# Your favorite obsolete computer program/utility.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-obsolete-computer-program-utility/527717>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 4, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-obsolete-computer-program-utility/527717 "2010-02-04T21:09:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-obsolete-computer-program-utility/527717/101 "2010-02-11T21:10:38Z")

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I remember XTree. Come to think of it, I don’t remember how I got to know MS DOS so well back then when XTree was available.

Back in the Amiga days there was a frontend for Amiga DOS called [Directory Opus](http://www.config.freeuk.com/amiga/progs/dopus.gif), which made it quick and easy to manipulate files and directories. To this day I still open a couple of windows side-by-side when I start my PC, to simulate the functionality of Directory Opus. Searching for the image I linked to, I discovered that there is now a Directory Opus for Windows. I’ll have to check it out.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-obsolete-computer-program-utility/527717/102 "2010-02-11T22:51:48Z")

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Hmmm. It seems that the new Directory Opus is greatly overpriced with obnoxious copy protection. Ah, well.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-obsolete-computer-program-utility/527717/103 "2010-02-11T23:28:23Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> I realized yesterday that I’m still using Quicken 2006.

I’m still using Quicken 2004, for myself and several non-profit organizations.

I’ve looked at the newer versions, and they don’t have anything in them that I find worth paying for. And they have things I dislike, like moving from an open, supported export file format (QIF) to a proprietary one.

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**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-obsolete-computer-program-utility/527717/104 "2010-02-19T13:57:03Z")

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> [@Shalmanese](#):
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> ACDSee 2.4. A super fast image viewer that had just enough features and no more.

I was a big fan of this as well. These days though, you might want to check out [FastStone Image Viewer](http://download.cnet.com/FastStone-Image-Viewer/3000-2192_4-10324485.html). I like it as much as I ever liked ACDSee classic, and much better than IrfanView.

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