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Add to SafariWhen comparing Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) vs One commander, the Slant community recommends Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) for most people. In the question“What are the best file managers for Windows?” Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) is ranked 3rd while One commander is ranked 10th. 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
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 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 You can use tabs in every window
Pro Free
Pro Portable
Pro You can view 4 windows simultaneously
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).
Pro Free
Free for non commercial use.
Pro Simple and fast
Fast search and filter.
Pro Multi tab support
Pro Themes
Light, dark and customizable themes/colours.
Pro Default file manager setup
Can make it the default file manager such that windows explorer stays out of the way for most of the work.
Pro Folder views can be saved and applied
Pro File previews
Pro Miller columns
Like Finder from macOS.
Pro File / folder filters
Cons
Con Sometimes may have bugs
Con No search
Con Needs modern UI design
Con Cannot access Android device connected by USB
Con Cannot access Android device by FTP
And can never will as this is clarified by developer that this feature will never be added.
Con It doesn't have UNDO function
Very important. When you work with valuable data files, this function can't be ommited.
Con Navigating folders by Ctrl+Tab has considerable delay
Con Folders cannot be sorted by size
Con Browsing Recycle Bin is very slow
Navigating away from Recycle Bin tab and coming back to it reload the Recycle Bin which is very slow as mentioned. Program has an option to open recycle bin in Windows File Explorer, which suggests that developer is aware that opening Recycle Bin is problematic.
Con Confusing
Con Context menu only based on icons
