Top 15 Places Bar Editor Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

PlacesBarEditor is a free utility for Windows 2000 and Windows ME that allows you to customize the "PlacesBar" that appears on the left side of the Open and Save dialogs in most applications.

The PlacesBar is a set of shortcuts to commonly-used folders, but wouldnt it be more useful if you could determine what "commonly used" means for yourself, instead of letting Microsoft define it for you? Thats where PlacesBarEditor comes in.

1. OpenWith.org

OpenWith.org Do you have files on your computer that you don't know how to open? If so, you need the OpenWith.org Desktop Tool!For almost any file on your computer, the OpenWith.org Desktop Tool will tell you what type of file it is, and show you free programs that will open the......

2. Clover

Clover Wings for your Windows Explorer!Clover is an extension of the Windows Explorer, to add multi-tab functionality similar to Google Chrome browser. After Clover is installed, you will be able to open multiple folders within the same window, and you can also be able to add folder bookmarks.......

3. Open++

Open++ Open++ is a context menu shell extension that allows you to quickly open the target file or folder with the customized commands. It adds a submenu with customized menu items to the shell context menu when right clicking a file or folder. Open++ also provides some predefined commands, such as......

4. FastPreview

FastPreview FastPreview was created in need of a usable PicaView replacement which was discontinued at the time.It is now a pretty handy tool to display images in a fast manner and is an alternative to the functionality Windows has built-in.Features:Fast Viewer - Showing the image incl. different scaling types......

5. Context Viewer

Context Viewer Context Viewer is an explorer extension in the form of a Control Panel applet that lets you preview image files and text in the right click menu. It can also display customized information about images and set hotkeys to enable or disable the preview along with a few more options.......

6. QTTabBar

QTTabBar QTTabBar is an extension for Windows Explorer that brings tabbed browsing to Microsoft's file browser. It comes with a number of nifty features including a favorites function for launching folders and applications, groupings of folders that can be opened together, tooltip preview functions for a number of file types, and......

7. Listary

Listary Listary is an excellent enhancement utility for list controls used everywhere: Windows Explorer, Task Manager, Registry Editor, and innumerable third-party applications.It searches folders, files or anything else as-you-type. Autocomplete, masks, hotkeys, regular expressions (pro version only) are good time-saving features.......

8. TabExplorer

TabExplorer Add tabs to Windows explorer. Make Windows Explorer like a tabbed browser.......

9. Explorer Breadcrumbs

Explorer Breadcrumbs Explorer Breadcrumbs is an add-in for Windows Explorer which contains a contextual series of buttons that allows you to quickly see and navigate through the entire folder hierarchy without leaving the current window.......

10. BrightExplorer

BrightExplorer We tabbified your current Windows File Explorer by wrapping BrightExplorer around it, and added other advanced functionality for example a brand new favourite panel!......

11. SKTimeStamp

SKTimeStamp SKTimeStamp is a very simple shell extension which adds a new tab to the Explorer properties dialog. On that new tab, you can change the file/folder date and time.......

12. TouchPro

TouchPro TouchPro allows you to change any combination of file time attributes through a file's property pages. It fully integrates into File Explorer giving you the ability to affect the timestamps of: Individual files The results of any file searches possible with Explorer. For example: particular file types, or......

13. Folders Popup

Folders Popup Folders Popup lets you move like a breeze between your frequently used folders, documents and links! Have all your favorites at your finger tip - press the middle mouse button to popup your personalized menu. You can add, reorder, remove or rename favorites in the Settings window. Group favorites by......

14. Ninotech Path Copy

Ninotech Path Copy Ninotech Path Copy is an english shell extension that enables you to copy the path of a file or directory to the Clipboard from inside the Windows Explorer. All you have to do is to open the Windows Explorer, right-click the item(s) of interest and choose "Copy Path" in the......

15. Melloware PlacesBar Editor

Melloware PlacesBar Editor PlacesBar Editor is a small utility that will help you enhance standard Windows menu. It can be useful in everyday activity, as you need every time to go through many folders to save files. As you can see Windows open/save dialog contains 5 folders on default, such as Desktop, My......