I am happy to see that the idea is still alive. Although, I don't use Windows anymore.
Finally I found DOPUS and it was a godsend. Tabs of all my common folders, batch rename, dual windows, etc. My job became much easier and I have free time to learn other aspects of the company.
DOPUS 60 day test drive was about to expire, and I had my 6 month review with my boss (the owner) and HR. They ask if there is anything that would make my job easier: DOPUS and a 2nd monitor.
I received a big lecture on downloading software (I get it), $2 raise, 2nd monitor, but no DOPUS. I was heartbroken. I loved it so much that I would have paid for it with my own money for the company's benefit. It was that good.
Another 6 months and I was promoted out of data management. DOPUS would have still been useful, but not to the same extent as that entry level position.
Mostly I followed this guide [0] to install a few customizations, the most important part of which I paid the $5 for [1] to bring back the ol' reliable "hit the windows key and type the first couple letters of a destination, hit enter" without waiting for a web search to find Bing results for "downloads"
To complete the throwback for myself, I also found an install for Sony SonicStage 4.3 circa 2008 and am very pleased to have all the old library features (Artist Link graph navigation, easy playlists and tagging) [2]
I'm going to try Directory Opus, I have to rename a bunch of mp3 files since SonicStage predates certain unicode characters...
[0] https://github.com/malvinas2/ClassicThemeForWindows10
[1] https://www.startisback.com/
[2] https://archive.org/details/SonicStage4.3USWindows10Unsigned
so anyway I appreciate what startisback has done, I think the hierarchical menu of old is a better design than the fuzzy matching that comes standard today