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PowerDesk Pro 6 is a luxury edition of a file manager and offers more features and functionality than the limited file manager offered in Windows or other file management software.  It completely replaces Windows Explorer, giving users a wide array of tools to search, edit, delete, move, sort, view and copy files, including those found on digital cameras or MP3 music players.  PowerDesk has been receiving kudos from editors, writers, reviewers and users for years. It has won numerous awards and sparkling reviews from PC Magazine, Windows Magazine, and PC World, to name a few.

At the heart of PowerDesk 6 is a supercharged file manager that is the central access point for many PowerDesk functions.

• Replaces Windows Explorer
• Move, copy, zip, label, color code, search, view, prioritize, convert and view your files quickly and easily.
• Provides one, two or three click access to most PowerDesk tools
• Launches dual file manager panes
• Includes sort indicator
• Improved command line
• Runs dialog command center
• "Show generic icons" option speeds the display of folder contents
• Displays customizable "Toolbar"
• Prioritizes and organizes files with color coded file folders
• Offer the option to add notes/tips to your files
• Gives file-type specific information about a file (i.e. size and format of graphic images, song name and length for MP3s, notes, etc.)
• Customized information columns - drag or select the columns you want displayed and in what order
• And more!

New compression formats handled - PowerDesk Pro doubles its already strong file compression handling from 16 formats to 32. Now users can easily compress and expand files from all popular compression formats. PowerDesk also allows users to see within many archives to see the entire list of files and selectively view the contents or extract with a simple drag and drop operation. Supported compression types include .arc, .ark, .arj, .as, .bin, .btoa, .bz2, .cab, .compact, .cpt, .dwc, .freeze, .gz, .hqx, .jar, .lha, .lzh, .mime, .pak, .pf, .rar, .sit, .sitx, .sco, .tar, .taz, .tgz, .uu, .ync, .z, .zip, .zoo.

Updated XP Style is Customizable - The style of PowerDesk now matches the XP standards and goes beyond with the ability to select different style “skins”. It even includes multiple skins, and you can select from thousands of additional skin styles from the Internet.

Configuration Export/Import - Save your entire configuration in one file. Includes styles, options, layouts and FTP sites. Makes it easy to use the same configuration on multiple locations.

Layout Manager  - PowerDesk Pro can save a current layout to a chosen icon. With one click, the layout is restored, including its multiple pane view, selected folders, filters and other options previously used. Users can save any number of layouts to save time and increase productivity. In addition, you can save any layout as a desktop shortcut.

Basic Toolbar - This new larger toolbar has the most common functions including Back, Forward, File Finder, Favorites, Sync Manager, Size Manager and FTP. You can also disable this toolbar if preferred.

Wait! There's more...
They have added many subtle new features PowerDesk Pro 5 users have been asking for - like the ability export and import all the settings, on-screen filter status, handling UNC paths, keyboard shortcut manager, improved file viewer and much more!

Sync Manager - New drop-down history automatically remembers previous synchronization operations so you can quickly repeat common actions.

Thumbnail - Thumbnails now support over 150 file formats, including graphics, documents and much more!

File Finder - New quick search buttons for some of the most popular searches, including choices for documents, photos, audio, movies, and files modified today.

Viewer Pane
Awesome file viewing and graphics conversion.

• View over 150 different file types
• Use thumbnail view to allow you to see graphic files before you open them
• "Floating" viewer pane
• Convert over 30 different graphic formats
• "Batch" conversion supported for large-scale multi-format conversions
• Show all files on drive
• Enhance file preview options - view contents of a file in a separate pane or viewing thumbnails of each file

File Finder
Find files faster with File Finder. The advanced File Finder is faster and more powerful than Windows file finder.

• Includes a search engine type file tool for your PC
• Display search results with keyword "hits" in context· Search Zip files and archives
• Find files over multiple drives
• Refine searches
• Print list of search results
• One-button instant search for documents, photos, audio, movies and files modified today
• Locate files based on any almost any search criteria: keyword, file type and size, date, path, attributes, creation, modification and access dates, contents, file info, and notes.
• Perform file operations on the search results
• Find MP3 files based on artist name, title, etc.

Dialog Helper
Open and save files more easily with Dialog Helper.

• "Remembers" the last 20 files you've opened (per application)
• Allows users with larger monitors to resize Open/Save dialog boxes
• Preview files in over 150 file formats before selection.

Sync Manager
Sync Manager makes it easier to compare and update folders.

• Keep your folders in tune and up-to-date
• Synchronize any two folders or subfolders on your system
• Synchronize your laptop and desktop!
• Customize the file selection to perform simultaneous group or a batch function
• Offers a quick and easy backup solution!
• Provides simplicity-- select two folders, compare the contents, and quickly synchronize them with one click.

Toolbars
Fully customizable Toolbar.

• Multiple toolbars for quick feature access
• Optional basic toolbar for primary features
• Drive bar for instant drive selection
•  Customize with even more features!

Layout Manager
Instant access to different layouts.

• Save any number of single click layout icons
• Remembers current pane layout, view settings, directory location, filters and more!
• Optional desktop shortcuts go right to a specified layout from the Windows desktop

Size Manager
Identify the space hogs with Size Manager.

• Hunt down wasted space with Size Manager
• Provides an instant, graphic view of space used by each folder on your system
• Locate oversized folders and files easily
• Export folder list to a new text file
• Offers special "Tag" folders feature
• Customize to show specific details about folders or files

Easy FTP
Easy, integrated FTP.

• Get files from FTP sites on the Internet!
• Drag & drop files to or from remote servers, right in PowerDesk
• Pre-configured folders with commonly-used FTP sites
• Resume broken connections where you left off· Upload/download entire directory hierarchies
• Includes Chmod support

Zip/UnZip
Fully integrated zip and unzip capabilities.

• Supports all major compression formats - including ZIP, ARJ, LZH, Z, GZ, TAR, RAR, PAK, ZOO, CAB, ARC, DWC plus many more (32 in total!)
• Performs automatic spanning of large compressed files over multiple disks
• Performs password protection
• Sets compression level
• Views zips in folder list (with contents seen in file list)
• Creates self-extracting zip files

Encryption
Keep your sensitive files from prying eyes.

• Encrypt your files using PowerDesk encryption or DES encryption
• Remove all traces of a file through low-level deletion completely
• Password protect your zip files

Email Attachments
End email attachment hassles forever.

• Includes powerful email attachment decoder
• Decodes MIME, UUencoded, BinHex, or XXencoded files
• Makes and splits UUencoded files into multiple parts
• Decode multi-part MIME files

View Photos
Have lots of digital pictures and graphics? PowerDesk makes it a snap to locate the image you want!

• Organize your photos
• Provides thumbnail view to find the needed file you need without opening them all
• Convert over 30 types of graphic images from one format to another
• Add notes to help keep track of information tied to your pictures

MP3 file management
Music lovers rejoice! MP3 file management is here

• Play MP3s and media files in file manager
• Edit MP3 tags and playlists
• Sort songs by artist, title, album, etc.

Skins
Change the style of PowerDesk!

• Select a skin style that suits you!
• Includes 5 skins and Windows default
• Pick from over 1000 skin styles from the Internet

• Windows 98, Me, NT 4, 2000, 2003, XP
• Pentium or better processor
• 64 MB of RAM
• 40 MB free Hard Disk space
• CD-ROM drive