This program packs more punch than virtually any utility I have seen for the Windows environment! It is just super.
   Just to start with the toolbar utility, which is the key to this excellent program: it is versatile, powerful and, best of all, does not clutter up anything. We'll get back to it in a moment.
   But what makes the Power Desk Utilities stand out above all the rest of the utilities of this type we have seen is that it adds a great substitute for the Explorer, a teriffic file finder, an innovative compression program (but see, also, our review on FreeSpace by the same company) and a lot of bells and whistles in the configuration of all these utilities.
   Now to the details.
   What Can you put on the Toolbar? Practically everything

Quick launch programs, start programs, a clock, a facility called multi-view which allows you to switch between open applications, a system monitor, the print manager and a DOS command line! Wow!

  The two things about which I was most impressed with the toolbar were that it is so configurable (size, items, display options) and its ability to grab every item on your desktop! I have spent quite a lot of time trying to get the Microsoft Office tool bar to accept my Internet connections, without luck. It was to my great surprise that the PowerDesk Utilities toolbar just added them automatically. What a bonus.
   Everything here can be configured. You can get rid of the icons, have large or small icons, or use just the icons. You can cram a lot of icons in or have them spaced apart. The clock, for example, can be digital or analog – and you can put your location on the clock if you want, so you'll know where you are.
   The system monitor will keep track of a whole range of different things. It does it with aplomb: no problems. And the print manager and Multi-View options are easy to use, fast, and efficient.
   I am super-impressed with the Explorer Plus. I admit to have tried and discarded a bunch of options to the Explorer over the years, but Explorer Plus is on my system to stay! It is easy to use, provides a file viewer pane, and – what I consider to be really nice – gives me the option of displaying large icons in one pane (like "My Computer") and a directory tree (like Explorer) in another! It has copy to and move to functions built in (like Microsoft's Power Toys) and, the very best of all, allows you to print file lists.
   Yes, print file lists. Why this function was never a part of Windows I do not know, but it is like finding an old friend from DOS, with greatly improved functionality. Frankly, I would pay the price of the entire program for this one feature alone.
   Love the File Finder. If nothing else, it "remembers" its size and configuration from one use to the next. If you have large hard disks (doesn't everyone these days?) you really need to expend the size of the find pane every time you use the find function which comes with Windows. No more. Does it also have a view pane so you can see what you've found? Well, of course.
   With the File Compression, you can view any archive and zip up files into an archive. Two things set this part of the program apart. Every now and again you'll probably come across one of the "other" zip formats – G, GZ, TAR, TGZ, TAZ, LZH and LHA or ARJ. The file compression in PowerDesk lets you view and un-archive in these formats, too, without having to find the actual programs elsewhere to integrate them.
   Second, many of the options are right there in plain view, including the ubiquitous password option. Just click where you want to have select an option. Much cleaner and simpler.
   I don't remember when I have been as impressed with an offering from a smaller company, and you will be too.

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