Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Freeware
Cubic Explorer is a highly customizable portable file manager
by Lee Mathews Nov 28th 2008 at 4:00PM
There are plenty of Windows Explorer replacements out there, and most of you probably have a favorite. While I'm normally content to use what Windows gives me, I'm always looking for a good portable replacement to help ease file management tasks on customer computers.
Cubic Explorer has a number of options that have earned it the job. While it's packed with functionality and can be customized any number of ways, the interface remains mostly uncomplicated. It's a given that when you add tabs, breadcrumbs, bookmarks, previewing, folder trees, and everything else normally found in an Explorer replacement that the interface will become cluttered, but Cubic keeps things under control.
I've added all the folders I normally need to access during a repair to the favorites, like c:\windows, control panel, network connections, and my network app shares. After launching Cubic, hitting the bookmarks menu and open all in tabs quickly displays everything. It's much quicker than using start -> run every time I need to open a folder.
Cubic also supports sessions, allowing you to have several customized sets of tabs, bookmarks, and layouts. It's a handy feature for moving between customer systems, our office machines, and my home computers. Several themes are included, and your choice is saved with the session.
Cubic Explorer is freeware for Windows only, and both an installer and portable version are available.
Cubic Explorer has a number of options that have earned it the job. While it's packed with functionality and can be customized any number of ways, the interface remains mostly uncomplicated. It's a given that when you add tabs, breadcrumbs, bookmarks, previewing, folder trees, and everything else normally found in an Explorer replacement that the interface will become cluttered, but Cubic keeps things under control.
I've added all the folders I normally need to access during a repair to the favorites, like c:\windows, control panel, network connections, and my network app shares. After launching Cubic, hitting the bookmarks menu and open all in tabs quickly displays everything. It's much quicker than using start -> run every time I need to open a folder.
Cubic also supports sessions, allowing you to have several customized sets of tabs, bookmarks, and layouts. It's a handy feature for moving between customer systems, our office machines, and my home computers. Several themes are included, and your choice is saved with the session.
Cubic Explorer is freeware for Windows only, and both an installer and portable version are available.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Molly said 11:06AM on 11-29-2008
while i'm a fan of split-window file manager (Total Commander being my favorite), i want you to have a look at UltraExplorer, by far the best Windows Explorer 'clone' i have seen so far (freeware, also works portable)
http://www.mustangpeak.net/ultraexplorer.html
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Lee Mathews said 11:10AM on 11-29-2008
UE is a nice one as well...We wrote is up here: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/08/21/ultraexplorer-makes-windows-file-management-easier/
Gene said 12:39PM on 11-29-2008
The site is closed until January.............no downloads available
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Mike said 4:50PM on 11-29-2008
Errr.....you're completely wrong?
Molly said 9:00PM on 11-29-2008
must have slipped my attention :)
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Stein said 1:28PM on 11-30-2008
Downloads are absolutely available at www.cubicreality.com. You can either go to the download page, or better, go to the forum's Bug/Requests section and download the latest Beta, which is a lot better! For spesific reasons (read the blog/home page), development is stopped until 2009, though.
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