Good Explorer alternatives for Windows 11?

[Steven P. Administrators]

There are several around, but which are stable and don't mess up after every Windows update?

 

Ideally I would like the Windows 10 taskbar and Start, but I am not keen on apps like StartisBack, Start11 etc because in my experience both have issues, or are prone to crashing. I also would like to replace the dumb "Show more" requirement for right click menus.

[adrynalyne]

I know you aren't a fan of them, but both StartAllBack and Start11 in their latest iterations have been 100% stable for me and I abuse my machines so I would have expected to see instability. I keep them running through updates and haven't see any issue. You also have Explorer Patcher, though I have never used it.

 

https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

[Steven P. Administrators]

Does Start11 also fix the stupid context menu (haven't used it in ages).

[adrynalyne]

On 07/09/2022 at 07:42, Steven P. said:

Does Start11 also fix the stupid context menu (haven't used it in ages).

On the taskbar right click or desktop?

 

It does fix it on the taskbar. For the Desktop, It might, thats just a registry entry to move to default legacy. I will look.

 

Edit: I don't think it enables the legacy menu for desktop, though Winaero Tweaker and StartAllBack will. StartAllBack also adds acrylic to the legacy right click menu on the desktop.

[Yogurth]

On 07/09/2022 at 16:42, Steven P. said:

Does Start11 also fix the stupid context menu (haven't used it in ages).

[adrynalyne]

On 07/09/2022 at 07:49, Yogurth said:

That looks like StartAllBack and not Start11. I use both myself. On my laptop, I use StartAllback and on my Desktop, Start11. I like StartAllBack's additional tweaks, but I like Start11's start menu enhancements better.

[Yogurth]

On 07/09/2022 at 16:55, adrynalyne said:

That looks like StartAllBack and not Start11.

Oh yeah, I read it just now again and realized it was a question about Start11. My bad.

[goretsky Supervisor]

Hello,

In case you are looking for some Windows File Explorer alternatives:

 

• Cologne Code Company e.K. - XYplorer
• Erceg, David - Explorer++
• Ghisler Software GmbH - TotalCommander
• GPSoftware - Directory Opus
• Roshal, Eugene - Far Manager
• SoftwareOK - Q-Dir
• Zabkat Ltd. - Explorer²

 

Perhaps one of these will be of use as well.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
 

 

 

 

[Sulphy]

I tend to use Explorer++ on core versions of Server OS ... does the job well  

[Xenon]

Files by Yair Aichenbaum on the windows store is great. If you want a file explorer replacement.