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Title: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: dBASE ace on July 10, 2026, 17:08:14
Using MC 16.0 Build 3186. If the font size for Path and File List (these are the only two I tested) is set to a value greater than 14, and Save on Exit is checked, MC does not respect the Explorer Panel settings upon restart. I am particularly focusing on the columns Ext, Size and Date in this test. I have greatly expanded the column width with no change in the issue. After changing the Font values, I click Apply and Save. Please advise me if I am missing another step or option. TIA
Title: Re: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: Mathias (Author) on July 10, 2026, 17:54:27
Not able to reproduce that.. If I change the font and restart it is using that.
Is it only font settings ?
maybe it fails to save settings.. check logview  Ctrl+L when you save settings if there is an error saving settings
Title: Re: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: dBASE ace on July 10, 2026, 18:11:00
OK - a bit of further testing. I am using a Dell 34" curved monitor for this issue. Resolution is 3440 X 1440. No errors in the log file.
Testing this on a Dell flat screen, resolution 1920 x 1080, changing the font size to 16, there is no issue. So, it seems somehow this issue is related to the higher resolution?
Any thoughts on why the resolution or other setting would cause this??

Thx
Title: Re: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: Mathias (Author) on July 10, 2026, 18:35:02
What font size you have can't affect if settings are saved or not..
Title: Re: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: dBASE ace on July 10, 2026, 18:51:31
Do you have any idea why the resolution would affect these settings.
Title: Re: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: Mathias (Author) on July 10, 2026, 18:57:21
Eh something is very strange..  there is no logic that changing the font size in MC would affect if settings are saved or not..
Title: Re: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: dBASE ace on July 10, 2026, 23:25:09
Could higher resolution be the issue?
Title: Re: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: Mathias (Author) on July 11, 2026, 01:17:34
ehh how should the resolution affect if you can save setting or not.. that or more like a filesystem issue
Title: Re: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: dBASE ace on July 11, 2026, 01:34:56
I'll keep testing...
Title: Re: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: Mathias (Author) on July 11, 2026, 09:36:42
typing ":goconfig" in command line field. you see the config files.
when you do a change to config and save/apply then that file will change MultiCommander.xml or ExplorerPanel.xml, Make sure they are not readonly or something. and if you got Multiple instance of MC running. they can overwrite the files for each other.
Title: Re: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: dBASE ace on July 14, 2026, 01:24:20
I thought this issue was corrected, but apparently not...

While I have set the font sizes under Display/Fonts, I need a way to increase the size of the File, Edit, View etc. options. As you can see they are tiny on a 34" curved monitor with high resolution.

Where might I find the setting to increase their size?

Thanks,
John
Title: Re: Settings with font size > 14 prevents MC from saving explorer panel settings
Post by: Mathias (Author) on July 14, 2026, 06:26:10
The font size of the menu is actually controlled by windows.. 
You need to change Windows Scaling for that to be larger.