I always liked Windows explorer and although I acknowledge its shortcomings, I never really grew accustomed to replacements like WinCommander or Xyplorer. An application I just found while reading Lifehacker enhances explorer with one of the best features yet, the ability to jump from folder to folder really quickly.

Direct Folders gives you the ability to navigate through your folders much more productively by letting you navigate to any folder you specified before hand from anywhere inside an explorer window. Just double click on an empty space to bring up the menu, and select the folder you want to go to.

This is free so far, if you want some added functionality you can buy the pro version which supports jumping to the last used folder, setting default folders for apps and so on. All in all this is a great app for productivity which should ease folder navigation for you.