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on 2007-06-01 by telecommatt

I'm on a Lifehacker kick this morning. This is a great review of Windows Explorer replacement Xplorer2, complete with a list of keyboard shortcuts.

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Tabbed Exploring

If the dual pane view wasn't enough, you can also open up sets of folders you work with frequently in tabs. From the File menu, choose "New Tab" or simply hit Ctrl+Ins to open a new tab. Move between tabs with your keyboard with Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right arrow.

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Much like Firefox, in Xplorer2 you can bookmark folders and assign keywords to open them quickly. To add a folder you frequent to your bookmarks, from the Bookmarks menu choose "Add Current." To organize your bookmarks, hit the "Organize" Bookmarks menu item,

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To bookmark a file, add its name to the end of the bookmark path. Then, when the bookmark is chosen, the folder will open with that particular file selected. (For instance, when I hit my "todo" bookmark, todo.txt is selected and I can hit Enter to open it.)

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Lifehacker reader Ludwig summarized his favorite Xplorer2 keyboard shortcuts in a grid that makes a nice cheat sheet

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Split and merge files

If you've got a multi-gigabyte file - like a video or disk image - you want to transport on a series of smaller capacity CD-R's or thumb drives, Xplorer2 can split the file into small parts and reassemble them later. To do so, from the Actions menu choose "Split" and select the file part sizes. To put the file back together, select all the parts (make sure they're sorted by name so they're in the right join order!) and from the Actions menu, choose Join.

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@jambarama - I used the sample registry file found on this site. Just needs a little editing to point to the correct installation path. Works great.

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@Xoke: Sweet, good call. For anyone else wanting to do so, open a folder, go to Tools > Folder Options > File Types > File Folder > Advanced > New > Browse. Find the executable, name the Action, then click OK a whole bunch of times.

I'm not sure what the difference of file type between "Folder" and "File Folder", but "File Folder" seemed to work.

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