Free Windows File Management Tools

If you know of a good free admin utility and want to write a short review please submit it here. You can also just leave a comment on this page if you know of a free tool in this category.

The tools are ordered according to user ratings. To rate a program click on its title and scroll to the end of the review.

  1. ReNamer – Rename multiple files
  2. Fast Duplicate File Finder – Find and delete duplicate files
  3. TeraCopy – Increase copy speed
  4. Farm Commander – Copy, move delete files on multiple servers
  5. Raw Copy – Create a raw image to rescue data from a hard drive
  6. Notepad++ – Source code editor and Notepad replacement
  7. Unstoppable Copier – Copy physically corrupt files
  8. FileMenu Tools – Customize Windows Explorer easily
  9. QTTabBar – Tabs for the Windows Explorer
  10. Robocopy – Mirror folders
  11. SyncBack – Synchronize folders
  12. UnLock IT – Unlock files and folders
  13. locate32 – Find files
  14. JiJi Self Extractor – Create self-extracting compressed executables
  15. Treesize Free – Shows size of folder and subfolders
  16. NetWrix File Server Change Reporter
  17. GParted – Partition manager for Windows and Linux
  18. FlexTK Express – Advanced File Management Toolkit
  19. EMCO MoveOnBoot – Delete, move, rename locked files
  20. HashCalc – Compute hash/checksums and HMACs
  21. Defraggler – Defrag individual files and folders
  22. Bulk Rename Utility – Rename multiple files and folders
  23. Ant Renamer: Easy-to-use and file renaming tool for Windows
  24. XXClone, a free cloning tool for Windows
  25. Disk Defrag – A disk defragmenter
  26. Free ZIP utility – IZArc
  27. 1-4a Rename – A batch renamer tool
  28. Xinorbis – Disk analyzer
  29. MyDefrag – Script defragmentation
  30. Smart Defrag – A defragmentation tool
  31. WinDirStat – Query disk usage
  32. SolarWinds Permissions Analyzer for Active Directory – Determine effective NTFS and share permissions
  33. Spacemonger v1.4 – Keep track of the free space
  34. Q-Dir – File manager with admin features
  35. BleachBit – Free disk space and delete Internet history
  36. Virtual CloneDrive – Mount ISO and IMG images
  37. Gizmo Central – Mount VHD and ISO images and more
  38. AccessEnum – Displays directory and registry permissions
  39. GiPo@FileUtilities – Monitor directory changes, mount folders, and more
  40. Bart’s Stuff Test 5 – A hard drive stress test tool
  41. DELTACOPY – Incremental backup program
  42. Recuva – Recover accidentally deleted files
  43. SQLSearcher – Search for SQL Server installations
  44. OpenedFilesView – View and unlock opened files
  45. Necromancers Dos Navigator (NDN) – A file explorer
  46. Attribute Changer – Change file attributes recursively on multiple files and folders
  47. FileTypesMan – File types manager for Windows
  48. Free unzip software – 7-Zip portable
  49. Universal Viewer – File Viewer that supports many file types
  50. DiskCountersView – Display hard disk drive system counters
  51. Free file unlock tool – Unlocker
  52. Free hard drive monitor – Acronis Drive Monitor
  53. Active@ Kill Disk – hard driver eraser
  54. Delbyown – Delete, copy or list files by owner
  55. NTFS Undelete – Easily recover deleted files

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  1. Comment by ron — September 3, 2010 @ 6:29 pm

    Nice list.

    Could you please apply your hyperlink text style to the items in the list to make it more intuitively obvious that the items in the list are hyperlinks.

  2. Comment by Michael Pietroforte — September 4, 2010 @ 1:00 am

    Thanks. Don’t you think the readability would suffer if such a long list is displayed in the link color?

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