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

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2 Comments - Leave a Reply

  1. ron says:
    September 3, 2010 at 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. Michael Pietroforte Michael Pietroforte says:
    September 4, 2010 at 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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