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Support and Feedback / Re: How can I hide link folders?

« on: April 04, 2026, 13:26:09 »

Hmmm...  My "Show link target in name column" is unchecked.  Portable version limitation perhaps?

Edit: I did not uncheck this option during the session so MC has been started with this option was unchecked.

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Support and Feedback / Re: How can I hide link folders?

« on: April 04, 2026, 01:31:28 »

Thanks for the response Mathias.  I am surprised by it though, perhaps because I am naive about how C:\User\Brian\Music, C:\User\Brian\Pictures, and C:\User\Brian\Videos can be considered as existing within the file structure of C:\User\Brian\Documents.  I will try to find where to turn off the translation which I hope will minimize their distraction.

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Support and Feedback / How can I hide link folders?

« on: April 02, 2026, 19:38:32 »

When I start MC, on of the folders it defaults to is my Documents folder.  That Folder tree lists folders that are not physically in \Documents like what you see in this screen snip. 



Is there a way to configure MC to only list in its Folder tree the directories that physically reside in the selected directory?

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Support and Feedback / Re: New user with questions

« on: March 26, 2026, 22:57:00 »

That is strange.. works for me. If You have at least one save in the registry it should keep them. turning of Save option should just prevent them from being overwritten

Perhaps my issue is the result of using the portable version.  Ideally, a portable version should save all settings to the MultiCommander\Config directory, which I thought it was doing, but maybe not the 'save settings on exit' stuff. 

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Support and Feedback / Re: New user with questions

« on: March 24, 2026, 19:34:07 »

If you want same setup all the time.. Just exist MC as you want it. then turn off that MC should remember and save setup on exit.

This didn't work.  Turning off the 'remember and save setup' options result in both panes opening to the root of C: even though MC had previously been exited with C:\ in one pane and \Documents in the other.  A startup while the 'remember' options were enabled opened to the saved locations but that failed once the 'remember' options were unticked.

We can drop this discussion because I intend to stick with what works which is to specify a tab session on the command line in conjunction with the "Set focus at startup to" option. 

IMHO, focus is not being recorded in tab sessions, and the remembered and saved setup items are not maintained once those options are turned off.

Please understand that my intention is only to report what I find isn't working that way I think it should.  I do not mean to be hyper-critical nor do I mean to disparage MC.  I have not used it very much yet, but so far, I prefer it to three other files explorers that I have been using (Q-Dir, Nexusfile, and Windows File Explorer).

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Support and Feedback / Re: New user with questions

« on: March 23, 2026, 15:07:25 »

That makes sense.  I'll give it a try.  Thank you.

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Support and Feedback / Re: New user with questions

« on: March 21, 2026, 15:59:37 »

I took a look inside tabsessions.xml and see a <FOCUS> element within the <PANEL> element of the panel that had focus when the tab session is saved.  It does not appear to have an effect though.  I have saved two tab sessions, one focused in the L panel,  the other focused in the right panel.  In the .xml, the <FOCUS> element exists within the appropriate <PANEL> element yet focus is always on the Folder Tree in the R panel.  Closing the Folder Trees and then saving tab sessions does not make a difference.  The R panel is still always given focus.  I use the "Vertical layout" view. 

Edit:  I just tried setting the "Set focus at startup to" configuration to Left/Top.  Surprising to me is that this changes the behavior when a tab session is specified in the command line.  This gets me pretty close to what I have been trying to accomplish.  I still think a look at the <FOCUS> element in tab sessions is warranted.

