Index of One Commander Help

1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Index of One Commander
Help
1. One Commander Version 3
Conventions and terminology used in this manual
Finding your way around One Commander
Installing One Commander V3
Purchasing One Commander Version 3 Pro
What's new in Version 3
2. Quick introductory guide
1. Opening One Commander for the frst time
2. The Main Window
3. The Browsers and Layouts
4. Folder columns
5. Basic folder and fle operations
6. Sidebar
7. Themes
8. Settings
9. Other useful features
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One Commander's appearance
Details Pane
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views

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Folder Columns and Navigation Pane

Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory management in One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and Editing
Preview
Resizing and collapsing browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Advanced
Columns
Debug
General
Other
Preview
Theme
View
Window
Starting from Command line
Starting, Reopening, and Closing One Commander
Templates for creating fles
Using the Windows Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
1. One Commander Version
Installing One
Commander V3
3
Purchasing One
Commander Welcome to One Commander Version 3, a major rewrite of
Version 3 Pro the well-established Version 2. One Commander is a
What's new in powerful and fexible dual-pane fle manager for Microsoft
Version 3 Windows, using folder columns that make navigating
2. Quick introductory complex folder tree structures fast and intuitive.
guide
This guide to One Commander is in four main sections:
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys Quick introductory guide: All you need to know to start
5. Troubleshooting using One Commander.
Full reference guide: Detailed information about One
Commander's capabilities, and how to modify it to suit
your needs.
Shortcut keys: Comprehensive list of One Commander's
shortcuts.
Troubleshooting: What to do and whom to contact if
things aren't working as they should.

If you're familiar with earlier versions of One

Commander, click here for a list of the main features that
are new with Version 3. You may still fnd it worthwhile
skimming the quick introductory guide. One Commander V3
is a major rewrite of the app, and a lot has changed.

If you don't fnd what you're looking for here, please email
[email protected] or go to the One
Commander Google Group at
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick
introductory guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
2. Quick introductory guide
Window
3. The Browsers The Quick Introductory Guide provides you with all that you
and Layouts need to start using One Commander Version 3. We strongly
4. Folder columns recommend that you read it sooner rather than later; it
5. Basic folder and really is a quick guide! A quick skim of this Guide will also
fle operations help you if you're familiar with earlier versions of One
6. Sidebar Commander; a lot has changed.
7. Themes
Once you've read it, you'll probably fnd that the best way of
8. Settings
learning about the many features of One Commander is to
9. Other useful
start using it. When you want more about a particular
features
feature, you'll fnd it in the full reference guide.
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3
1. One Commander Version 3:What's new in Version 3
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference
guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
2. Full reference guide
Customizing One
Commander's This section has more detail on One Commander's features.
appearance The labels for the diferent parts of the user interface (UI)
Details Pane are here.
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path Backlinks:
Operations 1. One Commander Version 3
File Automator 2. Quick introductory guide
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns Created with Zim-wiki & the Ecodiv-responsive template
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
Command line

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Starting,
Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Shortcut Keys
Notes:

Shift+Key (or Ctrl+Key or Op +Key) means press Alt (or Ctrl

or Alt) and the specifed key simultaneously.
Key1, Key2 means press Key1 (which could be a
combination, e.g. Shift+Key)DeletNew, release it, and then
press Key2.
LMB: Left Mouse Button
MMB: Middle Mouse Button
RMB: Right Mouse Button
Left/Right/Up/Down: Cursor keys

Group Action Shortcut Comment

Program Restart, running as
Ctrl+Shift+F12
operations Administrator
Close program Ctrl+WindowClose
File
Open File/Folder Enter
opening
Open With Ctrl+Enter
For .exe
Run .exe as
Ctrl+Enter and link
Administrator
to .exe
For .exe
Run .exe with
Ctrl+Shift+Enter and link
parameters
to .exe
Columns Toggle Columns on/of
`
navigation in Standard Layout
Backspace or
Open Parent Folder
Alt+Up

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Path
Alt+Left or 4th history is
Open previous Path
Mouse Button saved for
each Tab
Alt+Right or 5th
Open next Path
Mouse Button
\ or Alt+D or
Edit Path
Ctrl+L
Copy current Folder If no File is
Ctrl+Shift+C
Path to Clipboard selected
\ to edit
Path and
\, Ctrl+C then
regular
copy
Menu Key
is
between
right
RMB or Menu Key
Context Menu Windows
or Shift+F10
and Ctrl
keys on
ANSI
keyboards
Context Menu with
Shift+RMB
additional options
File
Rename F2
operations
Copy fle to other
Alt+C
Browser
Move fle to other
Alt+M
Browser
Single fle
Duplicate single fle Ctrl+D
only
Duplicate one or many
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V
fles
Delete fle Del
Delete fle without Not
sending it to Recycle Shift+Del available
Bin yet

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Not
Delete permanently
Ctrl+Shift+Delete available
(unrecoverable)
yet
File
Ctrl+I or Alt+Enter
information/properties
Tag fles (color) Ctrl+Alt+T
View long fle names
F7
(toggle)
New New File Ctrl+N
.txt if
Clipboard
contains
New File containing text, .png
Ctrl+V
Clipboard contents if it
contains
bitmap
image
New Folder Ctrl+Shift+N
from New
... create and open Ctrl+Enter Folder
popup
from New
Folder
popup;
... create and move
Shift+Enter fles need
selected fles inside
to be
selected
frst
New Note Alt+N
New Tab (duplicate of
Tabs Ctrl+T
Current Tab)
New Tab from path in
Ctrl+Shift+T
Clipboard
Open Folder in new
MMB
Tab
Close Tab Ctrl+W or MMB
Next Tab Ctrl+Tab
Previous Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Move Tab to other
Alt+MMB
Browser Pane

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Change focus between

Browsers Alt+F
Browsers
Copy fle or folder to
Alt+C
other Browser
Move fle or folder to
Alt+M
other Browser
Clipboard Copy Files Ctrl+C
Cut Files Ctrl+X
Paste Files Ctrl+V
Copy Files as Paths Ctrl+Shift+C
Copy Files to other
Alt+C
Browser Pane
Move Files to other
Alt+M
Browser Pane
Preview Preview File Space
Close Preview Esc
Preview previous/next
Up/Down
File
PDF Preview
Left/Right
previous/next page
Image zoom around
Mouse Wheel
cursor
Selection Select all Ctrl+A
Ctrl+LMB or
Select additional Files
Ctrl+Space
Select range Shift+LMB
Window selection MMB+Drag
Works
Call One Commander
Window Win+Alt+O from any
(system shortcut)
program
Works
from any
program
but only if
activated
in
Settings >
Call One Commander Window;
and dock to bottom of Ctrl+` frst time

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screen it's used,

restores
Window
to
previous
location;
repeat to
hide
Useful for
locating
the
Window if
Center on main display Shift+F1 it's lost
when
monitor
is
detached
Minimize or restore
Win+Down
from Maximized
Maximize or restore
Win+Up
from Minimized
Show Notifcation
Other ~ (Shift+`)
Pane
Reload/Refresh
F5 or Ctrl+R
Columns
Show/hide hidden fles
Ctrl+H
and folders
Toggle columns
resizing/not resizing in F8
Columns Layout
Reload Theme Ctrl+Shift+F5
Search F3 or Ctrl+F
Quick Filter A-Z, 0-9
Clear Quick Filter Esc
Open Terminal
(CMD/Powershell) in F10
Current Folder
Open Terminal
(CMD/Powershell) as Ctrl+F10
Administrator

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
5. Troubleshooting
If something isn't working as it should, before you try
anything else, check to see whether there is an update
available for One Commander.

Shortcut key isn't working

This could be because it's being intercepted by another app,

which can be tricky to track down. Windows allows apps to
list the system-wide hotkeys currently in use, but refuses to
identify which applications are using them. A utility called
Ethervane ActiveHotkeys (portable), which may not be
supported any more, lists hotkeys currently in use by
Windows. Then, by closing down apps one by one you
should be able to identify the culprit.

Filename not accepted

The following characters are not permitted in Windows fle

names:
<>:"/\|?*
More information on fle naming can be found here.

Some folders, e.g. C:\Users\<user name>\AppData,

not visible

Make sure that you've checked all the "Visibility" options in

Settings > View.

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OK, we get the irony: if you can't start the app, how can you
read this? Except that there is a copy of this manual at
OneCommander.com, which is presumably where you're
reading this now. Here are three approaches, starting with
the simplest and ending with a restart that involves losing
your settings.

Approach 1: The Main Window may be hidden of screen.

Try pressing Shift+F1 to bring it back into view.

If that doesn't work:

Approach 2: One Commander may be "frozen". Open the

Windows Task Manager, click on the Processes tab, and
search for any entries for One Commander, either in the
Apps or Background Processes sections. If you fnd any,
select them and click the "End task" button at the bottom
right-hand corner of the Task Manager window, or right-click
on them and select "End task". Try starting One Commander.

If that doesn't work:

Approach 3: There may be a problem with One

Commander's main settings fle.

1. Find the Settings folder (e.g. C:\Users\<user

name>\OneCommander\Settings\).
2. Rename the fle "OneCommanderV3.json" to something
else, for example
"OneCommanderV3.json.deactivated". This fle will be
recreated when you get to Step 4.
3. Open the Windows Task Manager, click on the
Processes tab, and search for any entries for One
Commander, either in the Apps or Background
Processes sections. If you fnd any, select them and
click the "End task" button at the bottom right-hand
corner of the Task Manager window, or right-click on
them and select "End task".
4. Try starting One Commander. If it works, great!
However, you'll need to go through your Settings again,
because they will have been reset to One
Commander's default values.

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Something is spamming your flesystem with fle

changes errors

If a program is constantly changing many fles at once the

bufer that holds flesystem changes may get full and One
Commander will miss changes on disk. It may also degrade
the life of your SSD (solid state drive). Go to Settings >
Advanced for a utility that will help you identify the
ofending program.

When maximized on a two-screen display, the

Main Window spreads slightly on to the second
screen

This is an unfortunate feature of the third party library that

renders the Main Window. The only fx available is to turn of
the Acrylic window efect in Settings > Theme, shut down the
program and restart.

Drag and drop not working with other programs

If you can't get another program to accept a fle dropped

when you've dragged it from One Commander, try selecting
"Use old Drag & Drop system" in Settings > Advanced.

If none of that helped...

Please email [email protected] or go to the
support forum at Google Groups.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3
3. Full reference guide:About Program
3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
appearance
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Window

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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
Conventions and
Installing One
Commander V3
terminology used in this
Purchasing One
Commander
manual
Version 3 Pro
What's new in Context Menu: The menu that pops up when you right-click
Version 3 on something.
2. Quick introductory Key presses: "<name of key>+" means hold a particular so-
guide called "modifer" key (Ctrl, Shift, Alt) down while pressing
3. Full reference guide another, e.g. "Ctrl+C". "Win" is the Windows key , which is
4. Shortcut Keys present on most keyboards, usually to the left of the
5. Troubleshooting Spacebar.
Mouse buttons: LMB = left mouse button; similarly, MMB
and RMB for middle and right mouse butttons. "Click"
without any qualifcations means LMB click.
Path: Folders and fles are referred to generically as "paths",
a shorter version of "pathname", which specifes the path
the operating system must take to fnd a folder or fle.
Screenshots: Things to look for are highlighted in red, e.g.:

Settings Location: The folder in which One Commander's

settings are stored. It can be reached from the button on
the Main Toolbar. It contains a number of sub-folders,
including the Settings Folder, which you'll need to access if
you want to move your settings to a copy of One
Commander on another second computer.
Terminal: The generic name for programs that provide
access to the Windows Command Line, for example CMD,

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PowerShell, Windows Terminal.

<.......>: Text enclosed in <> brackets is a placeholder for
something else. So, for <user name> you would enter your
actual Windows user name.

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1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
3. Full reference guide:Browser Tabs
3. Full reference guide:Favorites
3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
3. Full reference guide:Starting from Command line
3. Full reference guide:Using the Windows Clipboard
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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
Finding your way around
Installing One
Commander V3
One Commander
Purchasing One
Commander The labels for the various components of the User Interface
Version 3 Pro (UI) are shown here for the two layouts, in each case with
What's new in two Browsers visible.
Version 3
2. Quick introductory Standard Layout
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
Installing One Commander
Installing One
Commander V3
V3
Purchasing One
Commander One Commander Version 3 comes in two forms, both of which
Version 3 Pro will be automatically updated as new versions become
What's new in available. The Store version is easier to install, but has a few
Version 3 minor limitations. The Portable version does not have these
2. Quick introductory limitations, but takes a couple more steps to install.
guide
Portable version: This is downloaded from
3. Full reference guide
https:\\onecommander.com, and comes as a zip fle.
4. Shortcut Keys
Unlike normal Windows programs, it can be installed in
5. Troubleshooting
any folder of your choice, including on portable drives
(e.g. USB drives). To install this version:
Download a zip fle from onecommander.com.
Right-click the zip fle and select "Properties". At the
bottom of the General tab, under "Security", check
the "Unblock" box:

Extract the contents of the zip fle in the usual manner to

the folder in which you want to store the program.
Create a shortcut for the fle OneCommander.exe: Right-
click on the fle OneCommander.exe and select "Create
shortcut". This creates the shortcut fle
"OneCommander.exe - Shortcut.lnk", which, when you
double-click on it, runs One Commander.
Move the shortcut to any convenient location. For
example, you can put it on the Start Menu, at C:\Users\
<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start

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Menu.

Microsoft Store version: This is installed by the Store on

your computer and updated from there. It is mainly the
same as the Portable version, with the following
diferences:
The Settings fles are found at "C:\Users\<User
name>\OneCommander".
It cannot run ActiveX controls, meaning that One
Commander's native Preview can't open certain fle
types (mainly Microsoft Ofce fles).

Upgrading from Version 2: If you want to re-use your Version

2 settings, go to Settings > Window and click on

Installing One Commander on more

than one computer
If you would like to move your settings to One Commander on
a second computer:

1. Install One Commander on the second computer.

2. On a removable medium (e.g. a USB drive), make a copy
of the frst computer's fle "OneCommanderV3.json",
which you can fnd in the Settings folder.
3. On the second computer, locate the Settings folder and
rename the fle "OneCommanderV3.json" to something
else, for example "OneCommanderV3.json.installation".
4. Copy/move the "OneCommanderV3.json" fle from your
frst computer into the Settings folder on the second
computer.

This will move over your basic settings. Others, such as

Favorites and Tabs, can't be copied over because they
reference folders specifc to the frst computer.

If you have a Pro licence, you will need to contact

[email protected] to arrange for the Pro licence
to be valid on the second computer.

Updating One Commander

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One Commander ofers enhancements and improvements, as

well as bug fxes, through regular updates. You will know that
an update is available when a red button appears in the Title
Bar, at the right-hand end, and an update notifcation appears
in the Notifcation Pane. Click on the button, and the update
will be applied automatically.

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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
Purchasing One Commander
Installing One
Commander V3
Version 3 Pro
Purchasing One
Commander One Commander Version 3 comes in two versions:
Version 3 Pro Free for Personal Use: Has all the basic features of One
What's new in Commander.
Version 3 Pro for Advanced Personal or Commercial Use: Additional,
2. Quick introductory more advanced features (listed in Settings). They include:
guide
Selecting your preferred Command Shell
3. Full reference guide
Adding features to the built-in Preview display
4. Shortcut Keys
Adding to the exluded watcher keywords list
5. Troubleshooting
The Pro version can be purchased by clicking on the
button in Settings, or the button in
the About Program dialog.

Backlinks:
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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
What's new in Version 3
Installing One
Commander V3 Version 3 is a complete rewrite of One Commander Version
Purchasing One 2, so a great deal is new, including a total reorganization of
Commander what's under the hood, so to speak. The new code base
Version 3 Pro makes it possible to introduce many new features to One
What's new in Commander, as well as keep its original ones. A quick guide
Version 3 to Version 3 is here.
2. Quick introductory
Among what's new, is:
guide
3. Full reference guide Greatly improved performance
4. Shortcut Keys Uses new Acrylic window and has additional styling
5. Troubleshooting capabilities
Supports horizontal and vertical split of browser panes
Supports opening multiple windows
Uses default Windows dialogs for fle move/copy/delete
operations (Taskmaster will be reimplemented)
File views can be customized with File View Designer
Color tags, saving sorting and view per folder

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
1. Opening One Commander
Window
3. The Browsers
for the frst time
and Layouts
4. Folder columns One Commander is a dual-pane fle manager, meaning that it
5. Basic folder and can simultaneously display either one or two independent
fle operations fle browsers within the same window. The browsers can be
6. Sidebar viewed either in the Standard Layout, with a navigation pane
7. Themes at the top and a detailed view of the current folder at the
8. Settings bottom, or in a more compact Columns Layout.
9. Other useful
The frst time you open One Commander:
features
3. Full reference guide 1. You'll be asked if you want to import Favorites from
4. Shortcut Keys One Commander Version 2 (the Microsoft Store
5. Troubleshooting version).
2. You'll be given the choice of which layout you'd prefer,
as well as which theme:

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You can change these selections later whenever you wish.

You can switch between the two layouts using the "Layout"
button or at bottom left of the Main Window, or
make one browser collapse to give a single-browser view by
dragging the divider separating the browsers.

When you frst launch One Commander in the Standard

Layout the Folder Columns are hidden. Click here for more.

Closing One Commander

Clicking on the (WindowClose) button at the top right of
the Main Window doesn't shut One Commander down; it
just closes the window so that you can re-open it quickly
when you need it, for example by pressing Win+Alt+O. You
can shut it down by clicking Ctrl+WindowClose. Click here for
details.

Starting One Commander using the

Command Line
This is explained here.

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2. The Main
2. The Main Window
Window
3. The Browsers The Main Window displays a sidebar and either one or two
and Layouts browsers. When One Commander is opened for the frst
4. Folder columns time, both browsers are visible with the theme and layout
5. Basic folder and you chose from the opening dialog box. The Folder Columns
fle operations are hidden to start with in the Standard Layout. You can
6. Sidebar reveal them by clicking the button, to the right of the
7. Themes folder path at the top of each browser:
8. Settings
9. Other useful
features
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
or by dragging down the Navigation/Folder Pane Divider just
5. Troubleshooting
underneath the folder path (keep dragging until the
message "Expand more to show pane" disappears):

The browsers can be displayed in either Standard or

Columns layouts. You can switch back and forth between
them as often as you like using the Layout Button ( or )
at the bottom left of the Main window (in the Main Toolbar;
see next section on this page). When you do this, the only
thing that changes is the layout; the fles, folders, and
settings remain the same.

Main Toolbar

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The Main Toolbar is at the bottom right of the Main Window:

. The buttons are:
Settings
About program
/ Change Layout
Search
File Automator
Open a new Window

The Main Window can be opened, closed and repositioned

without exiting from One Commander. See here for details.

Notifcation Pane
Notifcations appear briefy at the bottom of the Main
Window to tell you of things that have happened. You can
view a list of the most recent notifcations by pressing "~" or
by clicking on the upward-pointing arrow in the
bottom right-hand corner of the Main Window.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
3. Full reference guide:About Program
3. Full reference guide:Resizing and collapsing browsers
3. Full reference guide:Searching folders
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Window
3. The Browsers The browsers are divided into three main panes (see
and Layouts screenshots below):
4. Folder columns
Navigation Pane: Shows all attached and mapped
5. Basic folder and
drives as a series of Miller columns that allow you to
fle operations
navigate up and down the folder trees for each drive.
6. Sidebar
Current Folder Pane: Shows the contents of the folder
7. Themes
that is currently selected in the Navigation Pane.
8. Settings
Details Pane: Shows details of the folder or fle that is
9. Other useful
currently selected in the Current Folder Pane. If a fle is
features
selected, this pane shows a preview of the contents of
3. Full reference guide
the fle if it can (not all fle types are supported).
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Layouts
One Commander provides two layouts: Standard and
Columns. You can see the diference by clicking on the /
buttons in the Main Toolbar. In brief, the Standard Layout
shows one or both Browsers side-by-side and a set of Folder
Columns at the top of the Browser with the Current Folder
below them, while the Columns Layout sets the Browsers
one above the other, with the Current Folder to the right, as
the fnal column in the Folder Column display. Path selection
is slightly diferent in each display, but other than that it is
entirely a matter of personal preference as to which you use.

The Browsers
You can create multiple independent fle/folder views in each

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browser by adding tabs. Click on the button to the right

of the Browser Tabs to create a new tab, which will be a
clone of the current tab (i.e. the tab that currently has the
focus). Alternatively, you can also specify a particular path
for all new tabs in Settings > Other.
Tabs can be closed by clicking on the button that appears
when you move the cursor over the tab, or by clicking MMB.
Once deleted, they can't be restored.

You can resize either browser by dragging their borders, or

the Browser Divider separating them. Some borders have a
drag handle surrounded by arrows: . The drag
handle isn't strictly speaking necessary; it serves as a
reminder that the divider can be dragged. The arrows jump
the divider to the end of its travel.
If you try to reduce the width of a browser below a certain
point it tells you that it's about to collapse, meaning that it's
about to disappear from view so that you see a single-
browser view. You can restore the dual-browser view by
dragging the border or Browser Divider back again (or use
the drag handle or arrow). The browser will be restored
exactly as it was before.

If the Main Window is too narrow to show both Browsers in

the Standard Layout, one Browser will be closed. It will be re-
opened if you make the Main Window wide enough.

You can create background images for the Folder Panes —

click here for how to do it.

Standard Layout Browser

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Columns Layout Browser

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2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window

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2. The Main
4. Folder columns
Window
3. The Browsers The Navigation Pane displays folders in columns:
and Layouts
4. Folder columns
5. Basic folder and
fle operations
6. Sidebar
7. Themes
8. Settings
9. Other useful
features
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

You can navigate to a folder in any of the columns, including

the ones to the left of the Current Folder Column, using the:
Mouse: Click on the folder. A new column displaying the
contents of that folder will appear to the right of the column
you clicked in (replacing what was there before, if the
column you clicked on wasn't the Current Folder Column).
Keyboard: You can move through the entire directory tree
using just four cursor keys. You can:

move between panes, and between folders and fles

within panes, using a combination of Tab and Cursor
Arrow keys (Shift+Tab to move in the opposite
direction), and Enter to open folders (this doesn't move
the keyboard focus to the folder within) or fles;

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use left/right arrowss to move between folder columns.

The right arrow also opens the folder from the Current
Folder pane.

The easiest way of understanding how this works is to try it.

Files or folders selected using the keyboard are surrounded

by a box of "marching ants":

In the Columns Layout, the rightmost column is also the

Current Folder Pane. Folders in this pane need to be double-
clicked to open (although you can set it to open with a single-
click in Settings > Other).

The columns to the left of the Current Folder Column

compress to allow you a good view of the Current Folder
Column. If they're compressed too much to give a clear view
of their contents, you can expand them by moving the
mouse cursor over them. You can change many features of
how this works in Settings > Columns, for example how
quickly the columns respond to the mouse movements, how
much they expand, and so on. Alternatively, if you don't like
these animations, you can turn them of in Settings >
Columns.

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2. The Main
5. Basic folder and fle
Window
3. The Browsers
operations
and Layouts
4. Folder columns One Commander allows all the basic folder and fle
5. Basic folder and operations that you would expect:
fle operations
Open folders or fles by double-clicking on them (you
6. Sidebar
can change this to a single click in Settings > Other) or
7. Themes
pressing Enter.
8. Settings
Move/copy fles using
9. Other useful
Mouse: Drag and drop between browsers or to
features
and from other Windows apps (to copy, hold Ctrl
3. Full reference guide
key down while dragging). Note that One
4. Shortcut Keys
Commander drag and drop works a little
5. Troubleshooting
diferently from Windows File Explorer. Moving a
fle when you meant to copy it can cause a lot of
trouble, so be careful!
Dragging a fle or folder in One Commander
will always move it. To copy, you must always
hold the Ctrl key down.
One Commander attaches a label to the fle
or folder being dragged to tell you whether
it's being moved (red label) or copied (green
label).
Keyboard:
Cutting, copying, and pasting generally: Cut
(Ctrl+X), Copy (Ctrl+C), and Paste (Ctrl+V)
Copying and moving between Browsers:
Move (Alt+M); Copy (Alt+C)
Access the full set of Windows context menu items by

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right-clicking on a folder or fle.

Create new folders: click on the button (or

Ctrl+Shift+N) in the Folder Pane Toolbar:

Create a new fle from a template: click on the

button (or Ctrl+N); you can select from a number of
popular fle types to create a new fle of that type in the
current folder. You can create as many of your own
templates as you like; see here for more.
Filtering list of folders or fles: with the cursor in a
folder column or folder pane, start typing the name of
the folder or fle; folders or fles not containing the
string of characters you've typed are fltered out, so it
also is a quick way of searching for a folder or fle in a
long list. At the top of the column or pane One
Commander records what you've typed; cancel the
flter by clicking the "X" or pressing the Esc key:

You can have as many flters running concurrently as you

like.
Note that the Spacebar key can't be used for fltering,
because it's used for previewing the selected item:

Preview a fle by pressing Space.

You can edit the information columns in the Folder
Pane by clicking on the button in the Folder Pane

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2. The Main
6. Sidebar
Window
3. The Browsers The Sidebar is the centre of operations for One Commander.
and Layouts It is divided into three main sections:
4. Folder columns
5. Basic folder and 1. Drives
fle operations
6. Sidebar This lists the currently-attached and mapped drives. It can be
7. Themes hidden by going to Settings > Window > uncheck Show
8. Settings drives in Sidebar. The button gives the following options:
9. Other useful
features Hide drives from the sidebar: hides the list of drives,
3. Full reference guide but keeps the box.
4. Shortcut Keys Refresh everything (F5; refreshes all folder displays to
5. Troubleshooting make sure they're up to date).
Map network drive (mapped network drives will be
labelled both with the destination folder in the mapped
drive and the network path in parentheses).

2. Favorites
One Commander allows you to identify as many favorite
folders as you like. They are arranged into groups in the
Sidebar. One Commander creates an initial group from a list
of standard folders in your C:\Users\<username> folder, and
you can add as many groups as you like by clicking the "New
Group" button. Here's an example of a Favorites Group:

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Favorite folders have two basic uses:

They act as bookmarks for folders you use often:

click on a favorite folder and it opens in the
currently-selected browser, in the currently-
selected tab
MMB opens the path in a new tab in the currently-
selected browser
You can quickly move or copy fles or folders from a
browser to a favorite folder by dragging (to move), or
holding the Ctrl key down and dragging (to copy), the
fle or folder from the browser and dropping it onto
one of the items in the Favorites Group. Note that
dragging a fle or folder to a favorites group does not
create a new favorite; it just moves or copies that
folder or fle to the chosen favorite.

Basic operations for favorites groups:

Add folder to group: Click the "+" button to the right of

the group's name.
Rearrange folders within group, move folders
between groups: Drag folders up and down within
group or between groups.
Create aliases (alternative names) for folders in
groups: Right-click on folder name and select "Change
Alias".
Remove folders from groups: Right-click on folder
name and select "Remove Path from List".

3. Main Toolbar
See here for more.

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7. Themes
Window
3. The Browsers One Commander allows you to change themes — the
and Layouts colours of the diferent components of the user interface,
4. Folder columns for example light or dark, and the icon packs it uses — and
5. Basic folder and create new ones. It comes with a number of built-in themes,
fle operations which you'll fnd in Settings > Theme, which is also where
6. Sidebar you can switch between them. You can edit them if you
7. Themes don't mind editing .xaml fles.
8. Settings You can give the themes an acrylic (translucent) efect by
9. Other useful checking the appropriate box in Settings > Theme, as well as
features change the icons that One Commander uses as well as the
3. Full reference guide Accent Color (the color of items over which the mouse
4. Shortcut Keys moves or that are selected).
5. Troubleshooting
More information about changing these themes or adding
new ones is here.

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2. The Main
8. Settings
Window
3. The Browsers For many users, One Commander will do everything they
and Layouts want as it comes out of the box, so to speak. But there are
4. Folder columns many features that can be changed, and if there's something
5. Basic folder and about One Commander that doesn't quite give you what you
fle operations need, you'll probably fnd a way of fxing it in the Settings.
6. Sidebar You'll fnd adjustable settings in two main places:
7. Themes
Settings, for changing One Commander as a whole
8. Settings
Changing fles view, for changing the display in the
9. Other useful
Current Folder Pane
features
3. Full reference guide If that's not enough for you, there are more possibilities if
4. Shortcut Keys you look in the folders reached by clicking on the About
5. Troubleshooting program button in the Main Toolbar and then the Settings
Location button. Do be careful, though: only mess with these
fles if you know what you're doing!

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9. Other useful features
Window
3. The Browsers One Commander has many useful features that don't fall
and Layouts readily under the headings in this quick guide. Among them:
4. Folder columns
Interacting with Windows Clipboard: One Commander
5. Basic folder and
can add to and use the contents of the Windows
fle operations
Clipboard in many useful ways.
6. Sidebar
File Automator: Automates many fle management jobs,
7. Themes
such as batch renaming or converting.
8. Settings
Using third-party fle viewers: QuickLook, a popular fle
9. Other useful
viewer that can cope with a very large number of fle
features
types, can be substituted for the build-in viewer by
3. Full reference guide
going to Settings > Preview.
4. Shortcut Keys
Supports Windows Virtual Desktops: One Commander
5. Troubleshooting
can be set to open in the current Virtual Desktop that
you're using.
Tagging paths with colored dots.
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3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
About Program
Commander's
appearance The About Program dialog is reached from the button on
Details Pane the Main Toolbar:
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and The buttons across the bottom do the following:
collapsing
Email: Puts the email address of One Commander's
browsers
Support Service in the Windows Clipboard.
Searching folders
Website: One Commander's website.
Settings
Forum: The Google Group where you can seek help
Starting from
from and enter into discussions with other One
Command line
Commander users and the developer.
Starting,

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EXE Location: Opens the folder (in your default File

Reopening, and
Manager) containing OneCommander.exe, the main
Closing One
program executable.
Commander
Settings Location: Opens the folder (in your default
Templates for
File Manager) containing the Settings folders for One
creating fles
Commander.
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3:Conventions and terminology
used in this manual
1. One Commander Version 3:Purchasing One Commander
Version 3 Pro
2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:8. Settings
3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
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About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Browser Tabs
Commander's
appearance Either Browser can have any number of Tabs, each with its
Details Pane own Current Folder. So any instance of One Commander can
Drives Column have a very large number of folders available to be selected
Favorites as Current Folders.
File and Path You can quickly change focus between Browsers with Alt+F,
Operations and change the order of the Tabs by dragging them.
File Automator
File View Designer Tab Aliases
File Views
Folder Columns The Tab Alias is the name that appears on the Tab. By default
and Navigation it is the name of the Tab's Current Folder, but you can
Pane change this by selecting Change alias in the Tab's Context
Folder Pane Menu. You can change this default behavior in Settings >
Main Window Other, to show the full path for the Tab.
Memory
management in Creating Tabs
One Commander
Network Drives Click the button to the right of the current set of
Path Copying and Tabs. The new Tab will be a clone of the Tab that
Editing currently has the focus, unless you change this
Preview behaviour in Settings > Other. Alternatively, select the
Resizing and Tab to be duplicated and press Ctrl+T.
collapsing Right-click any folder and select Open in... You have the
browsers choice of opening that folder as a new Tab in the
Searching folders Current Browser, the other Browser, or a new Window.
Settings MMB on any folder in a Folder Column or in the
Starting from Sidebar.
Command line
Starting,

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Moving/copying Tabs between

Reopening, and
Closing One Browsers
Commander
Templates for Tabs can be moved to the other Browser (if open) using
creating fles Alt+MMB. Copying a Tab to the other Browser is a two-step
Using the Windows process: duplicate the Tab with Ctrl+T or clicking on the
Clipboard button, then move the new Tab to the other Browsers with
4. Shortcut Keys Alt+MMB.
5. Troubleshooting
Closing Tabs
Click on the button at the right-hand side of the Tab
(which may not be visible if there are too many Tabs;
see next section), or
MMB

Large numbers of tabs

When you have a large number of Tabs, they shrink to be
narrow enough to accommodate all of them. This will
typically make them too narrow for the label text to be
readable, but their path will be displayed in a Tooltip:

When the cursor passes over narrow tabs, the Close Button
doesn't appear until you click on one of them. When you
do, the tab expands a little so that you can see both the tab
label and the Button.

