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, graphics and audio/video content
* find files using hyperfilters (e.g. locate files searching their comments for keywords)
* detect and cleanup duplicate files
* manage many folders in dual pane or using tabs
* easy folder comparison & synchronization
* powerful visual filtering and selection engine
* 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!