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Add to SafariWhen comparing Sandboxie vs Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer), the Slant community recommends Sandboxie for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for Windows?” Sandboxie is ranked 18th while Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) is ranked 48th. The most important reason people chose Sandboxie is:
Continuing forward as Sandboxie-plus while still updating its classic version.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Now free and open source
Continuing forward as Sandboxie-plus while still updating its classic version.
Pro Windows 10/11 Home does not include Sandbox
As that is limited to Pro, this is a great alternative.
Pro 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!
Pro You can view 4 windows simultaneously
Pro You can use tabs in every window
Pro Portable
Pro Free
Pro 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.
Pro Fast and stable
Pro Very customizable
Pro 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).
Cons
Con Windows 10 has Windows Sandbox
Only relevant if using Pro edition of Windows.
Con Sometimes may have bugs
Con Needs modern UI design
Con No search
Con Does not work with Quicklook
