{"id":4883,"date":"2020-11-28T14:39:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T09:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/?p=4883"},"modified":"2022-10-20T20:08:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T14:38:46","slug":"how-to-add-tabs-to-windows-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/how-to-add-tabs-to-windows-explorer","title":{"rendered":"Windows File Explorer replacements and alternative software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Windows File Explorer is feature-rich and quite a handy file and folder manager. But if you are looking forward to adding tabs, and many other features, to make the humble explorer run on steroids, you can check out some of these freeware applications and add-ins. Like the tabbed browsing feature in Internet Explorer, you can also add Tabs to your Windows Explorer, using these tools.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Explorer replacement &amp; alternative software<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4887 size-large\" title=\"Explorer replacement &amp; alternative software\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/tabbed-explorer-600x345.png\" alt=\"Explorer replacement &amp; alternative software\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/tabbed-explorer-600x345.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/tabbed-explorer-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/tabbed-explorer-400x230.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/tabbed-explorer.png 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can\u00a0download and check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/qttabbar-windows-explorer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">QTTabBar<\/a>. It is an Add-In that gives Tab Browsing Feature to your Explorer. It also adds a few other features like a drop-down preview, useful toolbar buttons, Recently Closed button, plus plugin support.\u00a0Do read the instructions before installing it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In case you Menu Bar is not visible, please enable it. Now right-click on it and enable QTTabBar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alternatively, there are also some explorer.exe replacement freeware available, which, along with tabs, panes, add many more features to the Windows Explorer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also check these out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/explorer-plus-plus-alternative-to-windows-file-explorer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explorer++<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ghisler.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Total Commander<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/mucommander-file-explorer-alternative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">muCommander<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/CubicExplorer-Portable\/3000-2248_4-75449680.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CubicExplorer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"7 plus explorer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/add-features-to-windows-7-explorer-with-7plus\" rel=\"noopener\">7 Plus<\/a> which lets you add many features to Windows xplorer.exe<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Classic shell explorer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/add-up-button-show-titlebar-get-classic-feel-more-in-windows-7-explorer\" rel=\"noopener\">Classic Shell<\/a> which lets you add Up button, show title bar, get a classic feel, etc<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Custom explorer toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/add-custom-buttons-windows-7-explorer-toolbar-customexplorertoolbar\" rel=\"noopener\">Custom Explorer Toolbar<\/a> for Windows<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Windows 8 style ribbon explorer replacement\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/explorer-replacement-windows-8-style-ribbon-toolbar\" rel=\"noopener\">Better Explorer<\/a>: An Explorer replacement with ribbon toolbar<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">XYplorer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/zabkat.com\/x2lite.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Xplorer2 Lite<\/a> has a nice easy-to-use, tabbed, dual-pane interface<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mustangpeak.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UltraExplorer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"File Explorer Apps for Windows 8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/file-explorer-apps-windows-8\" rel=\"noopener\">File Explorer Apps for Windows<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Clover<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"q-dir review\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/q-dir-windows-explorer-replacement\" rel=\"noopener\">Q-Dir<\/a>. It is a quad explorer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/double-commander-file-manager-review\">Double Commander<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"multi commander review\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/multi-commander-review-download\" rel=\"noopener\">Multi-Commander<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You might want to also check out some of the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/file-explorer-apps-windows-8\">File Manager and Explorer apps<\/a> for Windows 11\/10 in Microsoft Store.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Have a look at them before you decide to settle down with one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/how-to-use-tabs-in-file-explorer-in-windows-11\">How to use Tabs in File Explorer in Windows 11<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Windows File Explorer is feature-rich and quite a handy file and folder manager. 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