Files
Introducing Files, the ultimate file manager app for Windows. With its sleek and intuitive design, navigating through your files has never been easier. Files features tabs for easy switching between different folders, a column view for quick file browsing, and dual pane support...
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- Free • Open Source
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- International
Platforms
- Windows
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- Maoholguin published news article about Files
Files 3.9 update: New cards view layout, thumbnail sizes, improved details pane & moreThe latest update to Files version 3.9 introduces a new Cards View layout, replacing the previous T...
- Maoholguin published news article about Files
Files launches version 3.8 with enhanced tag management, alternate data streams, and moreFiles version 3.8 introduces several new features, including support for alternate data streams whi...
- POX published news article about Files
Files 3.7.11 update brings bulk file renaming, improved dialogs, and several bug fixesFiles, the powerful file manager for Windows, has rolled out its latest update, version 3.7.11. Thi...
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- mounta11n reviewed Files
The program initially makes a really great visual impression. The UI looks clean and well thought out. In my experience, however, the user experience/UX is not yet really ready for use. Overall, “Files” reacts too slowly to work smoothly. You get the feeling that UX development is lagging far behind UI development. BUT: It is a very promising open source project and I see a lot of great potential here. I will definitely take another look in a few weeks to a few months! :)
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- gramblo353 reviewed Files
Has some solid features, but also runs rather sluggishly on my mid-range laptop. Addition to the standard, but not a replacement for me
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Comments and Reviews
Finally. Every software making the Windows experience less shitty is kinda bad for Linux, but yes... Microsoft... thats how it should be done.
And also FOSS! Amazing.
Full of visual bugs, right click panel is a pure chaotic. Theres a good concept somewehere behind the mess, but needs a few more years to develope.
Are you still seeing issues with the right click menu? We did a lot of work improving this feature.
The program initially makes a really great visual impression. The UI looks clean and well thought out. In my experience, however, the user experience/UX is not yet really ready for use. Overall, “Files” reacts too slowly to work smoothly. You get the feeling that UX development is lagging far behind UI development. BUT: It is a very promising open source project and I see a lot of great potential here. I will definitely take another look in a few weeks to a few months! :)
Has some solid features, but also runs rather sluggishly on my mid-range laptop. Addition to the standard, but not a replacement for me
It's beautiful, but it's impractically slow, even on a powerful computer.
A File manager app similar to Windows native 'File Explorer'... It is available for windows only, that's dumb... It is much needed on Linux, as Linux doesn't have any good file manager... So, devs should port it to Linux, which would be great...
I'm using
Dolphin File Manager on Linux, and I find it to be a really good file manager. What are you using?
As KDE's naming scheme is very out of mind🤮... Don't you think, Dolphin🐬 is a weird name for a 'File Manager'... One had to memorise names of KDE's apps🥵... If 'Dolphin File Manager' would change it's name to 'File Dolphin' or such, wouldn't it be nice🙂... 'Dolphin' is also a good app, but it looks much basic, if compared to 'Files'... As 'Files' is a Open-Source software, it can be ported to Linux🤷...
I don't really care about the names of software. And Dolphin is far from being basic, it can pretty much do everything (that I need, at least). And yes, Files could definitely be ported to Linux.
After ~20 minutes of the installer running, it created a few Registry entries, added many files to C:\Program Files\WinApps\ and failed to install. A bit of a pint to remove garbage manually.
All packaged apps are installed to the WindowsApps folder, which is beneficial as it ensures a clean uninstall without leaving any files behind. It’s important to understand that installing any app on Windows will create registry entries—this is standard behavior for the operating system. However, unlike most apps, Files is packaged, meaning all its registry entries are removed upon uninstallation.