Although bundled into every single version of Windows, Explorer isn’t quite an advanced file manager, as its features are basically the same as almost ten years ago, with minor interface changes.
Those looking for something more have already searched the web and most likely found a replacement for the old-school Explorer. Many have picked Total Commander and you’ll understand from the first day of using it why did that happen.
Total Commander is some sort of modern interpretation of the popular yet vintage Norton Commander. It comes with a new approach on Windows, relying on a two-side interface that allows users to handle files in two folders at the same time, just like it happened on the MS-DOS tool.
The way files are listed vary by users’ preferences, with shortcuts for every single operation that might pop into your head, starting with the common cut, copy and paste and ending with edit, create a new folder and rename.
But Total Commander has much more than that. It has a FTP client for accessing FTP servers in a matter of seconds, a multi-rename tool just in case you want to keep things organized, multiple network tools plus a gigantic settings menu that allows you to configure every single bit of the application.
Of course, Total Commander is able to handle archives too, so it can pack and unpack files in a matter of seconds as we’ve learned during our tests.
But probably the best thing about it is that this piece of software is so fast that won’t even notice the difference between opening a folder with 2 files and one with 300 files. While Windows Explorer is a bit slow when it has to index several hundreds of files, Total Commander is absolutely sensational and works extremely fast.
All these features come at a price though. In case you wish to purchase the full product, you’ll have to spend 42 bucks but taking into account how powerful this is, it’s probably one smart investment.

Limitations:
· 30 days trial

What's New in This Release:
· Fixed: Calculate height of Shift+F6 rename box only from font height and difference between combobox height and edit box (within combobox) height (32/64)
· Added: Synchronize dirs: When comparing two solid RAR archives or two plugin archives with each other, unpack the right archive, calculate SHA1 checksums, then unpack the left -> much faster (32/64)
· Added: Synchronize dirs: Also support "by content" with packer plugins, if the plugins supports the PK_CAPS_SEARCHTEXT capability (e.g. 7zip) (32/64)
· Fixed: Compare by content: Show "access denied" error if file is locked by another process (32/64)
· Fixed: Compare by contents function: make it faster by optimizing time-critical loop, turning on free pascal optimizations (64)
· Added: (experimental): InactiveFocus=1: Use a different pattern and brightness from the normal focus rectangle to distinguish it easily (32/64)
· Fixed: Footer not updated when selecting the last item (or the first in the root) in a file list with Shift+Cursor up/...