I am very happy with Xplorer2 Lite, Ver 1.7.0.5, apart from one irritation.
I have a custom layout called "1 External" which has 6 tabs for the 6 partitions on my external hard drive. Unfortunately 1 out of 6 gets hijacked.
On start-up the "0 default" is launched, with many Tabs, each aimed somewhere on C:\ because I want no delays from External Drive access unless I want to use it.
When I want to transfer to/from the external drive I select Windows > "1 External" and I get 5 out of 6 partitions - unfortunately the active Tab is hijacked and is now a duplicate of what had been the active Tab on the initial default layout.
I guess I can add a seventh "sacrificial" Tab to External, and perhaps my 6 partition Tabs will be preserved so long as I remember to make the sacrificial tab the default when I close "1 External", but I am hoping for something easier.
Alan
Damage to custom Layout
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I haven't checked recently, but I recall in the past a limitation in that layout names cannot contain a space character, or the start-up command line has trouble parsing correctly. (I have developed a habit of using underscores instead of spaces myself.)
You might try using 1_External for your layout name, and see it that fixes the situation.
HTH
You might try using 1_External for your layout name, and see it that fixes the situation.
HTH
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Sorry. I am normally too verbose, but this time I was too concise.
The name I allocated was "External" without a space.
With "1 External" I was actually referring to the 8th item in the Window drop down menu, immediately below the standard entry no 7 of "0 default".
Supplementary question. If I have more than one layout at a time in action, and forget which is what, how can I tell - originally I hoped to see the name in the title bar. Whilst my only custom layout is all the external partitions I will avoid confusion - but additional layouts with varying targets could be another problem
Regards
Alan
The name I allocated was "External" without a space.
With "1 External" I was actually referring to the 8th item in the Window drop down menu, immediately below the standard entry no 7 of "0 default".
Supplementary question. If I have more than one layout at a time in action, and forget which is what, how can I tell - originally I hoped to see the name in the title bar. Whilst my only custom layout is all the external partitions I will avoid confusion - but additional layouts with varying targets could be another problem
Regards
Alan
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Thank you Nikos
The free version already overwhelms me with all its capabilities. At the moment I would not be able to cope with any extra horse power !!!
I have only used this for a few weeks. After a few more months experience I may well invest in the Pro Version (even though I "always" choose free-ware due to long standing miserliness plus recent reduction to a retirement pension).
Regards
Alan
The free version already overwhelms me with all its capabilities. At the moment I would not be able to cope with any extra horse power !!!
I have only used this for a few weeks. After a few more months experience I may well invest in the Pro Version (even though I "always" choose free-ware due to long standing miserliness plus recent reduction to a retirement pension).
Regards
Alan