WinNc v5 - Norton Commander filemanager for Windows 7, Vista and XP (explorer replacement) review and GiveAway 15 Personal Licenses for our readers

WinNc is a tabbed file manager especially developed for Windows 7. It also works on the older versions of Windows. This NC clone file manager is inspired on the dual panel concept of the old file manager Norton Commander. It has shortcuts to all the Windows 7 special folders and the multiple tabbed interface allows you to organize your data by projects. Projects can include files and folders that are related to the project.
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Features:

Quickview - Quickview uses WinNc's internal to view the selected file in the other panel.
Editor - Editor for textfiles.
Zip and Mailto function - Select a number of files and/or directories you would like to zipped and then mailed.
Calculate Size - Calculates the total size of the selected files and directories.
Encryption - You can secure your files using the WinNc encryption method.
Print - Prints all the selected files using their host application.
Compare directories - Here you can compare two directories.
Compare files - Here you can compare two files.
Synchronize - Synchronizes including subdirectories.
Compare Text Files - Compares two text files.
Find Files - Here you can search for files using wild cards and search strings.
Create Shortcuts
Format Disk - Formats a floppy drive.
Connect Network Drive - Connects a network drive as a drive-letter.
Compression - WinNc can unpack compressed files with the following extensions:
.ZIP / .ARJ / .LZH / .RAR / .CAB / .LHA / .GZ / ._** (MSCOMPRESS) / .PAK / .ACE
Create self-extractor - WinNc can create a self-extracting file from a zip-file. This self-extractor can easily be used by users not familiar with Winzip, WinNc or Pkzip.
Fix Corrupted Zip File - Tries to fix a corrupted zip file.
Split Files - WinNc can split (big) files and merge them. This way you can easily transport large files on floppy (1.38 mb) or by email (e.g. 2.72 mb).
You can also use the BAT file WinNc created. The batch (BAT) file can be run on any other machine. WinNc does not need to be installed for a batch merge.
Compress wav to mp3 - WinNc can compress WAV or directly to MP3.
Extract CD to mp3 - WinNc can rip (extract) audio cd and encode them to WAV or directly to MP3.
Play mp3 Selection - WinNc can play playlist in the Winamp format.
Create mp3 playlist - WinNc can create playlist files in the Winamp format.
Create Backup - Simple but effective backup from the files in the backup list.
FTP - WinNc is able to copy, move, etc files to a machine / webpage connected to your network (intranet) or to the Internet using the "File Transfer Protocol"
CD-Burn and DVD Burn - WinNc.Net is able to burn cd's and dvd's data compilations. Audio feature will be available in the future.
Keyboard Shortcuts

WinNC average Memory usage is about 55 MB and need 50 MB disk space.
With WinNC it is much more easy to handle all the files on your Harddisk, Network drives and FTP.
The Program Language can be switched in 18 Languages and 11 beautiful Themes comes include.

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Latest Beta Changelog:


Changes in 5.5.0.3
- New translation options added
- Translation page significantly improved in speed
- Single click wait time of 500 ms
- Hovering rectangle optional
- Downloadable package for more folder icons
- Exception dialog visually improved
- Exception log


Changes in 5.5.0.2
- Improved testing of network drives
- Single click operation with shift/ctrl or alt improved
- Exception dialog improved


Changes in 5.5.0.1
- Synchronize uses fastcopy for disk synchronization
- Netconnect can connect or disconnect a group of shares
- Split and merge total file size fixed

Compare with Windows Explorer and Total Commander

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