Here this. If you Vista users hate to use Windows Explorer and want to use the File Manager program from NT4 for browsing files and folders, it will not run because of the changes with certain DLL files in Vista, especially the shell32.dll file.
There is a way to make the NT4 File Manager app (winfile.exe) to run under Vista. Follow the steps here to make it run under Vista:
http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~davidsch/vistafm/
enjoy using File Manager under Vista!
-erpdude