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Looking for better Windows Explorer for XP

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sgopal2

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I installed XP a few months ago and really like it.....the only thing I don't like is that the Windows Explorer doesn't have the automatic preview like Windows 2000 Explorer did.

Does anyone know of a replacement for the XP explorer that compares to the way that 2000 Explorer previews files??

 
I think XP does what you want it to do.

All XP folder windows have picture smarts built into them. To enable this, right-click any closed folder, choose Properties, and click the Customize tab. Under the "What kind of folder to you want?" header, choose "Pictures (best for many files)" from the drop-down menu, and click OK. Then simply open the folder and click on any image file. You'll have a large preview of the image in the center of the file window. And you can scroll horizontally and click any image file to see its preview. The folder customize options include two types of picture folders, three types of music folders, and one document folder type. When you choose among these types of folders, you're also changing a list of context-sensitive clickable actions that appear in a column on the left side of the folder window. There's even an option to change the icon for any folder (not just a shortcut to it), and even make a new icon the default for all folders.
 
Originally posted by: sohcrates
I think XP does what you want it to do. All XP folder windows have picture smarts built into them. To enable this, right-click any closed folder, choose Properties, and click the Customize tab. Under the "What kind of folder to you want?" header, choose "Pictures (best for many files)"
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Sohcrates: Thanks for the reply, but I shoud've phrased my question a little differently. I knew about the above method to change the customize tab and wasn't really happy with the way that the folders looked. In particular the "documents" template is different from the Win2k version. In Win2k there is an area immediately to the right of the directory tree and to the left of the list of files that file previews are shown (this is especially useful for pictures or videos).

The XP version of the "documents" template does not have an area to preview files, unless its in the picture or photo album template mode.

Any other suggestions out there?

 
With Win2k you could customize your folders it seems a lot more than what XP is able to do , for some reason My Documents isnt available to be customized like a normal folder is , you can change the templates but they are all similar in style and not like how Win2k does it .
 
Bump up......anyone else with any ideas?

How about any alternative file explorers that will work better ???
 
Gazza,

THanks for the links........I think the Accelman explorer looks pretty kewl..I'll give it a try .


Thanks again
 
Yeah some of those look pretty interesting , I might give one or two of them a try and see how they pan out .

I also noticed quite a few shells out there to test out .
 
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