Portable Handy File Tool

File Explorer has come a long way since the initial years, and it’s now more comfortable than ever to perform required operation. Needless to say that you’re also free to rely on specialized third-party alternatives, and Portable Handy File Tool is a suitable example in this regard.

As the name clearly points out, this edition of the application can be deployed on a thumb drive to use on other computers. This leaves registry entries intact, so it doesn’t affect the stability of the target PC. The visual design sports a clean layout, with a dual-pane explorer window which can be customized in terms of view and location.

Favorite locations can be added to the upper toolbar just to create more locations which you quickly access. The application already provides access to drives. View can be changed from brief to full, and not both panes are affected, but just the selected one. The full view adds various column headers to show info fields like attributes, extension, date, and more.

Sure enough, the browser section includes various operations, such as editing, moving, removing, and more. On the bright side of things, there are some extra tools you can use, such as a search tool, replace, as well as renamer. You even get to find a basket file, which is more or less a secure database for particular files.

Search benefits from various filters which can be applied by date, time, size, and even attributes, while the mask field lets you narrow down results through masks. The replacer tool can either renew a single or multiple strings in various types of documents. As far as renaming goes, you can define counter, extension modifier, file name mask, character casing, and more, with options to set multiple filters.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Portable Handy File Tool is sure to be a reliable alternative to the default way through which you manage your files. Extra tools add a lot more functionality, letting you find, replace, and rename items of interest with little effort.