DriveXplorer

Accessing a drive or partition on your computer is as easy as reaching the computer. There are also default ways to make access a lot faster, but there are also tons of dedicated third-party applications to use in this regard. For instance, DriveXplorer quietly sits in the tray area providing access to any drive at the press of a button.

One of the main advantages is the lack of an installer, which makes it easy to carry around on a thumb drive to have this quick launch method at hand regardless of the computer you’re using. Moreover, runtime does not affect the health status of the target PC, because registry entries don’t need to be modified to ensure functionality.

Most of the time is spent in the tray area. In fact, the application doesn’t even come with its own interface, and the tray menu provides all functions you need. Configuration effort is reduced to a minimum, mostly because it automatically detects all supported drives without having to go through a scan operation.

The application can handle fixed partitions, removable disc drives, network locations if proper permissions are granted, as well as optical discs, with the possibility to pop the tray open if no disc is inserted. Both NTFS and FAT file system are targeted since the application merely holds a shortcut.

Selecting a drive from the list brings up the root folder in a File Explorer instance. Sadly, there’s no other way to navigate through content. It can be made to run with Windows so that it’s ready by the time you reach the desktop.

All things considered, DriveXplorer is a slim, but practical method you can use to quickly access any drive on your computer. Although it’s a straightforward method, it detects local, network, and removable drives, with instant refresh rate and no scan time involved.