NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/sys/ibm/pc/misc/14719

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From: [e-mail] (Joe Wasik)
Subject: Re: XTREE for Windows
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:11:26 GMT
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In an article [e-mail] (Michael R. Volow) writes:
>Regarding file managers for Windows other than PC TOOLs, does
>anyone have any experience/recommendations regarding XTREE for
>WINDOWS?. I gave up on PCTOOLS after version 4 when you no longer
>view the contents of a file before you marked it.

I bought Xtree because I saw it cheap at my local discount store.  It's an
Okay product.  A lot better than File Manager, but somewhat lacking:

-- JOIN a second harddrive onto a directory of the first harddrive, and the
   second drive disappears from Xtree, but the directory remains empty.
-- Latest Zip file format not supported.
-- It takes at least three mouse clicks to remove a file.  Defaults for
   verification are wrong and can not be reconfigured.
-- There is no PRINT function.  What happened here?  Xtree asleep at the
   wheel?
-- Limited drag and drop, i.e. in File Manager you can take a file name
   and drop it onto a notepad icon.  Same for other apps, you can drag
   an Excel spreadsheet onto an Excel icon.  Xtree cannot do any of this.
-- Xtree cannot edit a file.

My advice: wait for Xtree's next release.
--
Joe Wasik, Pacific Bell, San Ramon, CA [phone], [e-mail]