Hints and FAQ.



[1]  How to save FAR properties

[2]  How to switch keyboard to national language

[3]  Why FAR does not accept Windows 95 clipboard pasting

[4]  How to make panels half-screen

[5]  How to switch panels time format to 12-hour

[6]  How to show seconds in file time

[7]  How to show all folders in uppercase

[8]  I want wide panel with 4 name columns

[9]  I want network names and disk labels in "Change drive" menu

[10] Why is screen output slow

[11] How to resume broken FTP transfer

[12] Is it secure enough to save FTP passwords in FTP list

[13] How to calculate folder size

[14] How to view SFX archive contents

[15] Why <...> archiver does not work correctly

[16] How to move FAR settings to another computer

[17] Where can I find the latest FAR version

[18] Why FAR does not run again after executing some programs under NT





[1]  How to save FAR properties

     This is not problem for NT, but Windows 95 does not save console
 application properties. You can solve this problem by the following
 way: create batch file FAR.BAT and run FAR.EXE from it. Windows 95
 saves batch file properties, so it is most universal and easy way,
 but it reduces memory available for DOS applications by few Kb.
 To avoid it, you can later try to replace "FAR.BAT" with "FAR.EXE"
 in the "Cmd line" parameter of the FAR.BAT properties.



[2]  How to switch keyboard to national language

     Under Windows 95 it is performed in the same way as with DOS
applications, so your DOS keyboard driver must be loaded (a Windows
standard one, or any other).

     Switching languages under Windows NT is similar to other Windows
(not DOS!) applications and requires Windows support for desired
language to be installed.



[3]  Why FAR does not accept Windows 95 clipboard pasting

     If you wish to use Windows 95 Paste function within FAR,
uncheck the "Fast pasting" option in the FAR properties.
Do not forget that in most cases FAR can paste text itself,
using Shift-Ins key and copy using Ctrl-Ins or screen grabber (Alt-Ins).



[4]  How to make panels half-screen

     Use Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down to change panels height.



[5]  How to switch panels time format to 12-hour

     Select desired panel view mode using "File panel modes"
command from "Options" menu and increase width of time or
date and time columns by 1.



[6]  How to show seconds in file time

     Similar to the previous item, but width must be increased by 3.
Moreover, if you are using NTFS file system and wish to see milliseconds,
you can achieve it increasing time column width by 7. Of course, after
such operation may be necessary to correct other columns types
and widths to fit all information in screen.



[7]  How to show all folders in uppercase

     Select desired panel view mode using "File panel modes" command
from "Options" menu and select "Show folders in uppercase". Read online
help to get description of other options of this dialog.



[8]  I want wide panel with 4 name columns


     Use Ctrl-Left and Ctrl-Right when command line is empty to change
panels width proportions.

     "File panel modes" command from "Options" menu allows you to modify
or completely change view mode settings. For example, to create 4 file
name columns enter column types N,N,N,N and column widths 0,0,0,0.
All column types are described in the online help.



[9]  I want network names and disk labels in "Change drive" menu

     You can do it with Ctrl-2 and Ctrl-3. Ctrl-1 switches disk types
displaying, Ctrl-4 - file system, Ctrl-5 - total and free disk size,
Ctrl-6 - displaying of removable disks information, Ctrl-7 - displaying
plugin commands. Using Del in this dialog you can unmap network drives.



[10] Why is screen output slow

     Windows implementation of Win32 console applications screen
output is not too fast...



[11] How to resume broken FTP transfer

     Restart transfer and select "Resume" choice in the "File already
exists..." prompt. But this feature is correctly supported by only
a part of FTP servers.



[12] Is it secure enough to save FTP passwords in FTP list


     Definitely no! Passwords are stored in the registry and slightly
encrypted, but FAR sends them to server in plain text, so they
can be decrypted with local FTP server. Also passwords can be used
even without decrypting.

     Do not store your FTP passwords if somebody else has access
to your registry information. Enter them directly before connection.



[13] How to calculate folder size

     Press F3 on the folder name. If you need to get sizes
of several folders, select all of them before pressing F3.



[14] How to view SFX archive contents

     Press Ctrl-PgDn on the SFX name.



[15] Why <...> archiver does not work correctly

     To process archives archive support plugin calls external tools.
Archiver commands, switches and behaviour may depend from archiver
version. Try to enable the "Do not hide archivers output" option
in the archive support plugin configuration dialog and look to archiver
error messages to identify invalid switches. You can edit archive
command lines using the "Archive support: command lines" item
of "Plugins configuration" menu. Read online help before editing to get
special variables description.

     Another problem is long file names support by archiver.
If you have choice you should use archiver version  which supports
long file names. For example, use console RAR for Win32 instead
of RAR for DOS.

     If your RAR version understands -r0 (release RAR/Win32 2.00)
replace "-r" with "-r0" for RAR "Add" and "Move" commands.



[16] How to move FAR settings to another computer

     Use SaveSettings.bat and RestoreSettings.bat files
from the distributive.



[17] Where can I find the latest FAR version

     Look into Far_Site.txt.



[18] Why FAR does not run again after executing some programs under NT

     Such problem really exists with programs, leaving TSR part
     in memory. To fix it add NTCMDPROMPT command to config.nt.