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Field Description

 

Auto-Refresh when activating the program

Normally Total Commander refreshes its file lists when you switch away from it to another program and back, or when you close and restart the program. This section allows to disable this behaviour for specific drives.

No refresh for these drives:

Here you can specify the drive letters for which you don't want auto-refresh. Use a backslash to turn off auto-refresh for all UNC paths in the form \\server\share, / for file system plugins, and : for virtual folders.

Do not remember these drives on exit:

Here you can specify the drive letters which you don't want to keep when closing and re-opening the program. Useful for example for slow network drives, or drives which aren't always accessible.

 

Auto-refresh when the file system changes

If you enable this option, Total Commander will watch changes to the file system (in the currently shown directories), and display any changes with a short delay of only 1 second.

Refresh when files are created, deleted and renamed

Main switch to turn this option on and off. If only this option is checked, Total Commander will only react to major file changes (create, delete, rename).

Also when size, date, or attributes change

React also to minor file changes, e.g. when a file size changes during a download.

Put added files at the END of the file list (default: sorted)

Normally files are sorted into the file list at the right position, according to the current sort order. If this option is checked, they will be put at the end of the list, just like in Explorer.

Don't react to updates while in the background

Turns off watching directories while Total Commander is not in the foreground (while you are working with some other program).

Update footer (total number of files)

When a file changes, Total Commander will also update the total size and total number of files in the footer. May be slow in some situations.

Update header (free disk space)

When a file changes, Total Commander will also re-read the total and free space of the current drive, shown in the header. May be slow in some situations.

No refresh for these drives:

Allows to specify drives where auto-refresh is off, e.g. slow network drives.