Introduction

• What is Multi Commander
• System Requirements
• Download and Installation
• Upgrading
• License

Overview / Layout

• Main Application Layout
  • Menu Bar
  • Standard Command Bar
  • File Commands
  • Drive Bar
  • Command line Bar
  • Quick Launch Bar
  • Status Bar
• Extensions and Plug-ins
• Favorites
• Button Panel
• Panel Tabs

Panels

• Explorer Panel
  • Layout
    • Path Field
  • Navigation
  • Customize Columns
  • Customize Column Layouts
  • Folder Tree
  • File Coloring
  • Pasting Clipboard Data into Explorer Panel
• File Search

FileSystem

• Multi Commander's Virtual FileSystem
• Archives (Zip, Rar, 7Zip)
• Network (NET:)
• Portable (WPD:)
• Registry (REG:)
• FTP (FTP:)
• Favorites (FAV:)

File Operations

• Copy/Move Operations
  • Copy/Move using Presets
  • Copy/Move using Filters
  • Copy/Move Progress Window
• Delete Operations
• Pack Files
  • Packer Profiles
  • External Packers
• Unpack Files

Extensions

• MultiRename
• File Checksum
  • Create
  • Verify
• MultiDataViewer - The File Viewer 
• Internal Picture Viewer
• Language Editor

Tools

• Select/Unselect files and folders
• Calculate Folder Size
• Change File Properties (Attributes, Date/Time)
• Create Folders
• Correct Folder Date/Time
• Find Opened/Locked Files
• Send to the Clipboard (Path, Filename, ... )
• Rename Tools
• Text Tools
  • Text Conversion Tools
  • Sort Lines in Files
  • Find and Replace in Files
• Base 64 Encoding/Decoding
• File Security
• File Checksum Tools
• Picture Tools
• Audio Tools
• Video Tools

Customization and Configuration

• Managing Aliases (Alias Editor)
• File Type Setup
• Button Editor
  • Button Panel - Wizard Mode
• User Menu Editor
• Keyboard Customization (Shortcuts)
  • Default Keyboard Shortcuts (Commander Style)
  • Default Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows Explorer Style)
• Custom ContexMenu Editor
• Filters

Configuring the Layout

• Core Settings
• Explorer Panel Settings 
• Change Look and Feel to Windows Explorer Mode

User Commands and Scripting

• User Defined Commands
  • Internal Commands
  • External Commands
  • Custom Commands
    • List of Custom Commands
    • Examples
  • Batch Script (.BAT)
  • MultiScript
    • Language Syntax
    • Script Functions
      • Type checks and type converters
      • Array functions
      • String functions
      • RowList functions
      • Date/Time functions
      • File System functions
      • Registry functions
      • Panel Selections and Paths
      • Tab Panel
      • Misc functions (Logging, Load/Save to file, Clipboard, MessageBox, ... )
    • Extension defined MultiScript functions
      • FTP functions
      • Checksum functions
    • MultiScript Debugger
    • Examples
  • MultiTags

Other

• Backup and Restore Configuration
• Cleanup User Data
• MultiUpdate
• Command Line Parameters
• Custom configuration paths, Additional script folders
• Credits and Acknowledgements

API

• Multi Commander Windows Message API

Troubleshooting

• Multi Commander Hangs and is Not Responding
• Multi Commander Crashes

FAQ (pages to follow)

• Favorites
• Show Hidden files/folders
• Customize Colors
• Enter folder on Single Click
• Save and Resize Columns

Index

• Content Index

Delete Operations

You can delete files or folders using any of the following methods:

1. The Delete Button in the File Operations toolbar.
2. The Delete Button in the Button Panel.
3. The Function Key F8 or Delete key
4. From the Menu -> File -> Delete

All these methods display a dialog that lets you modify options for the delete operation, as shown below:

The following options are available:

• Delete to Recycle Bin

  When checked, the selected files and folders are moved to the Recycle Bin and can be recovered if needed. When deleting files inside an archive or on a network device, this option will be disabled and cannot be selected.
  It is possible to configure if this should be enabled/disable by default under Menu -> Configuration -> Core Settings..
  Holding the shift key down before this window is shown. (Eg pressing Shift+Del), will toggle the Recyle Bin option.

• Only Files

  If checked, only files are deleted. Files in folders will be deleted but the empty folders will remain on the filesystem.

• Junctions and Symbolic Links

  This section controls how Multi Commander should react when it finds Junctions and Symbolic Links. The recommendation is to ignore or remove the link (if permissions allow it).
  It is not recommended to set Follow links, which should be used only if you really know what you are doing. A warning is shown if that option is selected.