It is used in more than 110 countries around the world, by private users and companies, and its popularity is rising constantly.
Other features includes advanced batch renaming capabilities, custom file copiers (supports file verifications, pause and resume, and course of action on file collisions), highly customizable color-coding for files (aka Color Filters. And that’s why it is still used around the world, although it’s allegedly "dead" for almost 20 years now. Text tags, color labels and comments for files and folders.
This includes choice between thumbnails or detailed list with custom columns, and visual filters. Customizable/modular interface where unwanted features can be turned off. It’s interesting: XYplorer is one of the top file managers on the planet, nobody would doubt that. The program is available in a fully featured trialware version as well as a feature-limited freeware version.
Multilingual Support: XYplorer supports 26 different interface languages.
The program is available in a fully featured trialware version as well as a feature-limited freeware version. Use the command Select Language in menu Help to download and activate the interface language of your choice. Also available is flat file viewing that allows parent folders to be seen in the same window. Recently added features include Live Filtering, Sync Folders, Filtered Sync and Touchscreen Mode.[2]. Uses a very flexible scripting language that you can do many things with it.
Some unique features are the Catalog, (which is a user created panel of links to files, folders, URLs, shortcuts, and similar entries), Scripting (which allows user to create stored sets of commands, similar to a macro), Mini Tree (a custom subset of the tree) and UDC (User Defined Commands, to create a limited set of customized commands).
But admittedly it has some shortcomings: So, XYplorer is written in a dead language. Then you decide on your own: Does it work for you?
Translations for the following languages are available: Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Klingon, Korean, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Europe), Russian, …
XYplorer (pronounced X-Y-plorer or Zai-plorer,[6] formerly known as TrackerV3) is a file manager for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10. In addition to dual folder panes it features a file tree and a tabbed interface supporting drag-and-drop between tabs and panes.
It does not require any installation, stores all data in the program's folder or a user defined folder, and running it does not change the system or registry unless by user request to set XYplorer as the default file manager or add to Windows context menu. Folder tree (regular or "Mini Tree" which hides uncommonly used folders).
Yes, VB6 is a great language when you know what to do with it. A feature-limited Home Edition has also previously been available for a lower price. Customizable toolbars, keyboard shortcuts.
Is that a problem?
However, the fascinating power of the gossip works the other way round: "It is written in VB6 so it can only be crap.". No, it’s a consequence.
The default language is English.
It’s a fantastic machine, fast, elegant, looks good, even makes Espresso. Allows color-coding of files based on one or more combinations of file types, dates, age, and size), and highly customizable visual filters allowing only certain files and folders to be displayed depending on the filter criteria. Actually a very bad reputation. The web is a sticky place and it’s full of gossip.
Virtual "paper folders" for managing collections of items in different locations.
Then came VB4 (1995), a promising step forward but still noob material. The last free version is still available as of April 2020.