This is the content of tabsessions.xml following my test with the folder tree open in each panel.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Sessions>
  <Session Name="TabSession01" ID="27c597a5a67746fdac3561e9ba876c3f" Slot="1">
    <Options>
      <Core FileColoring="-1" FileColoringProfile="" ButtonPanel="-1" TabClose="1"/>
    </Options>
    <Panels>
      <Panel Name="Explorer Panel" ID="a4c2985d9c7e4035a3221cfd600171d0">
        <Side>L</Side>
        <Active>1</Active>
        <Focus>1</Focus>
        <Path>C:\</Path>
        <SortCol>0</SortCol>
        <SortAsc>1</SortAsc>
        <ViewMode>3</ViewMode>
        <ViewModeListWidth>0</ViewModeListWidth>
        <ViewModeDetailWidth>0</ViewModeDetailWidth>
        <Locked>0</Locked>
        <AllowSubPathChange>0</AllowSubPathChange>
        <ShowTree>1</ShowTree>
        <TreeWidth>519</TreeWidth>
      </Panel>
      <Panel Name="Explorer Panel" ID="a4c2985d9c7e4035a3221cfd600171d0">
        <Side>R</Side>
        <Active>1</Active>
        <Path>C:\</Path>
        <SortCol>0</SortCol>
        <SortAsc>1</SortAsc>
        <ViewMode>3</ViewMode>
        <ViewModeListWidth>0</ViewModeListWidth>
        <ViewModeDetailWidth>0</ViewModeDetailWidth>
        <Locked>0</Locked>
        <AllowSubPathChange>0</AllowSubPathChange>
        <ShowTree>1</ShowTree>
        <TreeWidth>519</TreeWidth>
      </Panel>
    </Panels>
  </Session>
  <Session Name="TabSession02" ID="7059bd25cc6d42ecb5bc38da2ec1ec3e" Slot="2">
    <Options>
      <Core FileColoring="-1" FileColoringProfile="" ButtonPanel="-1" TabClose="1"/>
    </Options>
    <Panels>
      <Panel Name="Explorer Panel" ID="a4c2985d9c7e4035a3221cfd600171d0">
        <Side>L</Side>
        <Active>1</Active>
        <Path>C:\</Path>
        <SortCol>0</SortCol>
        <SortAsc>1</SortAsc>
        <ViewMode>3</ViewMode>
        <ViewModeListWidth>0</ViewModeListWidth>
        <ViewModeDetailWidth>0</ViewModeDetailWidth>
        <Locked>0</Locked>
        <AllowSubPathChange>0</AllowSubPathChange>
        <ShowTree>1</ShowTree>
        <TreeWidth>519</TreeWidth>
      </Panel>
      <Panel Name="Explorer Panel" ID="a4c2985d9c7e4035a3221cfd600171d0">
        <Side>R</Side>
        <Active>1</Active>
        <Focus>1</Focus>
        <Path>C:\</Path>
        <SortCol>0</SortCol>
        <SortAsc>1</SortAsc>
        <ViewMode>3</ViewMode>
        <ViewModeListWidth>0</ViewModeListWidth>
        <ViewModeDetailWidth>0</ViewModeDetailWidth>
        <Locked>0</Locked>
        <AllowSubPathChange>0</AllowSubPathChange>
        <ShowTree>1</ShowTree>
        <TreeWidth>519</TreeWidth>
      </Panel>
    </Panels>
  </Session>
</Sessions>

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Support and Feedback / Re: New user with questions

« on: March 20, 2026, 17:04:55 »

In the Explorer Panel settings there's an option Display > Tab > Default Settings for new tabs > Show folder tree. So you may open desired tabs, then activate left panel on startup via command line and UDC.

That option is checked but no folder tree is opened when using this command line:  MultiCommander.exe -L="C:\" -R="C:\Users\Me\Documents"
I have not yet figure out UDC's so more work to be done there.

You can get a lot of info in the official online documentation.

I know.  The quality and details in the online documentation is commendable.  I just can't seem to get things to work the way a understand they should from the documentation.  I am using the portable version if that makes any difference.

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Support and Feedback / Re: New user with questions

« on: March 18, 2026, 18:28:01 »

Regarding my question about how to control which panel has focus on startup @Mathias (Author)  wrote:
 

3. I think the panel you specifiy last will be in focus. but use TabSession if you want more control

No joy with either of these suggestions. 
I created two Tab Sessions, each with a different panel having focus but the Right Folder Tree panel always has focus regardless which Tab Session I load.
I then did some tests using the -L and -R command line parameters.  These tests were closes and opens of Multi Commander with different panes active at close.  The Right panel always has focus on startup.  I tested switching the order of the -L and -R parameters but no joy. 

Also, I remain unable to figure out how to have Folder Trees open on startup when using the -L and -R command line parameters.  Please point me to where the configuration option is to enable this.

MY ultimate goal, if possible, is to have Multi Commander always open to the specified paths, with a Folder Tree pane open for each, and with the left Explorer Pane having focus.

FWIW, I am using Windows Explorer compatibility look'n feel.

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Support and Feedback / Re: New user with questions

« on: March 18, 2026, 17:49:59 »

Thank you all for your responses and suggestions.  I will see what I can do from here.

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Support and Feedback / New user with questions

« on: March 16, 2026, 15:37:07 »

Hi All.  I saw Multi Commander mentioned in another forum and am impressed so far.  I am working on trying to configure it to startup ready for my use and have these questions:

1.  Is there any advantages to starting it with a Tab Session vs. using command line parameters to specify the path for the L and R panels (I won't use tabs in panels)?
2.  When I start Multi Commander using command line parameters, how can I get it to start with the folder tree showing in each pane.
3.  On startup, is there a way to make a specific Explorer Panel always have focus?
4.  I will want to frequently synch panels.  Is there a mouse-click option for any of the panel synch keyboard combinations?  I stack my panels (vertical) so the Ctrl+period (go to same path as target) will likely be the one I would use most (the Ctrl+> and Ctrl+< are not intuitive to me with vertical panels).

TIA!