Your files, drives, tabs, and details in one workspace.

Understand the layout

• Sidebar

  Open Home locations, This PC drives, Google Drive when available, Recycle Bin, Transfers, network pages, and Settings. Help & About is a category inside Settings.

• Tab strip

  Keep locations open, reorder tabs, detach a tab into another window, or create split view.

• File area

  Browse the current location, sort columns, select items, and use the location and search controls.

• Inspector

  Review metadata and supported previews without leaving the current folder. Eligible local text and Markdown files also expose an explicit Edit mode beside the Inspector title.

First actions

1. Open a location

   Choose a Home folder or drive, or enter a valid local path in the location bar.

2. Select an item

   Select a file or folder to update the Inspector and make context actions available.

3. Open or navigate

   Open a folder to enter it. Use Back, Forward, Up, and the breadcrumb path to move through history and parents. After entering a folder, Back or Backspace returns through real tab history and selects and reveals that folder in its parent.

4. Search below the current folder

   Enter a query and press Enter to recursively scan the current local folder and its subfolders. Clear the query to return to the normal folder view.

Local file and folder operations

RFile implements the everyday local file operations expected from a Windows file manager. Operations are available from the context menu, keyboard shortcuts, drag and drop, or the relevant toolbar and Inspector controls when an item is eligible.

• Cut, copy, move, and paste

  Move or duplicate selected files and folders with Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, context-menu commands, or local drag and drop.

• Create

  Create a folder, text file, or Markdown file in an eligible local location. New folder places an editable name directly in the active list or icon grid; Enter accepts it and Escape cancels it.

• Rename

  Rename one selected local item directly in the list or icon grid with F2 or the context menu. Ordinary files initially select only the stem so typing does not accidentally replace the extension. With multiple same-folder items selected, F2 and Batch rename open the preview-first batch editor.

• Recycle or permanently delete

  Delete sends eligible local items to the Windows Recycle Bin; Shift+Delete requests permanent deletion.

• Undo supported changes

  Ctrl+Z can undo supported create, rename, move, and Recycle Bin operations when an undo record is available. RFile does not document a general redo command in this release.

• Copy as path

  Copy the selected local path or paths as text for use in terminals, scripts, editors, and other Windows applications.

• Properties and metadata

  Open Properties for an eligible selection or use the Inspector to see type, size, modified time, location, and format-specific details.

• Review name conflicts

  Paste and supported local drop workflows use the same compact review before work starts. Choose Replace, Skip, or Keep both for each collision or for the complete list, optionally remember that choice, and change the saved default later in Settings > Transfers.

Batch rename files and folders

Batch rename changes multiple selected local names in one reviewed operation. Its plain-language name recipe keeps file extensions automatically, while RFile builds and validates the complete destination list before it changes anything. A collision-safe two-stage rename keeps name swaps and cycles safe.

1. Select items in one folder

   Use Ctrl-click, Shift-click, or Ctrl+A to select two or more local files or folders. Search results from different parent folders cannot be renamed as one batch.

2. Open Batch rename

   Right-click the selection and choose Batch rename, or press F2.

3. Build the names

   Choose Keep original names or Use one shared name. You can add text before or after the name, turn numbering on, and choose where numbers appear, how they are separated, where counting starts, and whether they look like 1, 01, or 001. More changes contains find and replace plus capitalization.

4. Review and confirm

   Check every before-and-after row. Rename remains disabled when a generated name is invalid, duplicated, already exists outside the selection, or when every name is unchanged.

Windows integration

• Windows clipboard

  RFile interoperates with the Windows file clipboard for cut, copy, and paste workflows.

• Open in Explorer

  Open an eligible location in Windows File Explorer when a shell-specific workflow is needed.

• Show more options

  Open the native Windows shell context menu for installed shell-extension commands that RFile does not reproduce itself.

• WinRAR

  When WinRAR is installed, its submenu appears directly in RFile's custom menu with open, RAR/ZIP creation, extraction, and archive-test actions that apply to the selection.

• Open terminal

  Launch a terminal at an eligible local folder from the RFile context menu. Settings can choose Automatic, Windows Terminal, PowerShell, or Command Prompt; arbitrary command strings are not accepted.

Related documentation

• Views and navigation
• Search
• Tabs and windows
• Inspector and previews
• Keyboard shortcuts