Avanquest Powerdesk Pro 9 VS Double Commander

Avanquest Powerdesk Pro 9 Reviews

1. Steve Watkins    

   VP, Secretary at Inspiria Holdings, Inc. | about 2 years ago
   PowerDesk Pro 9 - a Sad Farewell

   I've used PowerDesk from version 6 to version 9, in Windows XP to Vista to 7, 8, 8.1, and 10. With each platform migration, it was harder and harder to install PD. I finally bought a new package to go along with my Windows 11 Professional desktop. Unfortunately, the software not only doesn't work, but the technical support people are not native English speakers. Between extraordinarily thick Indian, Eastern European, and allegedly French Canadian accents, I LITERALLY had to bring in a translator. At the end of it all, they couldn't install PD, because it's not coded for Windows 11.

   AND, based on their almost fanatical insistence on my "trying technical support" (three times) and refusal to graciously offer to refund my purchase price, I'm having to escalate this into a Collection Event with my bank getting involved.

   Thus, Avanquest has lost me as a customer, despite their once unquestionably-superior program. Their product's (former) greatness has been drastically exceeded by their p**s-poor customer service.

   👎 Cons:    Extraordinarily-poor customer service|Failure to say that powerdesk 9 doesn't work under windows 11|Technical support is a joke

Double Commander Reviews

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• The case of the jump into the middle of an instruction from nowhere (2023)

  Well yeah, I mean no one forces you to use Explorer for file management under Windows. I'm an old-time Norton Commander user, and when Windows came around I switched to Total Commander. There are open-source alternatives too, even cross-platform ones, like this one: https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/. That being said, no one forces you to use Windows either - except maybe your employer or the software... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Creating a 'Proper Nouns' List

  Double Commander. Search Replace Multiple files. Source: 5 months ago

• Total Commander

  I've been looking for a Linux alternative ever since I mostly switched away from Windows a few years ago, and so far this one is the best FOSS alternative I found: https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/ - it's even written in Pascal, same as TC. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Total Commander

  Very useful, I bought it years ago and used it on Windows. I've been using only Linux for about 10 years now, but I'd like to use Total Commander on Linux. Double Commander is open source, cross-platform and written with Lazarus / FPC : https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/ But ... I am not able not to use Midnight Commander ... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Far Manager: files and archives in Windows

  Try free clone of TC, Double Commander: https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago