When comparing Listary vs Rapid environment editor, the Slant community recommends Listary for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for Windows?” Listary is ranked 21st while Rapid environment editor is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose Listary is:
Once you find the file you need, you can launch it or use custom actions.
Specs
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Pros
Pro It's also a launcher
Once you find the file you need, you can launch it or use custom actions.
Pro Search as you type everywhere
You can start typing on the desktop or any folders and it'll just search for you.
Pro Supports other explorers
It supports not only Windows Explorer but also XYplorer, Directory Opus, Total Commander and all the other explorer alternatives.
Pro Warnings
Displays wrong entries in red, e.g. paths that do no longer exist.
Pro Easy
Editing of Windows environment variables is easy, splits long lines.
Pro Resolve variables values, make easy a refactoring of PATH by extracting different elements in their own new variable
Pro Convert variables between verbatim and expandable
Windows supports referencing variables within variables, but only if they're marked in the registry as expandable, and conversion between the two types is exposed in the context menu for each variable.
Cons
Con Simple
Some may not consider it a "power" user tool.