Kore Filez

Kore Filez is a basic file explorer developed using the Windows Explorer model. The difference is that it has a simpler interface and skips the graphical elements, status bar and menu bar from the default file manager.

As there is no installation involved, you can save the executable file anywhere on the hard disk or a USB flash drive to directly run it on any computer with minimum effort. More importantly, it doesn't add new new entries to the registry or create additional files without your permission, thus leaving no traces behind after removal.

Since it's inspired by Windows Explorer, the interface consists of a rectangular frame with the Windows Aero look, which shows file and folder properties, namely the name, date of last modification, type, and size of each item.

The right-click menu is adopted from Microsoft's file navigator, so you can perform the same type of operations, such as creating new folders, copying, cutting and pasting files, launching apps, sending items to other locations, changing the view mode, or sorting files and folders by various criteria.

As we expected, the utility didn't put a strain on the overall performance of the machine in our tests, since it needed low CPU and RAM to work properly. No error dialogs popped up, and it didn't hang or crash.

However, the developer seems to have focused so much on Windows Explorer's simplicity, that it lost sight of basic controls. For instance, Kore Filez doesn't let you go back after opening a folder; there is no Back button, and the Backspace key isn't mapped for this option. We must also keep in mind that it hasn't been updated for a long while, and it remained an unfinished project.