Free Windows File Management Tools
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The tools are ordered according to user ratings. To rate a program click on its title and scroll to the end of the review.
- TeraCopy – Increase copy speed
- Free ZIP utility – IZArc
- Fast Duplicate File Finder – Find and delete duplicate files
- Farm Commander – Copy, move delete files on multiple servers
- Notepad++ – Source code editor and Notepad replacement
- Raw Copy – Create a raw image to rescue data from a hard drive
- Unstoppable Copier – Copy physically corrupt files
- FileMenu Tools – Customize Windows Explorer easily
- QTTabBar – Tabs for the Windows Explorer
- Robocopy – Mirror folders
- SyncBack – Synchronize folders
- ReNamer – Rename multiple files
- UnLock IT – Unlock files and folders
- locate32 – Find files
- JiJi Self Extractor – Create self-extracting compressed executables
- Treesize Free – Shows size of folder and subfolders
- NetWrix File Server Change Reporter
- GParted – Partition manager for Windows and Linux
- Q-Dir – File manager with admin features
- FlexTK Express – Advanced File Management Toolkit
- EMCO MoveOnBoot – Delete, move, rename locked files
- HashCalc – Compute hash/checksums and HMACs
- Defraggler – Defrag individual files and folders
- Bulk Rename Utility – Rename multiple files and folders
- Ant Renamer: Easy-to-use and file renaming tool for Windows
- Attribute Changer – Change file attributes recursively on multiple files and folders
- XXClone, a free cloning tool for Windows
- Disk Defrag – A disk defragmenter
- NTFS Permissions Reporter – What are the NTFS permissions?
- 1-4a Rename – A batch renamer tool
- Xinorbis – Disk analyzer
- MyDefrag – Script defragmentation
- Smart Defrag – A defragmentation tool
- NetWrix Disk Space Monitor
- WinDirStat – Query disk usage
- SolarWinds Permissions Analyzer for Active Directory – Determine effective NTFS and share permissions
- Spacemonger v1.4 – Keep track of the free space
- BleachBit – Free disk space and delete Internet history
- Virtual CloneDrive – Mount ISO and IMG images
- Gizmo Central – Mount VHD and ISO images and more
- AccessEnum – Displays directory and registry permissions
- DELTACOPY – Incremental backup program
- Bart’s Stuff Test 5 – A hard drive stress test tool
- GiPo@FileUtilities – Monitor directory changes, mount folders, and more
- Recuva – Recover accidentally deleted files
- SQLSearcher – Search for SQL Server installations
- OpenedFilesView – View and unlock opened files
- Universal Viewer – File Viewer that supports many file types
- Necromancers Dos Navigator (NDN) – A file explorer
- FileTypesMan – File types manager for Windows
- DiskCountersView – Display hard disk drive system counters
- Free file unlock tool – Unlocker
- Free hard drive monitor – Acronis Drive Monitor
- Active@ Kill Disk – hard driver eraser
- Delbyown – Delete, copy or list files by owner
- NTFS Undelete – Easily recover deleted files
- Free unzip software – 7-Zip portable
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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.
Thanks. Don’t you think the readability would suffer if such a long list is displayed in the link color?