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About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Customizing One
Commander's
appearance
Commander's appearance
Details Pane
Drives Column There is a lot you can do to One Commander's appearance
Favorites using its various Settings in particular by choosing a
File and Path diferent Theme. But there's even more you can do if you
Operations don't mind exploring further under One Commander's
File Automator hood. You can lift the hood by going to the Themes folder,
File View Designer C:\User\<User Name>\One Commander\Themes (for the
File Views Microsoft Store version), or the folder in which the Portable
Folder Columns version is installed. You can reach this folder quickly by
and Navigation clicking on the About Program and then the Settings
Pane Location button at the bottom of the dialog. You can create
Folder Pane a new theme by adding a new folder here and creating the
Main Window Theme material that you want.
Memory
management in Themes
One Commander
Network Drives One Commander comes with a number of built-in Themes,
Path Copying and which can be found at Settings > Theme. There are the usual
Editing light and dark themes, as well as some alternatives.
Preview A Theme is a combination of File Icons, Folder Icons, a
Resizing and Thumbnail (for the Settings > Theme dropdown) and an
collapsing .xaml fle that controls One Commander's appearance. You
browsers can get a sense of what can be customized by exploring the
Searching folders .xaml fles for the built-in Themes.
Settings You can vary the icons in use by choosing various options
Starting from available in Settings > Theme.
Command line Any Theme can be given an Acrylic (translucent) efect by
Starting, checking the appropriate box in Settings > Theme. You may

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Reopening, and notice a performance hit if you check this box, though.
Closing One Health and Safety Warnings:
Commander
Templates for Always make a copy of a theme before you edit it,
creating fles and work with the copy, not the original. When One
Using the Windows Commander is updated, it will overwrite any changes in
Clipboard the built-in themes.
4. Shortcut Keys It's probably safest not to edit the built-in Theme
5. Troubleshooting fles unless you really know what you are doing, but
to do your experimenting on a Theme that you create
yourself. If you do get into a mess, help is available
here.

Creating new Theme

Easy: make a copy of one of the Themes folders, and work

with that.

Accent Color
You can change the color that fles take when the mouse
passes over them or they are selected in Settings > Theme.

Depending on the theme, an Accent color will be used

on certain elements, such as Columns Pane border or
Tabs border.
In some themes, the Accent Color is part of the theme
itself and changing it is disabled (for example in Nord
or Nortorn themes).

Backlinks:
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3. Full reference guide:Settings:Theme

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Customizing One
Details Pane
Commander's
appearance This pane has two sub-panes:
Details Pane
File/Folder Preview: A preview of the fle, if a viewer is
Drives Column
available for that fle type, and if not, an icon related to
Favorites
the fle type. For folders, an icon is displayed showing
File and Path
the fle types in the folder. If the fle contents are
Operations
displayed:
File Automator
Text previews can be scrolled with the mouse
File View Designer
wheel or cursor keys.
File Views
PDF previews can be scrolled using up/down
Folder Columns
cursor keys; use left/right cursor keys to move
and Navigation
between pages.
Pane
Image/video previews can be zoomed with the
Folder Pane
mouse wheel and panned around with click-and-
Main Window
drag.
Memory
You can also preview fles in a separate window
management in
using the Spacebar key.
One Commander
File/Folder Properties: Details about the fle or folder.
Network Drives
For a fle, a toolbar is ofered:
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
Command line
Starting, The toolbar in the Properties sub-pane allows the following:

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Reopening, and Cut (move to Windows Clipboard)

Closing One Copy to Windows Clipboard
Commander
Rename (F2)
Templates for
Delete (Del)
creating fles
Using the Windows The Pane and the two sub-panes can be resized by dragging
Clipboard the Details Pane Resizer. If you drag it far enough, the
4. Shortcut Keys Details Pane disappears. You can make it reappear by
5. Troubleshooting dragging the Details Pane Resizer back again. A draggable
divider separating the two sub-panes appears if you hover
the cursor between them. allowing you to minimize the
Preview sub-pane.

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Drives Column
Commander's
appearance The Drives Column — the left-most column in the Navigation
Details Pane Pane — shows all drives current mapped by Windows.
Drives Column
Favorites Mapping network drive
File and Path
Operations Click on the three dots at the top right hand corner of the
File Automator Drives Group, and select "Map network drive".
File View Designer
File Views Ejecting removable drives
Folder Columns
and Navigation Click on "Eject" below the drive name and drive details:
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander When there is space available, in the Columns Layout
Network Drives information about the current drive is shown to the left of
Path Copying and the Drives Column, e.g.:
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
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Reopening, and
Closing One
Backlinks:
Commander
3. Full reference guide:Network Drives
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3. Full reference guide:Path Copying and Editing
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Favorites
Commander's
appearance Favorites are found in the Sidebar; they are links to paths
Details Pane you use often. You can have as many lists of favorite paths
Drives Column as you like here, organized into Groups. Click on any Favorite
Favorites in the list to open the path in the current Tab. When you frst
File and Path open One Commander a Default Favorites Group is
Operations created ("Account name" is the name of the account you're
File Automator signed in to on your computer):
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Adding Groups and Favorites
Editing
Preview
Add new Favorites Group: Click the button at the
Resizing and
bottom of the Sidebar.
collapsing
Add new path to a Group: Click on the "+" button to the
browsers
right of the Group's name adds the current folder to the
Searching folders
Group:
Settings
Starting from
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Reopening, and If you delete the Default Favorites group by mistake,

Closing One don't panic! It can be recreated by going to Settings >
Commander Window and clicking on the button.
Templates for
creating fles Rearranging Favorites Groups
Using the Windows
Clipboard Click on the button to:
4. Shortcut Keys
Rename Favorites Group
5. Troubleshooting
Change order of Favorites Groups (select "Move up"
or "Move down")
Delete Favorites Group

Editing Favorites within a Group

The context (right-click) menu for any favorite allows you to:

Open the favorite in a new Tab in the current

Browser, or a new Tab in the Browser that doesn't
currently have the focus
Remove the Path from this Favorites list (this doesn't
delete the Path from the computer)
Change Alias — i.e. rename the Favorite

Adding Groups and Favorites

Add new Favorites Group by clicking the New Group

button at the bottom of the Sidebar.
Add new path to a Group by clicking on the "+" button
to the right of the Group's name:

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Debug
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Other
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Window

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File and Path Operations
Commander's
appearance Most fle operations involve standard Windows procedures,
Details Pane but some difer a little.
Drives Column
Favorites Selecting and opening folders and
File and Path
fles
Operations
File Automator Select: single click
File View Designer Open: double click or Enter
File Views Select several fles: Ctrl+Click if fles are not
Folder Columns contiguous in the list, Shift+Click if they are
and Navigation Open several fles: Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select,
Pane then press Enter
Folder Pane
Main Window You can set One Commander to open either fles and folders,
Memory or just fles, with a single click; see Settings > Other.
management in
One Commander Copying/moving by Drag and Drop
Network Drives
Path Copying and The approach to dragging and dropping items used by
Editing Windows is a bit confusing: it behaves diferently depending
Preview on whether you are dragging and dropping within or
Resizing and between drives. One Commander's default method is
collapsing slightly diferent but has the virtue of consistency:
browsers
Searching folders Dragging without Ctrl key: One Commander always
Settings moves the item, regardless of whether the move is
Starting from between drives or between folders within the same
Command line drive.
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Reopening, and the item.

Closing One
You can change this to the (inconsistent and confusing)
Commander
Windows method in Settings > Other > Drag and Drop
Templates for
behavior.
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
Deleting folders and fles
4. Shortcut Keys
When you delete a fle or folder, or a group of them, One
5. Troubleshooting
Commander remembers the position of the last selected
item. You can select the item above or below the deleted
item by pressing Cursor Up/Down.

Duplicate fle

Either

Press Ctrl+D. The line containing the fle entry changes to:

Type the name for the duplicate fle in the highlighted section

and either press Enter or click . To cancel, press Esc or

Or:

Press Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+V. The duplicate fle will

automatically be renamed "<original flename> - Copy.
<extension>". For example the duplicate created for
"Myfle.txt" will be "Myfle - Copy.txt".

Creating fles from Windows

Clipboard
See Using the Windows Clipboard.

Drag item to Terminal

Terminals are applications that give you command-line
control of your computer, for example Command Prompt or

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PowerShell. Items can be dragged from One Commander to

a Terminal, which puts them in the current command line in
the Terminal. If there is a space in the path, it is inserted in
double quotes, to ensure that the Terminal doesn't interpret
what follows the space as being part of the command or
another parameter. See here for starting One Commander
from a Terminal window.

Create new fle from template

See Templates for creating fles.

Renaming items
Either right-click and select "Rename" from the context
menu, press F2, or click twice slowly (in the standard
Windows manner). If you are trying to rename a folder and
Settings > Other > Opening items is set to "Single click opens
folders", you need to use the right-click method. You can
turn of the slow double-click method at Settings > Other.

Previewing fles
Press Space; see Preview for more.

Tagging items
Right click on any item and select "Tag (Color)". A dot with
that color appears to the right of the item name.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Advanced
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Other

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Details Pane
Drives Column
Favorites Backlinks:
File and Path 2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
Operations 2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
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Memory
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Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
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Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
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Customizing One
File View Designer
Commander's
appearance You can change the information shown in the Folder Pane
Details Pane columns, by modifying an existing File View or creating a
Drives Column new one, using the File View Designer. It is reached from the
Favorites button in the Folder Pane Toolbar and selecting Edit File
File and Path Views.
Operations
File Views designs are stored in .json fles in the folder
File Automator
<Settings location>\Resources\FileDesigns. The File View
File View Designer
currently being edited is shown in the "Edited view" feld at
File Views
the top of the window:
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
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Reopening, and
Closing One Most of the File View Designer is self-explanatory, and the
Commander easiest way of learning how to use it is to create a custom
Templates for fle view using the "Save as" button at the bottom of the
creating fles window and experiment with it. You can see the efects of
Using the Windows changes you make by clicking near the top of the
Clipboard window and viewing the changes in the Edited view pane.
4. Shortcut Keys Specifc points:
5. Troubleshooting
String Format Column

This is for advanced use only. If it is left blank, all values in

the column are taken from One Commander's Settings. It
allows the user to go into great depth with customizing
formats. Examples that can be used include diferent date
and time formats (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-date-and-time-
format-strings), for example the time in a specifc UTC zone
or showing milliseconds, months written in words in the
user's language, numbers formatted with commas, and so
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Removal Order

When you make a Browser narrower, this setting determines

the order in which columns disappear from the display. You
can think of it as the reluctance of a particular column to
disappear, where the higher the number the more reluctant
the column is to vanish. So in the example above, if you
shrink a Browser horizontally, Time is the frst column to
disappear and Name is the last. You can verify the Removal
Order settings by clicking and then moving the
resizing handle in the Edited view pane to left and right.

Buttons across the bottom of the window

Load: Loads a File View Design fle (they all end in ".json")
from the folder <Settings location>\Resources\FileDesigns.
Save: Saves current File View Design fle (i.e. the File View
Design shown in the Edited view line at the top of the File
View Designer window).
Save as: Saves current File View Design fle under a new
name.
Apply to current folder-pane and close (without saving):
Applies the new File View to the current folder pane
temporarily; the next time this folder is viewed, the File View
will revert to the saved version.

Backlinks:
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3. Full reference guide:File Views
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File Views
Commander's
appearance You can change the way that fles and folders are displayed
Details Pane in the Folder Pane by changing the File View. One
Drives Column Commander has a number of built-in File Views, which you
Favorites can modify and add to. One Commander remembers the
File and Path File View you have selected for each folder.
Operations The File Views are listed by clicking the button in the
File Automator Folder Pane Toolbar. The button pops up the following list:
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
Default: the basic fle view, showing for each item the
One Commander
name (with some metadata, such as the number of
Network Drives
pages in a .docx fle), "age" of the item (how long since
Path Copying and
it was last modifed), date and time of last modifcation,
Editing
attributes, and size.
Preview
Name Only: displays just fle/folder names, with no
Resizing and
other columns.
collapsing
Powershell: Similar to Default, but with the columns in
browsers
a diferent order (attributes, date, size, name).
Searching folders
Thumbnail Grid: Displays thumbnails in a grid; change
Settings
the size of the thumbnails by holding Ctrl and rotating
Starting from
the Mouse Wheel.
Command line
Thumbs+Details: The Thumbs+Details File View is
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optimized for folders containing image fles. In Settings

Reopening, and
> View you can get One Commander to automatically
Closing One
check folders for which you haven't already chosen a
Commander
File View Design to see whether they might look better
Templates for
using the Thumbs+Details File View. You can override
creating fles
One Commander's choice by selecting another File
Using the Windows
View.
Clipboard
Edit File Views: You can modify any of these File Views,
4. Shortcut Keys
or create custom Views, with the File View Designer.
5. Troubleshooting

Backlinks:
3. Full reference guide:File View Designer
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Preview
3. Full reference guide:Settings:View

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appearance
Navigation Pane
Details Pane
Drives Column The folder tree is displayed as a series of columns. A single
Favorites click on any folder in a column opens that folder in a new
File and Path column to its right. Columns that behave like this are known
Operations as Miller columns, in which all of the columns that are part
File Automator of the tree branches leading to the currently-open folder
File View Designer remain visible. This makes it easier to see where the
File Views currently-open folder sits in the folder tree structure, and to
Folder Columns navigate to other branches in the tree.
and Navigation
One Commander adds two features to standard Miller
Pane
columns to make it easier to work with folder displays in
Folder Pane
which a lot of folder columns are visible (when you're
Main Window
working with a folder that is a long way from the drive root):
Memory
management in As each new folder is opened, the columns to its left
One Commander shrink to give room for the contents of the current
Network Drives folder to be easily read.
Path Copying and As the cursor moves over folders to the left of the
Editing current folder (i.e. over its parent folders), the folders
Preview under the cursor expand while the cursor is over them
Resizing and so their contents can be seen. The responsiveness and
collapsing speed of this expansion, as well as many other features
browsers of the column display, can be adjusted in Settings >
Searching folders Columns.
Settings
Starting from Not everyone likes columns to change width in this way. They
Command line can be turned of in Settings > Columns.
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Reopening, and Navigating through the columns

Closing One
Commander Navigating to folder in column:
Templates for if cursor is in a parent folder column: click on
creating fles folder
Using the Windows if cursor is in Current Folder Column in the
Clipboard Columns Layout: double-click on folder (this
4. Shortcut Keys setting can be changed to a single click at Settings
5. Troubleshooting > Other > Opening items.
Navigating through Parent Folder Columns: Left and
Right cursor keys walk left and right through the path
of parent folder columns.
Move to parent of currently-selected folder: Click
(above fle/folder name column), press Backspace, or
click Alt+Up to move to parent of the current folder
Undo most recent backspace: Enter.
Add Folder or File to selection: Ctrl+Select (with
mouse cursor) in the Parent Folder Column in Columns
Layout adds that folder or fle to the selection and
makes that path current.

Path history
Moving back and foward through the history of a path:
Click (above fle/folder name column), press
Alt+Left/Right cursor keys, or 4th/5th mouse buttons. Note
that if a tab was created from a Favorite, there won't be any
history for that tab to move back and forth within until you
have actually moved back and forth along that path, so until
you do this the Alt+Left/Right cursor keys or the 4th/5th
mouse buttons won't do anything.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:4. Folder columns
3. Full reference guide:Browser Tabs
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Columns

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Customizing One
Folder Pane
Commander's
appearance The Folder Pane lists the contents of the Current Folder, and
Details Pane shows a preview and more details about the currently-
Drives Column selected folder or fle.
Favorites
In the Standard Layout, the Folder Pane is below the
File and Path
Folder Columns and Navigation Pane. You can select
Operations
fles or folders in the Folder Pane by clicking on a folder
File Automator
or fle in either the Current Folder Column or the
File View Designer
Folder Pane.
File Views
In the Columns Layout, the Folder Pane is the
Folder Columns
rightmost folder column, so that's the only place you
and Navigation
can select folders or fles.
Pane
You can refresh the item display by pressing F5, Ctrl+R,
Folder Pane
or select "Refresh everything" in the menu that pops
Main Window
up when you click the button in the Drives Group.
Memory
You can choose from a number of diferent File Views,
management in
allowing you to hide some columns, show others,
One Commander
change the order and widths of columns, how icons or
Network Drives
thumbnails are displayed, which columns are hidden
Path Copying and
when the Browser isn't wide enough to show them all,
Editing
and so on. You can create as many File Views as you
Preview
wish using the File View Designer.
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers Folder Pane Toolbar
Searching folders
Settings Sort fles: Click to get a list of sorting options. This button
Starting from duplicates the action of the Sorting Columns arrows (see
Command line below), but it's needed for the Grid View, which doesn't have
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Reopening, and Change fle view: Click to be presented with a variety of

Closing One File Views. One Commander remembers which File View
Commander Design you select for each folder. One Commander comes
Templates for with a variety of File Views, and you can edit any of them or
creating fles add to the list using the File View Designer.
Using the Windows Creates new fle from template: (Ctrl+N) See here for
Clipboard more.
4. Shortcut Keys
Creates new folder (Ctrl+Shift+N)
5. Troubleshooting
Creates a note in current folder: (Alt+N) See below
under "Note/To Do".

Clipboard paste: The equivalent of Ctrl+V. If the

Clipboard contains text, One Commander creates a text fle
with the default name "<date> <time>.txt".

Main item display

The various properties of items are show in a series of
columns which you can select using the File View Designer.
In addition to the ones familiar to Windows, there's a
column showing in "hot/cold" color-coded form the age of
the item, i.e. the time that has elapsed since the item was
last modifed. You can adjust the colors in Settings >
General. There's a more complete explanation of how the
age display works there, under Item Properties: click the
button at top right of the pane.

Long fle names

Long fle names are often too long to be seen fully in the
Name column. They can be seen in full:

In the Details Pane.

By pressing F7, which toggles the other columns on and
of.

Sorting columns

Either:

Click the Sort fles button

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Or:

Each column has a pair of arrows at the top which

sort the items on display in each of two directions (e.g.
A-Z or Z-A). Hover the cursor over the arrows to see
what they do. The arrow in bold shows the current sort
order.

One Commander remembers the sort order for each folder,

which is very handy because diferent folders may well have
diferent sorting requirements. Further information about
sorting:

For size, only fles are sorted. Sorting fles by size only
works if the "Folders on Top" toggle (see below) is set
so that folders are listed at the top.
If you prefer folders always to be sorted by name, go
to Settings > View and check "Sort folders by name
always". With this checked, only fles are afected by
the sort order selected by clicking a sort arrow.
You can change the default sort order for columns at
Settings > View.
Folders on Top toggle: Press to sort fles and folders
so that folders are either listed frst, or listed with fles
in the order specifed by the sort arrows for properties
like fle name, type, date etc. This setting is
remembered for each folder. You can set the defaut
for this behavior at Settings > View.

Metadata display

Some metadata is shown to the right of the fle name if the

Browser is wide enough. For example, for image fles the
size of the image in pixels is shown:

Another example: the metadata for document fles shows

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the number of pages in the document (e.g. ; these fles

are on OneDrive, and the icon shows that they are always
on the local machine and synced with the server):

In the Thumbs+Details View (click the button on the

Folder Pane Toolbar — see above) the metadata is shown in
the second line for each fle:

You can get One Commander to show text excerpts from a

variety of fle types specifed in Settings > Preview:

Filtering folders and fles

Start typing characters in the path name you are looking for:

The frst key you press shows only items beginning

with that letter
If you type two or more letters, all items in the
Current Folder Pane containing that text will be shown
Displaying a particular fle type: Begin typing with a
period. For example, ".pdf" will display only .pdf fles.
Cancel the flter by Backspace-deleting the characters
you've typed, or clicking the icon to the right of the
flter:

To create a new folder, fle, or note in

the Folder Pane
Method 1: Click on one of the icons in the Folder Pane
Toolbar:

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Method 2: Right-click on the header for the folder pane and

select from the list (File, Folder, or Note) that appears.

Note/To Do
You can add as many Notes or ToDo items as you like to the
fles in the Current Folder Pane. Hit Alt+N or click in the
Folder Pane Toolbar, and a small editing window pops up.
Up to four lines of text appear in the Name column, but the
full text can be seen in the File Preview below:

Notes/ToDos can be edited by double-clicking on the

Note/ToDo, and deleted in the same way as any other fle.
They are simple text fles with the extension ".2do".
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Note/ToDo's checkbox: . This also changes the fle

extension to ".2dx".

Creating a background image for a

Folder Pane
If One Commander fnds one of the following fles in any
folder:
cover.jpg, folder.jpg, front.jpg, background.jpg, poster.jpg
it will show that image as a background for that folder. An
example might be an album cover image. If it doesn't work,
check "Show folder background image" in Settings > View.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:4. Folder columns
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
2. Quick introductory guide:8. Settings
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
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Customizing One
Main Window
Commander's
appearance Opening, closing and positioning Main
Details Pane
Drives Column
Window
Favorites
See Starting, Reopening, and Closing One Commander
File and Path
(quick tip: if One Commander is running but you can't see
Operations
the window, try Win+Alt+O (or Ctrl+' if activated — see
File Automator
Settings > Window) to re-open it. If it still isn't visible,
File View Designer
perhaps it's got moved of-screen. Try Shift+F1 to move it
File Views
back on screen).
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane Creating new Main Windows
Folder Pane
Main Window Click in the About Program to create a new Main
Memory Window. You can create as many as you like, each with its
management in own layout. Favorites, however, are shared by all Main
One Commander Windows.
Network Drives
Path Copying and Using Windows Virtual Desktops
Editing
Preview If you're using Windows Virtual Desktops, you can choose
Resizing and whether Win+Alt+O (but not Ctrl+`):
collapsing
brings One Commander to your current desktop, or
browsers
changes Virtual Desktops to the one on which a One
Searching folders
Commander Main Window is currently open.
Settings
Starting from This setting is in Settings > Window.
Command line If no Main Window is currently open, then whichever
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setting you choose, Win+Alt+O opens a window in your

Reopening, and current Virtual Desktop.
Closing One
Commander
Moving dividers
Templates for
creating fles Many of the dividers (the grey borders that separate
Using the Windows diferent panes) have short dotted lines and V-shaped
Clipboard arrows, for example the Browser Divider:
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

Click and hold on the dotted line to move the divider

(actually, you can click and hold anywhere along the divider's
length except on the arrows for the same result).
Click on an arrow to move the divider as far as it will go. For
example, clicking on a Browser Divider arrow hides the
Browser that's in the direction in which the arrow points.
Clicking on an arrow when the divider is at its limit of travel
restores the divider to its default position.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
3. Full reference guide:Starting, Reopening, and Closing One
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Memory management in
Commander's
appearance
One Commander
Details Pane
Drives Column One Commander is made in Microsoft's .NET framework,
Favorites which manages memory for One Commander. Windows
File and Path may let a program's memory footprint grow while the
Operations program is used but when Windows needs memory again, it
File Automator will compact the program memory and reclaim unused
File View Designer resources.
File Views One Commander caches icons so they are loaded faster the
Folder Columns next time they are needed in the program session. All
and Navigation displayed fle properties are also cached while they are in
Pane the list, so scrolling through large folders will use more
Folder Pane memory, but the memory will be released once the user
Main Window opens another folder (at Windows' own schedule).
Memory Each thumbnail in the fle list and displayed preview will take
management in a chunk of memory. For example, a previewed 10-Megapixel
One Commander photo will take 10x3 Megabytes (3 as number of color
Network Drives channels), even if the image is a compressed jpeg.
Path Copying and Tabs don’t take additional memory in One Commander.
Editing If you choose to keep the program running in the
Preview background on close (see the option in Settings > Window)
Resizing and all windows, fle properties, previews and the rest will be
collapsing unloaded from memory, but the program will keep cached
browsers icons and compiled code for a faster next start, while
Searching folders minimizing RAM usage.
Settings
Starting from
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Network Drives
Commander's
appearance To access a network drive (e.g. a network attached storage
Details Pane device):
Drives Column
1. Create a new tab.
Favorites
2. Open the Path Edit pane.
File and Path
3. In the path, type in the URL for the network drive (e.g.
Operations
"\\192.168.1.109"). The drive will appear in the Drives
File Automator
Column.
File View Designer
File Views If the folders in the drive are locked, right-click on the
Folder Columns required folder and select "Open". One Commander will
and Navigation open Windows Explorer, which in turn will open a network
Pane credentials window so that you can enter the user name and
Folder Pane password for the folder:
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers Once you've done that, you can open the locked folder in
Searching folders One Commander.
Settings
Starting from
Command line Backlinks:
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Path Copying and Editing
Commander's
appearance Copy the path of the currently-selected folder or path to
Details Pane Clipboard: Press Ctrl+Shift+C.
Drives Column
View/edit the path of the Current Folder (the Path Edit
Favorites
Button):
File and Path
Click on the Path Edit Button at the top of the Drives
Operations
Column to open the Path Edit dialog box:
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing The path of the current folder is shown in the text box at the
browsers top. You can:
Searching folders
type a diferent path and press Enter to open that
Settings
path in the current browser
Starting from
copy it with Ctrl+C
Command line
type a few characters to search through favorites or
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recent tabs listed below. The search results will be

Reopening, and
shown in the list below the editable path box, and
Closing One
selecting one will open it in the current browser.
Commander
Templates for If there is a path on the clipboard, it will be also shown in
creating fles the list below the editable path box.
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
Backlinks:
5. Troubleshooting
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Preview
Commander's
appearance Preview Window: In addition to the small Preview
Details Pane Window in the Details Pane, many, but not all, fle types
Drives Column can be previewed by pressing Space, which pops up
Favorites a larger window with a preview of the fle in question.
File and Path You can move through the document being
Operations previewed with the mouse wheel or by clicking the
File Automator / buttons at the left/right of the Preview Window.
File View Designer Closing Preview Window: The Preview Window is
File Views closed by pressing Space or Esc.
Folder Columns Choosing viewer: You can choose between the viewer
and Navigation built into One Commander, or QuickLook (available
Pane from the Micosoft Store). QuickLook can work with a
Folder Pane greater range of fle types.
Main Window Viewing modes: The Preview Window ofers three
Memory viewing modes: . One
management in Commander will guess which one works best for the
One Commander fle in question, but if you disagree, click one of the
Network Drives other buttons to see if you're right.
Path Copying and Autoplay audio/video fles: You can choose to
Editing autoplay video/audio fles or not in the Preview
Preview Window.
Resizing and Viewing multiple fles in a folder: Once you're viewing
collapsing a fle in the Preview Window, cursor up/down moves to
browsers the previous/next fle in the folder.
Searching folders Showing GPS coordinates: If the fle shown in the
Settings Preview has embedded GPS coordinates, a GPS button
Starting from is shown. Clicking the button opens either Google or
Command line Bing Maps showing the location.
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The Microsoft Store version of One Commander is not

Reopening, and able to show previews of Microsoft Word or Excel fles;
Closing One it will, however, show an image preview if there is one
Commander embedded in the fle. This limitation is imposed by
Templates for Windows, which does not allow the necessary ActiveX
creating fles components to run in Store apps.
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
3. Full reference guide:Details Pane
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Customizing One
Resizing and collapsing
Commander's
appearance
panes and browsers
Details Pane
Drives Column Resizing individual panes
Favorites
File and Path Most panes are surrounded by a border or divider that can
Operations be dragged to resize the pane in question. Some borders
File Automator appear when the cursor moves over them, but are hidden
File View Designer otherwise.
File Views
Folder Columns Many borders or dividers have Drag Handles (the double
and Navigation dotted lines) and Open/Close Arrows:
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
Some panes have buttons to open and close them, for
management in
example the Navigation Panes can be opened and closed
One Commander
using the upwards/downwards pointing arrows to the right
Network Drives
of the Folder Column headers:
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and or the button that appears at the top of the Main Toolbar
collapsing when the Sidebar is collapsed.
browsers
Searching folders Collapsing a Browser to create a
Settings
Starting from
single-browser layout
Command line
Each Browser has a minimum width (Standard Layout) or
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height (Columns Layout). When that minimum is reached a

Reopening, and
"collapse" message appears, and if the Left Mouse Button is
Closing One
released the Browser in question collapses. It can be
Commander
restored by clicking on the Open/Close Arrow that points in
Templates for
the "open" direction, or by dragging the Drag Handle.
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys Backlinks:
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Searching folders
Commander's
appearance Folders can be searched by pressing F3, Ctrl+F, or the
Details Pane button in the Main Toolbar.
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander The search is recursive; i.e. it searches the Current Folder
Network Drives and all of its sub-folders.
Path Copying and The normal Windows wildcard characters (?, *) can be used.
Editing So, for example:
Preview
Resizing and "*.*" fnds all fles
collapsing "*.docx" fnds all ".docx" fles
browsers "flename?.txt" fnds, for example, flename1.txt and
Searching folders flename2.txt
Settings
Starting from
Command line Backlinks:
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Settings
Commander's
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Details Pane checkboxes or sliders, and are self-explanatory. In this
Drives Column section we provide some additional explanations where they
Favorites are needed.
File and Path Sliders can be adjusted either with the mouse cursor, or by
Operations clicking on them and moving them with cursor keys. Cursor
File Automator keys can be helpful if the slider is a little laggy (which
File View Designer happens when One Commander is showing you the results
File Views of the change in real time, as for example in Settings >
Folder Columns General > Item properties).
and Navigation The settings are stored in folders at C:\Users\<user
Pane name>\OneCommander\ for the Microsoft Store version, or
Folder Pane in {OneCommanderFolder}\Settings for portable version.
Main Window They can be reached quickly by clicking on (About
Memory program) in the Main Window and then clicking the Settings
management in Location button at the bottom of the dialog.
One Commander
Some settings changes are applied immediately; others
Network Drives
require a program restart. You'll know you need to do this
Path Copying and
when this appears at the bottom of the settings window:
Editing
Preview . If you make a change that
Resizing and requires a restart, One Commander will ask whether you
collapsing want to restart the program now:
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Advanced
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Individual Settings tabs identify features that are only
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available in the Pro version of One Commander.

General
Other
Preview
Theme Backlinks:
View 5. Troubleshooting
Window 1. One Commander Version 3:Purchasing One Commander
Starting from Version 3 Pro
Command line 2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
Starting, 2. Quick introductory guide:8. Settings
Reopening, and 3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
Closing One appearance
Commander 3. Full reference guide:File View Designer
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Advanced
Commander's
appearance These settings really are intended to be used only if you have
Details Pane to; most users will never go near them. They are explained
Drives Column in detail in the tab, and they cover:
Favorites
Rendering: how the One Commander window is
File and Path
rendered (i.e. drawn)
Operations
Watcher issues: this refers to the way that One
File Automator
Commander watches for changes in fles and folders,
File View Designer
so that the fle and folder display is kept up to date.
File Views
You can edit the list of fles that are excluded from
Folder Columns
watching, or track down what might be causing the
and Navigation
problem if you encounter a "Something is spamming
Pane
your flesystem with fle changes errors" condition.
Folder Pane
Check and notify when there is text on clipboard:
Main Window
Stops One Commander notifying you when you return
Memory
to One Commander and there's text in the clipboard.
management in
How One Commander deals with reparse points: If
One Commander
you don't know what these are, then you don't need to
Network Drives
worry about this setting.
Path Copying and
Check and notify when there is text on clipboard:
Editing
This refers to the notifcation that appears when you
Preview
return to One Commander and there is text in the
Resizing and
clipboard.
collapsing
Fix Stylus lag: May help if you are experience lags in
browsers
response to stylus operations.
Searching folders
Use old Drag & Drop system: Turn on if some other
Settings
programs don't accept drop operations from One
Advanced
Commander (in other words, they stop accepting fles
Columns
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Use high-resolution scrolling: This setting allows

General
smooth scrolling for high-resolution touchpads.
Other
Register as a default fle manager: This completely
Preview
replaces Windows File Manager on your system. It's
Theme
currently experimental; only use it if you're
View
comfortable with making changes to the Windows
Window
Registry (which you may need to do if something goes
Starting from
wrong).
Command line
Register Win+E hotkey: This changes the action of
Starting,
Win+E so that it opens One Commander if it's running
Reopening, and
in the background, or starts One Commander if it's
Closing One
shut down. It doesn't replace Windows File Explorer,
Commander
although because of a shortcoming in the way that
Templates for
Windows receives the message, if you click on the
creating fles
Windows File Manager icon in the Windows Taskbar it
Using the Windows
launches One Commander. Windows File Explorer is
Clipboard
still available when it's launched in other ways (e.g.
4. Shortcut Keys
from the Start menu or by double-clicking on a folder
5. Troubleshooting
on the Windows desktop).

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Columns
Commander's
appearance These settings apply to Folder Columns.
Details Pane
Create new columns without animating: When it's of and
Drives Column
you click on a folder in the Current Folder Column, the new
Favorites
column slides in from the right instead of appearing
File and Path
instantaneously. The sliding speed is determined by the
Operations
global animation duration.
File Automator
Column Pane alignment: Sets the alignment of folders in
File View Designer
the Folder Panes individually for Standard and Columns
File Views
layouts. You may not notice the efect of this setting unless
Folder Columns
the columns are reasonably wide.
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Interaction
Main Window
This refers to the interaction between cursor and columns.
Memory
One Commander's default is to make Folder Columns
management in
expand when the cursor enters them and contract when it
One Commander
leaves. Some users like this because it makes it easier to
Network Drives
view columns when a great many are displayed (i.e. when
Path Copying and
the Current Folder is a long way from the drive root); others
Editing
don't.
Preview
Expand Column when cursor enters it: For each Layout,
Resizing and
turns on this behavior.
collapsing
browsers
Advanced Settings
Searching folders
Settings Don't be put of by the "Advanced" label; it simply indicates
Advanced that these are settings that many users won't be interested
Columns in using. They adjust things like how quickly columns expand
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General long the expansion takes, what width of column One

Other Commander should apply the expansion to, and a number
Preview of settings for column widths, and they're self-explanatory.
Theme They're worth experimenting with: you may fnd that they
View improve One Commander's usability considerably. For
Window example, shortening Expand delay and Expand duration
Starting from (say, to 400 ms each) makes the column expansion and
Command line contraction much more responsive. If the delays are too
Starting, short, the columns will expand when the cursor is moving
Reopening, and quickly over them, which could get annoying.
Closing One If you come up with a mixture of settings that you really like,
Commander please, as the note says at the bottom of the tab, share your
Templates for fndings with [email protected]
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
Backlinks:
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Debug
Commander's
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Details Pane feedback to the developer about what caused a program
Drives Column crash you experienced, this provides a dialog with
Favorites information about what was happening at the time of the
File and Path crash.
Operations
Fix Favorites list: For users updating the program from
File Automator
versions earlier than .530, fxes a problem with the behavior
File View Designer
of Favorites groups.
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Other
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Theme
View
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Starting from
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Starting,
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Closing One
Commander
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Using the Windows
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General
Commander's
appearance UI Properties
Details Pane
Drives Column Enable UI Animations (Globally): Sets the speed of
Favorites animations that do not have their own individual setting (for
File and Path example, Settings > Columns > Creat New Columns).
Operations
File Automator Item Properties
File View Designer
File Views Settings that afect the way that information about paths is
Folder Columns displayed.
and Navigation Font size and padding (spacing, in pixels) between lines:
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in Color File Age: changes the way that the "age" of the fle —
One Commander how much time has elapsed since it was last modifed — is
Network Drives
displayed. For further information, click
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders Backlinks:
Settings 3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane
Advanced 3. Full reference guide:Settings
Columns 3. Full reference guide:Settings:Columns
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Other
Commander's
appearance This group contains a miscellany of useful settings, most of
Details Pane which are self-explanatory. They afect:
Drives Column
On start: Tabs shown when One Commander starts up.
Favorites
The path can be an absolute path you'd like opened
File and Path
when a new window opens (e.g. D:\myFolder) or it can
Operations
be a Windows environmental variable enclosed in %
File Automator
(e.g. %USERPROFILE%). "%USERPROFILE%" is a
File View Designer
shorthand version of "C:\Users\<your account name>".
File Views
So, for example, if you put
Folder Columns
"%USERPROFILE%\Documents" in the lower "On start:"
and Navigation
box, when you start One Commander it opens a tab for
Pane
your Documents folder (and, by implication, forgets the
Folder Pane
tabs that were open in your previous session).
Main Window
Creating a tab should: What a new tab shows when
Memory
it's created. So, using the example in the previous
management in
bullet point, if you set this to
One Commander
"%USERPROFILE%\Documents", every new tab you
Network Drives
create by clicking at the end of the row of tabs
Path Copying and
opens your Documents folder.
Editing
New tab should be placed: Where the new tab should
Preview
be placed in relation to the current tab — immediately
Resizing and
after the current tab, or at the right-hand end of the
collapsing
tabs.
browsers
Tabs and favorites should show: Whether tabs and
Searching folders
favorites should show the full path name or just the
Settings
name of the folder. You can also change the "alias" —
Advanced
i.e. the name of favorites or tabs — by right-clicking
Columns
and selecting "Change alias".
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General
clicks to open items.
Other
Double-click on an archive should: What happens
Preview
when you double-click on an archive fle, for example a
Theme
.zip fle.
View
Drag and Drop behavior: Windows has a particularly
Window
confusing way of handling dragging and dropping. One
Starting from
Commander always moves a path if it's being dragged,
Command line
and always copies it with Ctrl+Drag. But if you prefer
Starting,
the Windows way of doing things, choose it here.
Reopening, and
Rename items by clicking again without moving
Closing One
cursor: The precise way of describing a slow double
Commander
click, for renaming items.
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard Backlinks:
4. Shortcut Keys 2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
5. Troubleshooting 2. Quick introductory guide:4. Folder columns
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
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3. Full reference guide
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Preview
Commander's
appearance The settings at the top of this tab refer to the Preview
Details Pane Window opened when you select a fle and press Space:
Drives Column
Choosing the Previewer you wish to use
Favorites
Choosing whether or not to autoplay video/audo
File and Path
Selecting the map to use when you press a photo
Operations
location button
File Automator
File View Designer Metadata: This is the selection of fles for which a text
File Views excerpt will be shown in the metadata line (the second line)
Folder Columns in the Thumbs+Details File view.
and Navigation Thumbnails: A list of fle extensions for which you do not
Pane want to show thumbnails.
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
Backlinks:
management in
1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
One Commander
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
Network Drives
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane
Path Copying and
3. Full reference guide:Preview
Editing
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Other
Preview
Theme
View
Window
Starting from
Command line
Starting,
Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
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Theme
Commander's
appearance One Commander comes with a number of pre-installed
Details Pane Themes, comprising a combination of color combinations
Drives Column and icon packs. See here for more. Settings for themes are
Favorites as follows:
File and Path
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives Accent Color
Path Copying and
Editing How the color of items is changed by diferent mouse
Preview actions. Depending on the theme an Accent color will be
Resizing and used on certain elements, such as Columns Pane border,
collapsing tabs borders. In some themes the Accent Color is part of the
browsers theme itself and changing it is disabled (for example in Nord
Searching folders or Nortorn themes
Settings
Advanced Other
Columns
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General scrollbars. If it is not selected, One Commander uses the

Other default (thicker) Windows one.
Preview
Theme
View Backlinks:
Window 5. Troubleshooting
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Command line 3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
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Customizing One
View
Commander's
appearance These settings afect the way paths are displayed in the
Details Pane Folder Pane.
Drives Column
Favorites Visibility
File and Path
Operations Show hidden fles and folders: This needs to be checked (or
File Automator turned on with Ctrl+H) in order to see a number of special
File View Designer folders, e.g. C:\Users\<user name>\AppData
File Views Show system fles and folders: Turn this of to avoid
Folder Columns accidentally moving or deleting critical system fles.
and Navigation Hide temporary fles: Hides temporary fles that can
Pane contribute to the clutter of large folders.
Folder Pane
Main Window Sorting
Memory
management in Sets the sorting defaults for folders that you haven't already
One Commander changed the sort order for. Once you do change the sort
Network Drives order for a particular folder, One Commander remembers
Path Copying and that sort order, overriding the defaults.
Editing Keep folders on top: You may prefer to have folders always
Preview listed above fles ("folders on top"), and this sets the default
Resizing and for doing so. It can be overridden using the button above
collapsing the list of fles, which toggles "folders on top" on and of.
browsers Sort folders by name always: This ensures that the sort
Searching folders order of folders is unafected by any changes you make to
Settings the sort order using any of the other columns.
Advanced
Columns Other
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General Auto-switch to Thumbs+Details view: The Thumbs+Details

Other File View is optimized for folders containing image fles. This
Preview setting checks folders for which you haven't already chosen
Theme a File View Design to see whether they might look better
View using the Thumbs+Details File View. You can override One
Window Commander's choice by selecting another File View Design
Starting from using the button in the Folder Pane Toolbar.
Command line Scrolling behavior:
Starting,
Reopening, and Pixel: This mode supports high-resolution touchpads
Closing One (you may need to set "Use high resolution scrolling" in
Commander Settings > Advanced").
Templates for Item: Scrolling the fle display moves the list by full item
creating fles height, and snaps to the next full item. It scrolls by the
Using the Windows number of lines set in the Windows System mouse
Clipboard settings. This means that if the cursor is hovering over
4. Shortcut Keys a fle while you're scrolling, it steps so that it will always
5. Troubleshooting be over a fle whenever you stop scrolling. It's better
for slower machines or for accessibility reasons.

Show folder background image: Set this if you'd like to

have background images for folders.

Backlinks:
5. Troubleshooting
3. Full reference guide:File Views
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Window
Commander's
appearance Keep running in background: When you frst run One
Details Pane Commander and close the Main Window, you're asked
Drives Column whether you want to leave One Commander running in the
Favorites background. This setting allows you to change your mind
File and Path about what you want One Commander to do under these
Operations circumstances.
File Automator Pressing Win+Alt+O from any program: If you're using
File View Designer Windows Virtual Desktops, you can choose whether
File Views Win+Alt+O (but not Ctrl+`) brings One Commander to your
Folder Columns current desktop, or changes Virtual Desktops to the one on
and Navigation which a One Commander Main Window is currently open. If
Pane no Main Window is currently open, then whichever setting
Folder Pane you choose, Win+Alt+O opens a One Commander window in
Main Window your current Virtual Desktop.
Memory Use global hotkey Ctrl+' to show docked program
management in window: Brings the window to the current screen, makes it
One Commander full-width and at the bottom half of the screen. Pressing it a
Network Drives second time minimizes the window. Changing this setting
Path Copying and requires a program restart.
Editing This simply makes Ctrl+` do the same thing as Win+Alt+O,
Preview although it may confict with other programs such as VS
Resizing and Code.
collapsing If program has windows open, double-clicking its
browsers shortcut should: The shortcut referred to here is the one
Searching folders you double-click on to start the program, which may for
Settings example be in the Windows Start menu.
Advanced Show drives in sidebar: Shows or hides the Drives Group,
Columns giving you more space for Favorites Groups in the Sidebar.
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General you deleted the Default Favorites Group and subsequently

Other wished you hadn't.
Preview Import Settings from V2: If you have One Commander
Theme Version 2 on your computer and want to reuse its Favorites
View for Version 3, click here. No other settings can be imported
Window from V2 because they're not compatible with V3, so you
Starting from need to start afresh with your settings in V3.
Command line
Starting, Other
Reopening, and
Closing One Command shell: Allows you to choose the Terminal that is
Commander opened by F10 (or Ctrl+F10 to open as Administrator).
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows Backlinks:
Clipboard 1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
4. Shortcut Keys 2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
5. Troubleshooting 3. Full reference guide:Favorites
3. Full reference guide:Main Window
3. Full reference guide:Memory management in One
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Starting from Command line
Commander's
appearance One Commander can be started from the command line in a
Details Pane Terminal window, using a number of switches. Switches are
Drives Column parameters entered after the name of the executible
Favorites program (here, OneCommander.exe), that afect the way
File and Path that the program behaves once launched.
Operations
Open a Terminal window, change the current folder in the
File Automator
Command Line to the one in which OneCommander.exe is
File View Designer
located, and then use one of the following switches to start
File Views
One Commander (e.g. "OneCommander -nowindow"). In
Folder Columns
each case, <path> must be the full pathname for the path
and Navigation
you want One Commander to open in, enclosed in quotes if
Pane
the path contains spaces, e.g. "C:\Users\<User
Folder Pane
name>\Documents".
Main Window
Memory At a particular path:
management in onecommander.exe "C:\path"
One Commander To open in the same tab:
Network Drives onecommander.exe -o "C:\path"
Path Copying and To open in a new tab:
Editing onecommander.exe -o "C:\path" -newtab
Preview To start One Commander with the Main Window in
Resizing and the default position (the equivalent of starting One
collapsing Commander and pressing Shift+F1):
browsers onecommander.exe -resetwindowposition
Searching folders The path "C:\fullpath" in the frst Browser (e.g. the
Settings left browser in Standard Layout):
Starting from onecommander.exe -path "<path>"
Command line onecommander.exe -p "<path>"
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Reopening, and The path "C:\fullpath" in the second Browser (e.g.

Closing One the right browser in Standard Layout):
Commander onecommander.exe -p2 "<path>"
Templates for The Main Window not visible (i.e. One Commander
creating fles running in the background)
Using the Windows OneCommander.exe -nowindow
Clipboard Text not being sharp on non-HDPI screens:
4. Shortcut Keys onecommander.exe -nohdpi
5. Troubleshooting onecommander.exe -ldpi

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
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Starting, Reopening, and
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appearance
Closing One Commander
Details Pane
Drives Column Once launched, clicking the WindowClose button in the
Favorites top right-hand corner of the Main Window ofers you a
File and Path choice:
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane If you click Yes, One Commander doesn't shut down when
Folder Pane you click the WindowClose button. It closes the Main
Main Window Window, but One Commander continues to run in the
Memory background so that it can be quickly re-opened without
management in having to be reloaded. When the Main Window is closed in
One Commander this way, any processes such as fle operations that were in
Network Drives progress when the WindowClose button was clicked will be
Path Copying and completed properly. Also, when it is running in the
Editing background, One Commander monitors for drive changes so
Preview that you're able to see fle changes when you open the Path
Resizing and Editor.
collapsing
After showing the "Run in background?" dialog box, One
browsers
Commander then explains how to close it down completely:
Searching folders
Settings
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Reopening, and
Closing One
You can change this action — for example, changing it so
Commander
that clicking shuts down One Commander completely, in
Templates for
Settings > Window by unchecking the "Keep running in
creating fles
background" box.
Using the Windows
Clipboard To re-open One Commander when it is running in the
4. Shortcut Keys background:
5. Troubleshooting
Double-click on the One Commander icon in the System
Tray or Notifcation Area (the area at the right-hand
end of the Windows Taskbar holding things like the
Windows volume control; see below if you can't see the
One Commander icon here).
Right-click on the One Commander icon in the System
Tray/Notifcation Area and select "Show window".
Press Win+Alt+O (or Ctrl+' if activated — see Settings >
Window)
Press Shift+F1 to position the Main Window in the
centre of the screen, occupying about 20% less than
the full screen.

To really shut One Commander down, right-click on the One

Commander icon in the System Tray/Notifcation Area and
select "Exit", or Ctrl+Click WindowClose at the top right of
the Main Window.

Restarting as Administrator
Some applications require the fle explorer you're using to be
running as Administrator. To restart One Commander as
Administrator, press Ctrl+Shift+F12.

Starting from Command Line

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If the One Commander icon isn't

visible in the System
Tray/Notifcation Area:
Quick way: At the top of the System Tray/Notifcation area,
click on the arrow:

That will reveal all System Tray/Notifcation Area icons. Drag

the One Commander icon to the area with other icons such
as volume control.

Slow way: Right-click in an unused part of the Windows

Taskbar and select "Taskbar settings". Scroll down the right-
hand Settings window to the Notifcation area:

Click on "Select which icons appear on the taskbar", scroll

down to One Commander, and turn it on.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
3. Full reference guide:Main Window
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Customizing One
Templates for creating fles
Commander's
appearance If you often create fles of a particular type — e.g.
Details Pane documents, spreadsheets, text fles — you can create a
Drives Column Template (a blank fle of that fle type) for that fle type. Then
Favorites when you need to create a fle of this type, navigate to the
File and Path folder that will hold the fle and click the icon in the
Operations Folder Pane Toolbar or press Ctrl+N. This pops up your list
File Automator of Templates:
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Select the Template you need, fll in the File name, and then
Preview
click either of the buttons at the bottom of the pop-up. The
Resizing and
new fle is created in the current folder (and opened if you
collapsing
click "...and open").
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Adding templates, editing existing
Starting from templates
Command line
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Reopening, and Name>\OneCommander\Templates if you are running the

Closing One Store version, or {OneCommanderFolder}\Templates if you
Commander have the Portable version. You can add as many Templates
Templates for as you like, and edit the ones that are in that folder. For
creating fles example, you may like to have Templates for Word fles with
Using the Windows your organization's letterhead, or spreadsheets for
Clipboard particular routine procedures.
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting ===== Mild warning =====
The fle that's created from the Template will have the
properties of the Template fle in the Templates folder, for
example in Microsoft Word the default settings for font,
styles etc. Make sure that the Template for that fle type has
all the default settings that you want, otherwise you'll have
to change them to your individual preferences every time
you create a new fle.

Backlinks:
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3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
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Customizing One
Using the Windows
Commander's
appearance
Clipboard
Details Pane
Drives Column When you switch from another app to One Commander and
Favorites there is something in the Clipboard, a notifcation appears in
File and Path the Notifcation Pane ofering the following possibilities:
Operations
The Clipboard contains a new Path: If there is not
File Automator
already a Tab open for that path, a notifcation appears
File View Designer
ofering Ctrl+Shift+T to open this path in a new Tab in
File Views
the current Browser.
Folder Columns
The Clipboard contains text or a bitmap: The
and Navigation
notifcation ofers Ctrl+V to create a new .txt or .png fle
Pane
containing the text or bitmap, in the Current Folder.
Folder Pane
The fle name shows the date and time of the fle
Main Window
creation (e.g. "xxxxx"). If you don't want these
Memory
notifcations, you can turn them of in Settings >
management in
Advanced.
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing Backlinks:
Preview 2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
Resizing and 3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
collapsing 3. Full reference guide:Settings:Advanced
browsers
Searching folders
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Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the
Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
1. One Commander Version
Installing One
Commander V3
3
Purchasing One
Commander Welcome to One Commander Version 3, a major rewrite of
Version 3 Pro the well-established Version 2. One Commander is a
What's new in powerful and fexible dual-pane fle manager for Microsoft
Version 3 Windows, using folder columns that make navigating
2. Quick introductory complex folder tree structures fast and intuitive.
guide
This guide to One Commander is in four main sections:
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys Quick introductory guide: All you need to know to start
5. Troubleshooting using One Commander.
Full reference guide: Detailed information about One
Commander's capabilities, and how to modify it to suit
your needs.
Shortcut keys: Comprehensive list of One Commander's
shortcuts.
Troubleshooting: What to do and whom to contact if
things aren't working as they should.

If you're familiar with earlier versions of One

Commander, click here for a list of the main features that
are new with Version 3. You may still fnd it worthwhile
skimming the quick introductory guide. One Commander V3
is a major rewrite of the app, and a lot has changed.

If you don't fnd what you're looking for here, please email
[email protected] or go to the One
Commander Google Group at
https://groups.google.com/g/onecommander.

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick
introductory guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
2. Quick introductory guide
Window
3. The Browsers The Quick Introductory Guide provides you with all that you
and Layouts need to start using One Commander Version 3. We strongly
4. Folder columns recommend that you read it sooner rather than later; it
5. Basic folder and really is a quick guide! A quick skim of this Guide will also
fle operations help you if you're familiar with earlier versions of One
6. Sidebar Commander; a lot has changed.
7. Themes
Once you've read it, you'll probably fnd that the best way of
8. Settings
learning about the many features of One Commander is to
9. Other useful
start using it. When you want more about a particular
features
feature, you'll fnd it in the full reference guide.
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3
1. One Commander Version 3:What's new in Version 3
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Window

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference
guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
2. Full reference guide
Customizing One
Commander's This section has more detail on One Commander's features.
appearance The labels for the diferent parts of the user interface (UI)
Details Pane are here.
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path Backlinks:
Operations 1. One Commander Version 3
File Automator 2. Quick introductory guide
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns Created with Zim-wiki & the Ecodiv-responsive template
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
Command line

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Starting,
Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Shortcut Keys
Notes:

Shift+Key (or Ctrl+Key or Op +Key) means press Alt (or Ctrl

or Alt) and the specifed key simultaneously.
Key1, Key2 means press Key1 (which could be a
combination, e.g. Shift+Key)DeletNew, release it, and then
press Key2.
LMB: Left Mouse Button
MMB: Middle Mouse Button
RMB: Right Mouse Button
Left/Right/Up/Down: Cursor keys

Group Action Shortcut Comment

Program Restart, running as
Ctrl+Shift+F12
operations Administrator
Close program Ctrl+WindowClose
File
Open File/Folder Enter
opening
Open With Ctrl+Enter
For .exe
Run .exe as
Ctrl+Enter and link
Administrator
to .exe
For .exe
Run .exe with
Ctrl+Shift+Enter and link
parameters
to .exe
Columns Toggle Columns on/of
`
navigation in Standard Layout
Backspace or
Open Parent Folder
Alt+Up

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Path
Alt+Left or 4th history is
Open previous Path
Mouse Button saved for
each Tab
Alt+Right or 5th
Open next Path
Mouse Button
\ or Alt+D or
Edit Path
Ctrl+L
Copy current Folder If no File is
Ctrl+Shift+C
Path to Clipboard selected
\ to edit
Path and
\, Ctrl+C then
regular
copy
Menu Key
is
between
right
RMB or Menu Key
Context Menu Windows
or Shift+F10
and Ctrl
keys on
ANSI
keyboards
Context Menu with
Shift+RMB
additional options
File
Rename F2
operations
Copy fle to other
Alt+C
Browser
Move fle to other
Alt+M
Browser
Single fle
Duplicate single fle Ctrl+D
only
Duplicate one or many
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V
fles
Delete fle Del
Delete fle without Not
sending it to Recycle Shift+Del available
Bin yet

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Not
Delete permanently
Ctrl+Shift+Delete available
(unrecoverable)
yet
File
Ctrl+I or Alt+Enter
information/properties
Tag fles (color) Ctrl+Alt+T
View long fle names
F7
(toggle)
New New File Ctrl+N
.txt if
Clipboard
contains
New File containing text, .png
Ctrl+V
Clipboard contents if it
contains
bitmap
image
New Folder Ctrl+Shift+N
from New
... create and open Ctrl+Enter Folder
popup
from New
Folder
popup;
... create and move
Shift+Enter fles need
selected fles inside
to be
selected
frst
New Note Alt+N
New Tab (duplicate of
Tabs Ctrl+T
Current Tab)
New Tab from path in
Ctrl+Shift+T
Clipboard
Open Folder in new
MMB
Tab
Close Tab Ctrl+W or MMB
Next Tab Ctrl+Tab
Previous Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Move Tab to other
Alt+MMB
Browser Pane

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Change focus between

Browsers Alt+F
Browsers
Copy fle or folder to
Alt+C
other Browser
Move fle or folder to
Alt+M
other Browser
Clipboard Copy Files Ctrl+C
Cut Files Ctrl+X
Paste Files Ctrl+V
Copy Files as Paths Ctrl+Shift+C
Copy Files to other
Alt+C
Browser Pane
Move Files to other
Alt+M
Browser Pane
Preview Preview File Space
Close Preview Esc
Preview previous/next
Up/Down
File
PDF Preview
Left/Right
previous/next page
Image zoom around
Mouse Wheel
cursor
Selection Select all Ctrl+A
Ctrl+LMB or
Select additional Files
Ctrl+Space
Select range Shift+LMB
Window selection MMB+Drag
Works
Call One Commander
Window Win+Alt+O from any
(system shortcut)
program
Works
from any
program
but only if
activated
in
Settings >
Call One Commander Window;
and dock to bottom of Ctrl+` frst time

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screen it's used,

restores
Window
to
previous
location;
repeat to
hide
Useful for
locating
the
Window if
Center on main display Shift+F1 it's lost
when
monitor
is
detached
Minimize or restore
Win+Down
from Maximized
Maximize or restore
Win+Up
from Minimized
Show Notifcation
Other ~ (Shift+`)
Pane
Reload/Refresh
F5 or Ctrl+R
Columns
Show/hide hidden fles
Ctrl+H
and folders
Toggle columns
resizing/not resizing in F8
Columns Layout
Reload Theme Ctrl+Shift+F5
Search F3 or Ctrl+F
Quick Filter A-Z, 0-9
Clear Quick Filter Esc
Open Terminal
(CMD/Powershell) in F10
Current Folder
Open Terminal
(CMD/Powershell) as Ctrl+F10
Administrator

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
5. Troubleshooting
If something isn't working as it should, before you try
anything else, check to see whether there is an update
available for One Commander.

Shortcut key isn't working

This could be because it's being intercepted by another app,

which can be tricky to track down. Windows allows apps to
list the system-wide hotkeys currently in use, but refuses to
identify which applications are using them. A utility called
Ethervane ActiveHotkeys (portable), which may not be
supported any more, lists hotkeys currently in use by
Windows. Then, by closing down apps one by one you
should be able to identify the culprit.

Filename not accepted

The following characters are not permitted in Windows fle

names:
<>:"/\|?*
More information on fle naming can be found here.

Some folders, e.g. C:\Users\<user name>\AppData,

not visible

Make sure that you've checked all the "Visibility" options in

Settings > View.

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OK, we get the irony: if you can't start the app, how can you
read this? Except that there is a copy of this manual at
OneCommander.com, which is presumably where you're
reading this now. Here are three approaches, starting with
the simplest and ending with a restart that involves losing
your settings.

Approach 1: The Main Window may be hidden of screen.

Try pressing Shift+F1 to bring it back into view.

If that doesn't work:

Approach 2: One Commander may be "frozen". Open the

Windows Task Manager, click on the Processes tab, and
search for any entries for One Commander, either in the
Apps or Background Processes sections. If you fnd any,
select them and click the "End task" button at the bottom
right-hand corner of the Task Manager window, or right-click
on them and select "End task". Try starting One Commander.

If that doesn't work:

Approach 3: There may be a problem with One

Commander's main settings fle.

1. Find the Settings folder (e.g. C:\Users\<user

name>\OneCommander\Settings\).
2. Rename the fle "OneCommanderV3.json" to something
else, for example
"OneCommanderV3.json.deactivated". This fle will be
recreated when you get to Step 4.
3. Open the Windows Task Manager, click on the
Processes tab, and search for any entries for One
Commander, either in the Apps or Background
Processes sections. If you fnd any, select them and
click the "End task" button at the bottom right-hand
corner of the Task Manager window, or right-click on
them and select "End task".
4. Try starting One Commander. If it works, great!
However, you'll need to go through your Settings again,
because they will have been reset to One
Commander's default values.

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Something is spamming your flesystem with fle

changes errors

If a program is constantly changing many fles at once the

bufer that holds flesystem changes may get full and One
Commander will miss changes on disk. It may also degrade
the life of your SSD (solid state drive). Go to Settings >
Advanced for a utility that will help you identify the
ofending program.

When maximized on a two-screen display, the

Main Window spreads slightly on to the second
screen

This is an unfortunate feature of the third party library that

renders the Main Window. The only fx available is to turn of
the Acrylic window efect in Settings > Theme, shut down the
program and restart.

Drag and drop not working with other programs

If you can't get another program to accept a fle dropped

when you've dragged it from One Commander, try selecting
"Use old Drag & Drop system" in Settings > Advanced.

If none of that helped...

