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0 pointstyingq4y ago0 comments

I think that's warts in the file explorer more so than warts in the system itself.

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logifail4y ago· 2 in thread

> warts in the file explorer more so than warts in the system itself

I'm struggling to understand why one shouldn't treat the behaviour of explorer.exe as simply part of the Windows system.

Are there third-party explorer.exe alternatives available?

If so, during Windows install, where do I click to _not_ install the MSFT explorer.exe and instead select one of the better alternatives?

tyingqOP4y ago

I'm not excusing it, I'm just saying where the performance issue is. Filesystem ops are reasonably fast if you use the command line, do it programmatically, etc. With the caveat that Windows Defender can slow things down.

edoceo4y ago

The last time I really used Windows (Win2k) there were alternative WinShell options.

You'd set a regkey to your program. There used to be a 3.1 style Program Manager - I miss that one

jjoonathan4y ago· 1 in thread

Is "you can't delete a file if anything has it open" an explorer thing? I thought that was an OS thing.

tyingqOP4y ago

That's an OS thing, but "wait forever while it grinds, finds one of those, and bails half finished" isn't.

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5 comments · 2 top-level

logifail4y ago· 2 in thread

> warts in the file explorer more so than warts in the system itself

I'm struggling to understand why one shouldn't treat the behaviour of explorer.exe as simply part of the Windows system.

Are there third-party explorer.exe alternatives available?

If so, during Windows install, where do I click to _not_ install the MSFT explorer.exe and instead select one of the better alternatives?

tyingqOP4y ago

I'm not excusing it, I'm just saying where the performance issue is. Filesystem ops are reasonably fast if you use the command line, do it programmatically, etc. With the caveat that Windows Defender can slow things down.

edoceo4y ago

The last time I really used Windows (Win2k) there were alternative WinShell options.

You'd set a regkey to your program. There used to be a 3.1 style Program Manager - I miss that one

jjoonathan4y ago· 1 in thread

Is "you can't delete a file if anything has it open" an explorer thing? I thought that was an OS thing.

tyingqOP4y ago

That's an OS thing, but "wait forever while it grinds, finds one of those, and bails half finished" isn't.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse