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

Download and Installation

Download

The official download location is https://multicommander.com/downloads. If you download it from another location make certain that you really trust that source: you never know if somebody has manipulated the package.
This is especially important with the portable version since the package is only a .zip. Never download the portable version from another source.

Installation

Full Installer (.exe)

The full installer is named MultiCommander_x64_([version]).exe or MultiCommander_win32_([version]).exe

You will be given two choices at the beginning of the installation: Single User or All users.

If you choose Single User the installer will, by default, select an installation location that is under your private account. By doing this the installer will not require any administrator rights for the installation.

If you select All users the installer will, by default, select the shared Program Files folder as the install location. By installing it here all user accounts on the machine will have access to the program.
This installation option requires administrator rights and the installer will restart itself and ask for admin permission if needed.

All users that then run Multi Commander will get their own configuration. The configuration is always stored under the user account, located under the Application Data Path.
Eg. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\MultiCommander\Config\

Portable Installer (.zip)

The portable installer is named MultiCommander_x64_Portable_([version]).zip or MultiCommander_win32_Portable_([version]).zip

The portable package is a zip archive that you only need to unpack to a folder. Just make sure that you keep the folder structure from the zip package.
The portable version is the same as the installed version. The difference is that the portable version is configured to store all settings and configuration in the folder that Multi Commander is installed in and run from.
The portable version does not save anything to the registry or to the user account folder. Everything is saved in the Multi Commander folder. So the program must have write permissions to the folder that you start Multi Commander from.
This version is ideal to be installed to - and run from - a USB memory stick.

Installer Parameters

The installer accepts parameters that make it possible to run the installer silently or from a script.

MultiCommander_x64_(6.2.0.2147).exe /S /D=[Target Folder] /PrevInstall=[Upgrade|Uninstall]
/InstallMode=[All|User] /Kill=[Ask|Auto|Abort]

• /S - Silent
  Do not show any UI or ask any questions
• /D - Destination
  The target where Multi Commander should be installed. If not specified the default path under the Program Files folder is used.
  Eg. /D="D:\MyPrograms\MultiCommander"
• /PrevInstall - Previous Installation
  What to do with existing installation. The options are "Upgrade" or "Uninstall"
  Eg. /PrevInstall=Upgrade
• /InstallMode - Installation Mode
  Install Multi Commander for All users or current user. If "All" is set and install path is under a protected location (eg. Program Files) make sure the installation is run as administrator. The options are "All" or "User"
  Eg. /InstallMode=All
• /Kill - Kill running instances of Multi Commander
  When doing an upgrade Multi Commander may be running. Use /Kill=Auto to automatically kill any running instance of MultiCommander
  /Kill=Ask will show a dialog asking what to do. /Kill=Abort will abort the upgrade if Multi Commander is running.
  Eg. /Kill=Auto
• /CLEAR=Uninstall - Clear Uninstall Data
  Clear all entries of Multi Commander from the Installed Programs locations in the registry
  Eg. /CLEAR=Uninstall
• /FORCEDEST="Path" - Force a new path
  Force a new path even if a previous path was found in the registry
  Eg. /FORCEDEST="D:\NewInstallPath\"

Example

# Upgrade Current
MultiCommander_x64_(6.2.0.2147).exe /S /D="C:\Bin\MultiCommander" /PrevInstall=Upgrade /InstallMode=All /Kill=Auto