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I disagree with the file manager bit. Explorer in Windows 7 is the most ridiculous piece of shit/junk/garbage/filthy zilch since it was introduced in Windows 95. I've stated my reasons here:
- You can't undo more than one delete like XP.
- Advanced file type functionality gone. Can't create secondary user actions/set default action, customize file *type* icon, MIME type, can't even delete defined file types OOTB, can't show or hide extension for only particular file types
- You can't set permissions/ACLs on multiple selected items
- Standard actions like Cut/Copy/Paste/Delete require more than 2 clicks for mouse users (Organize menu instead of toolbar) - I thought menus was passe so where's the consistency here?
- You can't set customize your own toolbar buttons. The command bar is fixed and devoid of icons
- You can only edit metadata for JPEGs, MP3s, ASFs not for PNGs, AVIs, MPEGs, MP4/MOV, GIF. In XP you could edit metadata for any file.
- Column handlers in Explorer can't display custom information from shell extensions
- Free disk space is not quickly accessible except from (My) Computer or drive properties
- Size of all files in a folder is not shown unless you select it
- Size of 15+ files requires clicking "Show more details", again changing selection of a single file + 15 again requires "Show more details"
- You can't map a network drive without assigning a drive letter
- Can't customize folder background using desktop.ini
- Can't set folder thumbnails using Folders.jpg
- Alt+Enter to see properties of selected items in left/navigation pane of Explorer doesn't work
- Files are compulsorily autosorted, 100+ files pasted in another 100+ set get scatterred all across.
- Rename or new folder creation also autosorts assuming you won't be doing any more action on that same item again. Several times, quickly pressing the New folder button and hitting Enter has given me the error message "Can't find new folder" because it has been autosorted
- You can't do batch actions on 15+ files from the GUI. The registered verb handler disappears after selecting 15+ files.
- You can't open two different files types by selecting them and pressing Enter, e.g. DOC and DOCX. Must open them individually.
- WMP's thumbnail preview lacks volume unlike the earlier DeskBand
- You can disable combining taskbar buttons but not grouping. Two windows of the same app e.g. Explorer, IE are always grouped, can't set them to appear on extreme right as you were accustomed to for years
- Network activity animation isn't shown in notification area. Dial-up users are screwed.
- Simple right click actions now require keyboard+mouse usage that is, Shift+right click
- There's no UI to customize your search, you must memorize the search syntax
- Default setting of new taskbar requires 2 clicks to switch, first on button then on thumbnail instead of 1 click directly on non-combined button
- Common dialogs for Open/Save don't remember their views
- Auto arrange and Align to Grid are not available in Windows Explorer
- The horizontal Sort bar that appeared for ANY view in Explorer now only appears for details view
- Left/navigation pane doesn't automatically scroll horizontally for longer folder names like Vista, there's no horizontal scrollbar either for manual scrolling
- Arrange By/Stack By is only available for libraries, not regular folders
- Restore previous windows at logon feature gone and not working anymore