For questions about FreeCommander, a dual-panel alternative to the standard file manager in Windows.
FreeCommander is a free file manager, a dual-panel alternative to the standard file manager in Windows.
Main features in FreeCommander:
- Dual-panel technology – horizontal and vertical (one panel is possible too)
- Tabbed interface
- Full access to desktop
- Optional tree view for each panel
- Built-in file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format
- File viewer and thumbnail view inside archives too
- Built-in archive handling: ZIP (read/write)
- Nested archive handling
- Plugins for other archive (RAR, 7z, …)
- Plain view – structureless view for files and folders
- Linked browsing
- Easy access to system folders, Control Panel, desktop and start menu
- Copy, move, delete, rename files and folders (alternatively as Windows or FreeCommander operation)
- Drag & drop
- File searching (inside archives too)
- Create and verify MD5 checksums
- Wipe files
- Batch rename tool
- File properties and context menu
- Calculation of folder size
- Folder comparison
- Folder synchronization
- Modification of file date and attributes
- Folder / program favorites
- File filters (regex is possible too) for display and file operations
- User-defined columns for detailed views
- DOS command line
- Quick viewer
- Quick search
- Quick filter
- Quick starter
- Screenshots
- All shortcuts are definable
- A lot of settings, almost all of them configurable
- Multiple language support
