Windows Explorer replacement?
Monday, May 17, 2004 by Stealth870 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I decided to make my Desktop a full blown explorer.exe-less desktop. Running DX, Objectbar, and WB all takes up less RAM then using explorer! One thing however is the fact that I cna't use Windows Explorer. Is there a program you know of the does everything explorer can and more?
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craeonics
Reply #22 Wednesday, August 4, 2004 3:34 PM
Reply #22 Wednesday, August 4, 2004 3:34 PM
I don't think Explorer is tied to Windows that deep. It has two functions: 1) shell and 2) file manager (the browser is something else which just carries the same name).
Add/remove does not use Explorer (or at least: it doesn't show up in the Task Manager), but something like displaying your fonts folder does.
Add/remove does not use Explorer (or at least: it doesn't show up in the Task Manager), but something like displaying your fonts folder does.
mrtee
Reply #23 Wednesday, August 4, 2004 3:53 PM
Reply #23 Wednesday, August 4, 2004 3:53 PM
In EP6 there is a switch to use it instead of Explorer when opening "My Computer and folders". Also note that IP doesn't change icons in EP6.
paxx
Reply #24 Wednesday, August 4, 2004 6:31 PM
Reply #24 Wednesday, August 4, 2004 6:31 PM
Well, no. That's becasue EP6 doesn't use Explorer's icons. IP doesn't skin OPera or Mozilla's toolbar icons either.
JeffBDVS
Reply #25 Wednesday, August 4, 2004 9:06 PM
Reply #25 Wednesday, August 4, 2004 9:06 PM
Longtime PowerDesk Pro (full version) user here, and thinking of switching to EP6, if only for the promise of future development. I'm pretty sure PD5 at V-com is dead. But paxx said that EP6 is prettier and faster, so I'm off ot d/l and install the demo.
As for the animation issue, the only time I've seen skinned animations in PD is when opening a folder that spawns an Explorer window, and the animation is accessed from there. I still haven't taken the time to figure out which folders in PD spawn an Explorer window because it has been nothing more than a curiosity for me - "Hey! Look at that!"
I would like to add my request for WB to skin the PD/EP6 app all the way down to icons, toolbars and animations. I will say that Z-Studio's "Resolute" skins PD's toolbars far better than any other skin I've tried. I still don't know how Ross pulled that one off.
Some more notes: in PowerDesk (and EP6?) the "special" folder and system icons skin from IP (My Computer, My Documents, My Music, Control Panel, etc.) My file type icons (.doc, .zip, etc.) skin via IP as well. AAMOF, the only things that don't skin inside of PD are my folder, drive and generic file icons, and the toolbars (exception noted above).
As for the animation issue, the only time I've seen skinned animations in PD is when opening a folder that spawns an Explorer window, and the animation is accessed from there. I still haven't taken the time to figure out which folders in PD spawn an Explorer window because it has been nothing more than a curiosity for me - "Hey! Look at that!"
I would like to add my request for WB to skin the PD/EP6 app all the way down to icons, toolbars and animations. I will say that Z-Studio's "Resolute" skins PD's toolbars far better than any other skin I've tried. I still don't know how Ross pulled that one off.
Some more notes: in PowerDesk (and EP6?) the "special" folder and system icons skin from IP (My Computer, My Documents, My Music, Control Panel, etc.) My file type icons (.doc, .zip, etc.) skin via IP as well. AAMOF, the only things that don't skin inside of PD are my folder, drive and generic file icons, and the toolbars (exception noted above).
Jafo
Reply #26 Thursday, August 5, 2004 12:10 AM
Reply #26 Thursday, August 5, 2004 12:10 AM
There is a Beta of PowerDesk Pro 6....has it's own skinning capability too....works a treat but suffers from the odd bug.....[it's in beta].
I'm currently trying out ExplorerPlus....but as yet it won't remember preferences which is a pain in the bum....and PD5 has better options for the 'quickview' than either PD6 or EP6...
Jafo
Reply #28 Thursday, August 5, 2004 12:29 AM
Reply #28 Thursday, August 5, 2004 12:29 AM
Ah....[Doreenosis]...found how/where to set the preferences in EP+....so that's an improvement....
JeffBDVS
Reply #29 Thursday, August 5, 2004 7:30 AM
Very interesting - thanks for the tip.
Just for fun, I tried Antares and it did a nice job of skinning the PD toolbars, too.
Am I right in thinking that if WB and IP still don't handle PD very will, then they probably won't in the near future? I figure if Jafo uses PowerDesk then it probably would have been one of the first apps to get completely skinned if it was at all possible. Just a thought.
Reply #29 Thursday, August 5, 2004 7:30 AM
| There is a Beta of PowerDesk Pro 6....has it's own skinning capability too....works a treat but suffers from the odd bug.....[it's in beta]. |
Very interesting - thanks for the tip.
Just for fun, I tried Antares and it did a nice job of skinning the PD toolbars, too.
Am I right in thinking that if WB and IP still don't handle PD very will, then they probably won't in the near future? I figure if Jafo uses PowerDesk then it probably would have been one of the first apps to get completely skinned if it was at all possible. Just a thought.
Jafo
Reply #30 Thursday, August 5, 2004 7:36 AM
Reply #30 Thursday, August 5, 2004 7:36 AM
| I figure if Jafo uses PowerDesk |
I use it and have done so for many years due to using LiteSTEP as a shell and therefore not wanting to be loading Explorer as a file manager...
Minion_Bob73
Reply #31 Thursday, August 5, 2004 11:42 AM
Reply #31 Thursday, August 5, 2004 11:42 AM
Toolbar icons look really good in EP6, which I am trying but it does stinks that it nor PD will not use the file folder animations. 
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Reply #21 Wednesday, August 4, 2004 2:05 PM