Special Folders

Special Folders is a small-sized and portable utility that reveals special directories available on your computer, such as Documents, Favorites and Desktop. Due to security reasons, it doesn't give you the possibility to change them in any way. However, you can save lists with full paths to file.

Simple interface and options

It's packed in a simple interface made from a standard window that doesn't put emphasis on visual elements, yet it's easy to navigate. The special directories are automatically scanned and loaded at startup, so you can check out the full path to the Start Menu programs, desktop, system fonts, roaming (in AppData), printer shortcuts, and others.

View special directories and generate reports

The program offers to list the contents of any path from the list by entering the corresponding number in a small dialog box and by confirming the action. Afterward, it offers to go back to the original list to open a new path. Once you've hit the Enter key, the app asks you if you want to save information to file. If you agree, it automatically creates a plain text document with the requested statistics and places it in the same location as the product.

No installation necessary

Since there's no setup involved, you can save the downloaded files to a preferred directory on the computer or copy them to a USB flash drive to be able to directly run Special Folders on any machine. It doesn't need DLLs to run, modify your system registry settings, or create files on the disk without asking for permission.

Evaluation and conclusion

It left a small footprint on system resources in our tests, using low CPU and RAM, so it didn't hamper the computer's performance. We haven't come across any stability problems. Thanks to its intuitive options, Special Folders can be easily used by anyone.