File managers

[TiredOfLife]

Still using 5.5 on the Miggy.
Would be interested in looking at v8 on the pc

[Harrison]

Have you customised Workbench at all Steve? with some third party utilities such as docking or context sensitive menus? When I used to use Workbench as my main OS I used to customise it will all the best things I could find.

I forget the name of it, but there was one that replaced the Workbench menu system with a rightclick context menu so all of the menu options appears next to the mouse where ever you were on screen. Very useful.

Another thing that used to annoy me was how windows could not be moved beyond the edge of the screen. A little utility fixed that problem.

Also loads of custom icon packs for MUI made Workbench look much nicer.

[Submeg]

Not a big user of file managers. What do you guys use them for?

[Harrison]

Umm... Managing files surprisingly enough

File Managers are much better than Windows standard file explorer for copying files, moving them around, batch renaming, filing away in neat orders etc... Also great for quickly browsing through files, viewing them inside of the file manager.

[Submeg]

Ok...I just thought there is some major benefit that I didnt know about I just make my file structure first so I dont spend a lot of time moving stuff, etc...

[Harrison]

Well, there is more to them than just managing where they are on the HD. When you have a very large collection of files they can really speed up looking through them, quickly looking at their content, especially for images, txt files, pdfs, audio etc... as you can get an instant preview instead of needing to wait for a preview program to open.

Also you can customise buttons for the file manager. Add an automated rar or zip button for example, or a txt to nfo button. Those are simple examples. You could assign some command line instructions to a button to preform an action for example or to launch a file into an application or emulator.

There is also batch processing. If you downloaded a lot of files such as an emulator set or a music collection and needed to rename them all quickly you could batch rename them.

Another big addition I find very useful in DOpus over standard Windows is it's directory and file handling. It will automatically calculate the size of any directory for you whilst you are viewing it from above, it colour codes folders, system files and any other file you wish to the colours of your choosing. Lots of powerful features that make file management much nicer and an easier experience.

You should give DOpus a try as it is free to use for the the first 30 days.

[Demon Cleaner]

When you have a very large collection of files they can really speed up looking through them

That is quite annoying in the windows explorer, it's very slow when clicking on a folder that contains lots of files. And we have some HUGE folders, don't we Harrison?

I had no time to test it at work, but will install it next week to give it a try. Always nice when there's a solution other than Microsoft.

[Stephen Coates]

Have you customised Workbench at all Steve? with some third party utilities such as docking or context sensitive menus? When I used to use Workbench as my main OS I used to customise it will all the best things I could find.

I forget the name of it, but there was one that replaced the Workbench menu system with a rightclick context menu so all of the menu options appears next to the mouse where ever you were on screen. Very useful.

Another thing that used to annoy me was how windows could not be moved beyond the edge of the screen. A little utility fixed that problem.

Also loads of custom icon packs for MUI made Workbench look much nicer.

No. I like it as it is. Especially 3.9.