12-21-2004, 03:00 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Review Of Resco Explorer 2003
http://www.mtekk.com.au/browse/page1030.html
"Mike explorers Resco Explorer and learns yet more of what MS forgot to include in Windows Mobile 2003."
This review gives a pretty good overview of what Resco File Explorer 2003 can do. I've had it a few years and it is always one of the first things I install on a new or freshly reset Pocket PC.
It is more than just a File Explorer replacement. It supports file encryption, compressed (zip) files, FTP sites, shared network folders and has a built in registry editor, multiple views, customizable Favorites so you can quickly jump around frequently used folders and much more. As the reviewer does, I highly recommend it. You can buy it for $24.95 at the Pocket PC Thoughts store. (Affiliate link)
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12-21-2004, 03:50 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Review Of Resco Explorer 2003
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
This review gives a pretty good overview of what Resco File Explorer 2003 can do. I've had it a few years and it is always one of the first things I install on a new or freshly reset Pocket PC. |
Resco is a great program, but I wouldn't give it a perfect 10 out of 10 like Mike did. For a more detailed review ( very detailed -- dial-up users beware), check out my review.
Don't let the extensive list of minor problems and suggestions for improvement fool you, though; the list is long because the program does so much. The program is definitely a 9 out of 10.
Steve
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12-21-2004, 04:12 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Re: Review Of Resco Explorer 2003
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Originally Posted by Pony99CA
Resco is a great program, but I wouldn't give it a perfect 10 out of 10 like Mike did. For a more detailed review ( very detailed -- dial-up users beware), check out my review. |
Interesting. I've never seen someone spell the word manual "R*E*V*I*E*W" :mrgreen:
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12-21-2004, 04:41 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2004
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I can see how someone may thing that $25 is too much...but I urge anyone to try the trial before jumping to that conclution.
I tried it for only a week before plopping down my money.
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12-21-2004, 04:46 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: Review Of Resco Explorer 2003
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
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Originally Posted by Pony99CA
Resco is a great program, but I wouldn't give it a perfect 10 out of 10 like Mike did. For a more detailed review ( very detailed -- dial-up users beware), check out my review. |
Interesting. I've never seen someone spell the word manual "R*E*V*I*E*W" :mrgreen: |
:rotfl:
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12-21-2004, 05:55 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Personally, I'd recommend Advanced Explorer. For about 1/6 the price of Resco Explorer, you get all the same features most users actually use and the icons are more attractive as well. Plus it has a Recycle Bin that Resco dosen't have.
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12-21-2004, 06:18 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by robert_biggs
Personally, I'd recommend Advanced Explorer. For about 1/6 the price of Resco Explorer, you get all the same features most users actually use and the icons are more attractive as well. Plus it has a Recycle Bin that Resco dosen't have. |
It looks a lot like GSFinder+, which is free. 
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12-21-2004, 03:02 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Perhaps there are less expensive options available (I've never tried any of them), but based upon popularity alone, when I bought my first PPC nearly two years ago, I almost immediately saw the deficiencies of the built-in file explorer that came with the OS, and so I bought Resco's Explorer.
In short: it's a great solution, a great piece of reliable software. My liking of this program shot up when I installed a wireless network in my home this summer, and Pat gave me tips to configure my new X50v using Resco's Explorer so I could browse virtually all files and folders on all my network PCs. Maybe all similar programs can do that, too, but Resco makes the whole process very simple, very easy to use.
Like Ed, it's one of the very first things I would install on a new (or newly reset) PPC. Strong 'Buy' recommendation!
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12-23-2004, 10:46 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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I use Resco on my iPAQs and my smartphones as well. I highly recommend it.
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12-23-2004, 03:07 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 94
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One thing that Resco is missing...
One thing that Resco Explorer is missing is drag & drop file movement. I sure would like to have that feature!
- Tim
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Linear Mode
