xplorer2 is a file and information manager that adheres to the philosophy "efficiency through simplicity". xplorer2 can assimilate nearly all the modern features of the win32 shell without the bloat.
 
But look a little closer and you'll discover a whole new world under the surface that offers power, precision and flexibility, and will boost your everyday productivity no end!

· clean minimalistic, customizable interface
· seamless handling of virtual folders (FTP/webfolders/zipfolders etc)
· extended file/folder details (MP3 tags, checksum etc)
· instant preview of text, graphics and audio/video content
· find files using hyperfilters (e.g. locate files searching their comments for keywords)
· detect and cleanup duplicate files
· manage many folders in dual pane or using tabs
· easy folder comparison & synchronization
· powerful visual filtering and selection engine
· touch dates, split/merge and shred files
· mass renaming
· execute text commands (or DOS scripts) on files
· advanced NTFS support: hard links, file comments etc
· robust filesystem file/folder transfers
· unicode and text encoding aware
· export file information as text for printing etc
· focus on usability with keyboard shortcuts, histories, autocompletion etc

Limitations:
· 21 days trial
· Nag screen

What's New in This Release:
· Native tab in quick previewer utilizes the windows vista/7 preview handlers for office/PDF/etc document preview (a lifesaver if you have the buggy Adobe X)
· download preview handler extensions
· Native preview automatically resizes images and text
· fast thumbnails for windows XP/2000 utilizing thumbs.db system cache (note: thumbnail size must be fixed to 96 pixels, see Tools > Options > General)
· option for large icons in folder tree (right click nowhere in tree and pick command from menu)
· large toolbar icons supported, create an alpha-transparent bitmap called x2skin_XL.PNG and put it in the installation folder, see http://zabkat.com/x2skin.htm. Recommended icon sizes in range [24,48]
· when item icons are set to PLAIN (Tools > Options > General) there are no icon overlays extracted (shortcut, shared, TSVN etc)
· network folder access speed with tree-autosync enabled improved dramatically; make sure you have GAOPT_TREENONETENUM enabled from Tools > Advanced options (global page: tree...