Explorer.exe alternative

[Red Squirrel]

I heard of a few alternatives to explorer. I'm just wondering if anyone has ever used one, and if they are better, or worse in terms of functionability, performance, etc. I was thinking it would be kind of neat to change the whole windows shell.

 

[jadinolf]

PowerDesk, which is Explorer on steroids.

http://www.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html

If you look around you will find an earlier version for FREE.

 

[JackMDS]

In addition to Power Desk there is also:

http://netez.com/2xExplorer/

http://www.ghisler.com/

There are all good there are differences in some of the Extras as well as the Interface.

The best is to try them all and pick the one that suites you best.

:sun:

 

[BlueWeasel]

Actually, I think the OP is asking about replacements for explorer.exe, not replacements for Windows Explorer.

Similar to this -- Blackbox for Windows

 

[alm4rr]

i used litestep back in the day for win98

loved it

 

[Cerb]

Floating thingies:
Geoshell: try it.
SharpE: try it.

Whatever you want, but bring your own text editor and free time:
Litestep: Omar 3.02 for OTS and OTS2 themes, if running XP, be sure to get the 0.24.7 binaries. LS offers the most versatility, by far, but is also very involved to do themes for. Using others' themes shouldn't be a problem (litestep.net, ls-universe.info, wiki.litestep.com, deviant art, ls-themes.org).

Blackbox: small, and awesome-looking. No way to properly emulate the look in LS, unfortunately.
BB4Win: nice.
xoblite: nice(r).
BBLean: smaller.
Bluebox: it exists...again.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Actually, I think the OP is asking about replacements for explorer.exe, not replacements for Windows Explorer.

Similar to this -- Blackbox for Windows

Ah hah.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll give them a try.