Risingware Exp+ Free Edition

Risingware Exp+ Free Edition comprises a suite of software applications developed by Risingware Corporation. You get to play with a dual-panel file manager, web browser based on Trident (IE) engine, program startup tweaks, and other set of tools as well.

Risingware i-Desktop is a smart application designed specifically for helping you access the Risingware product family by simply clicking on the corresponding program's icon. The best part about this tool is that you can create multiple panels that may store files or applications from your computer.

You simply need to drag and drop the shortcuts of the utilities that you want to store in the virtual panel. The new pane, so-called ‘desktop,’ may have a custom name and a background image. Plus, you can easily switch between desktops, import/export settings from/to XML file format, and make the app remember the last visited desktop.

The file manager reveals a dual-pane window built as a replacement for Windows Explorer. You are given the freedom to modify file names, compress files and extract items from ZIP archives, switch between different view modes of the folders (details, small icons, icons, thumbnails, graphics), preview images (e.g. PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, ICO) in a floating window, copy or move files, preview the content of different documents (e.g. PDF, TXT, RTF, HTML), quickly open folders using the floating buttons, split or merge files, and search for files.

The built-in web browser sports a multi-tabbed layout and allows you to perform searches on the Internet using several search engines at the same time, set up general web filtering rules and exceptions, install plugins, email any webpage that you are browsing, use IE accelerators and add new ones, open a link using the drag-and-drop support, create a group with your favorite websites, analyze a webpage using zoom options, automatically refresh web pages, as well as read RSS feeds.

Risingware Exp+ Free Edition comes with several additional utilities in the package that are meant to help you download files stored in the web cache (more specifically temporary Internet files), resume and manage downloads, take snapshots by capturing the full screen or a custom region, and activate several Windows commands (e.g. shut down, hibernate, log off, restart or standby).

You are allowed to quickly start any Windows applications by defining your own fast startups, use a boss key for hiding or showing all windows, as well as increase or decrease the opacity of the current window.

The program lets you import data from ZIP file format and export several options (e.g. general settings and records, groups, plugins, web accelerators) to the same format used for adding data, as well as clean cookies, browser history, temporary Internet files, history of visited websites, input data and search keywords.

Risingware Exp+ Free Edition comes with an interesting feature pack for helping you manage various tasks from a single environment. Precisely because it integrates a web browser, file manager and several other handy tools under the same roof, it may prove to be a bit overwhelming for rookies. Advanced features, such as batch renamer, folder sync options and back up tool, are included only in the Pro edition.