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Comments on: UltraExplorer is nearly perfect

There are several good freeware file-browsing alternatives for Windows out there, but freeware UltraExplorer overhauls the file-browsing experience.

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by AHSNZOOL February 23, 2008 1:26 AM PST: Ihave no comment thnk you for all things; Like this Reply to this comment

by dollygalll February 23, 2008 10:23 AM PST

i love this site

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by xxxeozzz February 25, 2008 10:33 PM PST: lol:D but me too..; Like this


by jxballard February 23, 2008 1:36 PM PST: This explorer has some really cool features for organizing my pc game directories.; Like this Reply to this comment


by NYCgoalie February 25, 2008 12:58 PM PST: Looks like the program is comming along nicely. When it has the same usability and more features than PowerDesk, I'll definately make the switch. Until then, I'll stick with PowerDesk (even though it's a really old program that's in dire need of an update).; Like this Reply to this comment

by JimKueneman February 25, 2008 2:34 PM PST

Since UE is my hobby project I guess I should respond :^)

"Two major flaws hold the program back: the file searching sucks"

It doesn't suck it is non existent ;^) in the version you have! Actually it is there just disabled so you can't find it. The rewrite solves the problems with what was there and UE will have built in search in version 2.0.

"UltraExplorer doesn't auto-replace Windows Explorer"

And will likely never will. I won't risk messing with the registry of someone elses computer.

Jim

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by JimKueneman February 25, 2008 2:40 PM PST: Also now I understand why my bug report bin was full this morning, lots of new downloads.

There are a couple of known bugs that will be fixed in the next version:

1) The Win-E hook messes up using the E key in other programs.
2) There is an occasional crash with the report saying "IsClass" in the crash line. Fixed for next release.
3) There is a crash when changing themes and sometimes on startup if something other than the default theme is used.

Jim; Like this

by USSWisconsin February 25, 2008 4:08 PM PST

I use Powerdesk also. On both Vista and XP. Anyone know if you can make Windows Explorer in Vista look exactly like Windows Explorer in XP ?

Thank You.

Daniel P.

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by xxxeozzz February 25, 2008 10:30 PM PST: ughr why... . gates do you know that you are gay?? omg.. f¨*ck you; Like this

by tsugazi February 26, 2008 7:23 AM PST

I've been looking for a Windows Explorer replacement for a while and I thought this would be my panacea. However, I haven't had the program running for more than 10 min at time before something I did caused it to crash. I find that attempting to access 'My Computer' in order to see my connected drives usually causes the crash issue. In any case, I cannot waste my time starting and restarting this program every time I choose a drive or folder, so I guess it's back to the samo-samo for now.

I would love to be able to use this program, but in the end, it seems like it's still buggy.

Cheers.

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by JimKueneman February 26, 2008 7:33 AM PST: If you use MSN Messenger you may will have a problem in My Computer. Some machines do some don't and I have not had time to track it down.

Jim; Like this


by cps1321 February 27, 2008 6:54 PM PST: I think this program has a lot of promise, but it's current incarnation is too buggy. It's crashed on me a few times, particularly when I browse networked drives. Or maybe it's the column mode view (that I like) that's causing the crashes. Anyway, I'm looking forward to the next version!; Like this Reply to this comment


by sweety143_jeelly June 2, 2008 10:23 PM PDT: This program is very nice to use, it's not nearly perfect but already perfect.; Like this Reply to this comment


by DigitalTinker June 27, 2009 12:00 PM PDT: I just reviewed this program, though not nearly as thoroughly as Seth has done here.

I do realize that this is a hobby for the developer, so I'm willing to stick it out. Does anyone have problems with Ultra Explorer hanging while minimized? I'm happily working, just zipping along. I click on the task bar to restore Ultra Explorer (Portable) and ... nothing.

I will be happy to see this bug (or issue) resolved.

Cheers,

Mitch; Like this Reply to this comment