Classic electrifier was an open-source project which extended Windows File Explorer ®️ by
- Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
- Full-featured multi-tab experience
Classic electrifier was in early development stages - most featureswerw work in progress or just plans for the future
- Built-in file viewers and plain editors
- Session management and history functionality
- PowerShell integration, automation and extensibility
👫 If you want to get involved in its development feel free to contribute
Originally, the project was started back in 2004, using .NET-framework 1.0 and Windows XP. However, due to a system crash, I lost all my data, including the source-code, which was stored on a software RAID-5.
Meanwhile I managed to restore those lost artefacts, converted them to Visual Studio 2019 and .NET 4.6 and relaunched the development cycle.
| Released | Version | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 04/05/19 | 0.1.1 | An internal alpha test is currently in progress |
electrifier was developed using Visual Studio Community 2019. It used .NET-framework 4.6 and WinForms.
electrifier makes use of the following third party components:
| Name | Author(s) | License |
|---|---|---|
| Vanara | David Hall | MIT License |
| DockPanel Suite | Lex Li, Ryan Rastedt & others | MIT License |
electrifier makes use of the following third party components:
| Name | Author(s) | License |
|---|---|---|
| Knob Buttons Toolbar icons | iTweek aka Miles Ponson | [Custom] |
- Apache License 2.0
- Feel free to play around with that code
- Contributions are still wellcome
To run electrifier, you supposedly need nothing except a running Windows Operating System, Vista SP1 or above. The .NET-framework should be installed due normal Windows-Update cycle.
- Install Visual Studio Community 2019 using at least the following Workloads:
.NET desktop developmentDesktop development with C++(Required for the Ribbon Ressource Compiler)
- Download the sources to extract them into an empty folder
- From there, use
electrifier/src/electrifier.slnto open the project solution in Visual Studio - In Solution Explorer, right-click
Solution 'electrifier' (3 projects)toRestore NuGet Packages - In Solution Explorer, right-click project
electrifiertoSet as StartUp Project - Hit
F6-key toBuild Solution - Violá! In case you reached so far without ciritical errors, you've just successfully built electrifier 👍
- Hit
F5-key toStart Debugging. Since electrifier will start with a blank UI at present, clickNew Panelfrom the ribbon to open a fresh electrifier Shell Browser window
Setup, further steps have to be taken!
Copyright 2017-19 Thorsten Jung, www.electrifier.org
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
✏️ Last updated 📆 May the 4th, 2019