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10 extensions that turbocharge Windows Explorer

The File Explorer is one of the central tools in Windows. This is because the operating system is file orientated, so the folder in which a file is stored, its name, and extension play a major role. Copying, moving, renaming, and deleting files as well as searching for one or more files is a routine activity for every Windows user.

Although Explorer can fulfill all these tasks, it only offers a rather cumbersome way of working. Third-party manufacturers are constantly showing how it can be done better with their tools. This applies, for example, to the large, alternative file managers such as Total Commander or Free Commander, which work with a two-window technique, but also applies to various smaller tools that supplement the functions of Explorer or replace them with better versions. In this article, we present a selection of these programs.

COPY AND MOVE FASTER WITH TERACOPY

If you set Explorer the task of copying or moving large volumes of data, the program first

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