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Wow, I didn't know people still used Windows Explorer. 
>64
There is never enough time to do it right, but there is enough time to do it over.
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What else would we use? 
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Total Commander, XYPlorer, FreeCommander, Double Commander, ... the list goes on.
I used Total Commander some 10 years ago before fully switching to Linux and it was like having Norton Commander again.
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Why would I use a third party component for something so simple as browsing files?
Stuff like Total Commander, FreeCommander and Double Commander just look like bloated and very busy explorers to me
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Well, I guess some of us think that, on very rare occasions, there are better alternatives than what Windows provides.
Directory Opus, IMO, is far beyond just a File Explorer. But then again, I am not a fanboy. 
>64
There is never enough time to do it right, but there is enough time to do it over.
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It's more that File Explorer is very capable of simply browsing files, which is probably the use case of most users, including me, but you make it sound like no one should ever be using File Explorer again.
If you'd replace "File Explorer" with "Internet Explorer" I'd agree, no one should be using that anymore, but File Explorer is fine and can be used by the majority of users.
Also not saying File Explorer is the best, but it's the easiest and good enough for what most users want with it.
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Sander Rossel wrote: If you'd replace "File Explorer" with "Internet Explorer" I'd agree, no one should be using that anymore,
Especially given that it is no longer supported.
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You asked for alternatives 
It depends entirely on what you do with the file explorer.
If it is indeed just for browsing files then Windows File Explorer is good enough.
If you need to work with files on local and remote systems on different file systems (Windows/Linux) then you need better tools.
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Yeah, I get that.
What triggered me was theoldfool's tone, like "Are people still using File Explorer!? *disappointment*" while it's a perfectly fine tool for most users 
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My "sigh" was a poor attempt at humor. Sorry if it set your error latch.
I don't really have a horse in this race.
>64
There is never enough time to do it right, but there is enough time to do it over.
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Midnight Commander works, ugly terminal program but good.
For me? When I run Windows (VM's), Directory Opus. I have used Directory Opus for about 20 years. Was a BETA tester back in the day. Best developer I have ever had the pleasure to "meet". Best support I have ever seen. Probably smart enough not to come here
>64
There is never enough time to do it right, but there is enough time to do it over.
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In one way, it is it's own security system.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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 Thanks for the headsup! This just might explain a customer complaint last week where print preview is disregarding orientation flags for reports. I know for certain that it's a Win11 issue, but I don't happen to have a Win11 system handy for testing. 2 colleagues with Win11 have confirmed that it just started happening. It's a good excuse for me to get a new system! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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kmoorevs wrote: It's a good excuse for me to get a new system!
It rather sounds to me like a good excuse to stick with what you already have...
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Virtual machines are your friends.
Nobody in their right mind test my software on raw metal. 
>64
There is never enough time to do it right, but there is enough time to do it over.
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But otherwise how can I say "works on my machine" 
Mircea
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Old country and western song:
"Buddy, I lied"
>64
There is never enough time to do it right, but there is enough time to do it over.
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There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over. This should be Sale & Marketing's motto.
(Or epitaph...)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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In Germany, the railways are still using Windows 3.11 for their display boards.
Who says you have to upgrade.
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Someone recently suggested I go to W11, I'm glad I said nope, historically speaking, this is the version to skip. LOL
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Its behavior has been very odd for me as well.
Win10 was a much better OS here. They needed to remake the Win11 file explorer from scratch.
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Partially, at least. I have my dad's old Lenovo Yoga 2 11, and the battery had failed. Thankfully replacement batteries are relatively cheap, so I ordered one and a tool to open the case. I got the case open and the old battery removed after some difficulty (the screw in the middle of the battery was stuck, but I was able to grab it with some pliers and make it turn), and the new battery went in easily. Several keys on the keyboard don't work, but I have a number of external keyboards and mice from various presents over the years, so those work. I put Fedora on it, and am using it to pull up game guides while playing on my consoles.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Old computers are also great for performance testing applications for minimum specs. Sure, you can fake throttle a CPU, etc. but nothing beats the real thing.
Jeremy Falcon
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