Please email [email protected] or go to the
support forum at Google Groups.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3
3. Full reference guide:About Program
3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
About Program
Commander's
appearance The About Program dialog is reached from the button on
Details Pane the Main Toolbar:
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and The buttons across the bottom do the following:
collapsing
Email: Puts the email address of One Commander's
browsers
Support Service in the Windows Clipboard.
Searching folders
Website: One Commander's website.
Settings
Forum: The Google Group where you can seek help
Starting from
from and enter into discussions with other One
Command line
Commander users and the developer.
Starting,

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EXE Location: Opens the folder (in your default File

Reopening, and
Manager) containing OneCommander.exe, the main
Closing One
program executable.
Commander
Settings Location: Opens the folder (in your default
Templates for
File Manager) containing the Settings folders for One
creating fles
Commander.
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3:Conventions and terminology
used in this manual
1. One Commander Version 3:Purchasing One Commander
Version 3 Pro
2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:8. Settings
3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
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3. Full reference guide:File View Designer
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
3. The Browsers and Layouts
Window
3. The Browsers The browsers are divided into three main panes (see
and Layouts screenshots below):
4. Folder columns
Navigation Pane: Shows all attached and mapped
5. Basic folder and
drives as a series of Miller columns that allow you to
fle operations
navigate up and down the folder trees for each drive.
6. Sidebar
Current Folder Pane: Shows the contents of the folder
7. Themes
that is currently selected in the Navigation Pane.
8. Settings
Details Pane: Shows details of the folder or fle that is
9. Other useful
currently selected in the Current Folder Pane. If a fle is
features
selected, this pane shows a preview of the contents of
3. Full reference guide
the fle if it can (not all fle types are supported).
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Layouts
One Commander provides two layouts: Standard and
Columns. You can see the diference by clicking on the /
buttons in the Main Toolbar. In brief, the Standard Layout
shows one or both Browsers side-by-side and a set of Folder
Columns at the top of the Browser with the Current Folder
below them, while the Columns Layout sets the Browsers
one above the other, with the Current Folder to the right, as
the fnal column in the Folder Column display. Path selection
is slightly diferent in each display, but other than that it is
entirely a matter of personal preference as to which you use.

The Browsers
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browser by adding tabs. Click on the button to the right

of the Browser Tabs to create a new tab, which will be a
clone of the current tab (i.e. the tab that currently has the
focus). Alternatively, you can also specify a particular path
for all new tabs in Settings > Other.
Tabs can be closed by clicking on the button that appears
when you move the cursor over the tab, or by clicking MMB.
Once deleted, they can't be restored.

You can resize either browser by dragging their borders, or

the Browser Divider separating them. Some borders have a
drag handle surrounded by arrows: . The drag
handle isn't strictly speaking necessary; it serves as a
reminder that the divider can be dragged. The arrows jump
the divider to the end of its travel.
If you try to reduce the width of a browser below a certain
point it tells you that it's about to collapse, meaning that it's
about to disappear from view so that you see a single-
browser view. You can restore the dual-browser view by
dragging the border or Browser Divider back again (or use
the drag handle or arrow). The browser will be restored
exactly as it was before.

If the Main Window is too narrow to show both Browsers in

the Standard Layout, one Browser will be closed. It will be re-
opened if you make the Main Window wide enough.

You can create background images for the Folder Panes —

click here for how to do it.

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Columns Layout Browser

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
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2. Quick introductory guide:4. Folder columns
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
6. Sidebar
Window
3. The Browsers The Sidebar is the centre of operations for One Commander.
and Layouts It is divided into three main sections:
4. Folder columns
5. Basic folder and 1. Drives
fle operations
6. Sidebar This lists the currently-attached and mapped drives. It can be
7. Themes hidden by going to Settings > Window > uncheck Show
8. Settings drives in Sidebar. The button gives the following options:
9. Other useful
features Hide drives from the sidebar: hides the list of drives,
3. Full reference guide but keeps the box.
4. Shortcut Keys Refresh everything (F5; refreshes all folder displays to
5. Troubleshooting make sure they're up to date).
Map network drive (mapped network drives will be
labelled both with the destination folder in the mapped
drive and the network path in parentheses).

2. Favorites
One Commander allows you to identify as many favorite
folders as you like. They are arranged into groups in the
Sidebar. One Commander creates an initial group from a list
of standard folders in your C:\Users\<username> folder, and
you can add as many groups as you like by clicking the "New
Group" button. Here's an example of a Favorites Group:

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Favorite folders have two basic uses:

They act as bookmarks for folders you use often:

click on a favorite folder and it opens in the
currently-selected browser, in the currently-
selected tab
MMB opens the path in a new tab in the currently-
selected browser
You can quickly move or copy fles or folders from a
browser to a favorite folder by dragging (to move), or
holding the Ctrl key down and dragging (to copy), the
fle or folder from the browser and dropping it onto
one of the items in the Favorites Group. Note that
dragging a fle or folder to a favorites group does not
create a new favorite; it just moves or copies that
folder or fle to the chosen favorite.

Basic operations for favorites groups:

Add folder to group: Click the "+" button to the right of

the group's name.
Rearrange folders within group, move folders
between groups: Drag folders up and down within
group or between groups.
Create aliases (alternative names) for folders in
groups: Right-click on folder name and select "Change
Alias".
Remove folders from groups: Right-click on folder
name and select "Remove Path from List".

3. Main Toolbar
See here for more.

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2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window

3. Full reference guide:Browser Tabs
3. Full reference guide:Favorites
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Browser Tabs
Commander's
appearance Either Browser can have any number of Tabs, each with its
Details Pane own Current Folder. So any instance of One Commander can
Drives Column have a very large number of folders available to be selected
Favorites as Current Folders.
File and Path You can quickly change focus between Browsers with Alt+F,
Operations and change the order of the Tabs by dragging them.
File Automator
File View Designer Tab Aliases
File Views
Folder Columns The Tab Alias is the name that appears on the Tab. By default
and Navigation it is the name of the Tab's Current Folder, but you can
Pane change this by selecting Change alias in the Tab's Context
Folder Pane Menu. You can change this default behavior in Settings >
Main Window Other, to show the full path for the Tab.
Memory
management in Creating Tabs
One Commander
Network Drives Click the button to the right of the current set of
Path Copying and Tabs. The new Tab will be a clone of the Tab that
Editing currently has the focus, unless you change this
Preview behaviour in Settings > Other. Alternatively, select the
Resizing and Tab to be duplicated and press Ctrl+T.
collapsing Right-click any folder and select Open in... You have the
browsers choice of opening that folder as a new Tab in the
Searching folders Current Browser, the other Browser, or a new Window.
Settings MMB on any folder in a Folder Column or in the
Starting from Sidebar.
Command line
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Moving/copying Tabs between

Reopening, and
Closing One Browsers
Commander
Templates for Tabs can be moved to the other Browser (if open) using
creating fles Alt+MMB. Copying a Tab to the other Browser is a two-step
Using the Windows process: duplicate the Tab with Ctrl+T or clicking on the
Clipboard button, then move the new Tab to the other Browsers with
4. Shortcut Keys Alt+MMB.
5. Troubleshooting
Closing Tabs
Click on the button at the right-hand side of the Tab
(which may not be visible if there are too many Tabs;
see next section), or
MMB

Large numbers of tabs

When you have a large number of Tabs, they shrink to be
narrow enough to accommodate all of them. This will
typically make them too narrow for the label text to be
readable, but their path will be displayed in a Tooltip:

When the cursor passes over narrow tabs, the Close Button
doesn't appear until you click on one of them. When you
do, the tab expands a little so that you can see both the tab
label and the Button.

Backlinks:
3. Full reference guide:Network Drives
3. Full reference guide:Using the Windows Clipboard
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Other

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Favorites
Commander's
appearance Favorites are found in the Sidebar; they are links to paths
Details Pane you use often. You can have as many lists of favorite paths
Drives Column as you like here, organized into Groups. Click on any Favorite
Favorites in the list to open the path in the current Tab. When you frst
File and Path open One Commander a Default Favorites Group is
Operations created ("Account name" is the name of the account you're
File Automator signed in to on your computer):
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Adding Groups and Favorites
Editing
Preview
Add new Favorites Group: Click the button at the
Resizing and
bottom of the Sidebar.
collapsing
Add new path to a Group: Click on the "+" button to the
browsers
right of the Group's name adds the current folder to the
Searching folders
Group:
Settings
Starting from
Command line
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Reopening, and If you delete the Default Favorites group by mistake,

Closing One don't panic! It can be recreated by going to Settings >
Commander Window and clicking on the button.
Templates for
creating fles Rearranging Favorites Groups
Using the Windows
Clipboard Click on the button to:
4. Shortcut Keys
Rename Favorites Group
5. Troubleshooting
Change order of Favorites Groups (select "Move up"
or "Move down")
Delete Favorites Group

Editing Favorites within a Group

The context (right-click) menu for any favorite allows you to:

Open the favorite in a new Tab in the current

Browser, or a new Tab in the Browser that doesn't
currently have the focus
Remove the Path from this Favorites list (this doesn't
delete the Path from the computer)
Change Alias — i.e. rename the Favorite

Adding Groups and Favorites

Add new Favorites Group by clicking the New Group

button at the bottom of the Sidebar.
Add new path to a Group by clicking on the "+" button
to the right of the Group's name:

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Debug
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Other
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Window

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
File and Path Operations
Commander's
appearance Most fle operations involve standard Windows procedures,
Details Pane but some difer a little.
Drives Column
Favorites Selecting and opening folders and
File and Path
fles
Operations
File Automator Select: single click
File View Designer Open: double click or Enter
File Views Select several fles: Ctrl+Click if fles are not
Folder Columns contiguous in the list, Shift+Click if they are
and Navigation Open several fles: Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select,
Pane then press Enter
Folder Pane
Main Window You can set One Commander to open either fles and folders,
Memory or just fles, with a single click; see Settings > Other.
management in
One Commander Copying/moving by Drag and Drop
Network Drives
Path Copying and The approach to dragging and dropping items used by
Editing Windows is a bit confusing: it behaves diferently depending
Preview on whether you are dragging and dropping within or
Resizing and between drives. One Commander's default method is
collapsing slightly diferent but has the virtue of consistency:
browsers
Searching folders Dragging without Ctrl key: One Commander always
Settings moves the item, regardless of whether the move is
Starting from between drives or between folders within the same
Command line drive.
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Reopening, and the item.

Closing One
You can change this to the (inconsistent and confusing)
Commander
Windows method in Settings > Other > Drag and Drop
Templates for
behavior.
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
Deleting folders and fles
4. Shortcut Keys
When you delete a fle or folder, or a group of them, One
5. Troubleshooting
Commander remembers the position of the last selected
item. You can select the item above or below the deleted
item by pressing Cursor Up/Down.

Duplicate fle

Either

Press Ctrl+D. The line containing the fle entry changes to:

Type the name for the duplicate fle in the highlighted section

and either press Enter or click . To cancel, press Esc or

Or:

Press Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+V. The duplicate fle will

automatically be renamed "<original flename> - Copy.
<extension>". For example the duplicate created for
"Myfle.txt" will be "Myfle - Copy.txt".

Creating fles from Windows

Clipboard
See Using the Windows Clipboard.

Drag item to Terminal

Terminals are applications that give you command-line
control of your computer, for example Command Prompt or

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PowerShell. Items can be dragged from One Commander to

a Terminal, which puts them in the current command line in
the Terminal. If there is a space in the path, it is inserted in
double quotes, to ensure that the Terminal doesn't interpret
what follows the space as being part of the command or
another parameter. See here for starting One Commander
from a Terminal window.

Create new fle from template

See Templates for creating fles.

Renaming items
Either right-click and select "Rename" from the context
menu, press F2, or click twice slowly (in the standard
Windows manner). If you are trying to rename a folder and
Settings > Other > Opening items is set to "Single click opens
folders", you need to use the right-click method. You can
turn of the slow double-click method at Settings > Other.

Previewing fles
Press Space; see Preview for more.

Tagging items
Right click on any item and select "Tag (Color)". A dot with
that color appears to the right of the item name.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Advanced
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Other

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Starting from Command line
Commander's
appearance One Commander can be started from the command line in a
Details Pane Terminal window, using a number of switches. Switches are
Drives Column parameters entered after the name of the executible
Favorites program (here, OneCommander.exe), that afect the way
File and Path that the program behaves once launched.
Operations
Open a Terminal window, change the current folder in the
File Automator
Command Line to the one in which OneCommander.exe is
File View Designer
located, and then use one of the following switches to start
File Views
One Commander (e.g. "OneCommander -nowindow"). In
Folder Columns
each case, <path> must be the full pathname for the path
and Navigation
you want One Commander to open in, enclosed in quotes if
Pane
the path contains spaces, e.g. "C:\Users\<User
Folder Pane
name>\Documents".
Main Window
Memory At a particular path:
management in onecommander.exe "C:\path"
One Commander To open in the same tab:
Network Drives onecommander.exe -o "C:\path"
Path Copying and To open in a new tab:
Editing onecommander.exe -o "C:\path" -newtab
Preview To start One Commander with the Main Window in
Resizing and the default position (the equivalent of starting One
collapsing Commander and pressing Shift+F1):
browsers onecommander.exe -resetwindowposition
Searching folders The path "C:\fullpath" in the frst Browser (e.g. the
Settings left browser in Standard Layout):
Starting from onecommander.exe -path "<path>"
Command line onecommander.exe -p "<path>"
Starting, onecommander.exe -"<path>"

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Reopening, and The path "C:\fullpath" in the second Browser (e.g.

Closing One the right browser in Standard Layout):
Commander onecommander.exe -p2 "<path>"
Templates for The Main Window not visible (i.e. One Commander
creating fles running in the background)
Using the Windows OneCommander.exe -nowindow
Clipboard Text not being sharp on non-HDPI screens:
4. Shortcut Keys onecommander.exe -nohdpi
5. Troubleshooting onecommander.exe -ldpi

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
3. Full reference guide:Starting, Reopening, and Closing One
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Using the Windows
Commander's
appearance
Clipboard
Details Pane
Drives Column When you switch from another app to One Commander and
Favorites there is something in the Clipboard, a notifcation appears in
File and Path the Notifcation Pane ofering the following possibilities:
Operations
The Clipboard contains a new Path: If there is not
File Automator
already a Tab open for that path, a notifcation appears
File View Designer
ofering Ctrl+Shift+T to open this path in a new Tab in
File Views
the current Browser.
Folder Columns
The Clipboard contains text or a bitmap: The
and Navigation
notifcation ofers Ctrl+V to create a new .txt or .png fle
Pane
containing the text or bitmap, in the Current Folder.
Folder Pane
The fle name shows the date and time of the fle
Main Window
creation (e.g. "xxxxx"). If you don't want these
Memory
notifcations, you can turn them of in Settings >
management in
Advanced.
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing Backlinks:
Preview 2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
Resizing and 3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
collapsing 3. Full reference guide:Settings:Advanced
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Searching folders
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Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the
Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Window
Commander's
appearance Keep running in background: When you frst run One
Details Pane Commander and close the Main Window, you're asked
Drives Column whether you want to leave One Commander running in the
Favorites background. This setting allows you to change your mind
File and Path about what you want One Commander to do under these
Operations circumstances.
File Automator Pressing Win+Alt+O from any program: If you're using
File View Designer Windows Virtual Desktops, you can choose whether
File Views Win+Alt+O (but not Ctrl+`) brings One Commander to your
Folder Columns current desktop, or changes Virtual Desktops to the one on
and Navigation which a One Commander Main Window is currently open. If
Pane no Main Window is currently open, then whichever setting
Folder Pane you choose, Win+Alt+O opens a One Commander window in
Main Window your current Virtual Desktop.
Memory Use global hotkey Ctrl+' to show docked program
management in window: Brings the window to the current screen, makes it
One Commander full-width and at the bottom half of the screen. Pressing it a
Network Drives second time minimizes the window. Changing this setting
Path Copying and requires a program restart.
Editing This simply makes Ctrl+` do the same thing as Win+Alt+O,
Preview although it may confict with other programs such as VS
Resizing and Code.
collapsing If program has windows open, double-clicking its
browsers shortcut should: The shortcut referred to here is the one
Searching folders you double-click on to start the program, which may for
Settings example be in the Windows Start menu.
Advanced Show drives in sidebar: Shows or hides the Drives Group,
Columns giving you more space for Favorites Groups in the Sidebar.
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General you deleted the Default Favorites Group and subsequently

Other wished you hadn't.
Preview Import Settings from V2: If you have One Commander
Theme Version 2 on your computer and want to reuse its Favorites
View for Version 3, click here. No other settings can be imported
Window from V2 because they're not compatible with V3, so you
Starting from need to start afresh with your settings in V3.
Command line
Starting, Other
Reopening, and
Closing One Command shell: Allows you to choose the Terminal that is
Commander opened by F10 (or Ctrl+F10 to open as Administrator).
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows Backlinks:
Clipboard 1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
4. Shortcut Keys 2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
5. Troubleshooting 3. Full reference guide:Favorites
3. Full reference guide:Main Window
3. Full reference guide:Memory management in One
Commander
3. Full reference guide:Starting, Reopening, and Closing One
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Preview
Commander's
appearance The settings at the top of this tab refer to the Preview
Details Pane Window opened when you select a fle and press Space:
Drives Column
Choosing the Previewer you wish to use
Favorites
Choosing whether or not to autoplay video/audo
File and Path
Selecting the map to use when you press a photo
Operations
location button
File Automator
File View Designer Metadata: This is the selection of fles for which a text
File Views excerpt will be shown in the metadata line (the second line)
Folder Columns in the Thumbs+Details File view.
and Navigation Thumbnails: A list of fle extensions for which you do not
Pane want to show thumbnails.
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
Backlinks:
management in
1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
One Commander
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
Network Drives
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane
Path Copying and
3. Full reference guide:Preview
Editing
Preview
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General
Other
Preview
Theme
View
Window
Starting from
Command line
Starting,
Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
2. The Main Window
Window
3. The Browsers The Main Window displays a sidebar and either one or two
and Layouts browsers. When One Commander is opened for the frst
4. Folder columns time, both browsers are visible with the theme and layout
5. Basic folder and you chose from the opening dialog box. The Folder Columns
fle operations are hidden to start with in the Standard Layout. You can
6. Sidebar reveal them by clicking the button, to the right of the
7. Themes folder path at the top of each browser:
8. Settings
9. Other useful
features
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
or by dragging down the Navigation/Folder Pane Divider just
5. Troubleshooting
underneath the folder path (keep dragging until the
message "Expand more to show pane" disappears):

The browsers can be displayed in either Standard or

Columns layouts. You can switch back and forth between
them as often as you like using the Layout Button ( or )
at the bottom left of the Main window (in the Main Toolbar;
see next section on this page). When you do this, the only
thing that changes is the layout; the fles, folders, and
settings remain the same.

Main Toolbar

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The Main Toolbar is at the bottom right of the Main Window:

. The buttons are:
Settings
About program
/ Change Layout
Search
File Automator
Open a new Window

The Main Window can be opened, closed and repositioned

without exiting from One Commander. See here for details.

Notifcation Pane
Notifcations appear briefy at the bottom of the Main
Window to tell you of things that have happened. You can
view a list of the most recent notifcations by pressing "~" or
by clicking on the upward-pointing arrow in the
bottom right-hand corner of the Main Window.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
3. Full reference guide:About Program
3. Full reference guide:Resizing and collapsing browsers
3. Full reference guide:Searching folders
3. Full reference guide:Settings
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Settings
Commander's
appearance Most of One Commander's settings take the form of
Details Pane checkboxes or sliders, and are self-explanatory. In this
Drives Column section we provide some additional explanations where they
Favorites are needed.
File and Path Sliders can be adjusted either with the mouse cursor, or by
Operations clicking on them and moving them with cursor keys. Cursor
File Automator keys can be helpful if the slider is a little laggy (which
File View Designer happens when One Commander is showing you the results
File Views of the change in real time, as for example in Settings >
Folder Columns General > Item properties).
and Navigation The settings are stored in folders at C:\Users\<user
Pane name>\OneCommander\ for the Microsoft Store version, or
Folder Pane in {OneCommanderFolder}\Settings for portable version.
Main Window They can be reached quickly by clicking on (About
Memory program) in the Main Window and then clicking the Settings
management in Location button at the bottom of the dialog.
One Commander
Some settings changes are applied immediately; others
Network Drives
require a program restart. You'll know you need to do this
Path Copying and
when this appears at the bottom of the settings window:
Editing
Preview . If you make a change that
Resizing and requires a restart, One Commander will ask whether you
collapsing want to restart the program now:
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Advanced
Columns
Individual Settings tabs identify features that are only
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available in the Pro version of One Commander.

General
Other
Preview
Theme Backlinks:
View 5. Troubleshooting
Window 1. One Commander Version 3:Purchasing One Commander
Starting from Version 3 Pro
Command line 2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
Starting, 2. Quick introductory guide:8. Settings
Reopening, and 3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
Closing One appearance
Commander 3. Full reference guide:File View Designer
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
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3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Advanced
Commander's
appearance These settings really are intended to be used only if you have
Details Pane to; most users will never go near them. They are explained
Drives Column in detail in the tab, and they cover:
Favorites
Rendering: how the One Commander window is
File and Path
rendered (i.e. drawn)
Operations
Watcher issues: this refers to the way that One
File Automator
Commander watches for changes in fles and folders,
File View Designer
so that the fle and folder display is kept up to date.
File Views
You can edit the list of fles that are excluded from
Folder Columns
watching, or track down what might be causing the
and Navigation
problem if you encounter a "Something is spamming
Pane
your flesystem with fle changes errors" condition.
Folder Pane
Check and notify when there is text on clipboard:
Main Window
Stops One Commander notifying you when you return
Memory
to One Commander and there's text in the clipboard.
management in
How One Commander deals with reparse points: If
One Commander
you don't know what these are, then you don't need to
Network Drives
worry about this setting.
Path Copying and
Check and notify when there is text on clipboard:
Editing
This refers to the notifcation that appears when you
Preview
return to One Commander and there is text in the
Resizing and
clipboard.
collapsing
Fix Stylus lag: May help if you are experience lags in
browsers
response to stylus operations.
Searching folders
Use old Drag & Drop system: Turn on if some other
Settings
programs don't accept drop operations from One
Advanced
Commander (in other words, they stop accepting fles
Columns
that you are attempting to drop in them).
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Use high-resolution scrolling: This setting allows

General
smooth scrolling for high-resolution touchpads.
Other
Register as a default fle manager: This completely
Preview
replaces Windows File Manager on your system. It's
Theme
currently experimental; only use it if you're
View
comfortable with making changes to the Windows
Window
Registry (which you may need to do if something goes
Starting from
wrong).
Command line
Register Win+E hotkey: This changes the action of
Starting,
Win+E so that it opens One Commander if it's running
Reopening, and
in the background, or starts One Commander if it's
Closing One
shut down. It doesn't replace Windows File Explorer,
Commander
although because of a shortcoming in the way that
Templates for
Windows receives the message, if you click on the
creating fles
Windows File Manager icon in the Windows Taskbar it
Using the Windows
launches One Commander. Windows File Explorer is
Clipboard
still available when it's launched in other ways (e.g.
4. Shortcut Keys
from the Start menu or by double-clicking on a folder
5. Troubleshooting
on the Windows desktop).

Backlinks:
5. Troubleshooting
1. One Commander Version 3:Purchasing One Commander
Version 3 Pro
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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
1. One Commander Version
Installing One
Commander V3
3
Purchasing One
Commander Welcome to One Commander Version 3, a major rewrite of
Version 3 Pro the well-established Version 2. One Commander is a
What's new in powerful and fexible dual-pane fle manager for Microsoft
Version 3 Windows, using folder columns that make navigating
2. Quick introductory complex folder tree structures fast and intuitive.
guide
This guide to One Commander is in four main sections:
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys Quick introductory guide: All you need to know to start
5. Troubleshooting using One Commander.
Full reference guide: Detailed information about One
Commander's capabilities, and how to modify it to suit
your needs.
Shortcut keys: Comprehensive list of One Commander's
shortcuts.
Troubleshooting: What to do and whom to contact if
things aren't working as they should.

If you're familiar with earlier versions of One

Commander, click here for a list of the main features that
are new with Version 3. You may still fnd it worthwhile
skimming the quick introductory guide. One Commander V3
is a major rewrite of the app, and a lot has changed.

If you don't fnd what you're looking for here, please email
[email protected] or go to the One
Commander Google Group at
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick
introductory guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
2. Quick introductory guide
Window
3. The Browsers The Quick Introductory Guide provides you with all that you
and Layouts need to start using One Commander Version 3. We strongly
4. Folder columns recommend that you read it sooner rather than later; it
5. Basic folder and really is a quick guide! A quick skim of this Guide will also
fle operations help you if you're familiar with earlier versions of One
6. Sidebar Commander; a lot has changed.
7. Themes
Once you've read it, you'll probably fnd that the best way of
8. Settings
learning about the many features of One Commander is to
9. Other useful
start using it. When you want more about a particular
features
feature, you'll fnd it in the full reference guide.
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Backlinks:
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference
guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
2. Full reference guide
Customizing One
Commander's This section has more detail on One Commander's features.
appearance The labels for the diferent parts of the user interface (UI)
Details Pane are here.
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path Backlinks:
Operations 1. One Commander Version 3
File Automator 2. Quick introductory guide
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns Created with Zim-wiki & the Ecodiv-responsive template
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
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Command line

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Starting,
Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Shortcut Keys
Notes:

Shift+Key (or Ctrl+Key or Op +Key) means press Alt (or Ctrl

or Alt) and the specifed key simultaneously.
Key1, Key2 means press Key1 (which could be a
combination, e.g. Shift+Key)DeletNew, release it, and then
press Key2.
LMB: Left Mouse Button
MMB: Middle Mouse Button
RMB: Right Mouse Button
Left/Right/Up/Down: Cursor keys

Group Action Shortcut Comment

Program Restart, running as
Ctrl+Shift+F12
operations Administrator
Close program Ctrl+WindowClose
File
Open File/Folder Enter
opening
Open With Ctrl+Enter
For .exe
Run .exe as
Ctrl+Enter and link
Administrator
to .exe
For .exe
Run .exe with
Ctrl+Shift+Enter and link
parameters
to .exe
Columns Toggle Columns on/of
`
navigation in Standard Layout
Backspace or
Open Parent Folder
Alt+Up

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Path
Alt+Left or 4th history is
Open previous Path
Mouse Button saved for
each Tab
Alt+Right or 5th
Open next Path
Mouse Button
\ or Alt+D or
Edit Path
Ctrl+L
Copy current Folder If no File is
Ctrl+Shift+C
Path to Clipboard selected
\ to edit
Path and
\, Ctrl+C then
regular
copy
Menu Key
is
between
right
RMB or Menu Key
Context Menu Windows
or Shift+F10
and Ctrl
keys on
ANSI
keyboards
Context Menu with
Shift+RMB
additional options
File
Rename F2
operations
Copy fle to other
Alt+C
Browser
Move fle to other
Alt+M
Browser
Single fle
Duplicate single fle Ctrl+D
only
Duplicate one or many
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V
fles
Delete fle Del
Delete fle without Not
sending it to Recycle Shift+Del available
Bin yet

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Not
Delete permanently
Ctrl+Shift+Delete available
(unrecoverable)
yet
File
Ctrl+I or Alt+Enter
information/properties
Tag fles (color) Ctrl+Alt+T
View long fle names
F7
(toggle)
New New File Ctrl+N
.txt if
Clipboard
contains
New File containing text, .png
Ctrl+V
Clipboard contents if it
contains
bitmap
image
New Folder Ctrl+Shift+N
from New
... create and open Ctrl+Enter Folder
popup
from New
Folder
popup;
... create and move
Shift+Enter fles need
selected fles inside
to be
selected
frst
New Note Alt+N
New Tab (duplicate of
Tabs Ctrl+T
Current Tab)
New Tab from path in
Ctrl+Shift+T
Clipboard
Open Folder in new
MMB
Tab
Close Tab Ctrl+W or MMB
Next Tab Ctrl+Tab
Previous Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Move Tab to other
Alt+MMB
Browser Pane

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Change focus between

Browsers Alt+F
Browsers
Copy fle or folder to
Alt+C
other Browser
Move fle or folder to
Alt+M
other Browser
Clipboard Copy Files Ctrl+C
Cut Files Ctrl+X
Paste Files Ctrl+V
Copy Files as Paths Ctrl+Shift+C
Copy Files to other
Alt+C
Browser Pane
Move Files to other
Alt+M
Browser Pane
Preview Preview File Space
Close Preview Esc
Preview previous/next
Up/Down
File
PDF Preview
Left/Right
previous/next page
Image zoom around
Mouse Wheel
cursor
Selection Select all Ctrl+A
Ctrl+LMB or
Select additional Files
Ctrl+Space
Select range Shift+LMB
Window selection MMB+Drag
Works
Call One Commander
Window Win+Alt+O from any
(system shortcut)
program
Works
from any
program
but only if
activated
in
Settings >
Call One Commander Window;
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screen it's used,

restores
Window
to
previous
location;
repeat to
hide
Useful for
locating
the
Window if
Center on main display Shift+F1 it's lost
when
monitor
is
detached
Minimize or restore
Win+Down
from Maximized
Maximize or restore
Win+Up
from Minimized
Show Notifcation
Other ~ (Shift+`)
Pane
Reload/Refresh
F5 or Ctrl+R
Columns
Show/hide hidden fles
Ctrl+H
and folders
Toggle columns
resizing/not resizing in F8
Columns Layout
Reload Theme Ctrl+Shift+F5
Search F3 or Ctrl+F
Quick Filter A-Z, 0-9
Clear Quick Filter Esc
Open Terminal
(CMD/Powershell) in F10
Current Folder
Open Terminal
(CMD/Powershell) as Ctrl+F10
Administrator

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
5. Troubleshooting
If something isn't working as it should, before you try
anything else, check to see whether there is an update
available for One Commander.

Shortcut key isn't working

This could be because it's being intercepted by another app,

which can be tricky to track down. Windows allows apps to
list the system-wide hotkeys currently in use, but refuses to
identify which applications are using them. A utility called
Ethervane ActiveHotkeys (portable), which may not be
supported any more, lists hotkeys currently in use by
Windows. Then, by closing down apps one by one you
should be able to identify the culprit.

Filename not accepted

The following characters are not permitted in Windows fle

names:
<>:"/\|?*
More information on fle naming can be found here.

Some folders, e.g. C:\Users\<user name>\AppData,

not visible

Make sure that you've checked all the "Visibility" options in

Settings > View.

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OK, we get the irony: if you can't start the app, how can you
read this? Except that there is a copy of this manual at
OneCommander.com, which is presumably where you're
reading this now. Here are three approaches, starting with
the simplest and ending with a restart that involves losing
your settings.

Approach 1: The Main Window may be hidden of screen.

Try pressing Shift+F1 to bring it back into view.

If that doesn't work:

Approach 2: One Commander may be "frozen". Open the

Windows Task Manager, click on the Processes tab, and
search for any entries for One Commander, either in the
Apps or Background Processes sections. If you fnd any,
select them and click the "End task" button at the bottom
right-hand corner of the Task Manager window, or right-click
on them and select "End task". Try starting One Commander.

If that doesn't work:

Approach 3: There may be a problem with One

Commander's main settings fle.

1. Find the Settings folder (e.g. C:\Users\<user

name>\OneCommander\Settings\).
2. Rename the fle "OneCommanderV3.json" to something
else, for example
"OneCommanderV3.json.deactivated". This fle will be
recreated when you get to Step 4.
3. Open the Windows Task Manager, click on the
Processes tab, and search for any entries for One
Commander, either in the Apps or Background
Processes sections. If you fnd any, select them and
click the "End task" button at the bottom right-hand
corner of the Task Manager window, or right-click on
them and select "End task".
4. Try starting One Commander. If it works, great!
However, you'll need to go through your Settings again,
because they will have been reset to One
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Something is spamming your flesystem with fle

changes errors

If a program is constantly changing many fles at once the

bufer that holds flesystem changes may get full and One
Commander will miss changes on disk. It may also degrade
the life of your SSD (solid state drive). Go to Settings >
Advanced for a utility that will help you identify the
ofending program.

