The system requirements also mentioned that it won’t run under Windows 3.x and there was no mention of Windows NT whatsoever limiting its target audience.įrom a hardware perspective, requirements were no different to Windows 95 itself.

With Windows 95, many felt adequate managing files with Windows Explorer despite offering only the bare minimum. Personally I felt the price was set too high and may have been more successful for around $80 instead. Ultimately Norton Navigator loosely was a replacement for Norton Desktop and XTree Gold aimed at Windows 95.Ī faded mark on the copy purchased indicated a retail price of $169 AUD ($99-130 US depending on source). This led to an acquisition by Central Point Software, who in turn were acquired by Symantec. XTree Gold was brilliant in the DOS era, though as with other applications failed to keep momentum transitioning across to Windows.

Out of the two, it would be fair to say Norton Commander was more commercially successful and competed head-to-head with XTree Gold. Both coincidentally were a motorcycle in the later half of the 20th century, and both were file management software applications acquired by Symantec that are now defunct. Norton Commander and Norton Navigator have some things in common.

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