Are there any third party file explorers WITH TABS for Windows?
from AceLucario@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 07:51
https://lemmy.ml/post/16693929

Bleh, haven’t been here in a while. So I have a Windows 10 PC that I use for gaming and a Fedora laptop I use for everything else. I simply cannot go back to not having tabs. I don’t understand why Windows doesn’t have them by default. So help me out here.

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Kanzar@sh.itjust.works on 10 Jun 07:53 next collapse

Clover is one… but you might not like the dev.

Hmm google suggests this: minitool.com/…/enable-tabs-in-file-explorer-on-wi…

vala@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 08:25 next collapse

FWIW windows 11 has tabs in the file explorer. You could technically also install a Linux for browser via WSL.

AceLucario@lemmy.ml on 11 Jun 02:20 collapse

I don’t really want to use 11 until I must, but I’ll keep this in mind.

Zikeji@programming.dev on 10 Jun 08:31 next collapse

I use Groupy by Stardock for this. It’s a neat little tool that lets you make pretty much any application into a tab by grouping them.

It isn’t open source nor free though, and I didn’t even realize there was a Groupy 2 until I searched it to get you a link. For something I use daily, it was worth it for $10.

foggy@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 08:51 next collapse

It’s native in windows 11 fyi

kurcatovium@lemm.ee on 10 Jun 10:24 collapse

… as is Windows Recall /s

LordWiggle@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 08:57 next collapse

The one I use for years and years now, something I cannot live without anymore: Directory Opus. You can costumize everything. It works with ftp. Moving files has its own transfer system which is faster then windows. It has one folder tree and 2 folder screens next to eachother, each with tabs. I’ve tried several file browsers, but this one is by far the very best. It took the best from all file browsers and combines them. As options, so you may have a totally different one as to I have, fit to preference.

Edit: a free alternative is Total Commander. 2 windows, tabs, just no folder tree.

DmMacniel@feddit.de on 10 Jun 09:03 next collapse

I second Directory Opus. It’s a very good file browser.

LordWiggle@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 09:07 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c1a4a9f7-84db-41a4-8353-1c27403a9f0d.jpeg"> This is how mine looks. You can even change all colors (this is easy for the eyes). If you like I can give you my settings, as you can back them up into a file.

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works on 10 Jun 12:38 next collapse

Interesting. Does it do file synchronization? They don’t seem to advertise that on their site. Regardless though, I’d want to sync between 4 or five computers and the licenses for this thing start to get steep. That’s my issue with software like this, many of us now have quite a few computers in our household and this is something that if you got used to you’d want it on all of them, but then you start paying like corporate licensing prices and it’s just silly.

LordWiggle@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 12:58 collapse

I didn’t know it could, I have a 32TB NAS as a central storage. But apparently it does.

See This and This link.

rottingleaf@lemmy.zip on 10 Jun 15:24 next collapse

Directory Opus not having a Linux version is one of the sad mysteries of the universe

LordWiggle@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 16:12 collapse

I completely agree. I want to switch to Linux as I’m done with the atrocities of Microsoft. No Dopus makes it hard for me to actually make the switch, and I keep on postponing.

hakunawazo@lemmy.world on 12 Jun 19:40 collapse

Just for completeness the very similar FreeCommander

Multi renaming, filter for current view, tabs (which could be cloned, locked and renamed), bookmarks, flatview of all subfolders, an advanced search and a few shortcuts to some windows folders.

LordWiggle@lemmy.world on 12 Jun 20:15 collapse

Nice! Sadly though, I do not see a Linux version, same as Directory Opus :'(

Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz on 10 Jun 09:32 next collapse

You can download KDE plasma’s filemanager from Here Builds are currently broken tho Edit: that one should work cdn.kde.org/ci-builds/system/dolphin/…/windows/

ian@feddit.uk on 10 Jun 18:10 collapse

Dolphin has tabs, split screen, a real tree, plus a whole load of other useful productivity features.

devpaul@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 10:22 next collapse

I use OneCommander and it works pretty well. The dev just added a single window mode with tabs as well.

JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz on 10 Jun 13:13 next collapse

I use qttabbar, tabs are one of the many improvements it adds.

coolmojo@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 14:19 next collapse

There is a file manager app which looks similar to the Windows 11 one, but for Windows 10. It is also free and open source. It called Files

essteeyou@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 15:17 next collapse

I’ve been using this for a couple of years now and it’s great.

I have a very occasional problem where Windows tries to launch some sort of non-file-system stuff in Files instead of Explorer, but it’s not a blocker.

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 17:54 collapse

This looks pretty cool!

Mbourgon@lemmy.world on 10 Jun 14:59 next collapse

Explorer++ is a freeware app that does it, though not integrated

Matth78@lemm.ee on 10 Jun 21:36 collapse

FreeCommander is nice, it’s the one I use.