File Smile is an inexpensive file manager for Windows. It was developed to make life easier for intermediate (not novice) users that work regularly with folders & files. Its features are focused on this core idea and its strengths are that it does these things well.

Major features include: multiple panes (up to 5) can be turned on/off, horizontal or vertical layout, file color coding, folder contents comparison tool, filter files by extension, sort a-z or z-a on multiple columns, skin customizable.