Comparison Table

Comparison With Other File Managers

See why we believe Directory Opus is the most powerful file manager available for Windows today.

Feature (Hover for descriptions)	Directory Opus	Windows Explorer	Total Commander	XYPlorer	xplorer2	Powerdesk 7
Icon View	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
List View	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Details	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power Mode	Yes
Thumbnails	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tiles	Yes	Yes
Checkbox Mode	Yes	Yes
Flatview	Yes		Yes

Dual Pane	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dual Folder Tree	Yes		Yes			Yes
Folder Tabs	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Breadcrumbs Navigation	Yes	Vista only	Yes		Yes
Preview Pane	Yes	Vista only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Standalone Viewer	Yes	Yes
Slideshow	Yes	Yes

Configurable Toolbars	Yes		Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited
Configurable Hotkeys	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Global Hotkeys	Yes

Explorer Replacement	Yes	N/A			Limited
Multi-Window Saved Layouts	Yes
Configurable Window Styles	Yes			Limited	Limited	Limited
Configurable Folder Formats	Yes			Yes	Yes
Folder Colors	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes

Favorite Folders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SmartFavorites	Yes
ZIP / RAR Support	Yes	Zip only	Yes		Zip only	Yes
Find As You Type	Yes			Yes
File Collections	Yes				Yes
File Selection Filter	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes

FTP	Yes	Yes	Yes		Limited	Yes
Secure FTP	Yes		Yes
Synchronize	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes
Duplicate File Finder	Yes		Limited		Yes	Yes
MP3 Tagging	Yes	Yes		Yes
File Descriptions	Yes		Yes			Yes
Messenger Support	Yes
Multi-Level Undo	Yes	Yes			No Undo	Yes
Command Logging	Yes
Integrated Emailer	Yes
Batch Renaming	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Rename Scripting	Yes			Yes
Paste As File	Yes			Yes
Photo Sharing Support	Yes

UAC Support	Yes	Irritating	Yes
64 Bit Support	Yes	Yes			Yes
Unicode Support	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Run from USB	Yes		Yes	Yes	Limited
Settings Backup/Restore	Yes				Yes	Yes
Plugin API	Yes	Yes	Yes