XYplorer offers so many features and functions to cover many different kinds of set ups and users that most users will find no need to utilize all the features and functions. Reviewer 3: XYPlorer is basically a very flexible and customizable file manager designed to replace Windows Explorer that comes standard with a Windows computer. There are a number of options such as split screen, either horizontal or vertical and/or a tabbed interface which makes comparing Windows files and folders very easy. It absolutely does what it promises and more. XYplorer has been around since the early days of Windows, and can run on all versions of Windows from Windows 98 through to Windows 8.1. It is still in active development, many of the improvements having been suggested by users. XYplorer is an excellent program, which I recommend highly. The Web site’s only claim is that XYplorer “. makes you faster.” It does indeed make one’s day-to-day computing faster. The Web site further states that XYplorer is a tabbed file manager for Windows. It features a powerful file search, a versatile preview, a highly customizable interface, optional dual pane, and a large array of unique ways to efficiently automate frequently recurring tasks. It’s fast and light, it’s innovative, and it’s portable.” That still vastly understates its capabilities. The installation file was only 3.26 MB, and the entire program needs only 7.8 MB of space. It claims to make almost no Registry changes. The program may be downloaded for a 30-day free trial that is “fully functional with minor limitations.” The EULA (End User License Agreement) says that the license is non-transferable and gives the owner “the right to use XYplorer on any number and kind of devices,” a welcome change from the restrictiveness of some other programs. I extracted the 3.3 MB exe install file from a downloaded 3.2 MB zip file and installed without any problems or conflicts. I felt it strange to download a zip file when the zip file is almost as large as the install file. This causes an extra step in extraction with almost no benefit from reduced file size that zip format provides. Activation/Registration was a simple copy-and-paste of the provided key. The license for XYplorer is exactly what the license for such a program should be: by user and not by an individual PC or two. The licensed user can use XYplorer on as many different PCs that he/she uses. In today’s market and trends of software makers, this is quite unusual and fair. Licenses activate all features and functions of XYplorer with the standard license providing free updates for one year and the lifetime license providing free updates for life (I’m not sure if this is the lifetime of the software, lifetime of the developer, or lifetime of the user). XYplorer’s developer claims that it has no “phone home” function to verify that only a licensed user is using it. Your company usually won’t allow you to do the right thing (uninstall Adobe), but there is still a way to make things work even with Adobe Acrobat around: XYplorer (v18.00 onwards) allows you to set up User-Defined Preview Handlers.After the install, my network monitoring software did not report any attempts by XYplorer to connect to the Internet. Now if Abobe Acrobat is still installed on your system it will likely prevent PDF-XChange from working normally. Method 2: Making PDF preview work while Adobe is installed In case you still don’t get a preview ensure that *.pdf is ticked under Configuration | Preview | Previewed Formats | Categories | Document Files and that *.pdf is not ticked under any other category in Configuration | Preview | Previewed Formats | Categories. Now, after a reboot, PDF preview in XYplorer should work just fine. * Note: Version 8 of the PDF-XChange Editor produces only unusably tiny previews, so it cannot be recommended anymore! However, you can use it side-by-side with the Viewer. Install the free PDF-XChange Viewer or the non-free PDF-XChange Editor*.
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