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Add to SafariWhen comparing WinDirStat vs Take Command, the Slant community recommends WinDirStat for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for Windows?” WinDirStat is ranked 12th while Take Command is ranked 52nd. The most important reason people chose WinDirStat is:
GNU Public License (GPLv2).
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Free / Open Source
GNU Public License (GPLv2).
Pro Color codes by file type
You can sort the list in the extension column (file type) globally or from parent folder selected. This is very helpful in case there are files of a specific type that you may not be aware of that's taking up too much space. Also, the colors correspond to the visual section.
Pro Lightweight
Pro PacMan Progress Bars
Pro Text processing tools
Regular expression pattern enabled tools for text filtering, searching, substitution, and conversion.
Pro Powerfull scripting language
Powerfull scripting language with a lot of commands and predefined variables.
Pro File compression tools
File compression tools, e.g. bz2, gz, tar, 7zip and zip.
Pro FTP Command Line Client
Command line driven FTP client.
Pro Batch Debugger
It has a GUI Debugger for Batch files as well the own scripting language (BTM).
Cons
Con Slow
There are faster programs.
Con Classic UI
interface are old and cluttered
Con Treemaps can be confusing to some
