The best is to use QT TabBar Tabs on Explorer…. and stay with Windows Explorer for Vista.

“QT TabBar allows you to operates files and folders like tab browser folder grouping, histories, etc.”

QT TabBar allows you to operates files and folders like tab browser
folder grouping, histories, etc.

A must-have too: Folder Guide for instant access to your favourite folders (XP & Vista).

http://www.freeware365.com/desktop/folderguide.htm

I’ve been using Xplorer2 for almost a hear and I think it’s absolutely indispensable. The only problem I have is that it doesn’t (as far as I can see) have an option for viewing in “film strip” mode. I work with images a lot so I find missing that feature to be a drag. Aside from that, I totally dig it and use it several times a day. Glad you took the opportunity to give this one the limelight!

Xplorer2 is great. I used it as primary file manager until I happened upon Freecommander (http://www.freecommander.com), which I have come to prefer. There are many, many features packed into this product which another fan can enumerate, but for myself highlights like synchronizing the directories in each pane and the oodles of keyboard shortcuts make this a delight (well, if you have a keyboard). On the touchscreen side of things, another nice feature is the ability to jump up into a parent directory by simply clicking the corresponding text in the location bar.

I love Xplorer2, but if you’re trying it out for the first time, the free version is nowhere near as good as the paid one — for the $30, you get a “robust file transfer” feature that is invaluable for moving files over the network or from a damaged disk and a built in search about equal to Agent Ransack’s — not important on Vista, but very useful with XP.

This looks like a useful tool. I don’t mind all of the clicking, but sometimes, I’ll click on an external drive and it will take forever to move from one folder to the next, especially if the drive is filled with media. I will try this out and see if it’s helpful.