Immersive Explorer 1.6

While the default Windows Explorer does its job competently enough, there are a ton of upgrades and quality of life improvements that users of Windows have been clamoring for over the years. Microsoft has promised these features will come with time, but other than a few unreleased beta periods, there haven't been any official releases. People have gotten annoyed with the wait and have taken it upon themselves to create what they want, and Immersive Explorer is one of those programs.

Immersive Explorer also doubles as a throwback to the Windows 8 UI, which could serve as a nice splash of nostalgia. The installation process is incredibly easy. There's also support for a portable version just in case you want to put it on a USB or something similar in order to launch if on any computer directly. It doesn't create any entries in the system directory, making it easy to uninstall simply by manual deletion.

The interface looks almost exactly like Windows 8's Metro UI, which has a flat, colorful look that emphasizes simplicity. This program also comes with its own viewer and players for media. None of them are anything particularly special, but they do come with a few more features than the default Windows Media Player. For example, the photo viewer can have the photos be stretched to fit the monitor, zoomed in or out, and the music and movie players have special frame controls.

All in all, Immersive Explorer doesn't give a whole lot of features compared to other file operations, but it still does its job well.