| Program/ Features | Object Organizer | CR2Edit | P3do Explorer | Windows Explorer |
| Main Purpose | a basic Poser file-type editor, includes functionality of Windows Explorer | a very advanced Poser file-type editor; not meant as an overall "Explorer" program | view thumbnails of image files, including rsr's | "explore"/ manage files |
| View folders in "tree view" | X | X | X | |
| Folder "tree view" highlights Poser files, image files, and System files (and in customizable colors) | X | |||
| Can set preference to "protect" (or not) any "System" files and folders (for security and safety) | X | (System folders only) | ||
| Can set preference to allow modifying (or not) of system system files -cut, delete, rename- (for security and safety) | X | |||
| Print contents of folder to a text file | X | |||
| Print entire contents of folder (including all subfolders) to a text file | X | |||
| Show rsr thumbnails | (possible, in future release) | X | ||
| Show image file thumbnails | (possible, in future release) | X | ME, 2000, XP | |
| Allows editting of ALL Poser file types (pz3, cr2, fc2, hd2, hr2, lt2, pp2, pz2) | handled automatically by program | automatic and manual editting | Manual, in text editor | |
| Show what obj/ image files are referenced by Poser figure files (including pz3 files) | X | X | ||
| Can correct "discrepancies" (between referenced and actual location of obj files) automatically | X | X | ||
| Can scan hard drive to see if obj file is actually referenced by any figure file | X | ? | ||
| Built-in MAT Pose editor | (future release) | X | ||
| Cut, copy, and paste files | X | X | X | |
| Delete files (with a confirmation that can be turned on or off) | X | X | ||
| When deleting files, can set preference to move file to Recycle Bin or delete from drive | X | X | ||
| When deleting Poser file, deletes rsr also | X | |||
| When renaming Poser file, renames rsr (to match figure's name) | X | X | ||
| When opening a file, opens in its default application | X | X | ||
| When opening a folder, opens in Windows Explorer | X | X | ||
| Remembers last used folder when opening program again | X | X | ||
| Can tell if Poser is running in background (for safe deleting of files) | X | ? | ||
| "Back" and "Forward" buttons | X | X | X | |
| Graphical toolbar | X | X | X | X |
| Can change color scheme of program | X | X | ||
| Saves preferences in INI file, instead of writing to registry | X | ? | X | N/A |
| Size of "exe" file | 415k | ? | 2,296k | N/A |
| Time to open a 30M cr2 or pz2 file | about 14.5 seconds | about 22.5 seconds* | ?- doesn't load entire file in memory | |
| (based on a 466Mhz Celeron) | based on "60M pz2 file in 45 seconds" statement | (in text editor) | ||
| File "scan" speed | less than 1/2 second per MB | "less than 1 second/MB" | N/A | N/A |
| Additional software required | none, everything included in install file | Direct X 7.0 (or above) | none | N/A |
| Supported versions of Windows | 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, XP Pro | all, except NT | (all ?) | (Windows component) |
| Online help and/ or instruction manual | (in readme.htm file) | X | X | X |
| Initial cost | $18.00 | $50.00 | free | N/A |
| Upgrade cost | FREE (always) | $15.00 | N/A | N/A |
| Website/ where to download program: | http://www.cocs.com/poser | http://www.zenwareonline.com/ | http://www.senosoft.com/ | N/A |
| Note: all information is current as of April 2002. | Note: all above statements taken from their website and CR2Edit main page |