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Cortana vs Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer)

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When comparing Cortana 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 power user tools for Windows?” Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) is ranked 48th while Cortana is ranked 74th. 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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Can recognize music

You can ask Cortana what music is playing and she will attempt to identify it.

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Will let you know when artists you're interested in play in your area

Cortana monitors your Bing search history, social network actions, music played, etc to find out what are your favorite artists and will let you know if they plan to play in your area.

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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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Functionality is limited on non-Windows devices

While Cortana is available on Android and iOS, certain features on those operating systems are either limited or non-existant. For example, there's no hands-free voice activation on iOS, and on Android it's only available on the homescreen and nowhere else, etc.