C to Z

File management is pretty comfortable through what Windows provides by default, but this doesn’t mean you can’t get more out of third-party alternatives. For instance, C to Z is a neat file manager, especially useful for beginners, with some focus invested in copy operation for files across different directories.

One particular advantage is that it saves you the time and effort required to go through a setup process, which means you can take it for a spin as soon as you finish downloading it. It allows you to have it stored on a thumb drive in case you want to use it on every computer you need to work on, leaving no traces, because registry entries are not altered.

Don’t expect an advanced set of operations, because compared to File Explorer, the set of available options is considerably smaller. On the other, the overall arrangement of functions, and navigation panel makes it a bit easier to create the list of files you want to copy, and initiate the operation.

Navigation is easily performed with the help of the built-in panels. A drop-down menu lets you quickly jump to a drive of choice, with a tree list of all folders then used to go to a specific location, after which files inside the selected directory get displayed in a different panel. A single click on a file is enough to add it to the list of files to process.

When a file is selected, various related info fields show up, letting you know the modified date, size, as well as type of attribute it’s fitted with. Depending on the type of file, you might also have the chance to run, edit, or even generate a preview. All files in the list need to be selected for the copy operation to a folder of choice.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that C to Z isn’t really meant to enhance file management operations, but it is pretty useful to beginners which want to easily transfer files from multiple directories.