| Command | Description
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File
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| Browse | Browse folder or launch item
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| Clone+browse | Browse the focused item in a new window
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| Enter archive | Try to browse archive item as folder (requires WCX plugin)
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| New tab | Browse the focused item in a new tab
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| Column mode | Browse folder trees using side by side (Miller) panels
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| Browse flat | Open a scrap container for selection (folder or cida) and add all contents recursively (<CTRL> to reuse an existing window)
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| Send to scrap | Place selection in the nearest scrap container window
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| View | View file contents as text
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| Edit | Edit file contents as text
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| Shell edit | Execute the edit shell verb on the selection (type specific)
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| Properties | Displays the shell properties of the selected item(s)
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| Rename | Rename the selected item in place
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| Change type | Rename an item including its DOS extension
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| Mass rename | Change selected filenames in bulk using name templates
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| Delete | Send selected items to the recycle bin (<SHIFT> for permanent deletion)
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| Close | Close this window
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| Exit | Quit the application (all open windows)
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Go to
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| Up a level | Browse one level up from the current folder
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| Back | Return to the folder browsed before
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| Forward | Advance to the next folder in list
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| Find target | Find target item pointed to by this shortcut file (resolve link)
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| Select drive | Goto a local disk
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| Recent folder | Select among folders recently browsed in this pane
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| Drop target | Folder where you last drag-dropped or pasted something (helps undo accidental drops)
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| Special folders ►
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| My documents | Contains personal files
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| My pictures | Digital photographs
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| My music | Audio files (MP3 etc)
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| Downloads | Files recently downloaded
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| Recent items | Documents and folders accessed (opened or saved) recently
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| Recycle bin | Deleted documents
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| Desktop | Namespace root
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| Root | Root drive of current folder, e.g. C:\
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| My computer | Local and mapped drives (This PC)
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| Network | Computers near this
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| Control panel | Computer settings
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| Printers | Available printers
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| Start menu | Folder representing the Start button
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| Startup | Programs that start every time you logon
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| CD burning | Files waiting to be written to CD (XP or later)
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| Send to | Targets appearing in the Send To shell context menu
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| Compatibility files | Redirected folder for legacy applications (Vista or later)
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| Quick bookmark | Go to the folder bookmarked earlier
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| Set quick-mark | Set quick-bookmark on the current folder
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| Frequent ►
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| (...) | Browse this frequently used folder
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| Mirror browsing | If checked, the panes follow each other as you traverse the folder hierarchy
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| Mirror scrolling | Automatically scroll the inactive pane to reveal items matching the active focus
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| Same folder | Force inactive pane to the same folder as the active one (<ALT> for the inverse)
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| Swap panes | Mutually exchange the contents of the two panes
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Bookmarks
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| Dual ►
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| Add current | Add left/right folders in the dual bookmark list
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| Organize | Rename, delete or reorder dual bookmarks & assign shortcut keys
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| (...) | Restore these two folders
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| More | Select folders from the complete dual bookmarks list
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| Add current | Add current folder in the bookmark list
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| Organize | Rename, delete or reorder bookmarks & assign shortcut keys
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| (...) | Go to this folder
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| More | Select a folder from the complete bookmarks list
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| Internet Favorites | Go to the folder holding internet explorer's favorites
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| Explorer Favorites | Favorites (links) folder as included in windows explorer
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Mark
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| Select All | Select all items
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| Unselect all | Unselect all items
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| All folders | Mark all items that are assumed folders
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| Sticky selection | Toggle sticky item selection mode (like checkboxes, unaffected by clicks or keys)
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| Select group | Select items that match a wildcard filter
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| Unselect group | Unselect items that match a filter
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| Invert selection | Select unselected items and vice-versa
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| Select range | Select a number of items below the active one
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| Total size | Mark items whose combined size approximates a given total byte size
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| Synchronize panes | Select items that differ among the panes, using date information
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| Sync wizard | Synchronize panes with tailor-made options
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| Check build | Mark items according to file transformation rules (e.g. compilation)
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| Containing text | Select files that contain some specified text string
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| Matching a rule | Select items whose properties match a complex rule
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| Quick search | Select items with text in either filenames, columns or file content
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| Selection ►
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| Store | Remember the selected items for later use
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| Select | Select all items stored earlier in the selection clipboard
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| Unselect | Unselect all items stored earlier in the selection clipboard
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| Combine | Combine the existing and saved selections in a boolean AND fashion
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| Show | Bring selected items into view
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Edit
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| Cut | Cut the selection and put it on the Clipboard
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| Copy | Copy the selection and put it on the Clipboard
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| Copy to | Transfer selection robustly to another folder (<ALT> for last target)
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| Move to | Move selection to another folder (<ALT> for last target)
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| Queue status | Examine and organize the queued transfers
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| Paste | Insert Clipboard contents
