# An alternative to Windows Explorer for XP?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/an-alternative-to-windows-explorer-for-xp/194740>\
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**Created:** [July 25, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/an-alternative-to-windows-explorer-for-xp/194740 "2006-07-25T22:11:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![MTsoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MTsoul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MTsoul)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/an-alternative-to-windows-explorer-for-xp/194740/1 "2006-07-25T22:11:16Z")

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I am infected with loads of crap that I just can’t clean. Before I reformat, I’ll need to backup some files, but I am unable to open Windows Explorer. Is there an alternative application to that?