> I use a program called Powerdesk Pro as my Window Exploder shell > replacement. It seamlessly integrates with the OS, and offers > latent support for just about everything you could imagine, > including nice little touches like graphics file conversion > utilities (i.e. jpeg to gif for instance), and the ability to > colour code folders(as well as everything else you could possibly > want). It was about the best $30 I ever spent on software. Website > is http://www.ontrack.com/ if anyone is interested in this > brilliant utility.
A couple of years ago, I spent some time trying out quite a few different shareware and demoware file managers. (I have ~always~ been annoyed at some of Explorer's "features", and I was getting tired of trying to get my old Win 95 Norton File Manager (of which I loved the interface) to work with any stability on Win 98 (since Symantec stopped further development on their Norton File Manager after the Win 95 version). [I was more successful getting the old Win NT 3.51 version of Norton File Manager to run on Win NT 4.0 and even on Win 2K, but that's another story...] Well, I finally settled on Powerdesk Pro 4.0 as my choice, and registered it. It was the closest product to my beloved Norton File Manager, and it has added several additional features, too. It's not perfect, but I have never regretted sticking with it since making it my default file manager (although I haven't tried it as a shell replacement). I've since upgraded to Powerdesk Pro 5.0, which has a few additional features, but there really was nothing wrong with 4.0. I have successfully used Powerdesk on Win NT 4.0, Win 2K Pro, Win 98, Win Me, Win XP Home, and Win XP Pro. Well, that's my story, and I'm stickin' with it... Fred
