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] After some DOS programs FAR screen is blinking [21] How to configure FAR to work under Windows 2000 [1] How to save FAR properties This is not a problem for NT, but Windows 95 does not save console application properties. You can solve this problem in the following way: create a batch file FAR.BAT and run FAR.EXE from it. Windows 95 saves batch file properties, so it is most universal and easy way. [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, or any other). Switching languages under Windows NT is similar to other Windows (not DOS!) applications and requires Windows support for the 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 the width must be increased by 3. Moreover, if you are using NTFS file system and wish to see milliseconds, this can be achieved by increasing time column width by 7. Of course, after such an operation may be necessary to correct other columns types and widths to fit all information in the 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 the 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 the transfer and select "Resume" choice in the "File already exists..." prompt. This feature is correctly supported by only a part of FTP servers. [12] Is it secure enough to save FTP passwords Definitely no! Passwords are stored in the registry and slightly encrypted, but FAR sends them to the server in plain text, so they can be decrypted within the 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 the 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, the archive support plugin calls external tools. Archiver commands, switches and behaviour may vary from each archiver version. Enable the "Do not hide archivers output" option in the archive support plugin configuration dialog and look for archiver error messages to identify invalid switches. You may 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 a choice you should use an archiver version, which supports long file names. For example, use console RAR for Win32 instead of RAR for DOS. [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 Details are to found in Contacts.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] After some DOS programs FAR screen is blinking 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] How to configure FAR to work under Windows 2000 Windows 2000 uses value 300 as the default console height. It is too large to be used with FAR, so you need to change it. Run FAR, press Alt-Space and select "Properties" item to open properties of the FAR console window, select "Layout", set the screen buffer height to 25, press Enter and select "Save properties for future windows with same title".