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Clover vs Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer)

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When comparing Clover vs Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer), the Slant community recommends Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) for most people. In the question“What are the best free file managers for Microsoft Windows?” Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) is ranked 9th while Clover is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) is:

Every window can be separately customized. You can choose between different views from 1 to 4 windows, and every window can have multiple tabs!

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Pros

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Adds Chrome-esque tabs to Windows Explorer

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Lots of themes from Chrome

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Highly manageable multiple windows

Every window can be separately customized. You can choose between different views from 1 to 4 windows, and every window can have multiple tabs!

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You can view 4 windows simultaneously

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You can use tabs in every window

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Portable

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Free

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Does not use a lot of RAM

Q-dir with 4 windows and with 4 tabs in every window uses only 39mb of RAM on Win10x64.

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Fast and stable

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Very customizable

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Q-Dir allows you to save folder combinations as a favourite to open any time

Up to 64 folder combinations can be saved in a favorite, since each of the four windows is equipped with tabs (ie 4 x 16 tabs 4 x Tree View plus 4 x Address Bar).

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Cons

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Screen scaling issues with 4K displays

It's not recommended to be used on computers with a 4K display as it will cause many scaling problems even in other applications.

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Bugs and no support

While it's overall performance is good, the tool overrides Windows Explorer by force which can result in bugs, crashes and screen freezes that can only be solved by stopping the task. Sometimes it crashes the explorer all together which can leave you without access to the windows toolbar.

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VirusTotal finds adware and possible viruses

More than 40 online antivirus/anti malware scanners reports issues. Do try it your self if you think this is a competitor trying to give Clover a bad rep. I used it before, but now I've abandoned it. Especially because the installation etc. are in Chinese so you don-t stand a chance to know what you're doing.