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| Linux Tip: Change Gnome menus to use PCMan File Manager |
| Published: August 13, 2007, 6:00 pm |
| Tags: File Explorer, File Managers, Linux, Linux Tip, Menubar |
| Nautilus, PCMan, the default file manager for the "Places" portion of the Gnome menu by editing a few configuration files located in /usr/share/applications. After installing PCMan, the following two configuration files need to be edited (with superuser credentials): /usr/share/applications/nautilus-computer.desktop |
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| Featured Windows Download: Customize the Open and Save Dialog with OpenWide |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 8:00 am |
| Tags: Downloads, Featured Windows Download, File Managers, Windows |
| For those who often save files and need detailed information quickly, this application comes in handy (though Windows itself should really support this without the need of an extra app). OpenWide is a Windows-only freeware application for personal use. OpenWide [via the How-To Geek] |
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| One-Click Video Conversion in KDE Menus [Linux Tip] |
| Published: November 28, 2007, 9:00 am |
| Tags: File Managers, Linux, Linux Tip, Video, Video Editing |
| only: Convert your video files for DVDs, iPods or easily-playable formats from inside your file browser using a simple script. Users of Linux systems running on a KDE desktop just need to download the ffmpegmenu script and place it in the appropriate file browser folder, and a new "Video Encoding" menu will appear in your sidebar. Detailed |
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| Access Linux Files from Windows with Linux Reader [Featured Windows Download] |
| Published: December 17, 2007, 8:00 am |
| Tags: Dual Boot, Featured Windows Download, File Explorer, File Managers, Linux, Top, Windows |
| at their Windows-formatted files, but Windows certainly doesn't make it easy to go the other way 'round. Enter Linux Reader, a free Windows application that emulates the look and feel of the Windows XP Explorer and allows read-only access to ext2 and ext3-formatted drives, the most common formats for Linux installations. Linux Reader can also |
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| WildRename Does the Grunt Work of File Name Fixing [File Management] |
| Published: May 1, 2008, 8:30 am |
| Tags: Downloads, Featured Windows Download, File Management, File Managers, Files, Utilities, Windows |
| only: Rename large sets of files without batch scripting or endless clicking with WildRename, a free Windows utility. If you've been putting off organizing and renaming a vast collection of MP3s, pictures, or videos, you can stop procrastinating, as WildRename makes it easy to strip characters off the end of files, add or remove dashes, spaces, |
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| Name Mangler Bulk Renames Files [Featured Mac Download] |
| Published: May 20, 2008, 11:30 am |
| Tags: Downloads, Featured Mac Download, File Managers, Files, Mac Os X, Utilities |
| only: Rename large groups of files—like that batch of photos fresh off your camera's memory card—using simple or complex rules with Name Mangler. Simple options include numbering files sequentially, adding a prefix or suffix, or changing case. In advanced mode, you can script any number of those actions and save them. Name Mangler |
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| Copy Handler Speeds Up File Copying, Adds More Control [Featured Windows Download] |
| Published: June 5, 2008, 4:00 pm |
| Tags: Downloads, File Management, File Managers, File Transfer, Top, Windows |
| Handler speeds up Windows file transfers up to seven times in addition to providing advanced features for copying and moving files, like pausing, resuming, and restarting transfers. Similar to previously mentioned TeraCopy, Copy Handler is a perfect tool for improving the default copy-and-move operations that your computer performs daily, |
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| AccelMan File Manager Replaces Explorer with Robust Features [Featured Windows Download] |
| Published: July 18, 2008, 2:00 pm |
| Tags: Featured Windows Download, Downloads, Explorer, File Explorer, File Management, File Managers, Top, Windows, Windows Explorer |
| text editor, and even file compression and extraction with support for 15 popular formats (including ZIP and RAR). It also does as-you-type search, reads PDF and Microsoft Office documents, and tons more. We've shown you how to replace Explorer with Xplorer2, but if you're looking for an Explorer alternative and Xplorer2 wasn't you're |
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| Best Alternative File Managers? [Hive Five Call For Contenders] |
| Published: July 22, 2008, 7:00 pm |
| Tags: Hive Five Call For Contenders, File Explorer, File Management, File Managers |
| out of the box, it's a file manager. But whether it's Windows Explorer or the OS X Finder, your operating system's default file manager doesn't always offer all the features you want for handling your files. That's why for this week's Hive Five, we want you to tell us about your favorite alternative file manager. Read on for more details |
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| PlacesBar Tweaker Edits Open and Save Locations [Featured Windows Download] |
| Published: July 22, 2008, 3:00 pm |
| Tags: Featured Windows Download, Downloads, Explorer, File Managers, Top, Windows |
| most want to fetch and put files, the PlacesBar Tweaker is for you. This small utility lets you add custom folders to the Places bar and reorder them for quick and easy access. Windows XP's TweakUI utility can achieve the same end (among several other adjustments), but if you don't need everything TweakUI offers, the PlacesBar Tweaker is a |
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| Five Best Alternative File Managers [Hive Five] |
| Published: July 24, 2008, 12:00 pm |
| Tags: Hive Five, Feature, File Explorer, File Management, File Managers, Top |
| your favorite alternative file managers, and today we're back with the five most popular answers. Keep reading for a closer look at the five best alternative file managers, then vote for your file manager of choice. Xplorer2 (Windows, Freeware/Shareware) Xplorer2 offers a dual-paned interface (plus file tree) with support for tabbed file |
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| Power Up Windows Explorer with Free Add-ons [Windows Explorer] |
| Published: July 28, 2008, 12:00 pm |
| Tags: Windows Explorer, Downloads, Feature, File Management, File Managers, Geek To Live, Top, Windows |
| you want to select it. FileBox eXtender works in Open and Save dialogs as well, in Windows XP and Vista. FileBox eXtender homepage, original post. TeraCopy Speeds Up Big File Copy Jobs: Get greater control of file copy operations—especially ones that involve several gigs—with TeraCopy, a simple utility that offers pause, |
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| FileZilla |
| Published: August 1, 2008, 8:50 am |
| Tags: File Managers |
| FileZilla is a free application available both as a client and server. It occupies very little space, but despite that, this FTP client offers many features. The interface is easy-to-use, with everything being where it should be. You have a site manager at your disposal, where you can save your web servers and login details. If [...] |
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| FileZilla |
| Published: August 1, 2008, 8:50 am |
| Tags: File Managers |
| FileZilla is a free application available both as a client and server. It occupies very little space, but despite that, this FTP client offers many features. The interface is easy-to-use, with everything being where it should be. You have a site manager at your disposal, where you can save your web servers and login details. If [...] |
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| Add a File Extension Column to Windows Explorer [Featured Windows Download] |
| Published: August 11, 2008, 11:30 am |
| Tags: Featured Windows Download, Downloads, File Management, File Managers, Windows, Windows Explorer |
| Windows Explorer can sort files by type, by default it doesn't display or sort files by extension in a separate column—but the Extension Column add-on does just that. Install this small utility to add a column to Explorer's Details view that lists the file extension (TXT) versus the default file type (Text document). A tiny but useful |
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