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.
Sample Installation Report
(The following is a sample installation report showing what FileBoss does when it is installed on your computer.
Note: the actual report will vary depending on the option selected during installation and the version of FileBoss being installed.)
This has installed the following files to the folder of your choice:
FileBoss.exe
The main program
FileBoss.chm
The main help file
FileBossCTX.hlp
Contextual help displayed for specific fields in various dialogs
FBTips.txt
Text and data used by the Tip-of-the-Day information box
SetupInfo.txt
The text version of what you are now reading
uninstXXX.exe and uninstXXX.dat
Two files used to uninstall FileBoss.
For FileBoss Version 4 and above
three extra DLLs are added to the top-level installation folder:
fileboss.dll, fileboss64.dll,
and Goth.dll
In addition it will create a folder below your My Documents folder named 'FileBoss Data'. 'My Documents\FileBoss Data' is the default location for files containing options and setting for FileBoss as well as any data files you create.
Fileboss.fbopts
Whether this file is present or not depends on the version of FileBoss you are installing. If it is not installed it will be created the first time FileBoss is run.
Fileboss.fbwins
Keeps track of what Explore and FileSet Windows were open the last time FileBoss was closed so that they can be reopened when it is started again. If it is not installed it will be created the first time FileBoss is run.
Several registry entries will be created under the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\The Utility Factory\
All registry entries created by this setup program will be deleted if you run FileBoss' uninstall program and if FileBoss hasn't created any other files in the folders later.
In addition FileBoss will be associated with the following extensions:
.fbfileset Stored FileSets, both definition files and static entry files
.fboptions Options and Settings used by FileBoss
.fbwins A collection of windows that are open in FileBoss containing folders or file sets.
.fbdzones A collection of drop zones that can be restored.
.fboptions Options and Settings used by FileBoss
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