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With this page you select the icon size for Total Commander. The selected icon size is saved for each screen resolution separately, which is very practical when working with different resolutions.

 

Field Description

 

Show icons to the left of the filename

All associated+EXE/LNK (slow, 32 bit only)

This option extracts an icon for each EXE and LNK file. If this is too slow on your machine, try the next option, where only icons for associated files are shown.

All For all files which are associated with a program, the icon of that program is shown to the left of the file. Archives have a parcel as a symbol. Directories appear as a folder. Programs look like a window. Non-associated files have a white sheet, hidden and system files have in addition an exclamation-mark as their symbol.

Only standard icons All files have a white symbol, associations are not shown. This option is especially useful for slow computers (and hard disks).

No icons No symbols are shown (for icon-haters and NC-purists)

EXE/LNK not on floppy If this option is checked, icons from EXE and LNK files will not be extracted from files on a floppy disk (drive a: or b:). The reason: The extraction slows down floppy disk access quite a lot.

EXE/LNK not on net As above, but for files on network drives and in Network Neighborhood. Useful for slow networks, e.g. when connecting via a modem to the company network.

Show icons for special folders: Normal file system

Show icons for local virtual folders, like the icon of the recycle bin

Show icons for special folders: Virtual folders (e.g. Network)

Show icons for virtual folders, like servers in Network Neighborhood

Show overlay icons, e.g. for links

If checked, Total Commander will show overlay icons like the small arrow for LNK files. There are also some Explorer extensions which use overlay icons, like some file version systems.

 

Icon size Choose a size for the symbols to the left of the file name. If symbols are not shown, this size determines the height of one file entry. In the 32-bit version only 16x16 and 32x32 is offered, but other sizes can be typed by hand. However it's not recommended because the new folder icons do not scale well.

 

Icons in main menu

Show icons for commands in the main menu

Show icons from wcmicons.dll for internal commands in the main menu. The size can be chosen between 16x16 and 48x48 pixels in fixed steps.

Show 3d frame around icon

Symbols are shown like buttons (without XP theming)

Show checked items as pressed buttons instead of checkmarks

If this option is chosen, active menu items like the sort order are symbolized by a pressed button. If not, then a checkmark or bullet is shown to the left of the icon.