Multi Commander: Windows Explorer Alternative for Netbook Users

Multi Commander is a freeware* multi-tabbed file manager for netbook users. It is an alternative of Windows Explorer. It uses the efficient dual-panel layout making it is easy to manage files even on a small screen like that of a netbook. The application lets you complete advanced task easily.

When you run it the first time, you can select which type of control you want. You can select between Commander style or standard explorer style or even customize it. It has all the standard features like a file manager has like copy, move, rename, view, etc. The application can do advanced tasks like auto-unpacking, auto-sorting, browsing inside archives, scripting, searching, etc. The best thing, you can control all those tasks using your keyboard.

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The default keyboard setup is a bit different from what Windows Explorer is using, Like F5 is Copy , F6 Move , F7 Make Directory, etc. You don’t have to feel lost though because of the non-standard shortcuts for copy-paste, as all the hot keys are customizable.

When selecting multiple files and folders you can use the keyboard or mouse. It will remember the choice you have done even if you go out of the current folder and later come back to the same folder again. If a copy operation fails in Multi Commander, it lets you keep the broken files. This can be useful when copying from a file from a bad USB memory or corrupt archives.

Features

Tabs allowing you to have multiple folders open.
Caching that enable fast file browsing.
Background work for all tasks that takes time to finish, allowing you to continue working without interruptions.
Customize the layout and colors to fit your styling needs.
Extensions and plugins that will increase the functionality of Multi Commander.
FTP, Registry , Zip, 7-Zip, Rar , Tar , GZ , Bz2 , Jar Support
View and Change file permissions, Take ownership of files.
Picture tools like Convert / Rotate Pictures, View/Remove EXIF tags, Adjust EXIF Date of pictures.
Audio tools like View Audio file properties, View/Edit MP3 Tags.
Open API for developers to create extensions and plugins.
Remember selections when you get back from another location when browsing the filesystem.
Use mouse and drag and drop or use quick keyboard command for all the task.
FileOperations plugins that can automatically sort / unpack files when they are moved or copied.
File viewer that lets you view files of any size, as ASCII/Unicode/UTF-8/Binary and Hex.
Both 32bit and 64bit versions available.
Can be installed to a USB memory device.
Handle folders with many thousands of files with easy, And use power full filters to limit what you want to view.
Compare folders and select the files and folders that are different, that are the same and many other options.
Power full script engine allowing you to create script that automate tasks.

Multi Commander is build around plug-in’s and almost everything is a plug-in in Multi Commander. There are a variety of plug-in types and that ensures that Multi Commander will grow in features in a faster way. Multi Commander works on Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/Windows 7.

Other notable Windows Explorer alternative file managers which we have covered earlier are Explorer++, FreeCommander and SE-Explorer.

*At the time of writing.

This article, Multi Commander: Windows Explorer Alternative for Netbook Users, was originally published at Netbook Freeware.