Files
Building the best file manager for Windows (by files-community)
ThisIsWin11
The real PowerToys for Windows 11 (by builtbybel)
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| Files | ThisIsWin11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 181 | 95 | |
| 31,870 | 5,097 | |
| 2.1% | - | |
| 9.9 | 0.0 | |
| 7 days ago | 11 months ago | |
| C# | C# | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Files
Posts with mentions or reviews of Files.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-05.
- Files
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DATABASE FOR FILTERING LOCAL FILES
This explorer replacement has tagging https://files.community/
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What is a piece of software that you need but doesn't exist?
I have the https://files.community/ app installed because I like the modern UI, but it's just too darn slow.
- Files: Open-source file manager for Windows
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Installation error
Dear u/Daddy_Spez So I was downloading from files.community and during the installation this error showed up ''App installation failed with error message: error 0x80070422: Opening the package from location Files.Package_2.5.11.0_x64_ARM64_Preview.msixbundle failed. (0x80070422)'' I tried enabling windows update service as told by youtube but that didnt work. Pls help
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Is windows 11 worth it?
This is everybody's regular scheduled reminder that files is just better than Explorer.
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Fluent File Explorer with address bar tabs
Is this a real app? If not, I recommend you to suggest these changes to https://files.community
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Why is File Explorer such a mess in Windows 11?
You'd probably like Files which more or less is explorer+
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Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – this is getting painful now
I use Files instead of Explorer because of crap like this.
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Should I downgrade to Windows 10?
You could try a third-party alternative (The one I use is Files)
ThisIsWin11
Posts with mentions or reviews of ThisIsWin11.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-05.
- Sold it. Bought Ally. Returned it. Bought SD back
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i genuinely need help, please take a look at the pic, it's a new gaming laptop btw
Fresh copy of windows then run windows 11 debloat
- Initial Impressions / Setup Tips (make sure you update EVERYTHING!)
- Windows os with telemetry removed.
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I Owe Valve An Apology
Some tools made by people to reduce the bloat of Windows 10/11. Tell me why people would go through the trouble of developing these tools if Windows was bloat free? * https://github.com/builtbybel/ThisIsWin11 * https://github.com/Atlas-OS/Atlas * https://christitus.com/debloat-windows-10-2020/ * https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater
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Having trouble with Open World Games on Windows
Try this: https://github.com/builtbybel/ThisIsWin11
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Not even at gun point
Here, if you use Belim's ThisIsWin11 you can get rid of all of the bloatware, install some really handy tweaks and extensions, and make your start menu look like this.
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PSA: Windows 7 is not safe. You're not "cool" for using an unsafe operating system.
Move to Linux if you hate new Windows so much, install Windows 11 and strip it down, do something. But don't stay on an OS that isn't receiving security updates.
- Did you move to Windows 11?
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Most peaceful Windows vs Linux discussion
Never log into Windows + ThisIsWin11
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Files and ThisIsWin11 you can also consider the following projects:
NanaZip - The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience
Windows10Debloater - Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware.
qttabbar - QTTabBar is a small tool that allows you to use tab multi label function in Windows Explorer. https://www.yuque.com/indiff/qttabbar
WinAppDriver - Windows Application Driver
MicaForEveryone - Mica For Everyone is a tool to enable backdrop effects on the title bars of Win32 apps on Windows 11.
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
PersistentWindows - fork of http://www.ninjacrab.com/persistent-windows/ with windows 10 update
Wu10Man - Enable/Disable Windows 10 Automatic Updates
vscode-vibrancy - Enable Acrylic/Glass effect for your VS Code.
Custom-Resolution-Utility-ToastyX - Custom Resolution Utility for Windows by ToastyX, duplicated so the source won't be lost.
winfetch - 🛠 A command-line system information utility written in PowerShell. Like Neofetch, but for Windows.
Open-Shell-Menu - Classic Shell Reborn.
Files vs NanaZip
ThisIsWin11 vs Windows10Debloater
Files vs qttabbar
ThisIsWin11 vs WinAppDriver
Files vs MicaForEveryone
ThisIsWin11 vs ExplorerPatcher
Files vs PersistentWindows
ThisIsWin11 vs Wu10Man
Files vs vscode-vibrancy
ThisIsWin11 vs Custom-Resolution-Utility-ToastyX
Files vs winfetch
ThisIsWin11 vs Open-Shell-Menu