| Feature | windows
explorer | xplorer²
lite | xplorer²
pro | demo |
| All-area shell namespace access |  | | | |
| Shell integrated with drag/drop, context menu etc | | | | |
| Automatic sensing of changes in all folders (networked etc) | | | | |
| Multithreaded & multi-window operation | | | | |
| Folder tree panel | | | | |
| Dual pane mode (browse 2 folders in one window) | — | | | |
| Tabbed interface | — | | | |
| Save and restore tabs (folder groups) | — | — | | |
| Keyboard shortcuts and overall usability | — | | | |
| Path autocompletion | | | | |
| Filtering of item visibility | | | | |
| Filtering on arbitrary criteria (hyperfilters) | — | — | |  |
| Selection engine for precision marking of files | — | | | |
| Selection with arbitrary criteria (hyperfilters) | — | — | | |
| Extended filesystem information columns (comments etc) | | | | |
| Even more columns (checksum, 8.3 name etc) | — | | | |
| Multi-column sort (using shift+column click) | — | — | | |
| Individual folder settings | | — | | |
| Window layout saving and management | — | | | |
| Export folder information as text (for printing etc) | — | | | |
| Hard links (NTFS) | — | | | |
| Mass renaming | — | | | |
| Change file dates (touch) | — | | | |
| Find text in files | | | | |
| Search for multiple keywords with boolean context | — | | | |
| Search for text in office and PDF/WPD/ODT documents using filters | | — | | |
| Search for text using regular expressions | — | — | | |
| Customizable info bars (status bar for each pane) | — | — | | |
| Unicode, UTF-8 & file encoding aware | — | | | |
| Unicode version available | | — | | |
| Split/Merge/Shred | — | | | |
| Text/RTF/Hex preview | — | | | |
| Text editor | — | | | |
| Graphics & HTML preview | | | | |
| Thumbnail view mode (using fast system cache) | | | | |
| Mini- and densely packed thumbnails | | — | | |
| Fuzzy filename matching | — | — | | |
| Multimedia preview (audio & video) | | | | |
| Find files with arbitrary criteria | — | — | |
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| Search within archives, FTP, webfolders (webDAV) etc | — | — | | |
| Refine previous search | — | — | | |
| Scrap containers (simultaneously manage many folders) | — | — | |
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| Folder comparison & synchronization | — | | | |
| Deep synchronization (including subfolders) | — | — | | |
| Script wizard for DOS & win32 text commands | — | | | |
| Intercept command output in user-friendly console | — | — | | |
| Customizable user command menu | — | — | | |
| Detect duplicate files & cleanup | — | — | | |
| Toolbar customization | | | | |
| Add extra toolbars and custom button icons | — | — | | |
| Drivebar for easy access to local drives | — | — | | |
| Detailed breakdown of subfolder disk usage (statistics) | — | — | | |
| Robust background file transfers with optional filters | — | — | | |
| Exact preview of ActiveX documents (office, PDF etc) | | — | | |
| Custom/skinned system icons (drives etc) | | — | | |
| Show in groups | | — | | |
| User defined groups | — | — | | |
| Extended icon overlays (e.g. TortoiseSVN) | | | | |
| Color coding of filenames | — | — | | |
| Folder junctions, symbolic links (NTFS) | — | | | |
| Calculate folder sizes in detailed view | — | | | |
| Bookmark and quicklaunch panel (mini-scrap/"drop box") | | — | | |
| Keyboard (hotkey) customization | — | — | | |
| Toolbar skinning | — | | | |
| Native 64 bit executable | | — | | | |
| Robust deletion with error control and filters | — | — | | |
| Column handler support for vista & windows 7 | — | — | | |
| Extract plain text from office/PDF/WPD/ODT documents | — | — | | |
| Docking and floating panes | — | — | |
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| Sample reading speed for folder with 7000 items (sec) | 1.05 | 0.83 | 0.83 | |
| Program size (kB) | 2553 | 683 | 970 | |
| Commands in the menu system | 56 | 152 | 226 | |
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| Cost (US $) | — | free | 29.95 | |
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