When maximized on a two-screen display, the

Main Window spreads slightly on to the second
screen

This is an unfortunate feature of the third party library that

renders the Main Window. The only fx available is to turn of
the Acrylic window efect in Settings > Theme, shut down the
program and restart.

Drag and drop not working with other programs

If you can't get another program to accept a fle dropped

when you've dragged it from One Commander, try selecting
"Use old Drag & Drop system" in Settings > Advanced.

If none of that helped...

Please email [email protected] or go to the
support forum at Google Groups.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3
3. Full reference guide:About Program
3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Starting, Reopening, and
Commander's
appearance
Closing One Commander
Details Pane
Drives Column Once launched, clicking the WindowClose button in the
Favorites top right-hand corner of the Main Window ofers you a
File and Path choice:
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane If you click Yes, One Commander doesn't shut down when
Folder Pane you click the WindowClose button. It closes the Main
Main Window Window, but One Commander continues to run in the
Memory background so that it can be quickly re-opened without
management in having to be reloaded. When the Main Window is closed in
One Commander this way, any processes such as fle operations that were in
Network Drives progress when the WindowClose button was clicked will be
Path Copying and completed properly. Also, when it is running in the
Editing background, One Commander monitors for drive changes so
Preview that you're able to see fle changes when you open the Path
Resizing and Editor.
collapsing
After showing the "Run in background?" dialog box, One
browsers
Commander then explains how to close it down completely:
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
Command line
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Reopening, and
Closing One
You can change this action — for example, changing it so
Commander
that clicking shuts down One Commander completely, in
Templates for
Settings > Window by unchecking the "Keep running in
creating fles
background" box.
Using the Windows
Clipboard To re-open One Commander when it is running in the
4. Shortcut Keys background:
5. Troubleshooting
Double-click on the One Commander icon in the System
Tray or Notifcation Area (the area at the right-hand
end of the Windows Taskbar holding things like the
Windows volume control; see below if you can't see the
One Commander icon here).
Right-click on the One Commander icon in the System
Tray/Notifcation Area and select "Show window".
Press Win+Alt+O (or Ctrl+' if activated — see Settings >
Window)
Press Shift+F1 to position the Main Window in the
centre of the screen, occupying about 20% less than
the full screen.

To really shut One Commander down, right-click on the One

Commander icon in the System Tray/Notifcation Area and
select "Exit", or Ctrl+Click WindowClose at the top right of
the Main Window.

Restarting as Administrator
Some applications require the fle explorer you're using to be
running as Administrator. To restart One Commander as
Administrator, press Ctrl+Shift+F12.

Starting from Command Line

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If the One Commander icon isn't

visible in the System
Tray/Notifcation Area:
Quick way: At the top of the System Tray/Notifcation area,
click on the arrow:

That will reveal all System Tray/Notifcation Area icons. Drag

the One Commander icon to the area with other icons such
as volume control.

Slow way: Right-click in an unused part of the Windows

Taskbar and select "Taskbar settings". Scroll down the right-
hand Settings window to the Notifcation area:

Click on "Select which icons appear on the taskbar", scroll

down to One Commander, and turn it on.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
3. Full reference guide:Main Window
3. Full reference guide:Starting from Command line
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Starting from Command line
Commander's
appearance One Commander can be started from the command line in a
Details Pane Terminal window, using a number of switches. Switches are
Drives Column parameters entered after the name of the executible
Favorites program (here, OneCommander.exe), that afect the way
File and Path that the program behaves once launched.
Operations
Open a Terminal window, change the current folder in the
File Automator
Command Line to the one in which OneCommander.exe is
File View Designer
located, and then use one of the following switches to start
File Views
One Commander (e.g. "OneCommander -nowindow"). In
Folder Columns
each case, <path> must be the full pathname for the path
and Navigation
you want One Commander to open in, enclosed in quotes if
Pane
the path contains spaces, e.g. "C:\Users\<User
Folder Pane
name>\Documents".
Main Window
Memory At a particular path:
management in onecommander.exe "C:\path"
One Commander To open in the same tab:
Network Drives onecommander.exe -o "C:\path"
Path Copying and To open in a new tab:
Editing onecommander.exe -o "C:\path" -newtab
Preview To start One Commander with the Main Window in
Resizing and the default position (the equivalent of starting One
collapsing Commander and pressing Shift+F1):
browsers onecommander.exe -resetwindowposition
Searching folders The path "C:\fullpath" in the frst Browser (e.g. the
Settings left browser in Standard Layout):
Starting from onecommander.exe -path "<path>"
Command line onecommander.exe -p "<path>"
Starting, onecommander.exe -"<path>"

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Reopening, and The path "C:\fullpath" in the second Browser (e.g.

Closing One the right browser in Standard Layout):
Commander onecommander.exe -p2 "<path>"
Templates for The Main Window not visible (i.e. One Commander
creating fles running in the background)
Using the Windows OneCommander.exe -nowindow
Clipboard Text not being sharp on non-HDPI screens:
4. Shortcut Keys onecommander.exe -nohdpi
5. Troubleshooting onecommander.exe -ldpi

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
3. Full reference guide:Starting, Reopening, and Closing One
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Main Window
Commander's
appearance Opening, closing and positioning Main
Details Pane
Drives Column
Window
Favorites
See Starting, Reopening, and Closing One Commander
File and Path
(quick tip: if One Commander is running but you can't see
Operations
the window, try Win+Alt+O (or Ctrl+' if activated — see
File Automator
Settings > Window) to re-open it. If it still isn't visible,
File View Designer
perhaps it's got moved of-screen. Try Shift+F1 to move it
File Views
back on screen).
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane Creating new Main Windows
Folder Pane
Main Window Click in the About Program to create a new Main
Memory Window. You can create as many as you like, each with its
management in own layout. Favorites, however, are shared by all Main
One Commander Windows.
Network Drives
Path Copying and Using Windows Virtual Desktops
Editing
Preview If you're using Windows Virtual Desktops, you can choose
Resizing and whether Win+Alt+O (but not Ctrl+`):
collapsing
brings One Commander to your current desktop, or
browsers
changes Virtual Desktops to the one on which a One
Searching folders
Commander Main Window is currently open.
Settings
Starting from This setting is in Settings > Window.
Command line If no Main Window is currently open, then whichever
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setting you choose, Win+Alt+O opens a window in your

Reopening, and current Virtual Desktop.
Closing One
Commander
Moving dividers
Templates for
creating fles Many of the dividers (the grey borders that separate
Using the Windows diferent panes) have short dotted lines and V-shaped
Clipboard arrows, for example the Browser Divider:
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

Click and hold on the dotted line to move the divider

(actually, you can click and hold anywhere along the divider's
length except on the arrows for the same result).
Click on an arrow to move the divider as far as it will go. For
example, clicking on a Browser Divider arrow hides the
Browser that's in the direction in which the arrow points.
Clicking on an arrow when the divider is at its limit of travel
restores the divider to its default position.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
3. Full reference guide:Starting, Reopening, and Closing One
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Settings
Commander's
appearance Most of One Commander's settings take the form of
Details Pane checkboxes or sliders, and are self-explanatory. In this
Drives Column section we provide some additional explanations where they
Favorites are needed.
File and Path Sliders can be adjusted either with the mouse cursor, or by
Operations clicking on them and moving them with cursor keys. Cursor
File Automator keys can be helpful if the slider is a little laggy (which
File View Designer happens when One Commander is showing you the results
File Views of the change in real time, as for example in Settings >
Folder Columns General > Item properties).
and Navigation The settings are stored in folders at C:\Users\<user
Pane name>\OneCommander\ for the Microsoft Store version, or
Folder Pane in {OneCommanderFolder}\Settings for portable version.
Main Window They can be reached quickly by clicking on (About
Memory program) in the Main Window and then clicking the Settings
management in Location button at the bottom of the dialog.
One Commander
Some settings changes are applied immediately; others
Network Drives
require a program restart. You'll know you need to do this
Path Copying and
when this appears at the bottom of the settings window:
Editing
Preview . If you make a change that
Resizing and requires a restart, One Commander will ask whether you
collapsing want to restart the program now:
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Advanced
Columns
Individual Settings tabs identify features that are only
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available in the Pro version of One Commander.

General
Other
Preview
Theme Backlinks:
View 5. Troubleshooting
Window 1. One Commander Version 3:Purchasing One Commander
Starting from Version 3 Pro
Command line 2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
Starting, 2. Quick introductory guide:8. Settings
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Closing One appearance
Commander 3. Full reference guide:File View Designer
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
About Program
Commander's
appearance The About Program dialog is reached from the button on
Details Pane the Main Toolbar:
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and The buttons across the bottom do the following:
collapsing
Email: Puts the email address of One Commander's
browsers
Support Service in the Windows Clipboard.
Searching folders
Website: One Commander's website.
Settings
Forum: The Google Group where you can seek help
Starting from
from and enter into discussions with other One
Command line
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EXE Location: Opens the folder (in your default File

Reopening, and
Manager) containing OneCommander.exe, the main
Closing One
program executable.
Commander
Settings Location: Opens the folder (in your default
Templates for
File Manager) containing the Settings folders for One
creating fles
Commander.
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3:Conventions and terminology
used in this manual
1. One Commander Version 3:Purchasing One Commander
Version 3 Pro
2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Searching folders
Commander's
appearance Folders can be searched by pressing F3, Ctrl+F, or the
Details Pane button in the Main Toolbar.
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander The search is recursive; i.e. it searches the Current Folder
Network Drives and all of its sub-folders.
Path Copying and The normal Windows wildcard characters (?, *) can be used.
Editing So, for example:
Preview
Resizing and "*.*" fnds all fles
collapsing "*.docx" fnds all ".docx" fles
browsers "flename?.txt" fnds, for example, flename1.txt and
Searching folders flename2.txt
Settings
Starting from
Command line Backlinks:
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1. One Commander
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2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
File Automator
Commander's
appearance <To be added>
Details Pane
Drives Column
Favorites Backlinks:
File and Path 2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
Operations 2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
Installing One Commander
Installing One
Commander V3
V3
Purchasing One
Commander One Commander Version 3 comes in two forms, both of which
Version 3 Pro will be automatically updated as new versions become
What's new in available. The Store version is easier to install, but has a few
Version 3 minor limitations. The Portable version does not have these
2. Quick introductory limitations, but takes a couple more steps to install.
guide
Portable version: This is downloaded from
3. Full reference guide
https:\\onecommander.com, and comes as a zip fle.
4. Shortcut Keys
Unlike normal Windows programs, it can be installed in
5. Troubleshooting
any folder of your choice, including on portable drives
(e.g. USB drives). To install this version:
Download a zip fle from onecommander.com.
Right-click the zip fle and select "Properties". At the
bottom of the General tab, under "Security", check
the "Unblock" box:

Extract the contents of the zip fle in the usual manner to

the folder in which you want to store the program.
Create a shortcut for the fle OneCommander.exe: Right-
click on the fle OneCommander.exe and select "Create
shortcut". This creates the shortcut fle
"OneCommander.exe - Shortcut.lnk", which, when you
double-click on it, runs One Commander.
Move the shortcut to any convenient location. For
example, you can put it on the Start Menu, at C:\Users\
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Menu.

Microsoft Store version: This is installed by the Store on

your computer and updated from there. It is mainly the
same as the Portable version, with the following
diferences:
The Settings fles are found at "C:\Users\<User
name>\OneCommander".
It cannot run ActiveX controls, meaning that One
Commander's native Preview can't open certain fle
types (mainly Microsoft Ofce fles).

Upgrading from Version 2: If you want to re-use your Version

2 settings, go to Settings > Window and click on

Installing One Commander on more

than one computer
If you would like to move your settings to One Commander on
a second computer:

1. Install One Commander on the second computer.

2. On a removable medium (e.g. a USB drive), make a copy
of the frst computer's fle "OneCommanderV3.json",
which you can fnd in the Settings folder.
3. On the second computer, locate the Settings folder and
rename the fle "OneCommanderV3.json" to something
else, for example "OneCommanderV3.json.installation".
4. Copy/move the "OneCommanderV3.json" fle from your
frst computer into the Settings folder on the second
computer.

This will move over your basic settings. Others, such as

Favorites and Tabs, can't be copied over because they
reference folders specifc to the frst computer.

If you have a Pro licence, you will need to contact

[email protected] to arrange for the Pro licence
to be valid on the second computer.

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One Commander ofers enhancements and improvements, as

well as bug fxes, through regular updates. You will know that
an update is available when a red button appears in the Title
Bar, at the right-hand end, and an update notifcation appears
in the Notifcation Pane. Click on the button, and the update
will be applied automatically.

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3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Resizing and collapsing
Commander's
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panes and browsers
Details Pane
Drives Column Resizing individual panes
Favorites
File and Path Most panes are surrounded by a border or divider that can
Operations be dragged to resize the pane in question. Some borders
File Automator appear when the cursor moves over them, but are hidden
File View Designer otherwise.
File Views
Folder Columns Many borders or dividers have Drag Handles (the double
and Navigation dotted lines) and Open/Close Arrows:
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
Some panes have buttons to open and close them, for
management in
example the Navigation Panes can be opened and closed
One Commander
using the upwards/downwards pointing arrows to the right
Network Drives
of the Folder Column headers:
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and or the button that appears at the top of the Main Toolbar
collapsing when the Sidebar is collapsed.
browsers
Searching folders Collapsing a Browser to create a
Settings
Starting from
single-browser layout
Command line
Each Browser has a minimum width (Standard Layout) or
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height (Columns Layout). When that minimum is reached a

Reopening, and
"collapse" message appears, and if the Left Mouse Button is
Closing One
released the Browser in question collapses. It can be
Commander
restored by clicking on the Open/Close Arrow that points in
Templates for
the "open" direction, or by dragging the Drag Handle.
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Using the Windows
Commander's
appearance
Clipboard
Details Pane
Drives Column When you switch from another app to One Commander and
Favorites there is something in the Clipboard, a notifcation appears in
File and Path the Notifcation Pane ofering the following possibilities:
Operations
The Clipboard contains a new Path: If there is not
File Automator
already a Tab open for that path, a notifcation appears
File View Designer
ofering Ctrl+Shift+T to open this path in a new Tab in
File Views
the current Browser.
Folder Columns
The Clipboard contains text or a bitmap: The
and Navigation
notifcation ofers Ctrl+V to create a new .txt or .png fle
Pane
containing the text or bitmap, in the Current Folder.
Folder Pane
The fle name shows the date and time of the fle
Main Window
creation (e.g. "xxxxx"). If you don't want these
Memory
notifcations, you can turn them of in Settings >
management in
Advanced.
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing Backlinks:
Preview 2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
Resizing and 3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
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Reopening, and
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Advanced
Commander's
appearance These settings really are intended to be used only if you have
Details Pane to; most users will never go near them. They are explained
Drives Column in detail in the tab, and they cover:
Favorites
Rendering: how the One Commander window is
File and Path
rendered (i.e. drawn)
Operations
Watcher issues: this refers to the way that One
File Automator
Commander watches for changes in fles and folders,
File View Designer
so that the fle and folder display is kept up to date.
File Views
You can edit the list of fles that are excluded from
Folder Columns
watching, or track down what might be causing the
and Navigation
problem if you encounter a "Something is spamming
Pane
your flesystem with fle changes errors" condition.
Folder Pane
Check and notify when there is text on clipboard:
Main Window
Stops One Commander notifying you when you return
Memory
to One Commander and there's text in the clipboard.
management in
How One Commander deals with reparse points: If
One Commander
you don't know what these are, then you don't need to
Network Drives
worry about this setting.
Path Copying and
Check and notify when there is text on clipboard:
Editing
This refers to the notifcation that appears when you
Preview
return to One Commander and there is text in the
Resizing and
clipboard.
collapsing
Fix Stylus lag: May help if you are experience lags in
browsers
response to stylus operations.
Searching folders
Use old Drag & Drop system: Turn on if some other
Settings
programs don't accept drop operations from One
Advanced
Commander (in other words, they stop accepting fles
Columns
that you are attempting to drop in them).
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Use high-resolution scrolling: This setting allows

General
smooth scrolling for high-resolution touchpads.
Other
Register as a default fle manager: This completely
Preview
replaces Windows File Manager on your system. It's
Theme
currently experimental; only use it if you're
View
comfortable with making changes to the Windows
Window
Registry (which you may need to do if something goes
Starting from
wrong).
Command line
Register Win+E hotkey: This changes the action of
Starting,
Win+E so that it opens One Commander if it's running
Reopening, and
in the background, or starts One Commander if it's
Closing One
shut down. It doesn't replace Windows File Explorer,
Commander
although because of a shortcoming in the way that
Templates for
Windows receives the message, if you click on the
creating fles
Windows File Manager icon in the Windows Taskbar it
Using the Windows
launches One Commander. Windows File Explorer is
Clipboard
still available when it's launched in other ways (e.g.
4. Shortcut Keys
from the Start menu or by double-clicking on a folder
5. Troubleshooting
on the Windows desktop).

Backlinks:
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1. One Commander Version 3:Purchasing One Commander
Version 3 Pro
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Folder Columns and
Commander's
appearance
Navigation Pane
Details Pane
Drives Column The folder tree is displayed as a series of columns. A single
Favorites click on any folder in a column opens that folder in a new
File and Path column to its right. Columns that behave like this are known
Operations as Miller columns, in which all of the columns that are part
File Automator of the tree branches leading to the currently-open folder
File View Designer remain visible. This makes it easier to see where the
File Views currently-open folder sits in the folder tree structure, and to
Folder Columns navigate to other branches in the tree.
and Navigation
One Commander adds two features to standard Miller
Pane
columns to make it easier to work with folder displays in
Folder Pane
which a lot of folder columns are visible (when you're
Main Window
working with a folder that is a long way from the drive root):
Memory
management in As each new folder is opened, the columns to its left
One Commander shrink to give room for the contents of the current
Network Drives folder to be easily read.
Path Copying and As the cursor moves over folders to the left of the
Editing current folder (i.e. over its parent folders), the folders
Preview under the cursor expand while the cursor is over them
Resizing and so their contents can be seen. The responsiveness and
collapsing speed of this expansion, as well as many other features
browsers of the column display, can be adjusted in Settings >
Searching folders Columns.
Settings
Starting from Not everyone likes columns to change width in this way. They
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Reopening, and Navigating through the columns

Closing One
Commander Navigating to folder in column:
Templates for if cursor is in a parent folder column: click on
creating fles folder
Using the Windows if cursor is in Current Folder Column in the
Clipboard Columns Layout: double-click on folder (this
4. Shortcut Keys setting can be changed to a single click at Settings
5. Troubleshooting > Other > Opening items.
Navigating through Parent Folder Columns: Left and
Right cursor keys walk left and right through the path
of parent folder columns.
Move to parent of currently-selected folder: Click
(above fle/folder name column), press Backspace, or
click Alt+Up to move to parent of the current folder
Undo most recent backspace: Enter.
Add Folder or File to selection: Ctrl+Select (with
mouse cursor) in the Parent Folder Column in Columns
Layout adds that folder or fle to the selection and
makes that path current.

Path history
Moving back and foward through the history of a path:
Click (above fle/folder name column), press
Alt+Left/Right cursor keys, or 4th/5th mouse buttons. Note
that if a tab was created from a Favorite, there won't be any
history for that tab to move back and forth within until you
have actually moved back and forth along that path, so until
you do this the Alt+Left/Right cursor keys or the 4th/5th
mouse buttons won't do anything.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:4. Folder columns
3. Full reference guide:Browser Tabs
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Columns

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Other
Commander's
appearance This group contains a miscellany of useful settings, most of
Details Pane which are self-explanatory. They afect:
Drives Column
On start: Tabs shown when One Commander starts up.
Favorites
The path can be an absolute path you'd like opened
File and Path
when a new window opens (e.g. D:\myFolder) or it can
Operations
be a Windows environmental variable enclosed in %
File Automator
(e.g. %USERPROFILE%). "%USERPROFILE%" is a
File View Designer
shorthand version of "C:\Users\<your account name>".
File Views
So, for example, if you put
Folder Columns
"%USERPROFILE%\Documents" in the lower "On start:"
and Navigation
box, when you start One Commander it opens a tab for
Pane
your Documents folder (and, by implication, forgets the
Folder Pane
tabs that were open in your previous session).
Main Window
Creating a tab should: What a new tab shows when
Memory
it's created. So, using the example in the previous
management in
bullet point, if you set this to
One Commander
"%USERPROFILE%\Documents", every new tab you
Network Drives
create by clicking at the end of the row of tabs
Path Copying and
opens your Documents folder.
Editing
New tab should be placed: Where the new tab should
Preview
be placed in relation to the current tab — immediately
Resizing and
after the current tab, or at the right-hand end of the
collapsing
tabs.
browsers
Tabs and favorites should show: Whether tabs and
Searching folders
favorites should show the full path name or just the
Settings
name of the folder. You can also change the "alias" —
Advanced
i.e. the name of favorites or tabs — by right-clicking
Columns
and selecting "Change alias".
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Opening items: Whether you use single- or double-

General
clicks to open items.
Other
Double-click on an archive should: What happens
Preview
when you double-click on an archive fle, for example a
Theme
.zip fle.
View
Drag and Drop behavior: Windows has a particularly
Window
confusing way of handling dragging and dropping. One
Starting from
Commander always moves a path if it's being dragged,
Command line
and always copies it with Ctrl+Drag. But if you prefer
Starting,
the Windows way of doing things, choose it here.
Reopening, and
Rename items by clicking again without moving
Closing One
cursor: The precise way of describing a slow double
Commander
click, for renaming items.
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard Backlinks:
4. Shortcut Keys 2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
5. Troubleshooting 2. Quick introductory guide:4. Folder columns
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
Conventions and
Installing One
Commander V3
terminology used in this
Purchasing One
Commander
manual
Version 3 Pro
What's new in Context Menu: The menu that pops up when you right-click
Version 3 on something.
2. Quick introductory Key presses: "<name of key>+" means hold a particular so-
guide called "modifer" key (Ctrl, Shift, Alt) down while pressing
3. Full reference guide another, e.g. "Ctrl+C". "Win" is the Windows key , which is
4. Shortcut Keys present on most keyboards, usually to the left of the
5. Troubleshooting Spacebar.
Mouse buttons: LMB = left mouse button; similarly, MMB
and RMB for middle and right mouse butttons. "Click"
without any qualifcations means LMB click.
Path: Folders and fles are referred to generically as "paths",
a shorter version of "pathname", which specifes the path
the operating system must take to fnd a folder or fle.
Screenshots: Things to look for are highlighted in red, e.g.:

Settings Location: The folder in which One Commander's

settings are stored. It can be reached from the button on
the Main Toolbar. It contains a number of sub-folders,
including the Settings Folder, which you'll need to access if
you want to move your settings to a copy of One
Commander on another second computer.
Terminal: The generic name for programs that provide
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PowerShell, Windows Terminal.

<.......>: Text enclosed in <> brackets is a placeholder for
something else. So, for <user name> you would enter your
actual Windows user name.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
3. Full reference guide:Browser Tabs
3. Full reference guide:Favorites
3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Folder Pane
Commander's
appearance The Folder Pane lists the contents of the Current Folder, and
Details Pane shows a preview and more details about the currently-
Drives Column selected folder or fle.
Favorites
In the Standard Layout, the Folder Pane is below the
File and Path
Folder Columns and Navigation Pane. You can select
Operations
fles or folders in the Folder Pane by clicking on a folder
File Automator
or fle in either the Current Folder Column or the
File View Designer
Folder Pane.
File Views
In the Columns Layout, the Folder Pane is the
Folder Columns
rightmost folder column, so that's the only place you
and Navigation
can select folders or fles.
Pane
You can refresh the item display by pressing F5, Ctrl+R,
Folder Pane
or select "Refresh everything" in the menu that pops
Main Window
up when you click the button in the Drives Group.
Memory
You can choose from a number of diferent File Views,
management in
allowing you to hide some columns, show others,
One Commander
change the order and widths of columns, how icons or
Network Drives
thumbnails are displayed, which columns are hidden
Path Copying and
when the Browser isn't wide enough to show them all,
Editing
and so on. You can create as many File Views as you
Preview
wish using the File View Designer.
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers Folder Pane Toolbar
Searching folders
Settings Sort fles: Click to get a list of sorting options. This button
Starting from duplicates the action of the Sorting Columns arrows (see
Command line below), but it's needed for the Grid View, which doesn't have
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Reopening, and Change fle view: Click to be presented with a variety of

Closing One File Views. One Commander remembers which File View
Commander Design you select for each folder. One Commander comes
Templates for with a variety of File Views, and you can edit any of them or
creating fles add to the list using the File View Designer.
Using the Windows Creates new fle from template: (Ctrl+N) See here for
Clipboard more.
4. Shortcut Keys
Creates new folder (Ctrl+Shift+N)
5. Troubleshooting
Creates a note in current folder: (Alt+N) See below
under "Note/To Do".

Clipboard paste: The equivalent of Ctrl+V. If the

Clipboard contains text, One Commander creates a text fle
with the default name "<date> <time>.txt".

Main item display

The various properties of items are show in a series of
columns which you can select using the File View Designer.
In addition to the ones familiar to Windows, there's a
column showing in "hot/cold" color-coded form the age of
the item, i.e. the time that has elapsed since the item was
last modifed. You can adjust the colors in Settings >
General. There's a more complete explanation of how the
age display works there, under Item Properties: click the
button at top right of the pane.

Long fle names

Long fle names are often too long to be seen fully in the
Name column. They can be seen in full:

In the Details Pane.

By pressing F7, which toggles the other columns on and
of.

Sorting columns

Either:

Click the Sort fles button

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Or:

Each column has a pair of arrows at the top which

sort the items on display in each of two directions (e.g.
A-Z or Z-A). Hover the cursor over the arrows to see
what they do. The arrow in bold shows the current sort
order.

One Commander remembers the sort order for each folder,

which is very handy because diferent folders may well have
diferent sorting requirements. Further information about
sorting:

For size, only fles are sorted. Sorting fles by size only
works if the "Folders on Top" toggle (see below) is set
so that folders are listed at the top.
If you prefer folders always to be sorted by name, go
to Settings > View and check "Sort folders by name
always". With this checked, only fles are afected by
the sort order selected by clicking a sort arrow.
You can change the default sort order for columns at
Settings > View.
Folders on Top toggle: Press to sort fles and folders
so that folders are either listed frst, or listed with fles
in the order specifed by the sort arrows for properties
like fle name, type, date etc. This setting is
remembered for each folder. You can set the defaut
for this behavior at Settings > View.

Metadata display

Some metadata is shown to the right of the fle name if the

Browser is wide enough. For example, for image fles the
size of the image in pixels is shown:

Another example: the metadata for document fles shows

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the number of pages in the document (e.g. ; these fles

are on OneDrive, and the icon shows that they are always
on the local machine and synced with the server):

In the Thumbs+Details View (click the button on the

Folder Pane Toolbar — see above) the metadata is shown in
the second line for each fle:

You can get One Commander to show text excerpts from a

variety of fle types specifed in Settings > Preview:

Filtering folders and fles

Start typing characters in the path name you are looking for:

The frst key you press shows only items beginning

with that letter
If you type two or more letters, all items in the
Current Folder Pane containing that text will be shown
Displaying a particular fle type: Begin typing with a
period. For example, ".pdf" will display only .pdf fles.
Cancel the flter by Backspace-deleting the characters
you've typed, or clicking the icon to the right of the
flter:

To create a new folder, fle, or note in

the Folder Pane
Method 1: Click on one of the icons in the Folder Pane
Toolbar:

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Method 2: Right-click on the header for the folder pane and

select from the list (File, Folder, or Note) that appears.

Note/To Do
You can add as many Notes or ToDo items as you like to the
fles in the Current Folder Pane. Hit Alt+N or click in the
Folder Pane Toolbar, and a small editing window pops up.
Up to four lines of text appear in the Name column, but the
full text can be seen in the File Preview below:

Notes/ToDos can be edited by double-clicking on the

Note/ToDo, and deleted in the same way as any other fle.
They are simple text fles with the extension ".2do".
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Note/ToDo's checkbox: . This also changes the fle

extension to ".2dx".

Creating a background image for a

Folder Pane
If One Commander fnds one of the following fles in any
folder:
cover.jpg, folder.jpg, front.jpg, background.jpg, poster.jpg
it will show that image as a background for that folder. An
example might be an album cover image. If it doesn't work,
check "Show folder background image" in Settings > View.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:4. Folder columns
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
2. Quick introductory guide:8. Settings
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
3. Full reference guide:Browser Tabs
3. Full reference guide:File View Designer
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Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Browser Tabs
Commander's
appearance Either Browser can have any number of Tabs, each with its
Details Pane own Current Folder. So any instance of One Commander can
Drives Column have a very large number of folders available to be selected
Favorites as Current Folders.
File and Path You can quickly change focus between Browsers with Alt+F,
Operations and change the order of the Tabs by dragging them.
File Automator
File View Designer Tab Aliases
File Views
Folder Columns The Tab Alias is the name that appears on the Tab. By default
and Navigation it is the name of the Tab's Current Folder, but you can
Pane change this by selecting Change alias in the Tab's Context
Folder Pane Menu. You can change this default behavior in Settings >
Main Window Other, to show the full path for the Tab.
Memory
management in Creating Tabs
One Commander
Network Drives Click the button to the right of the current set of
Path Copying and Tabs. The new Tab will be a clone of the Tab that
Editing currently has the focus, unless you change this
Preview behaviour in Settings > Other. Alternatively, select the
Resizing and Tab to be duplicated and press Ctrl+T.
collapsing Right-click any folder and select Open in... You have the
browsers choice of opening that folder as a new Tab in the
Searching folders Current Browser, the other Browser, or a new Window.
Settings MMB on any folder in a Folder Column or in the
Starting from Sidebar.
Command line
Starting,

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Moving/copying Tabs between

Reopening, and
Closing One Browsers
Commander
Templates for Tabs can be moved to the other Browser (if open) using
creating fles Alt+MMB. Copying a Tab to the other Browser is a two-step
Using the Windows process: duplicate the Tab with Ctrl+T or clicking on the
Clipboard button, then move the new Tab to the other Browsers with
4. Shortcut Keys Alt+MMB.
5. Troubleshooting
Closing Tabs
Click on the button at the right-hand side of the Tab
(which may not be visible if there are too many Tabs;
see next section), or
MMB

Large numbers of tabs

When you have a large number of Tabs, they shrink to be
narrow enough to accommodate all of them. This will
typically make them too narrow for the label text to be
readable, but their path will be displayed in a Tooltip:

When the cursor passes over narrow tabs, the Close Button
doesn't appear until you click on one of them. When you
do, the tab expands a little so that you can see both the tab
label and the Button.

