying, moving, and deleting files were very easy. You could also work with compressed files and run programs from it. Alas, Windows ended development and support for it

One file manager that we did not cover but that may be of great interest is XYplorer (not to be confused with Xplorer2, which is an entirely different product). In that respect we should probably have discussed GoodSync[/COLOR] as well, which is another commercial product for syncing. That, in turn, is competing with LapLink[/COLOR] so far as its present home page spiel is concerned.

It appears to have good support, and there are, for example, such topics as How to integrate TeraCopy in XYplorer[/COLOR]from various internet sources. TeraCopy, for those who are not familiar with it, is a free file-transfer accelerator (which I use and recommend).

In Windows Explorer, the right click context menu offers me the Compare options (advanced options enabled in Winmerge) as expected. But if I run FreeCommander, the Winmege context menu items are not there. I presume this is due to the fact that Winmerge installed the 64-bit extension, but FreeCommander is a 32-bit application. Is there a way to install and register both 32- and 64-bit extensions so that the context menu appears, no matter what file browser is being used?

If I remember correctly people were successful in registering 32-bit shell extension in 64-bit Windows before we had 64-bit shell extension. Of course it worked only with 32-bit explorer. I don't remember the required trick but doing it in installer might not be easy.

FreeCommander XE is a powerful, dual-pane file manager with hundreds of features including folder size calculation, folder comparison/synchronization, file/duplicate search, filtering, MD5 calc / verfiy, folder compare, sync and a customizable interface. Includes a file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format; an archive handling ability for standard compressed formats including ZIP (read, write), CAB (read, write) and RAR (read); built-in copy/move/delete handlers; and much more. Additional features are available via plugins.

A 64-bit version is available for donors, while a PortableApps version is also available from the author's website.

I have been using FreeCommander for many years and it is, simply, outstanding. To not have a real file manager is a misfortune; to be without FreeCommander is to be handicapped. Over time I have introduced many new users to FreeCommander and the results are always the same after several weeks of use - fascination that they ever managed to function with that Windows File Explorer thing. I had moved to FreeCommander when the old Xtree/XtreeGold file manager was no longer functional in Windows, and other file managers were not handling the complex file management work regularly encountered. At first, the two default panes in FreeCommander seemed odd. Though one pane can be disabled or hidden, dual panes grow quickly on the user until one realizes - wait, how can anyone function with a file manager that has just one pane?

I LOVE this program so much I became a beta-tester! I've used it for years and it just gets better and better and more polished as time goes on. The authour is very active on the project and handles every reported issue. So you can't go by issues reported in the comments here since they are most likely resolved by now.

My current favourite File Manager. It does throw a wobbly now and again when upacking zip files and trying to cancel. It just locks up and continues and you have to kill the process in the task manager. Apart from that, very nice.

FreeCommander is EXACTLY what I was looking for, and that's saying a lot, 'cause I'm awfully fussy --hey, I even like the icon!

I've only been using this app for a day, so I haven't discovered all its features, but I was amazed at how well QuickView works, and the built-in zip and FTP capabilities are icing on the cake.

I used Total Commander CE as the default file manager on my PDA in the past, and to me, FreeCommander is like Total Commander on steroids. ;)

This is the best Windows Explorer replacement I've found (and I've tried over 15 others). It's fast, extensible, keyboard shortcuts friendly and has great portable support. By extensible, I mean you can use other programs to perform operations within FreeCommander seamlessly. I use programs like TeraCopy, IZArc, 7zip, VirusTotal, Console, BareGrep, Everything, SpaceSniffer, Unlocker as tools, but you can also use programs based on the filetype, which is perfect for portable installs. You can also use Windows environment variables in the paths) like: %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Dropbox\Utils\UniversalViewer\Viewer.exe, which works great for having everything in Dropbox.

There are a few quirks in the settings UIs, but you deal with it once, then benefit from it every day. This is one of my all-time favorite programs.

I have used this for some time now both the portable and the windows installed version. This was the best multi pane viewer I have tried. Intuitive and well thought out.

Unfortunately latest version 2009 02b freezes on a regular basis now when copying and moving files (Windows 7). only way to recover is forced reboot. I have thoroughly removed and reinstalled many times without success. I'm afraid it's goodbye. Shame, used to love it.

I use one Windows Explorer replacement since Windows 3.1. It's compatible with any version of Windows. It's called total Commander. I don't remember when I started stinky Windows Explorer for the last several years!

Get here to download truly portable application for USB (free) and get one for your desktop (very inexpensive):

If you look how many built-ins there you will be amazed!

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