Looking for a free file manager with these features

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Pimpom

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I'm looking for a free file manager for Windows that I used to have but lost. Now I can't even remember the name. Here are some of the features that are important for me:

- Two-pane side-by-side window (don't remember if it could have more than two panes)
- Can show folder sizes, not just individual files
- Can show sizes down to the last byte, not just KB (this is essential)
- Can list files and folders by name, date, size or percentage

There's a ton of file managers, free and paid, out there, but none of the ones I found in a recent search has these exact features. Can anyone help please?
 
Pimpom said:
Can show folder sizes, not just individual files
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This will take time to compute & depending on the no. of files & folders may make the file manager very slow thus making it practically unusable.

Pimpom said:
Can list files and folders by name, date, size or percentage
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What is percentage criterion here?

This should work for you as it has all the features you asked.

Q-Dir 11.93 Really good quad explorer 4 files and folders

Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) makes your files and folders easy to manage, either installed or as a portable Windows program. Fast and easy!
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Pimpom said:
I'm looking for a free file manager for Windows that I used to have but lost.
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Are you, perhaps, thinking about Total Commander?

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guest_999 said:
This will take time to compute & depending on the no. of files & folders may make the file manager very slow thus making it practically unusable.
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Let me make one thing clear: The features I listed are not a result of wishful thinking. The program I lost had them all and more. I found it at least 15 years ago and used it many times. Then I downloaded a newer version several years ago and again used it for some time.

As to the time required to read file and folder sizes, it's not that bad. A directory with a few thousand files took no time at all. One with hundreds of thousands of files and sub-folders (like the Windows partition) took perhaps a minute or so even with my old Phenom II and a spinning hard disk.
guest_999 said:
What is percentage criterion here?
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Percentage of the total partition space.
guest_999 said:
This should work for you as it has all the features you asked.

Q-Dir 11.93 Really good quad explorer 4 files and folders

Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) makes your files and folders easy to manage, either installed or as a portable Windows program. Fast and easy!
www.softwareok.com www.softwareok.com
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I'm familiar with Q-dir. It's a nice little program that's been around for quite some time. But it lacks some of the features the lost program has.
tearphones said:
Are you, perhaps, thinking about Total Commander?

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No. I know about Total Commander, Free Commander, XYPlorer, Q-dir and a host of others. Perhaps the two most important features of the one I lost is the ability to list folder sizes and to present sizes in bytes.
 
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Pimpom said:
Perhaps the two most important features of the one I lost is the ability to list folder sizes and to present sizes in bytes.
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If you want that functionality outside of a dedicated File Manager app, WinDirStat is the one I use. Sorry, I don't know the app you're talking about.
 
Pimpom said:
I'm familiar with Q-dir. It's a nice little program that's been around for quite some time. But it lacks some of the features the lost program has.
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It has all the 4 features you asked for with the exception of list by percentage. What other features it is missing though? I am using single pane view though it can be configured for up to 4 panes view.
 
+1 for KDE Dolphin (if it runs well on Windows) though it's not on the Windows App Store like some other kool KDE apps (Filelight, Okular etc)...

I was also thinking of one of the "xxxx commander" named file managers, can't remember the exact name.
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And I pasted the OP question into ChatGPT.com and got this: https://chatgpt.com/share/48ad192e-1240-4105-8913-29bf6db35b1d
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It also suggested installing Dolphin using chocolatey or scoop if you like.
 
One thing I specifically look in a file manager in windows is ability to copy folders & files while preserving their time stamps. There are many file managers which can preserve all time stamps of files but not folders (usually the created date changes while copying to a different drive/location).
 
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