
Without reinventing the wheel, it integrates the best features of Windows' shell architecture in a small, resource efficient package that's instantly familiar to work with. Xplorer2 is a file and information manager that adheres to the philosophy "efficiency through simplicity". It reads fast, offers visual filters and a variety of selection mechanisms that allow you to manage your files effectively. xplorer? browsing model scales up well to large folders with thousands of files. xplorer? will get you in all places you keep your digital wealth, including namespace extensions like FTP, zipfolders, webfolders etc. At first glance everything looks familiar: the classic tree/view user interface, clean and clutter free, should get you started immediately.


We've kept the best bits and threw away the inconsistencies and irritations, all in a small and nimble, easy to use package. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not really complaining because Xplorer2 Lite, which is offered free for personal and academic use and is actually an overall useful program however the fact remains that - simply put - the free version is FAR LESS useful.Xplorer is what windows explorer should have been. But for me, the biggest negative is that you still must use the Windows Explorer search function in order to search for any files. This can make for an extremely frustrating experience while using it, because many of the options (those that are made unavailable) are not clearly labeled as such.

Often time's free versions of software are independent of their paid upgrade, however Xplorer2 Lite is simply Xplorer2 with more than just a few of the far more useful options turned off. Three other man features of the Xplorer2 Professional version not present in the lite version are advanced search (Omni-Finder), full Unicode support and robust transfer. For example: As opposed to the professional version this lesser version basically lacks customizability and any "search command." Additionally, Check Duplicates and Compare Subfolders functions are disabled in the 'free' lite version. However, I gradually became disenchanted that the more advanced features are restricted to the Pro version. I actually used Xplorer2 (as well as its predecessor: 2圎xplorer) "Lite" version a dual-pane file manager for Microsoft Windows operating systems, for several years and enjoyed it very much as an alternative to Windows Explorer.