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| Paste Link | Create shortcuts to the items held in the clipboard
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| Paste special ►
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| Folder structure | Paste all and only subfolders without any files they contain
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| Structured scrap clips | Paste items (sourced from a scrap container) recreating the original subfolder structure
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| Multi paste | Insert clipboard contents on all selected folders
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| Hard link | Create hard links for the items held in the clipboard (NTFS only)
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| Folder junction ►
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| Paste | Create a junction here pointing to the folder in clipboard
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| Delete | Remove folder junction without harming the target folder
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| Symbolic link | Create symbolic links for the items held in the clipboard (Vista or later)
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| Duplicate | Create a copy of the selected item(s) in the same folder
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| Copy path names | Copy the full path names of the selected items to the clipboard (<SHIFT> for short 8.3 paths)
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| Copy filenames | Copy selected filenames, without the folder path
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| Copy preview | Copy item's preview image as bitmap
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| Copy columns | Copy selected items' column text as it appears in the active pane (for printing etc), <ALT> for highlighted column only
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| Extract text | Extract unformatted text from selected document to a new file
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| Export CSV | Export view contents in CSV text format for Excel
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View
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| Dual pane | Toggle single/dual folder pane mode
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| Tile horizontally | Align dual panes left/right (untick to align up/down)
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| Ribbon | Show the ribbon UI or a traditional menu bar
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| Quick viewer | Show or hide the quick previewer pane
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| Lock viewer | If checked the previewer will stop following the active item, freezing on the last item
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| Peek preview | Popup preview of the focused item (click both mouse buttons)
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| Toolbars ►
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| All toolbars | Show or hide the toolbars' container (rebar)
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| Status Bar | Show or hide the status bar
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| Info bars | Show or hide detailed information bars for the active item (file)
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| Lock dock sites | Fix dock panes to prevent their rearrangement (toggle)
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| Details pane | Show or hide the item details pane
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| Pane style ►
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| Large icons | Displays items using large icons
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| Small icons | Displays items using small icons
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| List | Displays items in a list
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| Details | Displays detailed information for each item
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| Thumbnails | Displays preview icons for items
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| Mini thumbs | Displays smaller previews for items
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| Detailed thumbs | Displays item details and a thumbnail preview
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| Select columns | Organize columns for detailed view mode
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| Arrange by ►
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| Name | Sort alphabetically by name
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| Size | Sort by size, from smallest to largest
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| Date | Sort by modification date, from most recent to oldest
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| Type | Sort by filename extension
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| Other | Sort by a non-standard column (through header row click)
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| Unsorted | Do not sort items; display them in the order read from disk
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| Ascending | Toggles sorting from smaller to largest
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| Manually | Arrange icons using the mouse (desktop-like)
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| Randomly | Item positions picked at random
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| Show in groups | Group items in the window by the sorted property
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| Custom groups | Group items using a complex filter for each category
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| Autosize columns | Adjust column widths to fit all items (<SHIFT> to use headers)
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| Refresh | Refresh pane contents (usually done automatically when changes are detected)
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| Hold autorefresh | Temporarily suspend the active pane's autorefresh sensor, useful for slow or fast-changing folders
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| Raw contents | Browse a virtual folder exactly as it is stored on disk (bypass explorer); try it on the system Fonts folder to see what it does.
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| Show Tree | Show or hide the folder tree pane
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| Locate in tree | Locate the browsed folder within the tree hierarchy
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| Mini scrap | Show or hide the temporary item hold area (drop box)
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| Visual filter ►
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| Wildcard | Constrain item visibility according to supplied wildcard
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| Rule based | Show only those items whose properties match a complex rule
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| Auto-filter | Show only one file type from those present in this folder
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| On/Off | Toggle the wildcard- or rule-based filter on/off
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| Hide folders | Hide all folders from the active pane (toggle)
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| Selected only | Hide all items that aren't selected
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| Same filter | Force the same visual filter to the inactive panel
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| Show all | Cancel all visual filtering modes, showing all items
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Actions
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| New file | Create a new (empty) file
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| New Folder | Create a new folder
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| Set comment | Set, edit or clear item's comment, if possible
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| ADS ►
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| View streams | Show any alternate data streams contained in the selection
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| Split streams | Extract secondary streams from the active item
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| Bundle to go | Pack all (selected) file information for transport, including ADS comments etc
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| Unpack bundle | Restore file information from an existing bundle
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| Change attributes | Change dates and DOS attributes of the selected items
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| Sync-Touch | Synchronize modification dates of matching items (from active to inactive panel)
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| Change dates | Various operations on file dates (shift, touch etc)
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| File properties | Change text file properties (Author etc) in bulk
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| Split file | Split the selected file into smaller chunks
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| Merge files | Combine selected items into a single file (in the order shown in pane)
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| Shred | Total annihilation of the selected items
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| Save settings now | Save all current settings immediately
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| Export settings | Export program settings in a .REG file that can be reused in another PC
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| Import settings | Restart xplorer2 to import settings saved earlier
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| Folder settings ►
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| Save | Save settings for this folder, including pane style, columns and sort order
