Windows 10: 3 weeks on Windows 10 as main OS - My thoughts...

Hello Mr. Music lover,

if you want to be able to move files between folders (if you don't have two monitors) here is an easy way to do it. . .hit the Windows key plus the E key twice then go to the task bar and right click and choose "show windows side by side (ensure no other programs are running or they will also come up in the side by side mode. Now you can move whatever number of files, folders, etc., from one folder to another to your hearts content. . .*Smile. . .

 

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If I need to have 2 drives or folders open at the same time I use FreeCommander XE. If File Explorer had dual view I would use it instead. What one person find unnecessary another finds useful.

 

I've been using Windows 10 as my main OS since build 9926. Currently I'm running build 10056 and I feel confortable with it. I have a lot of programs and some games installed, and all goes fine by now. The new features and modifications aren't really that awesome, but I like the trend its development is going.

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I already do this. My point is it can be clumsy and there are advantages to being able to do it within one window. Also, it would be an easy addition to the OS that would be a real improvement, whether or not you make use of it. You gotta admit, trying to paste into a directory full of folders in Windows Explorer current is pretty interesting, given that you really only have a very small tiny space in which to right click and paste, just to the left of the folder list. This is just a small improvement. I could list of many more as well.

 

Touch is not a "very small percentage". Last figures I saw were between 35 and 40% of notebooks shipping have touch capability. That's just notebooks. That doesn't count all the tablet sales (which are huge), Phone sales (which are not so huge, but MS is hoping that Windows 10 for Phones may change that... but they need vendors on board to get more penetration), and all-in-one PC's desktops with touch. Touch enabled devices are now > 50% of the Windows market. So yeah, stop thinking you're the majority.

By 2017, Notebooks are expected to be 60-70% touch enabled.

Desktop windows is tied to Win32. That's x86/x64. By the end of this decade, the landscape will be totally different. People won't want desktop apps anymore, except for very specific purposes. They'll want apps they can use on their phones, tablets and pc's... and the only way to do that is to move them to a cross-platform operating system. That OS is called Windows Runtime, or WinRT and is what all "Modern" or "Universal" or "Metro" apps run on.

WinRT is what Windows is transitioning into. By the end of the Decade, it will be 100% WinRT (with the exception of an x86/x64 emulation system for legacy app compatibility). That's the "long game". Settings is a WinRT app. Spartan is a WinRT app. The Mail and Calendar apps are WinRT apps. Office will have a WinRT version.

This is not a fad, or a trick... This is what Microsoft has bet the company on (along with cloud services). Nothing, no matter how much people complain will stop this. It's happening. Just like when Apple went from OS9 to OSX, then from Motorola to PPC, and again to Intel. There were lots of changes, and old apps wouldn't work except in an emulation mode.

Apparently I'm imagining this then.

I fail t understand how having two explorer windows side by side can make that any easier. I agree that dropping in a folder in the explorer tree can be difficult, but there are better solutions than two windows side by side. I can't even fathom a reason why I would want to copy a file from one window to another window and then copy a file from that other window back to the first... that would be the only reason you would need two windows open... to see the contents of both so you could drag files from either folder... and frankly, I just don't see the need for almost anyone.

Most people believe what you tell them. If you tell them that Windows 8 sucks, they will start believing it... and when you tell your 20 or 30 friends how great classic shell is, they'll believe that too.

I have a similar experience, but I told people how great Windows 8 is, and showed them how useful the start menu can be, and how to use it efficiently, and you know what? They love it.

My experience is just as valid as yours, but I don't pretend that 90% of people love it. There's this weird thing with technology... people become dumb when they use it... otherwise smart people just become totally stupid, and they refuse to figure things out for themselves... thus they rely on "experts" to tell them their opinions... I have never seen anything like it in any other field.

 

I don't like that they moved the power button. It was just fine where and what it was. *Smile

 

I'm using the older version of FreeCommander.
The newer version had something broken in it (without reinstalling it I can't tell you what it was).

The extra features in 3rd party file managers like FreeCommander are handy:

• Twin panes + Tabs
• Mass Rename tool
• Hash check/generation
• Built-in Command Prompt
• Folder size
• File/Folder:
  • Colour coding
  • Compare
  • Flat view
  • Filters

"Twin panes + Tabs" are extremely useful when dealing with multiple folders (i.e. more than 2).
For example, when I am working with videos I often need 4 folders open:

• Edited video
• Source:
  • Video
  • Audio
  • Subtitles

 

I'm not saying that nobody would find it useful, i'm saying that I can't think of a valid reason for it other than "I first learned to use file copying in Norton Commander, and that's the only way my OCD doesn't make me paranoid". (Relax, that's a joke).

My point is that Microsoft isn't going to build a feature into Windows that such a tiny fraction of people will ever use.

 

@ lehnerus2000
I'm using FreeCommander XE 2015 build 685 and haven't noticed any problems.

 

I agree. I don't see MS adding these features either. For those of us that would use it, it would be a nice though.

 

It makes no sense to debate this sort of thing.... It's just an all too familiar rehash of threads that went down 2 summers ago back on 8 forums. We won't ever agree. I could take the time and energy to refute your points, but I think I'll pass....

 

Obligatory XKCD comic



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xkcd: New Products

One of the tools was missing some ability that was in the earlier version.
Without reinstalling the new version I can't tell you which ability.

 

I'd expect them to do something like Tabbed explorer windows before they did that, especially since it's so easy to simulate it with Aero Snap, and there are literally hundreds of free and paid products on the market that do the same thing.

 

. . .pickie, pickie. . .some peoples children just have to find something to . . .

 

Worth noting, freecommander looks great. I have used a lot of other 3rd party file managers in my day. Just loaded this one up and so far two thumbs up.. Thanks!