Default Folder X Alternatives

Listary

With Listary you’ll never have to go through the tedious process of browsing through folders, looking for the right file names and hunting through Windows’ limited menus ever again. Listary puts smart search technology at your fingertips so you can keep working without dealing with cumbersome native Windows navigation. With a lightweight interface that doesn’t bog your system down and strain system resources, Listary puts Windows Explorer on steroids.

Features:

• Integrated Search
• Windows Explorer integration
• Fast file and folder search
• Content Searching
• Export to Excel
• File Searching
• Fuzzy Finder
• Portable
• Quick Switch
• Web searching
• Windows Explorer extension

RecentX

RecentX gives you fastest access to your files, folders, programs, websites and also clipboard history in Windows. What's special is that it automatically remembers your recent and favorite items so that you can access them faster than searching all the files, folders etc. You can assign tags to all of them. You will be surprised to see how much hassle it saves and makes computing really enjoyable. We have stuffed this app with innovations that will boost your productivity.

Features:

• Program Launchers
• Desktop Environment
• File Searching
• Bookmark History
• Clipboard monitoring
• Drag n drop
• Duplicate File Finder
• Windows Explorer integration
• File Tagging
• Folder-Search
• Folder Tagging
• Indexed search
• Local Search
• Portable
• Image Preview
• Tabbed interface
• Tag based

Direct Folders

Access your folders from anywhere Just double click on an empty area located on the Desktop, Explorer or File Open/Save dialog box to bring up a menu. Select a favorite or recent folder from this menu and the file dialog immediately jumps to that folder. If you activate this menu from the desktop or tray icon, this folder will be opened in Windows Explorer.

Features:

• Folders
• Windows Explorer extension

FlashFolder

FlashFolder is an open source tool that extends the file-related common dialogs (e.g. open/save dialog) seen in most Windows applications. A small toolbar docks onto these dialogs that provides menus for quick access to recently-used folders, favorite folders and more.

FileBox eXtender

FileBox enhances Windows by adding several advanced functions to the standard Open File and Save File dialog boxes. (Note that if a program uses its own "private" dialog boxes for these functions, you wont see our FileBox buttons, sorry.) FileBox adds two handy buttons to these standard dialogs. These appear on the right side of the Windows dialog box title bars. These buttons appear next to the minimize, restore, and maximize buttons with which you're probably already familiar.

Folder Menu

Folder Menu - a tiny, portable folder switching tool and file launcher. You can quickly jump to your favorite folders in explorer, open/save dialog or command prompt...and more. You can also launch your favorite folders, files or urls.

Features:

• Folders
• Windows Explorer extension

Chameleon Explorer

Do you need to open a folder? You can open folders everywhere from a menu of your favorite folders, including dialog boxes for opening and saving all programs. Are you working with several folders at the same time? Divide your window into two, three, or four constantly-visible panels containing these folders. Do you frequently work with the same set of folders? Save the set and open it whenever you need to with a single click.

Features:

• Favorites
• Folders