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Explorer++

Explorer++ is a free file manager for Windows. Available on Windows XP and above, it features the same familiar interface as Windows Explorer, while introducing several enhancements and improvements for a much richer file browsing experience.

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  • Windows
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Tabbed interface
  2.  Portable
  3.  Works Offline
  4.  Merge Files
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Built-in viewer
  7.  No registration required

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  • catmuf liked Explorer++
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  • Pavlin reviewed Explorer++  

    It's a great File Explorer replacement with many features, but fewer customization options. For example, you can't choose a dark theme because only a white theme is available. Another limitation is that you're restricted to customizing the bottom bar color. Overall is a great alternative that needs improvement

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Comments and Reviews

   
Comment summary: Explorer++ is open source and offers features like sorting by content size, but struggles with performance, including slow response and frequent errors. Users commonly criticize its user interface, lack of intuitive controls like a close button for tabs, and missing features such as effective grouping by type and access date. While appreciated for being lightweight and not buggy, limitations include the inability to undo deletions easily and issues managing OneDrive visibility without admin mode, leading to usability challenges.
Top Positive Comment
TBayAreaPat
1

The merge file function is nice and simple. It could be a little fancier and include a date to separate the parts, but it is very convenient and quick. The key is to prepare the files in advance yourself by putting modify/create date in the text.

Top Negative Comment
Shoji VR
2

Cannot edit hotkeys, Frequent Error, Slow, Cannot Undo Deleted Files

Pavlin Lazarov
0

It's a great File Explorer replacement with many features, but fewer customization options. For example, you can't choose a dark theme because only a white theme is available. Another limitation is that you're restricted to customizing the bottom bar color. Overall is a great alternative that needs improvement

lesm
1

Explorer++ is portable and I like it not as an alternative to Explorer but as a complement to my system.

Ilya Kashnitsky
0

Nice little explorer. Unfortunately, no dark theme

vadek
0

It's nice but I love tabbed browsing in File Explorer and find it hard to live without this feature any more.

Sam Lander
1

It's lightweight, but about 9x the size as Tablacus.

Can't undo delete in folders.

It is open-source though, and was not buggy when I used it.

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What is Explorer++?

Explorer++ is a free file manager for Windows. Available on Windows XP and above, it features the same familiar interface as Windows Explorer, while introducing several enhancements and improvements for a much richer file browsing experience.

The beta build is pretty much stable and quite recent. It can be downloaded from the application's website.

Latest/Unstable builds can be downloaded from the application's download page at https://explorerplusplus.com/download.

Explorer++ information

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GitHub repository

  •  3,291 Stars
  •  426 Forks
  •  254 Open Issues
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Our users have written 15 comments and reviews about Explorer++, and it has gotten 118 likes

Explorer++ was added to AlternativeTo by TheDreamer0101 on and this page was last updated .