Ac Browser Plus – An alternative to Windows Explorer

Windows Explorer, is the default file manager for Microsoft Windows has a long story behind since travels with all windows OS version, but hasn’t really changed all that much over the years. In order to extend and to gain more functionalities regular and power users search over the internet to find a substitute to windows explorer that gathers more pragmatic tools that lacks windows default file manager. Some dedicated tools are available on the net and Ac Browser Plus which is offered in a freeware and a shareware version and provide a well developed  File Management Solution.

Most of the Windows functions related to Explorer are accessible from AC browser Plus. The top panel displays all the hard disks on your PC and can be easily accessed. You can also add network locations through FTP. Ac Browser Plus goes beyond standard file management, offering you a rich set of tools for exploring your computer. All of this in the convenient multi-panel user interface, with standard keyboard shortcuts, full Drag&Drop support and more, giving you the ability to manage your disk resources faster and easier .

Many other features include, for example, folder synchronizer, “editorial renaming” (renaming files just like in a text editor), true multi-threading, calculating folder sizes on-fly, instant preview of image (viewing, conversion) and multimedia files, file splitting and merging, batch renaming, simple script engine, encryption/compression/mass renaming tools and Indexing drives (ACFAT and AcEyes), so you can find a particular file in milliseconds plus Coloring files by extension. Go to Commands\ACFAT\Settings menu command then from the drive list choose a drive you want to activate so it will be ACFAT-ready. Monitor AcEyes.exe from windows task manager so that to find how much of RAM will be used by ACFAT.

Ac Browser Plus Interface

The view option offers some interesting features such as autoview; so once a folder is selected then go to view and select autoview, this will open a small window and will list all files inside so this is helpful to see what the folder contains. Several scripts as creating file lists (that can be exported as  html, txt, csv and images can be exported as list_images.html), calculating folder sizes on-fly, and opening applications are also available.

There is a renamer included as well, and useful address bar and horizontally breadcrumbs (located below title bars) are available that makes folder navigation even easier. If an extension is not familiar to you then there is a script to check the extension property and this will open a internet web page thus providing the required information on that particular extension.

The key features of AC Browser :

• Integrated FTP Client.
• Folder synchronizer tool working with local, network, FTP and zip folders.
• Adding comments to files and directories.
• Multi window interface makes it easier to use.
• Zip as folders, packing, unpacking with easy.
• Searching in archives, and in nested archives (archive in archive)
• Support Multi Window Interface.
• View, edit text and image file straight from the file manager.
• Integrated with images converter that able to convert image to another type, change the resolutions and other characteristics.
• Folder synchronization is another important tool
• Editorial renaming” (renaming files just like in a text editor)
• True multi-threading
• Supported Regular Expression while searching for files, text in files, and in a text quick view. So you can search for files using e.g. r[eo]d which matches red and rod. Or [0-9]*[0-9] ? matches any text beginning and ending with one digit. More.
• Indexing drives, so you can find a particular file in milliseconds
• Hot Point – a small red rectangle on each file shows you the file properties, and quick view (images, text and multimedia).
• Zooming in/out thumbnails and other views (with Ctrl+mouse wheel)

Ac Browser plus has more features and is highly customizable. If needed there is an excellent well documented guide included in the software that can be reached from the help section. Only difference between Free edition and Plus version is the free edition limit to open three windows at same time while Plus version offers unlimited of windows open. So go ahead and download the free version and find out that it will be your Browser The Way You Want it.

Download : Ac Browser Plus free edition

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