I just got a new PC running Windows 11. I hate the file explorer. When I was straightening out my office I happened to come across the install disk for Ontrack's Powerdesk 4. I installed it and it was wonderful out of the box. I was able to change the font size in dthe tree structure so that my ancient eyes could read it. But it only ran once. Once I closed it I couldn't run it any more (I was able to run the excellent file finder PDFind directly from the .exe file.) Is there any way to solve this. ?
How wonderful that this old article still accepts comments! I don't have a direct solution. But a related observation which might (just might) point to a solution. When I used Windows Vista back in the day, I had Powerdesk 6 (free version) as my file manager. In Windows 10 it turned out not to work. Surprisingly though, Powerdesk 4 did work! (This was also a free version, for which I had kept the install file.). So for Win 11 maybe try other vintage versions of Powerdesk, if you have or can find any, one of them might work. (I have version 4 and version 6 install files.)
Power desk didn't work for me on a Windows 11 laptop UNTIL I went to C:\Program Files (x86)\Ontrack > right clicked on PDExplo.exe > Properties > Compatibility Tab > "Run this program in compatibility mode for: and selected anything other than Windows 95, or Windows 98/Windows Me. Result: XP, Vista and Windows 7 all worked but I ended up selecting Windows 8 cuz it was the most recent OS they had listed there.
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len@lgrossman.com - Friday, November 26, 2021 - link
I just got a new PC running Windows 11. I hate the file explorer. When I was straightening out my office I happened to come across the install disk for Ontrack's Powerdesk 4. I installed it and it was wonderful out of the box. I was able to change the font size in dthe tree structure so that my ancient eyes could read it. But it only ran once. Once I closed it I couldn't run it any more (I was able to run the excellent file finder PDFind directly from the .exe file.) Is there any way to solve this. ?KJB - Sunday, February 20, 2022 - link
How wonderful that this old article still accepts comments!I don't have a direct solution. But a related observation which might (just might) point to a solution. When I used Windows Vista back in the day, I had Powerdesk 6 (free version) as my file manager. In Windows 10 it turned out not to work. Surprisingly though, Powerdesk 4 did work! (This was also a free version, for which I had kept the install file.). So for Win 11 maybe try other vintage versions of Powerdesk, if you have or can find any, one of them might work. (I have version 4 and version 6 install files.)
New_Guy - Thursday, October 20, 2022 - link
Power desk didn't work for me on a Windows 11 laptop UNTIL I went to C:\Program Files (x86)\Ontrack > right clicked on PDExplo.exe > Properties > Compatibility Tab > "Run this program in compatibility mode for: and selected anything other than Windows 95, or Windows 98/Windows Me. Result: XP, Vista and Windows 7 all worked but I ended up selecting Windows 8 cuz it was the most recent OS they had listed there.