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| Clear | Clear all stored settings for this folder
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| Suspend | Temporarily ignore all custom folder settings for this view pane (toggle)
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| Default | Show all folders like this one; untick for variable folder view settings
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Tools
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| Run command | Start any windows (GUI) program
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| DOS command | Run a command that requires the DOS interpreter (dir, ren, etc)
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| Run History | Select a command from the history list
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| Repeat command | Quick-repeat of the last command executed
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| Command script | Creates a script (batch file), applying a command template on each selected item
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| Find files | Look for files and folders that match a filter
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| Fast search | Quick search using windows indexing server, under current folder
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| Check duplicates | Examine items under current folder for possible duplicates
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| Compare subfolders | Compare pane contents considering all subfolders
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| Map network drive | Assign a drive letter to a network resource
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| Backup copy | Copy newer and changed files only, to inactive pane (with subfolders)
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| Free space | Check the free space in the disk(s) being browsed; refresh views if necessary
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| Subfolder size | Calculate total size occupied by folders and their subfolders
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| Folder statistics | Display statistics for this folder and its subfolders
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| Options | Configure options for the program & this window
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| Advanced options | Open an external program to tweak advanced program settings
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Window
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| Scrap container | Open a scrap container for temporarily holding items from various folders
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| List | List all windows controlled by this application; optionally switch among them
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| Administrator | Start an elevated xplorer² window to bypass UAC (access permissions)
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| Close tab | Close the active folder tab
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| Close all tabs | Close all folder tabs except for the active one
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| Reopen tab | Reopen the most recently closed tab
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| Find tab | Search and locate a tab by its path
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| Activate tab ►
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| (...) | Switch to this tab
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| Clone | Open another explorer window like this one (runs in its own thread)
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| Save layout | Store the present window layout and history settings
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| (...) | Browse the active item in a new window using this saved layout
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| Organize | Assign shortcut keys for or delete window layouts
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| More layouts | Clone a window from another saved layout (not showing in the above list)
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Customize
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| Toolbars ►
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| Add new | Add an extra toolbar
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| Organize | Rename or delete extra toolbars
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| (...) | Add or remove buttons from this toolbar (right-click on it for text options)
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| Column sets ►
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| Add current | Add the current column set to the list
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| Organize | Rename, delete or reorder column sets & assign shortcut keys
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| (...) | Restore this column set
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| More | Pick a column set from the complete list
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| User commands ►
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| Add new | Add a command template to the user menu
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| Add current | Add the currently selected executable program as a user command
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| Organize | Rename, delete or reorder user commands & assign shortcut keys
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| (...) | Execute this command
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| More | Pick a command from the complete list
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| Folder groups ►
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| Add current | Add the current folder group (tab set) to the list
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| Organize | Rename, delete or reorder folder groups & assign shortcut keys
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| (...) | Restore this folder group
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| More | Pick a folder group from the complete list
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| Startup | Restore original folder tabs present at program startup, to recover previously unavailable network folders
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| Custom groups ►
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| Add current | Save the current view categories in the list
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| Organize | Rename, delete or reorder custom groups & assign shortcut keys
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| (...) | Restore this custom group
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| More | Pick a custom group from the complete list
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| Macros ►
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| Record macro | Record new macro command (<CTRL> to repeat last macro)
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| Edit macro | Start the macro editor
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| Organize | Rename, delete or reorder macros & assign shortcut keys
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| (...) | Run this macro
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| More | Pick a macro from the complete list
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| Keyboard | Change keyboard shortcuts to menu commands
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| Keyboard use | View assigned and available keyboard shortcuts
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| Color coding | Customize item appearence according to file type
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Help
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| Quick start | Introductory guide to xplorer² (shows this document)
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| Tip of the day | Tips & tricks for maximizing your exploring experience!
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| How do I? | Show or hide the on-board tutorial pane with demo videos (requires internet connection)
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| Command finder | Locate a menu command by matching a keyword
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| Activate with key | Use the registration key you purchased to unlock the program
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| Register program | Upgrade and/or obtain a license to use the pro version without restrictions
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| Upgrade to ultimate | Power up your xplorer² experience getting the ultimate edition
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| Donate | Support the development of this program by making a voluntary donation (free lite version only)
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| Check for updates | Goto the website for the latest program build
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| Online support | Get connected to the online customer support centre
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| Translation | Toggle english translation on/off (assuming you added a language during installation)
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| Last error | Show the last error message again
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| Crash information | Locate the crash minidump file; email as attachment to customer support
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| About xplorer² | Display program information, version number and copyright
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| Licence agreement | Read the terms & conditions associated with using the program
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| What's new? | See a list of recent changes and added features
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| Tell a friend | Recommend xplorer² to a friend — thanks for spreading the word!
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