For those of you who use Explorer++, there is some good news. After a hiatus of more than 6 years since a release, it is back in beta release development. Apart from being a good file manager for Windows, it is especially handy for adding to bootable media as it is truly portable and configurable as the settings file (config.xml) is contained in the same folder.
The developer has been working hard on the new version of Explorer++ in recent times with a consistent commit history. This is the download page with the current beta version being 1.4.0.1748 Beta 2. Development build links are also available at the download page. The development build version that I'm currently testing is v1.4.0.1946 Dev (October 02, 2022). It's very quick.
I went for the development build- Thanks for giving this one some light again- Always did like Explorer++ as as mentioned useful for boot media.
I don't know of any other fully portable, tabbed file manager that works with all boot media. Maybe someone will tell me of others.
Explorer++ v1.4.0.2192 Development Build Build Date: June 12, 2023 Development build links are available at the Explorer++ Download Page.