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> version of explorer that's so fast https://filepilot.tech/ https://filepilot.tech/

iJohnDoe 8mo ago
I've tried this a few times. Windows 10. Downloaded the 2MB file, double-clicked on it, and nothing happens. Same thing when I tried it a few months again. Put it in a command prompt and no output of an error. I'm starting to worry I just launched something malicious.
- direwolf20 8mo ago
  The latter is normal on windows. Executables have a header flag which specifies they either use the terminal or not. If a terminal program is opened from outside a terminal, it opens a terminal window. If a nonterminal program is opened from a terminal, it instantly detaches.
- smusamashah 8mo ago
  After downloading, did you open its properties and "unblock" it?
ZeWaka 8mo ago
$250 for a version with updates past a year? yikes
- skrebbel 8mo ago
  For a lifetime license incl updates forever that seems quite reasonable to me. It's a bit over a year of Netflix. In fact, given that it includes perpetual priority support (within a business day!) I expect the author's gonna change that soon, once he gets one of those infinitely demanding customers and realizes what a terrible mistake he made (inf support for a one-time payment, oops!). So better bite while it's hot! The €40 option for one year of updates is a lot more economical and is still a perpetual license for the software itself.
  - fleshmonad 8mo ago
    Imagine paying for a file browser. This is why windows will always win. They have the most docile userbase ever. They'd rather pay 250 bucks for a file picker than to change OS.
    - MengerSponge 8mo ago
      If you use software that is $10k/year and Windows only, a few bucks here and there to improve your quality of life is a rounding error
      - antiframe 8mo ago
        I wonder if a lot of Windows users are also BMW drivers. If they're willing to shrug off $250 a year to be able to copy files efficiently on their computers, they are likely also to applaud the wonders of $50 a month for heated seats.
        MengerSponge 8mo ago
        $250 (currently $200) is a single perpetual license. Annually it's $40/yr. It's easy to lose a few minutes each day to Explorer shenanigans. For people making real money that adds up fast.
        delta_p_delta_x 8mo ago
        > BMW drivers £50 for a heated seat, perhaps, but you also get by far one of the best turbocharged inline-6 engines ever put in a 4-door saloon, the S58. Analogous to Windows NT, a well-engineered kernel.
    - yread 8mo ago
      Hey Total Commander is free/shareware (if you can live with the nag screen) and superior to anything on any OS
      - katsura 8mo ago
- b00ty4breakfast 8mo ago
  some folks about to make a decent amount of money if the trend wrt win11 continues
- g8oz 8mo ago
  Double Commander is open source and no cost.
- donkeylazy456 8mo ago
  > $250 for a version with updates past a year? yikes It cannot handle CJK encodings too. what a joke
skrebbel 8mo ago
woa!!

I've tried this a few times. Windows 10. Downloaded the 2MB file, double-clicked on it, and nothing happens. Same thing when I tried it a few months again. Put it in a command prompt and no output of an error. I'm starting to worry I just launched something malicious.

direwolf20 8mo ago
The latter is normal on windows. Executables have a header flag which specifies they either use the terminal or not. If a terminal program is opened from outside a terminal, it opens a terminal window. If a nonterminal program is opened from a terminal, it instantly detaches.
smusamashah 8mo ago
After downloading, did you open its properties and "unblock" it?

ZeWaka 8mo ago

$250 for a version with updates past a year? yikes

skrebbel 8mo ago
For a lifetime license incl updates forever that seems quite reasonable to me. It's a bit over a year of Netflix. In fact, given that it includes perpetual priority support (within a business day!) I expect the author's gonna change that soon, once he gets one of those infinitely demanding customers and realizes what a terrible mistake he made (inf support for a one-time payment, oops!). So better bite while it's hot! The €40 option for one year of updates is a lot more economical and is still a perpetual license for the software itself.
- fleshmonad 8mo ago
  Imagine paying for a file browser. This is why windows will always win. They have the most docile userbase ever. They'd rather pay 250 bucks for a file picker than to change OS.
  - MengerSponge 8mo ago
    If you use software that is $10k/year and Windows only, a few bucks here and there to improve your quality of life is a rounding error
    - antiframe 8mo ago
      I wonder if a lot of Windows users are also BMW drivers. If they're willing to shrug off $250 a year to be able to copy files efficiently on their computers, they are likely also to applaud the wonders of $50 a month for heated seats.
      - MengerSponge 8mo ago
        $250 (currently $200) is a single perpetual license. Annually it's $40/yr. It's easy to lose a few minutes each day to Explorer shenanigans. For people making real money that adds up fast.
      - delta_p_delta_x 8mo ago
        > BMW drivers £50 for a heated seat, perhaps, but you also get by far one of the best turbocharged inline-6 engines ever put in a 4-door saloon, the S58. Analogous to Windows NT, a well-engineered kernel.
  - yread 8mo ago
    Hey Total Commander is free/shareware (if you can live with the nag screen) and superior to anything on any OS
    - katsura 8mo ago
b00ty4breakfast 8mo ago
some folks about to make a decent amount of money if the trend wrt win11 continues
g8oz 8mo ago
Double Commander is open source and no cost.
donkeylazy456 8mo ago
> $250 for a version with updates past a year? yikes It cannot handle CJK encodings too. what a joke

skrebbel 8mo ago

woa!!