xplorer² is a file and information manager that adheres to the philosophy efficiency through simplicity. It assimilates nearly all the modern features of the win32 shell without the bloat. Among the features you'll find:

* clean minimalistic, customizable interface
* seamless handling of virtual folders (FTP/webfolders/zipfolders etc)
* extended file/folder details (MP3 tags, checksum etc)
* instant preview of text, Graphismes and audio/video content
* quick preview of documents with activeX servers (Office, PDF etc)
* find files using hyperfilters (e.g. locate files searching their comments for Mots-clé)
* search & preview PDF and office documents
* detect and cleanup duplicate files
* manage many folders in dual pane or using tabs
* easy folder comparison & synchronization
* powerful visual filtering and selection engine
* organize in groups and color code files
* touch dates, split/merge and shred files
* mass renaming
* execute text commands (or DOS scripts) on files
* advanced NTFS support: hard links, file comments etc
* robust filesystem file/folder transfers
* unicode and text encoding aware
* export file information as text for printing etc
* focus on usability with keyboard shortcuts, histories, autocompletion etc

and so much more... You'll be amazed at how much punch was squeezed in a 600KB executable!