The BEST File Manager for Windows
Works with and greatly enhances:
Windows 11, 10
Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP
Servers 2003 and later
Starting at just $50 for home use and $69 for a business license (and a business two-pack for just $99!)
What's New / What's Up
Version 4: the future
Major new tools, significant upgrades to current components and faster folder listings.
- Find and rename problem files: bad paths, illegal characters, Linux & iOS (Mac) characters.
- Check files and folders for compliance with different file systems e.g., NTFS, Fat-16, Fat-32, eFat, CDs, iOS, Linux and custom.
Know if the files are right before you copy. - Delete files no matter their length or how they are named.
- Powerful renaming with RegEx e.g. change 'Romeo Smith' into 'Smith, Romeo' and much more.
- Lightening fast directory listing no matter how large the folder.
- Detailed reports for copy errors.
- Variable text size for views and dialogs.
- and many more improvements and fixes..
See the V4 preview here.
Update May 2017
A May 2017 Microsft security update for Windows 10 conflicted with a major routine in FileBoss resulting in FileBoss not starting on some Windows 10 systems.
Versions V3.101 and later, fix the problem. You can read more about this at the page
Windows Creators Conflict.
Inline Editing
Mac / iOS/nix Filenames
Please note that this docmentation applies to FileBoss V4 which will be released in the beginning of 2022
iOS/nix filenames can even be edited inline (press F2 when the name is highlighted) just as any other name can be edited.
When FileBoss presents the name for editing it will replace the Mac specific characters with their meta-codes e.g. the backslash will be displayed as <\>. You can replace, enter, delete or move these meta-codes just like any other character. When you are finished editing FileBoss will translate the meta-codes into the appropriate characters.
Meta Codes for iOS/nix Specific Characters
Valid Meta-Chars for Apple Filenames are:
|
Name |
Meta |
Meta |
Description (used by Windows for) |
|
Backslash |
<\> |
\ |
Used by Windows to separate path elements |
|
Slash |
</> |
/ |
Reserved, can be used in some places as a backslash |
|
Asterisk |
<*> |
* |
Wild-card to match any string in searches |
|
Question Mark |
<?> |
? |
Wild-card to match any single character in searches |
|
L. Chevron |
<<> |
< |
Used internally and by DOS subsystem |
|
R. Chevron |
<>> |
> |
Used internally and by DOS subsystem |
|
Dbl. Quote |
<"> |
" |
Used to enclose parameters that contain spaces |
|
Bar |
<|> |
| |
Used internally and by DOS subsystem |
|
Trailing period |
<.> |
. |
In Windows, filenames can not end with a period |
Illegal spaces |
<is> |
space |
In Windows, filenames can not begin or end with a space |
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