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 [19] Where are my favorite "Esc toggles panels" and "Del removes files" options [20] The FAR screen is blinking after running some DOS programs [21] Why the mouse doesn't work in windowed FAR? [22] FAR does not work with cyrillic file names on Novell Netware servers. [23] When I run FAR with a non-english interface on my Windows XP I see only gibberish on the screen. [24] I see gibberish in the Plugin commands menu when using non-english interface in FAR. [25] Why does the ProcList plugin panel show up empty? [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. [19] Where are my favorite "Esc toggles panels" and "Del removes files" options These options were moved to keyboard macros. To install them enter to Addons\Macros folder, press Shift-Enter on Esc.reg and Del.reg and restart FAR. [20] The FAR screen is blinking after running some DOS programs If you work in fullscreen mode, do not use high intensity background colors (colors 9 - 16, from "dark gray" to "white") in FAR palette. Win32 console API does not provide acceptable ways to restore high intensity background mode after switching to blinking by external program. [21] Why the mouse doesn't work in windowed FAR? Run FAR, press Alt-Space and select "Properties" item to open properties of FAR console window, select "General" and uncheck "QuickEdit mode" option. Then press Enter and select "Save properties for future windows with same title". [22] FAR does not work with cyrillic file names on Novell Netware servers. This is the bug in the Novell Client on Windows 95/98. This bug is fixed in the recent versions of the Novell Client on Windows 95/98. You can download it at http://download.novell.com/ [23] When I run FAR with a non-english interface on my Windows XP I see only gibberish on the screen. Open the Control Panel and load the Regional and Language Options applet, there in the Advanced tab set the language of your choice for the non-Unicode programs. [24] I see gibberish in the Plugin commands menu when using non-english interface in FAR. You need to refresh the plugins' cache. Just run the supplied ClearPluginsCache.bat and restart FAR. [25] Why does the ProcList plugin panel show up empty? Performance Counters are missing. Also some features will be unavailable if the WMI service is missing.