Explorer++ vs Clover
When comparing Explorer++ vs Clover, the Slant community recommends Explorer++ for most people. In the question“What are the best file managers for Windows?” Explorer++ is ranked 18th while Clover is ranked 33rd.
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Pros
Pro Free and open source
Pro Optimized with fast loading speed
Compare to other file explorer I have used its have really fast loading speed.
Pro Tab system
Pro Active development
Active community development as of 2021.
Pro Vanilla Explorer with added option of Tabs in single window and bookmarking
Pro It looks very good
Cons
Con Useless for searching
Often completely misses loads of files that you know are there.
Con Limited search functionality
No file content search.
Con Folder view settings does not save individually
want to just set download folder item to group by date? nope! every folder applies this view settings.
Con Abandoned
Seemingly abandoned. Hasn't been updated in a few years.
Con Crashes semi frequently
Crashes quite a bit. Sometimes random sometimes during network folder access. Loses current state and reverts to the state of the last graceful exit.
Con Malware/Adware in new versions
Con Rare bug which loop open new tab,
need to force close the apps with task manager
Con All instructions are in Chinese
It's really difficult to follow the installation wizard if you don't understand Mandarin.
Con Unsuccessful installation can corrupt original file explorer
That force you too lool for additional file manager and repair original files.