DMEXBar gives Windows Explorer super powers

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

DMEXBar gives Windows Explorer super powers

by Brad Linder Feb 7th 2008

There are plenty of alternatives to the Windows file explorer. But since you can't uninstall the default file explorer, you might as well learn to love it. Or tweak the heck out of it. Whatever floats your boat.

DMEXBar is a Windows Explorer add-on that lets you add a few extra toolbars and dozens of extra features to Explorer. Probably the most notable tweak is the addition of a button that lets you instantly open up a second instance of Windows Explorer next to your current window. This makes it incredibly easy to copy or move files from one folder to another.

You can also add buttons making it easier to launch a command prompt, copy or paste files, or mark them as favorites. The little calculator buttons lets you see how much disk space is used or remaining. There's also a breadcrumb-like toolbar that shows you a list of folders. DMEXBar works with Windows 2000 and XP.

[via Freeware Genius]

Tags: dmexbar, explorer, file-explorers, windows-explorer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

robotrock said 9:22AM on 2-07-2008

Does it improve search any? Say if I were looking for my dogs?

Steve said 9:38AM on 2-07-2008

Rumor has it, that its bundled with a downloader program. Didn't sound that harmful but you never know. Check out the comments on LH ( http://lifehacker.com/353175/power-up-windows-explorer-with-dmexbar) for more details.

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