User's Manual

Folder Options
View
Here you can determine how folder windows and the elements they contain are to be displayed.
Windows XP:
Under Window, you specify whether the tree view of directories in a folder window is always to be visible,
whether the folder window last opened on logon is to be restored, whether compressed ZIP files are to be dis-
played as folders, and whether a details bar is to be displayed.
Under View settings, you can use the slide control to determine how many folder views should be stored.
Windows Vista and Windows 7:
Under Window, you specify whether the menu bar in a folder window should always be visible, whether com-
pressed ZIP files should be displayed as folders and whether a details bar should be shown. In Windows Vista,
you can also specify whether the most recently opened folder window should be restored at logon.
List
Here you adjust the display of additional information in a folder window to suit your specific requirements.
The Pop-ups with detailed information section determines whether a tooltip displaying additional information
should be shown when the mouse cursor is moved over a file or folder in a folder window.
Under Icon arrangement, you specify whether the files should only be sorted alphabetically or whether they
should be arranged logically according to numerical values and the alphabet.
Under Encrypted and compressed files you can specify that both file types be marked with a certain color. By
default, compressed files are blue and encrypted files are green.
Windows XP and Windows Vista only:
In addition you can define the color assignment to suit your needs via the Edit button.
Thumbnails
Windows XP:
Windows can show thumbnail images in a given folder as appropriate for a collection of photos. Here you deter-
mine the size and quality of these preview images. The standard size is 96 pixels. You can enter a different value
if you wish. You specify the quality using the slide control.
The higher the picture quality, the more disk space the thumbnails take up. Under Cache, you specify whether
these thumbnails should be temporarily saved to a file called THUMBS.DB. This file is also stored in the folder
and allows the thumbnails to be loaded particularly quickly in the future.
Selection
Here you can set the color of the selection rectangle that should be used in folder windows. This rectangle
shows the progression of the clicked mouse button, if you select multiple files simultaneously.
Windows Vista and Windows 7 only:
You can also decide whether a checkbox should be displayed for selecting elements, allowing multiple files and
folders to be selected with the mouse without the need to use the Ctrl or Shift keys.
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