Backlinks:
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3. Full reference guide:Using the Windows Clipboard
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Drives Column
Commander's
appearance The Drives Column — the left-most column in the Navigation
Details Pane Pane — shows all drives current mapped by Windows.
Drives Column
Favorites Mapping network drive
File and Path
Operations Click on the three dots at the top right hand corner of the
File Automator Drives Group, and select "Map network drive".
File View Designer
File Views Ejecting removable drives
Folder Columns
and Navigation Click on "Eject" below the drive name and drive details:
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander When there is space available, in the Columns Layout
Network Drives information about the current drive is shown to the left of
Path Copying and the Drives Column, e.g.:
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
Command line
Starting,

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Reopening, and
Closing One
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3. Full reference guide:Network Drives
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3. Full reference guide:Path Copying and Editing
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Columns
Commander's
appearance These settings apply to Folder Columns.
Details Pane
Create new columns without animating: When it's of and
Drives Column
you click on a folder in the Current Folder Column, the new
Favorites
column slides in from the right instead of appearing
File and Path
instantaneously. The sliding speed is determined by the
Operations
global animation duration.
File Automator
Column Pane alignment: Sets the alignment of folders in
File View Designer
the Folder Panes individually for Standard and Columns
File Views
layouts. You may not notice the efect of this setting unless
Folder Columns
the columns are reasonably wide.
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Interaction
Main Window
This refers to the interaction between cursor and columns.
Memory
One Commander's default is to make Folder Columns
management in
expand when the cursor enters them and contract when it
One Commander
leaves. Some users like this because it makes it easier to
Network Drives
view columns when a great many are displayed (i.e. when
Path Copying and
the Current Folder is a long way from the drive root); others
Editing
don't.
Preview
Expand Column when cursor enters it: For each Layout,
Resizing and
turns on this behavior.
collapsing
browsers
Advanced Settings
Searching folders
Settings Don't be put of by the "Advanced" label; it simply indicates
Advanced that these are settings that many users won't be interested
Columns in using. They adjust things like how quickly columns expand
Debug when the cursor enters them (both in milliseconds), how

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General long the expansion takes, what width of column One

Other Commander should apply the expansion to, and a number
Preview of settings for column widths, and they're self-explanatory.
Theme They're worth experimenting with: you may fnd that they
View improve One Commander's usability considerably. For
Window example, shortening Expand delay and Expand duration
Starting from (say, to 400 ms each) makes the column expansion and
Command line contraction much more responsive. If the delays are too
Starting, short, the columns will expand when the cursor is moving
Reopening, and quickly over them, which could get annoying.
Closing One If you come up with a mixture of settings that you really like,
Commander please, as the note says at the bottom of the tab, share your
Templates for fndings with [email protected]
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
Backlinks:
4. Shortcut Keys
2. Quick introductory guide:4. Folder columns
5. Troubleshooting
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File and Path Operations
Commander's
appearance Most fle operations involve standard Windows procedures,
Details Pane but some difer a little.
Drives Column
Favorites Selecting and opening folders and
File and Path
fles
Operations
File Automator Select: single click
File View Designer Open: double click or Enter
File Views Select several fles: Ctrl+Click if fles are not
Folder Columns contiguous in the list, Shift+Click if they are
and Navigation Open several fles: Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select,
Pane then press Enter
Folder Pane
Main Window You can set One Commander to open either fles and folders,
Memory or just fles, with a single click; see Settings > Other.
management in
One Commander Copying/moving by Drag and Drop
Network Drives
Path Copying and The approach to dragging and dropping items used by
Editing Windows is a bit confusing: it behaves diferently depending
Preview on whether you are dragging and dropping within or
Resizing and between drives. One Commander's default method is
collapsing slightly diferent but has the virtue of consistency:
browsers
Searching folders Dragging without Ctrl key: One Commander always
Settings moves the item, regardless of whether the move is
Starting from between drives or between folders within the same
Command line drive.
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Reopening, and the item.

Closing One
You can change this to the (inconsistent and confusing)
Commander
Windows method in Settings > Other > Drag and Drop
Templates for
behavior.
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
Deleting folders and fles
4. Shortcut Keys
When you delete a fle or folder, or a group of them, One
5. Troubleshooting
Commander remembers the position of the last selected
item. You can select the item above or below the deleted
item by pressing Cursor Up/Down.

Duplicate fle

Either

Press Ctrl+D. The line containing the fle entry changes to:

Type the name for the duplicate fle in the highlighted section

and either press Enter or click . To cancel, press Esc or

Or:

Press Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+V. The duplicate fle will

automatically be renamed "<original flename> - Copy.
<extension>". For example the duplicate created for
"Myfle.txt" will be "Myfle - Copy.txt".

Creating fles from Windows

Clipboard
See Using the Windows Clipboard.

Drag item to Terminal

Terminals are applications that give you command-line
control of your computer, for example Command Prompt or

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PowerShell. Items can be dragged from One Commander to

a Terminal, which puts them in the current command line in
the Terminal. If there is a space in the path, it is inserted in
double quotes, to ensure that the Terminal doesn't interpret
what follows the space as being part of the command or
another parameter. See here for starting One Commander
from a Terminal window.

Create new fle from template

See Templates for creating fles.

Renaming items
Either right-click and select "Rename" from the context
menu, press F2, or click twice slowly (in the standard
Windows manner). If you are trying to rename a folder and
Settings > Other > Opening items is set to "Single click opens
folders", you need to use the right-click method. You can
turn of the slow double-click method at Settings > Other.

Previewing fles
Press Space; see Preview for more.

Tagging items
Right click on any item and select "Tag (Color)". A dot with
that color appears to the right of the item name.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Advanced
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Customizing One
Templates for creating fles
Commander's
appearance If you often create fles of a particular type — e.g.
Details Pane documents, spreadsheets, text fles — you can create a
Drives Column Template (a blank fle of that fle type) for that fle type. Then
Favorites when you need to create a fle of this type, navigate to the
File and Path folder that will hold the fle and click the icon in the
Operations Folder Pane Toolbar or press Ctrl+N. This pops up your list
File Automator of Templates:
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Select the Template you need, fll in the File name, and then
Preview
click either of the buttons at the bottom of the pop-up. The
Resizing and
new fle is created in the current folder (and opened if you
collapsing
click "...and open").
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Adding templates, editing existing
Starting from templates
Command line
Starting, The Template fles are in the folder C:\Users\<User

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Reopening, and Name>\OneCommander\Templates if you are running the

Closing One Store version, or {OneCommanderFolder}\Templates if you
Commander have the Portable version. You can add as many Templates
Templates for as you like, and edit the ones that are in that folder. For
creating fles example, you may like to have Templates for Word fles with
Using the Windows your organization's letterhead, or spreadsheets for
Clipboard particular routine procedures.
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting ===== Mild warning =====
The fle that's created from the Template will have the
properties of the Template fle in the Templates folder, for
example in Microsoft Word the default settings for font,
styles etc. Make sure that the Template for that fle type has
all the default settings that you want, otherwise you'll have
to change them to your individual preferences every time
you create a new fle.

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Commander's
appearance Preview Window: In addition to the small Preview
Details Pane Window in the Details Pane, many, but not all, fle types
Drives Column can be previewed by pressing Space, which pops up
Favorites a larger window with a preview of the fle in question.
File and Path You can move through the document being
Operations previewed with the mouse wheel or by clicking the
File Automator / buttons at the left/right of the Preview Window.
File View Designer Closing Preview Window: The Preview Window is
File Views closed by pressing Space or Esc.
Folder Columns Choosing viewer: You can choose between the viewer
and Navigation built into One Commander, or QuickLook (available
Pane from the Micosoft Store). QuickLook can work with a
Folder Pane greater range of fle types.
Main Window Viewing modes: The Preview Window ofers three
Memory viewing modes: . One
management in Commander will guess which one works best for the
One Commander fle in question, but if you disagree, click one of the
Network Drives other buttons to see if you're right.
Path Copying and Autoplay audio/video fles: You can choose to
Editing autoplay video/audio fles or not in the Preview
Preview Window.
Resizing and Viewing multiple fles in a folder: Once you're viewing
collapsing a fle in the Preview Window, cursor up/down moves to
browsers the previous/next fle in the folder.
Searching folders Showing GPS coordinates: If the fle shown in the
Settings Preview has embedded GPS coordinates, a GPS button
Starting from is shown. Clicking the button opens either Google or
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The Microsoft Store version of One Commander is not

Reopening, and able to show previews of Microsoft Word or Excel fles;
Closing One it will, however, show an image preview if there is one
Commander embedded in the fle. This limitation is imposed by
Templates for Windows, which does not allow the necessary ActiveX
creating fles components to run in Store apps.
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting Backlinks:
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File View Designer
Commander's
appearance You can change the information shown in the Folder Pane
Details Pane columns, by modifying an existing File View or creating a
Drives Column new one, using the File View Designer. It is reached from the
Favorites button in the Folder Pane Toolbar and selecting Edit File
File and Path Views.
Operations
File Views designs are stored in .json fles in the folder
File Automator
<Settings location>\Resources\FileDesigns. The File View
File View Designer
currently being edited is shown in the "Edited view" feld at
File Views
the top of the window:
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
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Reopening, and
Closing One Most of the File View Designer is self-explanatory, and the
Commander easiest way of learning how to use it is to create a custom
Templates for fle view using the "Save as" button at the bottom of the
creating fles window and experiment with it. You can see the efects of
Using the Windows changes you make by clicking near the top of the
Clipboard window and viewing the changes in the Edited view pane.
4. Shortcut Keys Specifc points:
5. Troubleshooting
String Format Column

This is for advanced use only. If it is left blank, all values in

the column are taken from One Commander's Settings. It
allows the user to go into great depth with customizing
formats. Examples that can be used include diferent date
and time formats (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-date-and-time-
format-strings), for example the time in a specifc UTC zone
or showing milliseconds, months written in words in the
user's language, numbers formatted with commas, and so
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Removal Order

When you make a Browser narrower, this setting determines

the order in which columns disappear from the display. You
can think of it as the reluctance of a particular column to
disappear, where the higher the number the more reluctant
the column is to vanish. So in the example above, if you
shrink a Browser horizontally, Time is the frst column to
disappear and Name is the last. You can verify the Removal
Order settings by clicking and then moving the
resizing handle in the Edited view pane to left and right.

Buttons across the bottom of the window

Load: Loads a File View Design fle (they all end in ".json")
from the folder <Settings location>\Resources\FileDesigns.
Save: Saves current File View Design fle (i.e. the File View
Design shown in the Edited view line at the top of the File
View Designer window).
Save as: Saves current File View Design fle under a new
name.
Apply to current folder-pane and close (without saving):
Applies the new File View to the current folder pane
temporarily; the next time this folder is viewed, the File View
will revert to the saved version.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
3. Full reference guide:File Views
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Window
Commander's
appearance Keep running in background: When you frst run One
Details Pane Commander and close the Main Window, you're asked
Drives Column whether you want to leave One Commander running in the
Favorites background. This setting allows you to change your mind
File and Path about what you want One Commander to do under these
Operations circumstances.
File Automator Pressing Win+Alt+O from any program: If you're using
File View Designer Windows Virtual Desktops, you can choose whether
File Views Win+Alt+O (but not Ctrl+`) brings One Commander to your
Folder Columns current desktop, or changes Virtual Desktops to the one on
and Navigation which a One Commander Main Window is currently open. If
Pane no Main Window is currently open, then whichever setting
Folder Pane you choose, Win+Alt+O opens a One Commander window in
Main Window your current Virtual Desktop.
Memory Use global hotkey Ctrl+' to show docked program
management in window: Brings the window to the current screen, makes it
One Commander full-width and at the bottom half of the screen. Pressing it a
Network Drives second time minimizes the window. Changing this setting
Path Copying and requires a program restart.
Editing This simply makes Ctrl+` do the same thing as Win+Alt+O,
Preview although it may confict with other programs such as VS
Resizing and Code.
collapsing If program has windows open, double-clicking its
browsers shortcut should: The shortcut referred to here is the one
Searching folders you double-click on to start the program, which may for
Settings example be in the Windows Start menu.
Advanced Show drives in sidebar: Shows or hides the Drives Group,
Columns giving you more space for Favorites Groups in the Sidebar.
Debug Create default sidebar folders: This is your rescue button if

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General you deleted the Default Favorites Group and subsequently

Other wished you hadn't.
Preview Import Settings from V2: If you have One Commander
Theme Version 2 on your computer and want to reuse its Favorites
View for Version 3, click here. No other settings can be imported
Window from V2 because they're not compatible with V3, so you
Starting from need to start afresh with your settings in V3.
Command line
Starting, Other
Reopening, and
Closing One Command shell: Allows you to choose the Terminal that is
Commander opened by F10 (or Ctrl+F10 to open as Administrator).
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows Backlinks:
Clipboard 1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
4. Shortcut Keys 2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
5. Troubleshooting 3. Full reference guide:Favorites
3. Full reference guide:Main Window
3. Full reference guide:Memory management in One
Commander
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Favorites
Commander's
appearance Favorites are found in the Sidebar; they are links to paths
Details Pane you use often. You can have as many lists of favorite paths
Drives Column as you like here, organized into Groups. Click on any Favorite
Favorites in the list to open the path in the current Tab. When you frst
File and Path open One Commander a Default Favorites Group is
Operations created ("Account name" is the name of the account you're
File Automator signed in to on your computer):
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Adding Groups and Favorites
Editing
Preview
Add new Favorites Group: Click the button at the
Resizing and
bottom of the Sidebar.
collapsing
Add new path to a Group: Click on the "+" button to the
browsers
right of the Group's name adds the current folder to the
Searching folders
Group:
Settings
Starting from
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Reopening, and If you delete the Default Favorites group by mistake,

Closing One don't panic! It can be recreated by going to Settings >
Commander Window and clicking on the button.
Templates for
creating fles Rearranging Favorites Groups
Using the Windows
Clipboard Click on the button to:
4. Shortcut Keys
Rename Favorites Group
5. Troubleshooting
Change order of Favorites Groups (select "Move up"
or "Move down")
Delete Favorites Group

Editing Favorites within a Group

The context (right-click) menu for any favorite allows you to:

Open the favorite in a new Tab in the current

Browser, or a new Tab in the Browser that doesn't
currently have the focus
Remove the Path from this Favorites list (this doesn't
delete the Path from the computer)
Change Alias — i.e. rename the Favorite

Adding Groups and Favorites

Add new Favorites Group by clicking the New Group

button at the bottom of the Sidebar.
Add new path to a Group by clicking on the "+" button
to the right of the Group's name:

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Debug
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Other
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Window

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Theme
Commander's
appearance One Commander comes with a number of pre-installed
Details Pane Themes, comprising a combination of color combinations
Drives Column and icon packs. See here for more. Settings for themes are
Favorites as follows:
File and Path
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives Accent Color
Path Copying and
Editing How the color of items is changed by diferent mouse
Preview actions. Depending on the theme an Accent color will be
Resizing and used on certain elements, such as Columns Pane border,
collapsing tabs borders. In some themes the Accent Color is part of the
browsers theme itself and changing it is disabled (for example in Nord
Searching folders or Nortorn themes
Settings
Advanced Other
Columns
Debug Use thin scrollbar: this refers to all One Commander's

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General scrollbars. If it is not selected, One Commander uses the

Other default (thicker) Windows one.
Preview
Theme
View Backlinks:
Window 5. Troubleshooting
Starting from 2. Quick introductory guide:7. Themes
Command line 3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Customizing One
Commander's
appearance
Commander's appearance
Details Pane
Drives Column There is a lot you can do to One Commander's appearance
Favorites using its various Settings in particular by choosing a
File and Path diferent Theme. But there's even more you can do if you
Operations don't mind exploring further under One Commander's
File Automator hood. You can lift the hood by going to the Themes folder,
File View Designer C:\User\<User Name>\One Commander\Themes (for the
File Views Microsoft Store version), or the folder in which the Portable
Folder Columns version is installed. You can reach this folder quickly by
and Navigation clicking on the About Program and then the Settings
Pane Location button at the bottom of the dialog. You can create
Folder Pane a new theme by adding a new folder here and creating the
Main Window Theme material that you want.
Memory
management in Themes
One Commander
Network Drives One Commander comes with a number of built-in Themes,
Path Copying and which can be found at Settings > Theme. There are the usual
Editing light and dark themes, as well as some alternatives.
Preview A Theme is a combination of File Icons, Folder Icons, a
Resizing and Thumbnail (for the Settings > Theme dropdown) and an
collapsing .xaml fle that controls One Commander's appearance. You
browsers can get a sense of what can be customized by exploring the
Searching folders .xaml fles for the built-in Themes.
Settings You can vary the icons in use by choosing various options
Starting from available in Settings > Theme.
Command line Any Theme can be given an Acrylic (translucent) efect by
Starting, checking the appropriate box in Settings > Theme. You may

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Reopening, and notice a performance hit if you check this box, though.
Closing One Health and Safety Warnings:
Commander
Templates for Always make a copy of a theme before you edit it,
creating fles and work with the copy, not the original. When One
Using the Windows Commander is updated, it will overwrite any changes in
Clipboard the built-in themes.
4. Shortcut Keys It's probably safest not to edit the built-in Theme
5. Troubleshooting fles unless you really know what you are doing, but
to do your experimenting on a Theme that you create
yourself. If you do get into a mess, help is available
here.

Creating new Theme

Easy: make a copy of one of the Themes folders, and work

with that.

Accent Color
You can change the color that fles take when the mouse
passes over them or they are selected in Settings > Theme.

Depending on the theme, an Accent color will be used

on certain elements, such as Columns Pane border or
Tabs border.
In some themes, the Accent Color is part of the theme
itself and changing it is disabled (for example in Nord
or Nortorn themes).

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:7. Themes
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Theme

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Preview
Commander's
appearance The settings at the top of this tab refer to the Preview
Details Pane Window opened when you select a fle and press Space:
Drives Column
Choosing the Previewer you wish to use
Favorites
Choosing whether or not to autoplay video/audo
File and Path
Selecting the map to use when you press a photo
Operations
location button
File Automator
File View Designer Metadata: This is the selection of fles for which a text
File Views excerpt will be shown in the metadata line (the second line)
Folder Columns in the Thumbs+Details File view.
and Navigation Thumbnails: A list of fle extensions for which you do not
Pane want to show thumbnails.
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
Backlinks:
management in
1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
One Commander
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
Network Drives
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane
Path Copying and
3. Full reference guide:Preview
Editing
Preview
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General
Other
Preview
Theme
View
Window
Starting from
Command line
Starting,
Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
1. One Commander Version
Installing One
Commander V3
3
Purchasing One
Commander Welcome to One Commander Version 3, a major rewrite of
Version 3 Pro the well-established Version 2. One Commander is a
What's new in powerful and fexible dual-pane fle manager for Microsoft
Version 3 Windows, using folder columns that make navigating
2. Quick introductory complex folder tree structures fast and intuitive.
guide
This guide to One Commander is in four main sections:
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys Quick introductory guide: All you need to know to start
5. Troubleshooting using One Commander.
Full reference guide: Detailed information about One
Commander's capabilities, and how to modify it to suit
your needs.
Shortcut keys: Comprehensive list of One Commander's
shortcuts.
Troubleshooting: What to do and whom to contact if
things aren't working as they should.

If you're familiar with earlier versions of One

Commander, click here for a list of the main features that
are new with Version 3. You may still fnd it worthwhile
skimming the quick introductory guide. One Commander V3
is a major rewrite of the app, and a lot has changed.

If you don't fnd what you're looking for here, please email
[email protected] or go to the One
Commander Google Group at
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick
introductory guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
2. Quick introductory guide
Window
3. The Browsers The Quick Introductory Guide provides you with all that you
and Layouts need to start using One Commander Version 3. We strongly
4. Folder columns recommend that you read it sooner rather than later; it
5. Basic folder and really is a quick guide! A quick skim of this Guide will also
fle operations help you if you're familiar with earlier versions of One
6. Sidebar Commander; a lot has changed.
7. Themes
Once you've read it, you'll probably fnd that the best way of
8. Settings
learning about the many features of One Commander is to
9. Other useful
start using it. When you want more about a particular
features
feature, you'll fnd it in the full reference guide.
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3
1. One Commander Version 3:What's new in Version 3
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference
guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
2. Full reference guide
Customizing One
Commander's This section has more detail on One Commander's features.
appearance The labels for the diferent parts of the user interface (UI)
Details Pane are here.
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path Backlinks:
Operations 1. One Commander Version 3
File Automator 2. Quick introductory guide
File View Designer
File Views
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Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
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One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
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Starting,
Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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1. One Commander
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2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
2. The Main Window
Window
3. The Browsers The Main Window displays a sidebar and either one or two
and Layouts browsers. When One Commander is opened for the frst
4. Folder columns time, both browsers are visible with the theme and layout
5. Basic folder and you chose from the opening dialog box. The Folder Columns
fle operations are hidden to start with in the Standard Layout. You can
6. Sidebar reveal them by clicking the button, to the right of the
7. Themes folder path at the top of each browser:
8. Settings
9. Other useful
features
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
or by dragging down the Navigation/Folder Pane Divider just
5. Troubleshooting
underneath the folder path (keep dragging until the
message "Expand more to show pane" disappears):

The browsers can be displayed in either Standard or

Columns layouts. You can switch back and forth between
them as often as you like using the Layout Button ( or )
at the bottom left of the Main window (in the Main Toolbar;
see next section on this page). When you do this, the only
thing that changes is the layout; the fles, folders, and
settings remain the same.

Main Toolbar

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The Main Toolbar is at the bottom right of the Main Window:

. The buttons are:
Settings
About program
/ Change Layout
Search
File Automator
Open a new Window

The Main Window can be opened, closed and repositioned

without exiting from One Commander. See here for details.

Notifcation Pane
Notifcations appear briefy at the bottom of the Main
Window to tell you of things that have happened. You can
view a list of the most recent notifcations by pressing "~" or
by clicking on the upward-pointing arrow in the
bottom right-hand corner of the Main Window.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
3. Full reference guide:About Program
3. Full reference guide:Resizing and collapsing browsers
3. Full reference guide:Searching folders
3. Full reference guide:Settings
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
5. Troubleshooting
If something isn't working as it should, before you try
anything else, check to see whether there is an update
available for One Commander.

Shortcut key isn't working

This could be because it's being intercepted by another app,

which can be tricky to track down. Windows allows apps to
list the system-wide hotkeys currently in use, but refuses to
identify which applications are using them. A utility called
Ethervane ActiveHotkeys (portable), which may not be
supported any more, lists hotkeys currently in use by
Windows. Then, by closing down apps one by one you
should be able to identify the culprit.

Filename not accepted

The following characters are not permitted in Windows fle

names:
<>:"/\|?*
More information on fle naming can be found here.

Some folders, e.g. C:\Users\<user name>\AppData,

not visible

Make sure that you've checked all the "Visibility" options in

Settings > View.

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OK, we get the irony: if you can't start the app, how can you
read this? Except that there is a copy of this manual at
OneCommander.com, which is presumably where you're
reading this now. Here are three approaches, starting with
the simplest and ending with a restart that involves losing
your settings.

Approach 1: The Main Window may be hidden of screen.

Try pressing Shift+F1 to bring it back into view.

If that doesn't work:

Approach 2: One Commander may be "frozen". Open the

Windows Task Manager, click on the Processes tab, and
search for any entries for One Commander, either in the
Apps or Background Processes sections. If you fnd any,
select them and click the "End task" button at the bottom
right-hand corner of the Task Manager window, or right-click
on them and select "End task". Try starting One Commander.

If that doesn't work:

Approach 3: There may be a problem with One

Commander's main settings fle.

1. Find the Settings folder (e.g. C:\Users\<user

name>\OneCommander\Settings\).
2. Rename the fle "OneCommanderV3.json" to something
else, for example
"OneCommanderV3.json.deactivated". This fle will be
recreated when you get to Step 4.
3. Open the Windows Task Manager, click on the
Processes tab, and search for any entries for One
Commander, either in the Apps or Background
Processes sections. If you fnd any, select them and
click the "End task" button at the bottom right-hand
corner of the Task Manager window, or right-click on
them and select "End task".
4. Try starting One Commander. If it works, great!
However, you'll need to go through your Settings again,
because they will have been reset to One
Commander's default values.

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Something is spamming your flesystem with fle

changes errors

If a program is constantly changing many fles at once the

bufer that holds flesystem changes may get full and One
Commander will miss changes on disk. It may also degrade
the life of your SSD (solid state drive). Go to Settings >
Advanced for a utility that will help you identify the
ofending program.

When maximized on a two-screen display, the

Main Window spreads slightly on to the second
screen

This is an unfortunate feature of the third party library that

renders the Main Window. The only fx available is to turn of
the Acrylic window efect in Settings > Theme, shut down the
program and restart.

Drag and drop not working with other programs

If you can't get another program to accept a fle dropped

when you've dragged it from One Commander, try selecting
"Use old Drag & Drop system" in Settings > Advanced.

If none of that helped...

Please email [email protected] or go to the
support forum at Google Groups.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3
3. Full reference guide:About Program
3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
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2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Shortcut Keys
Notes:

Shift+Key (or Ctrl+Key or Op +Key) means press Alt (or Ctrl

or Alt) and the specifed key simultaneously.
Key1, Key2 means press Key1 (which could be a
combination, e.g. Shift+Key)DeletNew, release it, and then
press Key2.
LMB: Left Mouse Button
MMB: Middle Mouse Button
RMB: Right Mouse Button
Left/Right/Up/Down: Cursor keys

Group Action Shortcut Comment

Program Restart, running as
Ctrl+Shift+F12
operations Administrator
Close program Ctrl+WindowClose
File
Open File/Folder Enter
opening
Open With Ctrl+Enter
For .exe
Run .exe as
Ctrl+Enter and link
Administrator
to .exe
For .exe
Run .exe with
Ctrl+Shift+Enter and link
parameters
to .exe
Columns Toggle Columns on/of
`
navigation in Standard Layout
Backspace or
Open Parent Folder
Alt+Up

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Path
Alt+Left or 4th history is
Open previous Path
Mouse Button saved for
each Tab
Alt+Right or 5th
Open next Path
Mouse Button
\ or Alt+D or
Edit Path
Ctrl+L
Copy current Folder If no File is
Ctrl+Shift+C
Path to Clipboard selected
\ to edit
Path and
\, Ctrl+C then
regular
copy
Menu Key
is
between
right
RMB or Menu Key
Context Menu Windows
or Shift+F10
and Ctrl
keys on
ANSI
keyboards
Context Menu with
Shift+RMB
additional options
File
Rename F2
operations
Copy fle to other
Alt+C
Browser
Move fle to other
Alt+M
Browser
Single fle
Duplicate single fle Ctrl+D
only
Duplicate one or many
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V
fles
Delete fle Del
Delete fle without Not
sending it to Recycle Shift+Del available
Bin yet

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Not
Delete permanently
Ctrl+Shift+Delete available
(unrecoverable)
yet
File
Ctrl+I or Alt+Enter
information/properties
Tag fles (color) Ctrl+Alt+T
View long fle names
F7
(toggle)
New New File Ctrl+N
.txt if
Clipboard
contains
New File containing text, .png
Ctrl+V
Clipboard contents if it
contains
bitmap
image
New Folder Ctrl+Shift+N
from New
... create and open Ctrl+Enter Folder
popup
from New
Folder
popup;
... create and move
Shift+Enter fles need
selected fles inside
to be
selected
frst
New Note Alt+N
New Tab (duplicate of
Tabs Ctrl+T
Current Tab)
New Tab from path in
Ctrl+Shift+T
Clipboard
Open Folder in new
MMB
Tab
Close Tab Ctrl+W or MMB
Next Tab Ctrl+Tab
Previous Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Move Tab to other
Alt+MMB
Browser Pane

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Change focus between

Browsers Alt+F
Browsers
Copy fle or folder to
Alt+C
other Browser
Move fle or folder to
Alt+M
other Browser
Clipboard Copy Files Ctrl+C
Cut Files Ctrl+X
Paste Files Ctrl+V
Copy Files as Paths Ctrl+Shift+C
Copy Files to other
Alt+C
Browser Pane
Move Files to other
Alt+M
Browser Pane
Preview Preview File Space
Close Preview Esc
Preview previous/next
Up/Down
File
PDF Preview
Left/Right
previous/next page
Image zoom around
Mouse Wheel
cursor
Selection Select all Ctrl+A
Ctrl+LMB or
Select additional Files
Ctrl+Space
Select range Shift+LMB
Window selection MMB+Drag
Works
Call One Commander
Window Win+Alt+O from any
(system shortcut)
program
Works
from any
program
but only if
activated
in
Settings >
Call One Commander Window;
and dock to bottom of Ctrl+` frst time

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screen it's used,

restores
Window
to
previous
location;
repeat to
hide
Useful for
locating
the
Window if
Center on main display Shift+F1 it's lost
when
monitor
is
detached
Minimize or restore
Win+Down
from Maximized
Maximize or restore
Win+Up
from Minimized
Show Notifcation
Other ~ (Shift+`)
Pane
Reload/Refresh
F5 or Ctrl+R
Columns
Show/hide hidden fles
Ctrl+H
and folders
Toggle columns
resizing/not resizing in F8
Columns Layout
Reload Theme Ctrl+Shift+F5
Search F3 or Ctrl+F
Quick Filter A-Z, 0-9
Clear Quick Filter Esc
Open Terminal
(CMD/Powershell) in F10
Current Folder
Open Terminal
(CMD/Powershell) as Ctrl+F10
Administrator

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2. The Main
8. Settings
Window
3. The Browsers For many users, One Commander will do everything they
and Layouts want as it comes out of the box, so to speak. But there are
4. Folder columns many features that can be changed, and if there's something
5. Basic folder and about One Commander that doesn't quite give you what you
fle operations need, you'll probably fnd a way of fxing it in the Settings.
6. Sidebar You'll fnd adjustable settings in two main places:
7. Themes
Settings, for changing One Commander as a whole
8. Settings
Changing fles view, for changing the display in the
9. Other useful
Current Folder Pane
features
3. Full reference guide If that's not enough for you, there are more possibilities if
4. Shortcut Keys you look in the folders reached by clicking on the About
5. Troubleshooting program button in the Main Toolbar and then the Settings
Location button. Do be careful, though: only mess with these
fles if you know what you're doing!

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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
Conventions and
Installing One
Commander V3
terminology used in this
Purchasing One
Commander
manual
Version 3 Pro
What's new in Context Menu: The menu that pops up when you right-click
Version 3 on something.
2. Quick introductory Key presses: "<name of key>+" means hold a particular so-
guide called "modifer" key (Ctrl, Shift, Alt) down while pressing
3. Full reference guide another, e.g. "Ctrl+C". "Win" is the Windows key , which is
4. Shortcut Keys present on most keyboards, usually to the left of the
5. Troubleshooting Spacebar.
Mouse buttons: LMB = left mouse button; similarly, MMB
and RMB for middle and right mouse butttons. "Click"
without any qualifcations means LMB click.
Path: Folders and fles are referred to generically as "paths",
a shorter version of "pathname", which specifes the path
the operating system must take to fnd a folder or fle.
Screenshots: Things to look for are highlighted in red, e.g.:

Settings Location: The folder in which One Commander's

settings are stored. It can be reached from the button on
the Main Toolbar. It contains a number of sub-folders,
including the Settings Folder, which you'll need to access if
you want to move your settings to a copy of One
Commander on another second computer.
Terminal: The generic name for programs that provide
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PowerShell, Windows Terminal.

