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Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) vs WizTree

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When comparing Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) vs WizTree, the Slant community recommends WizTree for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for Windows?” WizTree is ranked 16th while Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) is ranked 48th. The most important reason people chose WizTree is:

Because it reads the master file table (MFT) directly from NTFS file system.

Specs

PlatformsWindows

Filesystem supportNTFS

InterfaceGUI

Path exclusionYes

TreemapYes

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What are the best power user tools for Windows?

Pros

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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!

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).

Pro
Exceptionally fast for NTFS drives

Because it reads the master file table (MFT) directly from NTFS file system.

Pro
Free

There is no limitation to using it.

Pro
Multiple view such as tree view, tree map, extension view, file view

Unlike other similar apps, which usually only offer single view, this app offers multiple views.

Pro
Handles "hard linked" files correctly - doesn't count them more than once

WizTree is faster and much more accurate than all the others as it properly handles hard linked files (doesn't count them more than once) so the total allocated size reported by WizTree will actually match the space used on the drive as reported by Windows.