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I like powertoys, especially ‘fancy zones’!

But Explorer is something I stopped using more than a decade ago when I encountered TotalCommander - that I cannot do without!!!

The regex-supporting live-preview batch-filenaming utility alone is awesome.

I work so much faster (with the keyboard) than will ever possible in Explorer!

I could write for hours about the greatness of TCM, but as that’s a little off topic here I won’t :-)

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Don't forget about its Free Software counterpart - Double Commander.

Cross-platform, feature packed, constantly updated, Lua-scriptable, supports TC plugins, written in Free Pascal.

https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io

I’ve totally fallen for Directory Opus. Most powerful file manager I’ve ever used, and I’ve only used a fraction of its features.

Yeah I also use it daily. itš awesome

FanzyZones is absolutely essential if you're using large monitors.

I use FancyZones as well but I get annoyed that it doesn't seem to preserve custom layouts between reboots. I have to switch to my layouts manually after every reboot. Have you experienced it too? I am curious about whether it is something on my end or not.

It has a setting to remember. If it does not it means you have a problem with display detections

FancyZones seems to forget currently selected layout every time it is updated and every time a new Windows developer preview is installed. Other than that, it should be exactly as you left it.

How 'bout FancyWM?

Yes, when I see someone using Explorer instead of Total Commander, I feel sorry for them.

There's an enhanced TC called TC UP with additional utilities:

https://www.tcup.pl/index.php/en/

PowerToys has a batch rename utility that is integrated into explorer

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