<.......>: Text enclosed in <> brackets is a placeholder for
something else. So, for <user name> you would enter your
actual Windows user name.

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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
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Finding your way
around One
Commander
Purchasing One Commander
Installing One
Commander V3
Version 3 Pro
Purchasing One
Commander One Commander Version 3 comes in two versions:
Version 3 Pro Free for Personal Use: Has all the basic features of One
What's new in Commander.
Version 3 Pro for Advanced Personal or Commercial Use: Additional,
2. Quick introductory more advanced features (listed in Settings). They include:
guide
Selecting your preferred Command Shell
3. Full reference guide
Adding features to the built-in Preview display
4. Shortcut Keys
Adding to the exluded watcher keywords list
5. Troubleshooting
The Pro version can be purchased by clicking on the
button in Settings, or the button in
the About Program dialog.

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
3. The Browsers and Layouts
Window
3. The Browsers The browsers are divided into three main panes (see
and Layouts screenshots below):
4. Folder columns
Navigation Pane: Shows all attached and mapped
5. Basic folder and
drives as a series of Miller columns that allow you to
fle operations
navigate up and down the folder trees for each drive.
6. Sidebar
Current Folder Pane: Shows the contents of the folder
7. Themes
that is currently selected in the Navigation Pane.
8. Settings
Details Pane: Shows details of the folder or fle that is
9. Other useful
currently selected in the Current Folder Pane. If a fle is
features
selected, this pane shows a preview of the contents of
3. Full reference guide
the fle if it can (not all fle types are supported).
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Layouts
One Commander provides two layouts: Standard and
Columns. You can see the diference by clicking on the /
buttons in the Main Toolbar. In brief, the Standard Layout
shows one or both Browsers side-by-side and a set of Folder
Columns at the top of the Browser with the Current Folder
below them, while the Columns Layout sets the Browsers
one above the other, with the Current Folder to the right, as
the fnal column in the Folder Column display. Path selection
is slightly diferent in each display, but other than that it is
entirely a matter of personal preference as to which you use.

The Browsers
You can create multiple independent fle/folder views in each

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browser by adding tabs. Click on the button to the right

of the Browser Tabs to create a new tab, which will be a
clone of the current tab (i.e. the tab that currently has the
focus). Alternatively, you can also specify a particular path
for all new tabs in Settings > Other.
Tabs can be closed by clicking on the button that appears
when you move the cursor over the tab, or by clicking MMB.
Once deleted, they can't be restored.

You can resize either browser by dragging their borders, or

the Browser Divider separating them. Some borders have a
drag handle surrounded by arrows: . The drag
handle isn't strictly speaking necessary; it serves as a
reminder that the divider can be dragged. The arrows jump
the divider to the end of its travel.
If you try to reduce the width of a browser below a certain
point it tells you that it's about to collapse, meaning that it's
about to disappear from view so that you see a single-
browser view. You can restore the dual-browser view by
dragging the border or Browser Divider back again (or use
the drag handle or arrow). The browser will be restored
exactly as it was before.

If the Main Window is too narrow to show both Browsers in

the Standard Layout, one Browser will be closed. It will be re-
opened if you make the Main Window wide enough.

You can create background images for the Folder Panes —

click here for how to do it.

Standard Layout Browser

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
6. Sidebar
Window
3. The Browsers The Sidebar is the centre of operations for One Commander.
and Layouts It is divided into three main sections:
4. Folder columns
5. Basic folder and 1. Drives
fle operations
6. Sidebar This lists the currently-attached and mapped drives. It can be
7. Themes hidden by going to Settings > Window > uncheck Show
8. Settings drives in Sidebar. The button gives the following options:
9. Other useful
features Hide drives from the sidebar: hides the list of drives,
3. Full reference guide but keeps the box.
4. Shortcut Keys Refresh everything (F5; refreshes all folder displays to
5. Troubleshooting make sure they're up to date).
Map network drive (mapped network drives will be
labelled both with the destination folder in the mapped
drive and the network path in parentheses).

2. Favorites
One Commander allows you to identify as many favorite
folders as you like. They are arranged into groups in the
Sidebar. One Commander creates an initial group from a list
of standard folders in your C:\Users\<username> folder, and
you can add as many groups as you like by clicking the "New
Group" button. Here's an example of a Favorites Group:

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Favorite folders have two basic uses:

They act as bookmarks for folders you use often:

click on a favorite folder and it opens in the
currently-selected browser, in the currently-
selected tab
MMB opens the path in a new tab in the currently-
selected browser
You can quickly move or copy fles or folders from a
browser to a favorite folder by dragging (to move), or
holding the Ctrl key down and dragging (to copy), the
fle or folder from the browser and dropping it onto
one of the items in the Favorites Group. Note that
dragging a fle or folder to a favorites group does not
create a new favorite; it just moves or copies that
folder or fle to the chosen favorite.

Basic operations for favorites groups:

Add folder to group: Click the "+" button to the right of

the group's name.
Rearrange folders within group, move folders
between groups: Drag folders up and down within
group or between groups.
Create aliases (alternative names) for folders in
groups: Right-click on folder name and select "Change
Alias".
Remove folders from groups: Right-click on folder
name and select "Remove Path from List".

3. Main Toolbar
See here for more.

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1. One Commander
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2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
7. Themes
Window
3. The Browsers One Commander allows you to change themes — the
and Layouts colours of the diferent components of the user interface,
4. Folder columns for example light or dark, and the icon packs it uses — and
5. Basic folder and create new ones. It comes with a number of built-in themes,
fle operations which you'll fnd in Settings > Theme, which is also where
6. Sidebar you can switch between them. You can edit them if you
7. Themes don't mind editing .xaml fles.
8. Settings You can give the themes an acrylic (translucent) efect by
9. Other useful checking the appropriate box in Settings > Theme, as well as
features change the icons that One Commander uses as well as the
3. Full reference guide Accent Color (the color of items over which the mouse
4. Shortcut Keys moves or that are selected).
5. Troubleshooting
More information about changing these themes or adding
new ones is here.

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
5. Basic folder and fle
Window
3. The Browsers
operations
and Layouts
4. Folder columns One Commander allows all the basic folder and fle
5. Basic folder and operations that you would expect:
fle operations
Open folders or fles by double-clicking on them (you
6. Sidebar
can change this to a single click in Settings > Other) or
7. Themes
pressing Enter.
8. Settings
Move/copy fles using
9. Other useful
Mouse: Drag and drop between browsers or to
features
and from other Windows apps (to copy, hold Ctrl
3. Full reference guide
key down while dragging). Note that One
4. Shortcut Keys
Commander drag and drop works a little
5. Troubleshooting
diferently from Windows File Explorer. Moving a
fle when you meant to copy it can cause a lot of
trouble, so be careful!
Dragging a fle or folder in One Commander
will always move it. To copy, you must always
hold the Ctrl key down.
One Commander attaches a label to the fle
or folder being dragged to tell you whether
it's being moved (red label) or copied (green
label).
Keyboard:
Cutting, copying, and pasting generally: Cut
(Ctrl+X), Copy (Ctrl+C), and Paste (Ctrl+V)
Copying and moving between Browsers:
Move (Alt+M); Copy (Alt+C)
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right-clicking on a folder or fle.

Create new folders: click on the button (or

Ctrl+Shift+N) in the Folder Pane Toolbar:

Create a new fle from a template: click on the

button (or Ctrl+N); you can select from a number of
popular fle types to create a new fle of that type in the
current folder. You can create as many of your own
templates as you like; see here for more.
Filtering list of folders or fles: with the cursor in a
folder column or folder pane, start typing the name of
the folder or fle; folders or fles not containing the
string of characters you've typed are fltered out, so it
also is a quick way of searching for a folder or fle in a
long list. At the top of the column or pane One
Commander records what you've typed; cancel the
flter by clicking the "X" or pressing the Esc key:

You can have as many flters running concurrently as you

like.
Note that the Spacebar key can't be used for fltering,
because it's used for previewing the selected item:

Preview a fle by pressing Space.

You can edit the information columns in the Folder
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2. Quick introductory
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1. Opening One
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2. The Main
9. Other useful features
Window
3. The Browsers One Commander has many useful features that don't fall
and Layouts readily under the headings in this quick guide. Among them:
4. Folder columns
Interacting with Windows Clipboard: One Commander
5. Basic folder and
can add to and use the contents of the Windows
fle operations
Clipboard in many useful ways.
6. Sidebar
File Automator: Automates many fle management jobs,
7. Themes
such as batch renaming or converting.
8. Settings
Using third-party fle viewers: QuickLook, a popular fle
9. Other useful
viewer that can cope with a very large number of fle
features
types, can be substituted for the build-in viewer by
3. Full reference guide
going to Settings > Preview.
4. Shortcut Keys
Supports Windows Virtual Desktops: One Commander
5. Troubleshooting
can be set to open in the current Virtual Desktop that
you're using.
Tagging paths with colored dots.
Adding Notes or To Do items to folders.

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
4. Folder columns
Window
3. The Browsers The Navigation Pane displays folders in columns:
and Layouts
4. Folder columns
5. Basic folder and
fle operations
6. Sidebar
7. Themes
8. Settings
9. Other useful
features
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

You can navigate to a folder in any of the columns, including

the ones to the left of the Current Folder Column, using the:
Mouse: Click on the folder. A new column displaying the
contents of that folder will appear to the right of the column
you clicked in (replacing what was there before, if the
column you clicked on wasn't the Current Folder Column).
Keyboard: You can move through the entire directory tree
using just four cursor keys. You can:

move between panes, and between folders and fles

within panes, using a combination of Tab and Cursor
Arrow keys (Shift+Tab to move in the opposite
direction), and Enter to open folders (this doesn't move
the keyboard focus to the folder within) or fles;

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use left/right arrowss to move between folder columns.

The right arrow also opens the folder from the Current
Folder pane.

The easiest way of understanding how this works is to try it.

Files or folders selected using the keyboard are surrounded

by a box of "marching ants":

In the Columns Layout, the rightmost column is also the

Current Folder Pane. Folders in this pane need to be double-
clicked to open (although you can set it to open with a single-
click in Settings > Other).

The columns to the left of the Current Folder Column

compress to allow you a good view of the Current Folder
Column. If they're compressed too much to give a clear view
of their contents, you can expand them by moving the
mouse cursor over them. You can change many features of
how this works in Settings > Columns, for example how
quickly the columns respond to the mouse movements, how
much they expand, and so on. Alternatively, if you don't like
these animations, you can turn them of in Settings >
Columns.

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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
1. One Commander Version
Installing One
Commander V3
3
Purchasing One
Commander Welcome to One Commander Version 3, a major rewrite of
Version 3 Pro the well-established Version 2. One Commander is a
What's new in powerful and fexible dual-pane fle manager for Microsoft
Version 3 Windows, using folder columns that make navigating
2. Quick introductory complex folder tree structures fast and intuitive.
guide
This guide to One Commander is in four main sections:
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys Quick introductory guide: All you need to know to start
5. Troubleshooting using One Commander.
Full reference guide: Detailed information about One
Commander's capabilities, and how to modify it to suit
your needs.
Shortcut keys: Comprehensive list of One Commander's
shortcuts.
Troubleshooting: What to do and whom to contact if
things aren't working as they should.

If you're familiar with earlier versions of One

Commander, click here for a list of the main features that
are new with Version 3. You may still fnd it worthwhile
skimming the quick introductory guide. One Commander V3
is a major rewrite of the app, and a lot has changed.

If you don't fnd what you're looking for here, please email
[email protected] or go to the One
Commander Google Group at
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick
introductory guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
2. Quick introductory guide
Window
3. The Browsers The Quick Introductory Guide provides you with all that you
and Layouts need to start using One Commander Version 3. We strongly
4. Folder columns recommend that you read it sooner rather than later; it
5. Basic folder and really is a quick guide! A quick skim of this Guide will also
fle operations help you if you're familiar with earlier versions of One
6. Sidebar Commander; a lot has changed.
7. Themes
Once you've read it, you'll probably fnd that the best way of
8. Settings
learning about the many features of One Commander is to
9. Other useful
start using it. When you want more about a particular
features
feature, you'll fnd it in the full reference guide.
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3
1. One Commander Version 3:What's new in Version 3
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference
guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
2. Full reference guide
Customizing One
Commander's This section has more detail on One Commander's features.
appearance The labels for the diferent parts of the user interface (UI)
Details Pane are here.
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path Backlinks:
Operations 1. One Commander Version 3
File Automator 2. Quick introductory guide
File View Designer
File Views
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and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
Command line

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Starting,
Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
About Program
Commander's
appearance The About Program dialog is reached from the button on
Details Pane the Main Toolbar:
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and The buttons across the bottom do the following:
collapsing
Email: Puts the email address of One Commander's
browsers
Support Service in the Windows Clipboard.
Searching folders
Website: One Commander's website.
Settings
Forum: The Google Group where you can seek help
Starting from
from and enter into discussions with other One
Command line
Commander users and the developer.
Starting,

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EXE Location: Opens the folder (in your default File

Reopening, and
Manager) containing OneCommander.exe, the main
Closing One
program executable.
Commander
Settings Location: Opens the folder (in your default
Templates for
File Manager) containing the Settings folders for One
creating fles
Commander.
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3:Conventions and terminology
used in this manual
1. One Commander Version 3:Purchasing One Commander
Version 3 Pro
2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:8. Settings
3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
appearance
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Browser Tabs
Commander's
appearance Either Browser can have any number of Tabs, each with its
Details Pane own Current Folder. So any instance of One Commander can
Drives Column have a very large number of folders available to be selected
Favorites as Current Folders.
File and Path You can quickly change focus between Browsers with Alt+F,
Operations and change the order of the Tabs by dragging them.
File Automator
File View Designer Tab Aliases
File Views
Folder Columns The Tab Alias is the name that appears on the Tab. By default
and Navigation it is the name of the Tab's Current Folder, but you can
Pane change this by selecting Change alias in the Tab's Context
Folder Pane Menu. You can change this default behavior in Settings >
Main Window Other, to show the full path for the Tab.
Memory
management in Creating Tabs
One Commander
Network Drives Click the button to the right of the current set of
Path Copying and Tabs. The new Tab will be a clone of the Tab that
Editing currently has the focus, unless you change this
Preview behaviour in Settings > Other. Alternatively, select the
Resizing and Tab to be duplicated and press Ctrl+T.
collapsing Right-click any folder and select Open in... You have the
browsers choice of opening that folder as a new Tab in the
Searching folders Current Browser, the other Browser, or a new Window.
Settings MMB on any folder in a Folder Column or in the
Starting from Sidebar.
Command line
Starting,

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Moving/copying Tabs between

Reopening, and
Closing One Browsers
Commander
Templates for Tabs can be moved to the other Browser (if open) using
creating fles Alt+MMB. Copying a Tab to the other Browser is a two-step
Using the Windows process: duplicate the Tab with Ctrl+T or clicking on the
Clipboard button, then move the new Tab to the other Browsers with
4. Shortcut Keys Alt+MMB.
5. Troubleshooting
Closing Tabs
Click on the button at the right-hand side of the Tab
(which may not be visible if there are too many Tabs;
see next section), or
MMB

Large numbers of tabs

When you have a large number of Tabs, they shrink to be
narrow enough to accommodate all of them. This will
typically make them too narrow for the label text to be
readable, but their path will be displayed in a Tooltip:

When the cursor passes over narrow tabs, the Close Button
doesn't appear until you click on one of them. When you
do, the tab expands a little so that you can see both the tab
label and the Button.

Backlinks:
3. Full reference guide:Network Drives
3. Full reference guide:Using the Windows Clipboard
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Other

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Customizing One
Commander's
appearance
Commander's appearance
Details Pane
Drives Column There is a lot you can do to One Commander's appearance
Favorites using its various Settings in particular by choosing a
File and Path diferent Theme. But there's even more you can do if you
Operations don't mind exploring further under One Commander's
File Automator hood. You can lift the hood by going to the Themes folder,
File View Designer C:\User\<User Name>\One Commander\Themes (for the
File Views Microsoft Store version), or the folder in which the Portable
Folder Columns version is installed. You can reach this folder quickly by
and Navigation clicking on the About Program and then the Settings
Pane Location button at the bottom of the dialog. You can create
Folder Pane a new theme by adding a new folder here and creating the
Main Window Theme material that you want.
Memory
management in Themes
One Commander
Network Drives One Commander comes with a number of built-in Themes,
Path Copying and which can be found at Settings > Theme. There are the usual
Editing light and dark themes, as well as some alternatives.
Preview A Theme is a combination of File Icons, Folder Icons, a
Resizing and Thumbnail (for the Settings > Theme dropdown) and an
collapsing .xaml fle that controls One Commander's appearance. You
browsers can get a sense of what can be customized by exploring the
Searching folders .xaml fles for the built-in Themes.
Settings You can vary the icons in use by choosing various options
Starting from available in Settings > Theme.
Command line Any Theme can be given an Acrylic (translucent) efect by
Starting, checking the appropriate box in Settings > Theme. You may

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Reopening, and notice a performance hit if you check this box, though.
Closing One Health and Safety Warnings:
Commander
Templates for Always make a copy of a theme before you edit it,
creating fles and work with the copy, not the original. When One
Using the Windows Commander is updated, it will overwrite any changes in
Clipboard the built-in themes.
4. Shortcut Keys It's probably safest not to edit the built-in Theme
5. Troubleshooting fles unless you really know what you are doing, but
to do your experimenting on a Theme that you create
yourself. If you do get into a mess, help is available
here.

Creating new Theme

Easy: make a copy of one of the Themes folders, and work

with that.

Accent Color
You can change the color that fles take when the mouse
passes over them or they are selected in Settings > Theme.

Depending on the theme, an Accent color will be used

on certain elements, such as Columns Pane border or
Tabs border.
In some themes, the Accent Color is part of the theme
itself and changing it is disabled (for example in Nord
or Nortorn themes).

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:7. Themes
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Theme

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3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Details Pane
Commander's
appearance This pane has two sub-panes:
Details Pane
File/Folder Preview: A preview of the fle, if a viewer is
Drives Column
available for that fle type, and if not, an icon related to
Favorites
the fle type. For folders, an icon is displayed showing
File and Path
the fle types in the folder. If the fle contents are
Operations
displayed:
File Automator
Text previews can be scrolled with the mouse
File View Designer
wheel or cursor keys.
File Views
PDF previews can be scrolled using up/down
Folder Columns
cursor keys; use left/right cursor keys to move
and Navigation
between pages.
Pane
Image/video previews can be zoomed with the
Folder Pane
mouse wheel and panned around with click-and-
Main Window
drag.
Memory
You can also preview fles in a separate window
management in
using the Spacebar key.
One Commander
File/Folder Properties: Details about the fle or folder.
Network Drives
For a fle, a toolbar is ofered:
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
Command line
Starting, The toolbar in the Properties sub-pane allows the following:

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Reopening, and Cut (move to Windows Clipboard)

Closing One Copy to Windows Clipboard
Commander
Rename (F2)
Templates for
Delete (Del)
creating fles
Using the Windows The Pane and the two sub-panes can be resized by dragging
Clipboard the Details Pane Resizer. If you drag it far enough, the
4. Shortcut Keys Details Pane disappears. You can make it reappear by
5. Troubleshooting dragging the Details Pane Resizer back again. A draggable
divider separating the two sub-panes appears if you hover
the cursor between them. allowing you to minimize the
Preview sub-pane.

Backlinks:
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane
3. Full reference guide:Preview

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Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Drives Column
Commander's
appearance The Drives Column — the left-most column in the Navigation
Details Pane Pane — shows all drives current mapped by Windows.
Drives Column
Favorites Mapping network drive
File and Path
Operations Click on the three dots at the top right hand corner of the
File Automator Drives Group, and select "Map network drive".
File View Designer
File Views Ejecting removable drives
Folder Columns
and Navigation Click on "Eject" below the drive name and drive details:
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander When there is space available, in the Columns Layout
Network Drives information about the current drive is shown to the left of
Path Copying and the Drives Column, e.g.:
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
Command line
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Reopening, and
Closing One
Backlinks:
Commander
3. Full reference guide:Network Drives
Templates for
3. Full reference guide:Path Copying and Editing
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About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Favorites
Commander's
appearance Favorites are found in the Sidebar; they are links to paths
Details Pane you use often. You can have as many lists of favorite paths
Drives Column as you like here, organized into Groups. Click on any Favorite
Favorites in the list to open the path in the current Tab. When you frst
File and Path open One Commander a Default Favorites Group is
Operations created ("Account name" is the name of the account you're
File Automator signed in to on your computer):
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Adding Groups and Favorites
Editing
Preview
Add new Favorites Group: Click the button at the
Resizing and
bottom of the Sidebar.
collapsing
Add new path to a Group: Click on the "+" button to the
browsers
right of the Group's name adds the current folder to the
Searching folders
Group:
Settings
Starting from
Command line
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Reopening, and If you delete the Default Favorites group by mistake,

Closing One don't panic! It can be recreated by going to Settings >
Commander Window and clicking on the button.
Templates for
creating fles Rearranging Favorites Groups
Using the Windows
Clipboard Click on the button to:
4. Shortcut Keys
Rename Favorites Group
5. Troubleshooting
Change order of Favorites Groups (select "Move up"
or "Move down")
Delete Favorites Group

Editing Favorites within a Group

The context (right-click) menu for any favorite allows you to:

Open the favorite in a new Tab in the current

Browser, or a new Tab in the Browser that doesn't
currently have the focus
Remove the Path from this Favorites list (this doesn't
delete the Path from the computer)
Change Alias — i.e. rename the Favorite

Adding Groups and Favorites

Add new Favorites Group by clicking the New Group

button at the bottom of the Sidebar.
Add new path to a Group by clicking on the "+" button
to the right of the Group's name:

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Debug
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Other
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Window

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3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
File and Path Operations
Commander's
appearance Most fle operations involve standard Windows procedures,
Details Pane but some difer a little.
Drives Column
Favorites Selecting and opening folders and
File and Path
fles
Operations
File Automator Select: single click
File View Designer Open: double click or Enter
File Views Select several fles: Ctrl+Click if fles are not
Folder Columns contiguous in the list, Shift+Click if they are
and Navigation Open several fles: Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click to select,
Pane then press Enter
Folder Pane
Main Window You can set One Commander to open either fles and folders,
Memory or just fles, with a single click; see Settings > Other.
management in
One Commander Copying/moving by Drag and Drop
Network Drives
Path Copying and The approach to dragging and dropping items used by
Editing Windows is a bit confusing: it behaves diferently depending
Preview on whether you are dragging and dropping within or
Resizing and between drives. One Commander's default method is
collapsing slightly diferent but has the virtue of consistency:
browsers
Searching folders Dragging without Ctrl key: One Commander always
Settings moves the item, regardless of whether the move is
Starting from between drives or between folders within the same
Command line drive.
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Reopening, and the item.

Closing One
You can change this to the (inconsistent and confusing)
Commander
Windows method in Settings > Other > Drag and Drop
Templates for
behavior.
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
Deleting folders and fles
4. Shortcut Keys
When you delete a fle or folder, or a group of them, One
5. Troubleshooting
Commander remembers the position of the last selected
item. You can select the item above or below the deleted
item by pressing Cursor Up/Down.

Duplicate fle

Either

Press Ctrl+D. The line containing the fle entry changes to:

Type the name for the duplicate fle in the highlighted section

and either press Enter or click . To cancel, press Esc or

Or:

Press Ctrl+C and then Ctrl+V. The duplicate fle will

automatically be renamed "<original flename> - Copy.
<extension>". For example the duplicate created for
"Myfle.txt" will be "Myfle - Copy.txt".

Creating fles from Windows

Clipboard
See Using the Windows Clipboard.

Drag item to Terminal

Terminals are applications that give you command-line
control of your computer, for example Command Prompt or

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PowerShell. Items can be dragged from One Commander to

a Terminal, which puts them in the current command line in
the Terminal. If there is a space in the path, it is inserted in
double quotes, to ensure that the Terminal doesn't interpret
what follows the space as being part of the command or
another parameter. See here for starting One Commander
from a Terminal window.

Create new fle from template

See Templates for creating fles.

Renaming items
Either right-click and select "Rename" from the context
menu, press F2, or click twice slowly (in the standard
Windows manner). If you are trying to rename a folder and
Settings > Other > Opening items is set to "Single click opens
folders", you need to use the right-click method. You can
turn of the slow double-click method at Settings > Other.

Previewing fles
Press Space; see Preview for more.

Tagging items
Right click on any item and select "Tag (Color)". A dot with
that color appears to the right of the item name.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Advanced
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Other

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3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
File Automator
Commander's
appearance <To be added>
Details Pane
Drives Column
Favorites Backlinks:
File and Path 2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
Operations 2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
File Automator
File View Designer
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and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
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Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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3. Full reference guide
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Browser Tabs
Customizing One
File View Designer
Commander's
appearance You can change the information shown in the Folder Pane
Details Pane columns, by modifying an existing File View or creating a
Drives Column new one, using the File View Designer. It is reached from the
Favorites button in the Folder Pane Toolbar and selecting Edit File
File and Path Views.
Operations
File Views designs are stored in .json fles in the folder
File Automator
<Settings location>\Resources\FileDesigns. The File View
File View Designer
currently being edited is shown in the "Edited view" feld at
File Views
the top of the window:
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
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Reopening, and
Closing One Most of the File View Designer is self-explanatory, and the
Commander easiest way of learning how to use it is to create a custom
Templates for fle view using the "Save as" button at the bottom of the
creating fles window and experiment with it. You can see the efects of
Using the Windows changes you make by clicking near the top of the
Clipboard window and viewing the changes in the Edited view pane.
4. Shortcut Keys Specifc points:
5. Troubleshooting
String Format Column

This is for advanced use only. If it is left blank, all values in

the column are taken from One Commander's Settings. It
allows the user to go into great depth with customizing
formats. Examples that can be used include diferent date
and time formats (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-date-and-time-
format-strings), for example the time in a specifc UTC zone
or showing milliseconds, months written in words in the
user's language, numbers formatted with commas, and so
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Removal Order

When you make a Browser narrower, this setting determines

the order in which columns disappear from the display. You
can think of it as the reluctance of a particular column to
disappear, where the higher the number the more reluctant
the column is to vanish. So in the example above, if you
shrink a Browser horizontally, Time is the frst column to
disappear and Name is the last. You can verify the Removal
Order settings by clicking and then moving the
resizing handle in the Edited view pane to left and right.

Buttons across the bottom of the window

Load: Loads a File View Design fle (they all end in ".json")
from the folder <Settings location>\Resources\FileDesigns.
Save: Saves current File View Design fle (i.e. the File View
Design shown in the Edited view line at the top of the File
View Designer window).
Save as: Saves current File View Design fle under a new
name.
Apply to current folder-pane and close (without saving):
Applies the new File View to the current folder pane
temporarily; the next time this folder is viewed, the File View
will revert to the saved version.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
3. Full reference guide:File Views
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
File Views
Commander's
appearance You can change the way that fles and folders are displayed
Details Pane in the Folder Pane by changing the File View. One
Drives Column Commander has a number of built-in File Views, which you
Favorites can modify and add to. One Commander remembers the
File and Path File View you have selected for each folder.
Operations The File Views are listed by clicking the button in the
File Automator Folder Pane Toolbar. The button pops up the following list:
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
Default: the basic fle view, showing for each item the
One Commander
name (with some metadata, such as the number of
Network Drives
pages in a .docx fle), "age" of the item (how long since
Path Copying and
it was last modifed), date and time of last modifcation,
Editing
attributes, and size.
Preview
Name Only: displays just fle/folder names, with no
Resizing and
other columns.
collapsing
Powershell: Similar to Default, but with the columns in
browsers
a diferent order (attributes, date, size, name).
Searching folders
Thumbnail Grid: Displays thumbnails in a grid; change
Settings
the size of the thumbnails by holding Ctrl and rotating
Starting from
the Mouse Wheel.
Command line
Thumbs+Details: The Thumbs+Details File View is
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optimized for folders containing image fles. In Settings

Reopening, and
> View you can get One Commander to automatically
Closing One
check folders for which you haven't already chosen a
Commander
File View Design to see whether they might look better
Templates for
using the Thumbs+Details File View. You can override
creating fles
One Commander's choice by selecting another File
Using the Windows
View.
Clipboard
Edit File Views: You can modify any of these File Views,
4. Shortcut Keys
or create custom Views, with the File View Designer.
5. Troubleshooting

Backlinks:
3. Full reference guide:File View Designer
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Preview
3. Full reference guide:Settings:View

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Folder Columns and
Commander's
appearance
Navigation Pane
Details Pane
Drives Column The folder tree is displayed as a series of columns. A single
Favorites click on any folder in a column opens that folder in a new
File and Path column to its right. Columns that behave like this are known
Operations as Miller columns, in which all of the columns that are part
File Automator of the tree branches leading to the currently-open folder
File View Designer remain visible. This makes it easier to see where the
File Views currently-open folder sits in the folder tree structure, and to
Folder Columns navigate to other branches in the tree.
and Navigation
One Commander adds two features to standard Miller
Pane
columns to make it easier to work with folder displays in
Folder Pane
which a lot of folder columns are visible (when you're
Main Window
working with a folder that is a long way from the drive root):
Memory
management in As each new folder is opened, the columns to its left
One Commander shrink to give room for the contents of the current
Network Drives folder to be easily read.
Path Copying and As the cursor moves over folders to the left of the
Editing current folder (i.e. over its parent folders), the folders
Preview under the cursor expand while the cursor is over them
Resizing and so their contents can be seen. The responsiveness and
collapsing speed of this expansion, as well as many other features
browsers of the column display, can be adjusted in Settings >
Searching folders Columns.
Settings
Starting from Not everyone likes columns to change width in this way. They
Command line can be turned of in Settings > Columns.
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Reopening, and Navigating through the columns

Closing One
Commander Navigating to folder in column:
Templates for if cursor is in a parent folder column: click on
creating fles folder
Using the Windows if cursor is in Current Folder Column in the
Clipboard Columns Layout: double-click on folder (this
4. Shortcut Keys setting can be changed to a single click at Settings
5. Troubleshooting > Other > Opening items.
Navigating through Parent Folder Columns: Left and
Right cursor keys walk left and right through the path
of parent folder columns.
Move to parent of currently-selected folder: Click
(above fle/folder name column), press Backspace, or
click Alt+Up to move to parent of the current folder
Undo most recent backspace: Enter.
Add Folder or File to selection: Ctrl+Select (with
mouse cursor) in the Parent Folder Column in Columns
Layout adds that folder or fle to the selection and
makes that path current.

