ZTreeWin
Orthodox file manager for Microsoft Windows From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ZTreeWin is an orthodox, text based file manager for Microsoft Windows that is a clone of XTree with additional improvements. ZTreeWin is a tribute to the original XTree program rather than a competitor, especially since XTree is no longer commercially available.
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ZTreeWin 1.71 | |
| Original author(s) | Kim Henkel |
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| Developer(s) | Zedtek Inc. |
| Stable release | 2.2
/ March 1, 2011 |
| Preview release | 2.4.217
/ November 10, 2023 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Available in | English |
| Type | File manager |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
Like XTree, it displays information about files and folders. These are loaded into memory so that search and sort operations are extremely fast. By making use of the large memories of modern computers it allows the display and searching of millions of files.
ZTreeWin runs in a text based Win32 console window. It is primarily key-driven, but also supports the use of the mouse.
The ZAAP architecture is available which supports the integration of add-in applications.
Historical Significance
ZTreeWin is historically significant as it allows users to run an approximation of XTree which was one of the most popular file managers from the MS-DOS era. This allows users to experience what the 1985 XTree was like, while doing so on a modern version of Windows
XTree was a popular file managers released in 1995 that could run under MS DOS and early versions of Windows. It was highly popular with a large user base and was considered one of the top two or three file managers for that time. It was particularly popular in the DOS / pre-Windows era as DOS only had a command line interface to manage files.
XTree could run in DOS shell window in early versions of Windows, however at some point around Windows 95 it become incompatible so it could no longer be used with later version of Windows and was no longer sold.
ZTreeWin was created to fill the gap. It is heavily based on XTree and XTree Gold, providing a similar user interface and hot keys.
Features
- Complete keyboard support (as well as mouse)
- Tree and/or file views
- Split screen (dual-pane) option
- Find-as-you-type search
- File name search
- File content search (hex, Unicode, text)
- File viewer with multiple view modes (hex, text, dump)
- Set, adjust or increment timestamps (camera co-ordination)
- Duplicate file detection
- Branch (or 'flat') file view - see all files in an entire directory and subdirectories in one view
- Global files view - see all files (or tagged files) on every logged drive
- Tagged files (session-long selection, e.g. once tagged (selected), a file remains tagged until explicitly untagged)
- Batch file creation using tagged filenames with parameters
- Displays size or number of files of each folder or branch (total of all folders below it)
- Powerful and flexible renaming of (multiple) files and/or folders w/search & replace & numeric increment capabilities.
- File comparison
- Directory & Branch comparisons
- User-definable scriptable menu
- Integrated support for .ZIP and .RAR archive files
- Extensible support for many other archive files
- Can be run from floppy disk or USB flash drive without installation
- Session save & resume
- Ability to NOT log (skip) certain directories that you never want to see with wildcard abilities (can override)
See also
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