Path history
Moving back and foward through the history of a path:
Click (above fle/folder name column), press
Alt+Left/Right cursor keys, or 4th/5th mouse buttons. Note
that if a tab was created from a Favorite, there won't be any
history for that tab to move back and forth within until you
have actually moved back and forth along that path, so until
you do this the Alt+Left/Right cursor keys or the 4th/5th
mouse buttons won't do anything.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:4. Folder columns
3. Full reference guide:Browser Tabs
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Columns

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Folder Pane
Commander's
appearance The Folder Pane lists the contents of the Current Folder, and
Details Pane shows a preview and more details about the currently-
Drives Column selected folder or fle.
Favorites
In the Standard Layout, the Folder Pane is below the
File and Path
Folder Columns and Navigation Pane. You can select
Operations
fles or folders in the Folder Pane by clicking on a folder
File Automator
or fle in either the Current Folder Column or the
File View Designer
Folder Pane.
File Views
In the Columns Layout, the Folder Pane is the
Folder Columns
rightmost folder column, so that's the only place you
and Navigation
can select folders or fles.
Pane
You can refresh the item display by pressing F5, Ctrl+R,
Folder Pane
or select "Refresh everything" in the menu that pops
Main Window
up when you click the button in the Drives Group.
Memory
You can choose from a number of diferent File Views,
management in
allowing you to hide some columns, show others,
One Commander
change the order and widths of columns, how icons or
Network Drives
thumbnails are displayed, which columns are hidden
Path Copying and
when the Browser isn't wide enough to show them all,
Editing
and so on. You can create as many File Views as you
Preview
wish using the File View Designer.
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers Folder Pane Toolbar
Searching folders
Settings Sort fles: Click to get a list of sorting options. This button
Starting from duplicates the action of the Sorting Columns arrows (see
Command line below), but it's needed for the Grid View, which doesn't have
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Reopening, and Change fle view: Click to be presented with a variety of

Closing One File Views. One Commander remembers which File View
Commander Design you select for each folder. One Commander comes
Templates for with a variety of File Views, and you can edit any of them or
creating fles add to the list using the File View Designer.
Using the Windows Creates new fle from template: (Ctrl+N) See here for
Clipboard more.
4. Shortcut Keys
Creates new folder (Ctrl+Shift+N)
5. Troubleshooting
Creates a note in current folder: (Alt+N) See below
under "Note/To Do".

Clipboard paste: The equivalent of Ctrl+V. If the

Clipboard contains text, One Commander creates a text fle
with the default name "<date> <time>.txt".

Main item display

The various properties of items are show in a series of
columns which you can select using the File View Designer.
In addition to the ones familiar to Windows, there's a
column showing in "hot/cold" color-coded form the age of
the item, i.e. the time that has elapsed since the item was
last modifed. You can adjust the colors in Settings >
General. There's a more complete explanation of how the
age display works there, under Item Properties: click the
button at top right of the pane.

Long fle names

Long fle names are often too long to be seen fully in the
Name column. They can be seen in full:

In the Details Pane.

By pressing F7, which toggles the other columns on and
of.

Sorting columns

Either:

Click the Sort fles button

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Or:

Each column has a pair of arrows at the top which

sort the items on display in each of two directions (e.g.
A-Z or Z-A). Hover the cursor over the arrows to see
what they do. The arrow in bold shows the current sort
order.

One Commander remembers the sort order for each folder,

which is very handy because diferent folders may well have
diferent sorting requirements. Further information about
sorting:

For size, only fles are sorted. Sorting fles by size only
works if the "Folders on Top" toggle (see below) is set
so that folders are listed at the top.
If you prefer folders always to be sorted by name, go
to Settings > View and check "Sort folders by name
always". With this checked, only fles are afected by
the sort order selected by clicking a sort arrow.
You can change the default sort order for columns at
Settings > View.
Folders on Top toggle: Press to sort fles and folders
so that folders are either listed frst, or listed with fles
in the order specifed by the sort arrows for properties
like fle name, type, date etc. This setting is
remembered for each folder. You can set the defaut
for this behavior at Settings > View.

Metadata display

Some metadata is shown to the right of the fle name if the

Browser is wide enough. For example, for image fles the
size of the image in pixels is shown:

Another example: the metadata for document fles shows

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the number of pages in the document (e.g. ; these fles

are on OneDrive, and the icon shows that they are always
on the local machine and synced with the server):

In the Thumbs+Details View (click the button on the

Folder Pane Toolbar — see above) the metadata is shown in
the second line for each fle:

You can get One Commander to show text excerpts from a

variety of fle types specifed in Settings > Preview:

Filtering folders and fles

Start typing characters in the path name you are looking for:

The frst key you press shows only items beginning

with that letter
If you type two or more letters, all items in the
Current Folder Pane containing that text will be shown
Displaying a particular fle type: Begin typing with a
period. For example, ".pdf" will display only .pdf fles.
Cancel the flter by Backspace-deleting the characters
you've typed, or clicking the icon to the right of the
flter:

To create a new folder, fle, or note in

the Folder Pane
Method 1: Click on one of the icons in the Folder Pane
Toolbar:

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Method 2: Right-click on the header for the folder pane and

select from the list (File, Folder, or Note) that appears.

Note/To Do
You can add as many Notes or ToDo items as you like to the
fles in the Current Folder Pane. Hit Alt+N or click in the
Folder Pane Toolbar, and a small editing window pops up.
Up to four lines of text appear in the Name column, but the
full text can be seen in the File Preview below:

Notes/ToDos can be edited by double-clicking on the

Note/ToDo, and deleted in the same way as any other fle.
They are simple text fles with the extension ".2do".
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Note/ToDo's checkbox: . This also changes the fle

extension to ".2dx".

Creating a background image for a

Folder Pane
If One Commander fnds one of the following fles in any
folder:
cover.jpg, folder.jpg, front.jpg, background.jpg, poster.jpg
it will show that image as a background for that folder. An
example might be an album cover image. If it doesn't work,
check "Show folder background image" in Settings > View.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:4. Folder columns
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
2. Quick introductory guide:8. Settings
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
3. Full reference guide:Browser Tabs
3. Full reference guide:File View Designer
3. Full reference guide:File Views
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Columns
3. Full reference guide:Settings:View

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Main Window
Commander's
appearance Opening, closing and positioning Main
Details Pane
Drives Column
Window
Favorites
See Starting, Reopening, and Closing One Commander
File and Path
(quick tip: if One Commander is running but you can't see
Operations
the window, try Win+Alt+O (or Ctrl+' if activated — see
File Automator
Settings > Window) to re-open it. If it still isn't visible,
File View Designer
perhaps it's got moved of-screen. Try Shift+F1 to move it
File Views
back on screen).
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane Creating new Main Windows
Folder Pane
Main Window Click in the About Program to create a new Main
Memory Window. You can create as many as you like, each with its
management in own layout. Favorites, however, are shared by all Main
One Commander Windows.
Network Drives
Path Copying and Using Windows Virtual Desktops
Editing
Preview If you're using Windows Virtual Desktops, you can choose
Resizing and whether Win+Alt+O (but not Ctrl+`):
collapsing
brings One Commander to your current desktop, or
browsers
changes Virtual Desktops to the one on which a One
Searching folders
Commander Main Window is currently open.
Settings
Starting from This setting is in Settings > Window.
Command line If no Main Window is currently open, then whichever
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setting you choose, Win+Alt+O opens a window in your

Reopening, and current Virtual Desktop.
Closing One
Commander
Moving dividers
Templates for
creating fles Many of the dividers (the grey borders that separate
Using the Windows diferent panes) have short dotted lines and V-shaped
Clipboard arrows, for example the Browser Divider:
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

Click and hold on the dotted line to move the divider

(actually, you can click and hold anywhere along the divider's
length except on the arrows for the same result).
Click on an arrow to move the divider as far as it will go. For
example, clicking on a Browser Divider arrow hides the
Browser that's in the direction in which the arrow points.
Clicking on an arrow when the divider is at its limit of travel
restores the divider to its default position.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
3. Full reference guide:Starting, Reopening, and Closing One
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Memory management in
Commander's
appearance
One Commander
Details Pane
Drives Column One Commander is made in Microsoft's .NET framework,
Favorites which manages memory for One Commander. Windows
File and Path may let a program's memory footprint grow while the
Operations program is used but when Windows needs memory again, it
File Automator will compact the program memory and reclaim unused
File View Designer resources.
File Views One Commander caches icons so they are loaded faster the
Folder Columns next time they are needed in the program session. All
and Navigation displayed fle properties are also cached while they are in
Pane the list, so scrolling through large folders will use more
Folder Pane memory, but the memory will be released once the user
Main Window opens another folder (at Windows' own schedule).
Memory Each thumbnail in the fle list and displayed preview will take
management in a chunk of memory. For example, a previewed 10-Megapixel
One Commander photo will take 10x3 Megabytes (3 as number of color
Network Drives channels), even if the image is a compressed jpeg.
Path Copying and Tabs don’t take additional memory in One Commander.
Editing If you choose to keep the program running in the
Preview background on close (see the option in Settings > Window)
Resizing and all windows, fle properties, previews and the rest will be
collapsing unloaded from memory, but the program will keep cached
browsers icons and compiled code for a faster next start, while
Searching folders minimizing RAM usage.
Settings
Starting from
Command line
Starting,

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Closing One
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creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Network Drives
Commander's
appearance To access a network drive (e.g. a network attached storage
Details Pane device):
Drives Column
1. Create a new tab.
Favorites
2. Open the Path Edit pane.
File and Path
3. In the path, type in the URL for the network drive (e.g.
Operations
"\\192.168.1.109"). The drive will appear in the Drives
File Automator
Column.
File View Designer
File Views If the folders in the drive are locked, right-click on the
Folder Columns required folder and select "Open". One Commander will
and Navigation open Windows Explorer, which in turn will open a network
Pane credentials window so that you can enter the user name and
Folder Pane password for the folder:
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing
browsers Once you've done that, you can open the locked folder in
Searching folders One Commander.
Settings
Starting from
Command line Backlinks:
Starting,

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Path Copying and Editing
Commander's
appearance Copy the path of the currently-selected folder or path to
Details Pane Clipboard: Press Ctrl+Shift+C.
Drives Column
View/edit the path of the Current Folder (the Path Edit
Favorites
Button):
File and Path
Click on the Path Edit Button at the top of the Drives
Operations
Column to open the Path Edit dialog box:
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and
collapsing The path of the current folder is shown in the text box at the
browsers top. You can:
Searching folders
type a diferent path and press Enter to open that
Settings
path in the current browser
Starting from
copy it with Ctrl+C
Command line
type a few characters to search through favorites or
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recent tabs listed below. The search results will be

Reopening, and
shown in the list below the editable path box, and
Closing One
selecting one will open it in the current browser.
Commander
Templates for If there is a path on the clipboard, it will be also shown in
creating fles the list below the editable path box.
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
Backlinks:
5. Troubleshooting
3. Full reference guide:Network Drives
3. Full reference guide:Starting, Reopening, and Closing One
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Preview
Commander's
appearance Preview Window: In addition to the small Preview
Details Pane Window in the Details Pane, many, but not all, fle types
Drives Column can be previewed by pressing Space, which pops up
Favorites a larger window with a preview of the fle in question.
File and Path You can move through the document being
Operations previewed with the mouse wheel or by clicking the
File Automator / buttons at the left/right of the Preview Window.
File View Designer Closing Preview Window: The Preview Window is
File Views closed by pressing Space or Esc.
Folder Columns Choosing viewer: You can choose between the viewer
and Navigation built into One Commander, or QuickLook (available
Pane from the Micosoft Store). QuickLook can work with a
Folder Pane greater range of fle types.
Main Window Viewing modes: The Preview Window ofers three
Memory viewing modes: . One
management in Commander will guess which one works best for the
One Commander fle in question, but if you disagree, click one of the
Network Drives other buttons to see if you're right.
Path Copying and Autoplay audio/video fles: You can choose to
Editing autoplay video/audio fles or not in the Preview
Preview Window.
Resizing and Viewing multiple fles in a folder: Once you're viewing
collapsing a fle in the Preview Window, cursor up/down moves to
browsers the previous/next fle in the folder.
Searching folders Showing GPS coordinates: If the fle shown in the
Settings Preview has embedded GPS coordinates, a GPS button
Starting from is shown. Clicking the button opens either Google or
Command line Bing Maps showing the location.
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The Microsoft Store version of One Commander is not

Reopening, and able to show previews of Microsoft Word or Excel fles;
Closing One it will, however, show an image preview if there is one
Commander embedded in the fle. This limitation is imposed by
Templates for Windows, which does not allow the necessary ActiveX
creating fles components to run in Store apps.
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
3. Full reference guide:Details Pane
3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Resizing and collapsing
Commander's
appearance
panes and browsers
Details Pane
Drives Column Resizing individual panes
Favorites
File and Path Most panes are surrounded by a border or divider that can
Operations be dragged to resize the pane in question. Some borders
File Automator appear when the cursor moves over them, but are hidden
File View Designer otherwise.
File Views
Folder Columns Many borders or dividers have Drag Handles (the double
and Navigation dotted lines) and Open/Close Arrows:
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
Some panes have buttons to open and close them, for
management in
example the Navigation Panes can be opened and closed
One Commander
using the upwards/downwards pointing arrows to the right
Network Drives
of the Folder Column headers:
Path Copying and
Editing
Preview
Resizing and or the button that appears at the top of the Main Toolbar
collapsing when the Sidebar is collapsed.
browsers
Searching folders Collapsing a Browser to create a
Settings
Starting from
single-browser layout
Command line
Each Browser has a minimum width (Standard Layout) or
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height (Columns Layout). When that minimum is reached a

Reopening, and
"collapse" message appears, and if the Left Mouse Button is
Closing One
released the Browser in question collapses. It can be
Commander
restored by clicking on the Open/Close Arrow that points in
Templates for
the "open" direction, or by dragging the Drag Handle.
creating fles
Using the Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys Backlinks:
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Searching folders
Commander's
appearance Folders can be searched by pressing F3, Ctrl+F, or the
Details Pane button in the Main Toolbar.
Drives Column
Favorites
File and Path
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander The search is recursive; i.e. it searches the Current Folder
Network Drives and all of its sub-folders.
Path Copying and The normal Windows wildcard characters (?, *) can be used.
Editing So, for example:
Preview
Resizing and "*.*" fnds all fles
collapsing "*.docx" fnds all ".docx" fles
browsers "flename?.txt" fnds, for example, flename1.txt and
Searching folders flename2.txt
Settings
Starting from
Command line Backlinks:
Starting, 2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Settings
Commander's
appearance Most of One Commander's settings take the form of
Details Pane checkboxes or sliders, and are self-explanatory. In this
Drives Column section we provide some additional explanations where they
Favorites are needed.
File and Path Sliders can be adjusted either with the mouse cursor, or by
Operations clicking on them and moving them with cursor keys. Cursor
File Automator keys can be helpful if the slider is a little laggy (which
File View Designer happens when One Commander is showing you the results
File Views of the change in real time, as for example in Settings >
Folder Columns General > Item properties).
and Navigation The settings are stored in folders at C:\Users\<user
Pane name>\OneCommander\ for the Microsoft Store version, or
Folder Pane in {OneCommanderFolder}\Settings for portable version.
Main Window They can be reached quickly by clicking on (About
Memory program) in the Main Window and then clicking the Settings
management in Location button at the bottom of the dialog.
One Commander
Some settings changes are applied immediately; others
Network Drives
require a program restart. You'll know you need to do this
Path Copying and
when this appears at the bottom of the settings window:
Editing
Preview . If you make a change that
Resizing and requires a restart, One Commander will ask whether you
collapsing want to restart the program now:
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Advanced
Columns
Individual Settings tabs identify features that are only
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available in the Pro version of One Commander.

General
Other
Preview
Theme Backlinks:
View 5. Troubleshooting
Window 1. One Commander Version 3:Purchasing One Commander
Starting from Version 3 Pro
Command line 2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
Starting, 2. Quick introductory guide:8. Settings
Reopening, and 3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
Closing One appearance
Commander 3. Full reference guide:File View Designer
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
2. The Main Window
Window
3. The Browsers The Main Window displays a sidebar and either one or two
and Layouts browsers. When One Commander is opened for the frst
4. Folder columns time, both browsers are visible with the theme and layout
5. Basic folder and you chose from the opening dialog box. The Folder Columns
fle operations are hidden to start with in the Standard Layout. You can
6. Sidebar reveal them by clicking the button, to the right of the
7. Themes folder path at the top of each browser:
8. Settings
9. Other useful
features
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
or by dragging down the Navigation/Folder Pane Divider just
5. Troubleshooting
underneath the folder path (keep dragging until the
message "Expand more to show pane" disappears):

The browsers can be displayed in either Standard or

Columns layouts. You can switch back and forth between
them as often as you like using the Layout Button ( or )
at the bottom left of the Main window (in the Main Toolbar;
see next section on this page). When you do this, the only
thing that changes is the layout; the fles, folders, and
settings remain the same.

Main Toolbar

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The Main Toolbar is at the bottom right of the Main Window:

. The buttons are:
Settings
About program
/ Change Layout
Search
File Automator
Open a new Window

The Main Window can be opened, closed and repositioned

without exiting from One Commander. See here for details.

Notifcation Pane
Notifcations appear briefy at the bottom of the Main
Window to tell you of things that have happened. You can
view a list of the most recent notifcations by pressing "~" or
by clicking on the upward-pointing arrow in the
bottom right-hand corner of the Main Window.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
3. Full reference guide:About Program
3. Full reference guide:Resizing and collapsing browsers
3. Full reference guide:Searching folders
3. Full reference guide:Settings
3. Full reference guide:Using the Windows Clipboard
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Using the Windows
Commander's
appearance
Clipboard
Details Pane
Drives Column When you switch from another app to One Commander and
Favorites there is something in the Clipboard, a notifcation appears in
File and Path the Notifcation Pane ofering the following possibilities:
Operations
The Clipboard contains a new Path: If there is not
File Automator
already a Tab open for that path, a notifcation appears
File View Designer
ofering Ctrl+Shift+T to open this path in a new Tab in
File Views
the current Browser.
Folder Columns
The Clipboard contains text or a bitmap: The
and Navigation
notifcation ofers Ctrl+V to create a new .txt or .png fle
Pane
containing the text or bitmap, in the Current Folder.
Folder Pane
The fle name shows the date and time of the fle
Main Window
creation (e.g. "xxxxx"). If you don't want these
Memory
notifcations, you can turn them of in Settings >
management in
Advanced.
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing Backlinks:
Preview 2. Quick introductory guide:9. Other useful features
Resizing and 3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
collapsing 3. Full reference guide:Settings:Advanced
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Searching folders
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Reopening, and
Closing One
Commander
Templates for
creating fles
Using the
Windows
Clipboard
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Starting from Command line
Commander's
appearance One Commander can be started from the command line in a
Details Pane Terminal window, using a number of switches. Switches are
Drives Column parameters entered after the name of the executible
Favorites program (here, OneCommander.exe), that afect the way
File and Path that the program behaves once launched.
Operations
Open a Terminal window, change the current folder in the
File Automator
Command Line to the one in which OneCommander.exe is
File View Designer
located, and then use one of the following switches to start
File Views
One Commander (e.g. "OneCommander -nowindow"). In
Folder Columns
each case, <path> must be the full pathname for the path
and Navigation
you want One Commander to open in, enclosed in quotes if
Pane
the path contains spaces, e.g. "C:\Users\<User
Folder Pane
name>\Documents".
Main Window
Memory At a particular path:
management in onecommander.exe "C:\path"
One Commander To open in the same tab:
Network Drives onecommander.exe -o "C:\path"
Path Copying and To open in a new tab:
Editing onecommander.exe -o "C:\path" -newtab
Preview To start One Commander with the Main Window in
Resizing and the default position (the equivalent of starting One
collapsing Commander and pressing Shift+F1):
browsers onecommander.exe -resetwindowposition
Searching folders The path "C:\fullpath" in the frst Browser (e.g. the
Settings left browser in Standard Layout):
Starting from onecommander.exe -path "<path>"
Command line onecommander.exe -p "<path>"
Starting, onecommander.exe -"<path>"

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Reopening, and The path "C:\fullpath" in the second Browser (e.g.

Closing One the right browser in Standard Layout):
Commander onecommander.exe -p2 "<path>"
Templates for The Main Window not visible (i.e. One Commander
creating fles running in the background)
Using the Windows OneCommander.exe -nowindow
Clipboard Text not being sharp on non-HDPI screens:
4. Shortcut Keys onecommander.exe -nohdpi
5. Troubleshooting onecommander.exe -ldpi

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
3. Full reference guide:Starting, Reopening, and Closing One
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Starting, Reopening, and
Commander's
appearance
Closing One Commander
Details Pane
Drives Column Once launched, clicking the WindowClose button in the
Favorites top right-hand corner of the Main Window ofers you a
File and Path choice:
Operations
File Automator
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane If you click Yes, One Commander doesn't shut down when
Folder Pane you click the WindowClose button. It closes the Main
Main Window Window, but One Commander continues to run in the
Memory background so that it can be quickly re-opened without
management in having to be reloaded. When the Main Window is closed in
One Commander this way, any processes such as fle operations that were in
Network Drives progress when the WindowClose button was clicked will be
Path Copying and completed properly. Also, when it is running in the
Editing background, One Commander monitors for drive changes so
Preview that you're able to see fle changes when you open the Path
Resizing and Editor.
collapsing
After showing the "Run in background?" dialog box, One
browsers
Commander then explains how to close it down completely:
Searching folders
Settings
Starting from
Command line
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Reopening, and
Closing One
You can change this action — for example, changing it so
Commander
that clicking shuts down One Commander completely, in
Templates for
Settings > Window by unchecking the "Keep running in
creating fles
background" box.
Using the Windows
Clipboard To re-open One Commander when it is running in the
4. Shortcut Keys background:
5. Troubleshooting
Double-click on the One Commander icon in the System
Tray or Notifcation Area (the area at the right-hand
end of the Windows Taskbar holding things like the
Windows volume control; see below if you can't see the
One Commander icon here).
Right-click on the One Commander icon in the System
Tray/Notifcation Area and select "Show window".
Press Win+Alt+O (or Ctrl+' if activated — see Settings >
Window)
Press Shift+F1 to position the Main Window in the
centre of the screen, occupying about 20% less than
the full screen.

To really shut One Commander down, right-click on the One

Commander icon in the System Tray/Notifcation Area and
select "Exit", or Ctrl+Click WindowClose at the top right of
the Main Window.

Restarting as Administrator
Some applications require the fle explorer you're using to be
running as Administrator. To restart One Commander as
Administrator, press Ctrl+Shift+F12.

Starting from Command Line

See here.

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If the One Commander icon isn't

visible in the System
Tray/Notifcation Area:
Quick way: At the top of the System Tray/Notifcation area,
click on the arrow:

That will reveal all System Tray/Notifcation Area icons. Drag

the One Commander icon to the area with other icons such
as volume control.

Slow way: Right-click in an unused part of the Windows

Taskbar and select "Taskbar settings". Scroll down the right-
hand Settings window to the Notifcation area:

Click on "Select which icons appear on the taskbar", scroll

down to One Commander, and turn it on.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window
3. Full reference guide:Main Window
3. Full reference guide:Starting from Command line
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Advanced
3. Full reference guide:Settings:Window

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
About Program
Browser Tabs
Customizing One
Templates for creating fles
Commander's
appearance If you often create fles of a particular type — e.g.
Details Pane documents, spreadsheets, text fles — you can create a
Drives Column Template (a blank fle of that fle type) for that fle type. Then
Favorites when you need to create a fle of this type, navigate to the
File and Path folder that will hold the fle and click the icon in the
Operations Folder Pane Toolbar or press Ctrl+N. This pops up your list
File Automator of Templates:
File View Designer
File Views
Folder Columns
and Navigation
Pane
Folder Pane
Main Window
Memory
management in
One Commander
Network Drives
Path Copying and
Editing
Select the Template you need, fll in the File name, and then
Preview
click either of the buttons at the bottom of the pop-up. The
Resizing and
new fle is created in the current folder (and opened if you
collapsing
click "...and open").
browsers
Searching folders
Settings
Adding templates, editing existing
Starting from templates
Command line
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Reopening, and Name>\OneCommander\Templates if you are running the

Closing One Store version, or {OneCommanderFolder}\Templates if you
Commander have the Portable version. You can add as many Templates
Templates for as you like, and edit the ones that are in that folder. For
creating fles example, you may like to have Templates for Word fles with
Using the Windows your organization's letterhead, or spreadsheets for
Clipboard particular routine procedures.
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting ===== Mild warning =====
The fle that's created from the Template will have the
properties of the Template fle in the Templates folder, for
example in Microsoft Word the default settings for font,
styles etc. Make sure that the Template for that fle type has
all the default settings that you want, otherwise you'll have
to change them to your individual preferences every time
you create a new fle.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:5. Basic folder and fle operations
3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Shortcut Keys
Notes:

Shift+Key (or Ctrl+Key or Op +Key) means press Alt (or Ctrl

or Alt) and the specifed key simultaneously.
Key1, Key2 means press Key1 (which could be a
combination, e.g. Shift+Key)DeletNew, release it, and then
press Key2.
LMB: Left Mouse Button
MMB: Middle Mouse Button
RMB: Right Mouse Button
Left/Right/Up/Down: Cursor keys

Group Action Shortcut Comment

Program Restart, running as
Ctrl+Shift+F12
operations Administrator
Close program Ctrl+WindowClose
File
Open File/Folder Enter
opening
Open With Ctrl+Enter
For .exe
Run .exe as
Ctrl+Enter and link
Administrator
to .exe
For .exe
Run .exe with
Ctrl+Shift+Enter and link
parameters
to .exe
Columns Toggle Columns on/of
`
navigation in Standard Layout
Backspace or
Open Parent Folder
Alt+Up

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Path
Alt+Left or 4th history is
Open previous Path
Mouse Button saved for
each Tab
Alt+Right or 5th
Open next Path
Mouse Button
\ or Alt+D or
Edit Path
Ctrl+L
Copy current Folder If no File is
Ctrl+Shift+C
Path to Clipboard selected
\ to edit
Path and
\, Ctrl+C then
regular
copy
Menu Key
is
between
right
RMB or Menu Key
Context Menu Windows
or Shift+F10
and Ctrl
keys on
ANSI
keyboards
Context Menu with
Shift+RMB
additional options
File
Rename F2
operations
Copy fle to other
Alt+C
Browser
Move fle to other
Alt+M
Browser
Single fle
Duplicate single fle Ctrl+D
only
Duplicate one or many
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V
fles
Delete fle Del
Delete fle without Not
sending it to Recycle Shift+Del available
Bin yet

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Not
Delete permanently
Ctrl+Shift+Delete available
(unrecoverable)
yet
File
Ctrl+I or Alt+Enter
information/properties
Tag fles (color) Ctrl+Alt+T
View long fle names
F7
(toggle)
New New File Ctrl+N
.txt if
Clipboard
contains
New File containing text, .png
Ctrl+V
Clipboard contents if it
contains
bitmap
image
New Folder Ctrl+Shift+N
from New
... create and open Ctrl+Enter Folder
popup
from New
Folder
popup;
... create and move
Shift+Enter fles need
selected fles inside
to be
selected
frst
New Note Alt+N
New Tab (duplicate of
Tabs Ctrl+T
Current Tab)
New Tab from path in
Ctrl+Shift+T
Clipboard
Open Folder in new
MMB
Tab
Close Tab Ctrl+W or MMB
Next Tab Ctrl+Tab
Previous Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Move Tab to other
Alt+MMB
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Change focus between

Browsers Alt+F
Browsers
Copy fle or folder to
Alt+C
other Browser
Move fle or folder to
Alt+M
other Browser
Clipboard Copy Files Ctrl+C
Cut Files Ctrl+X
Paste Files Ctrl+V
Copy Files as Paths Ctrl+Shift+C
Copy Files to other
Alt+C
Browser Pane
Move Files to other
Alt+M
Browser Pane
Preview Preview File Space
Close Preview Esc
Preview previous/next
Up/Down
File
PDF Preview
Left/Right
previous/next page
Image zoom around
Mouse Wheel
cursor
Selection Select all Ctrl+A
Ctrl+LMB or
Select additional Files
Ctrl+Space
Select range Shift+LMB
Window selection MMB+Drag
Works
Call One Commander
Window Win+Alt+O from any
(system shortcut)
program
Works
from any
program
but only if
activated
in
Settings >
Call One Commander Window;
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screen it's used,

restores
Window
to
previous
location;
repeat to
hide
Useful for
locating
the
Window if
Center on main display Shift+F1 it's lost
when
monitor
is
detached
Minimize or restore
Win+Down
from Maximized
Maximize or restore
Win+Up
from Minimized
Show Notifcation
Other ~ (Shift+`)
Pane
Reload/Refresh
F5 or Ctrl+R
Columns
Show/hide hidden fles
Ctrl+H
and folders
Toggle columns
resizing/not resizing in F8
Columns Layout
Reload Theme Ctrl+Shift+F5
Search F3 or Ctrl+F
Quick Filter A-Z, 0-9
Clear Quick Filter Esc
Open Terminal
(CMD/Powershell) in F10
Current Folder
Open Terminal
(CMD/Powershell) as Ctrl+F10
Administrator

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
5. Troubleshooting
If something isn't working as it should, before you try
anything else, check to see whether there is an update
available for One Commander.

Shortcut key isn't working

This could be because it's being intercepted by another app,

which can be tricky to track down. Windows allows apps to
list the system-wide hotkeys currently in use, but refuses to
identify which applications are using them. A utility called
Ethervane ActiveHotkeys (portable), which may not be
supported any more, lists hotkeys currently in use by
Windows. Then, by closing down apps one by one you
should be able to identify the culprit.

Filename not accepted

The following characters are not permitted in Windows fle

names:
<>:"/\|?*
More information on fle naming can be found here.

Some folders, e.g. C:\Users\<user name>\AppData,

not visible

Make sure that you've checked all the "Visibility" options in

Settings > View.

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OK, we get the irony: if you can't start the app, how can you
read this? Except that there is a copy of this manual at
OneCommander.com, which is presumably where you're
reading this now. Here are three approaches, starting with
the simplest and ending with a restart that involves losing
your settings.

Approach 1: The Main Window may be hidden of screen.

Try pressing Shift+F1 to bring it back into view.

If that doesn't work:

Approach 2: One Commander may be "frozen". Open the

Windows Task Manager, click on the Processes tab, and
search for any entries for One Commander, either in the
Apps or Background Processes sections. If you fnd any,
select them and click the "End task" button at the bottom
right-hand corner of the Task Manager window, or right-click
on them and select "End task". Try starting One Commander.

If that doesn't work:

Approach 3: There may be a problem with One

Commander's main settings fle.

1. Find the Settings folder (e.g. C:\Users\<user

name>\OneCommander\Settings\).
2. Rename the fle "OneCommanderV3.json" to something
else, for example
"OneCommanderV3.json.deactivated". This fle will be
recreated when you get to Step 4.
3. Open the Windows Task Manager, click on the
Processes tab, and search for any entries for One
Commander, either in the Apps or Background
Processes sections. If you fnd any, select them and
click the "End task" button at the bottom right-hand
corner of the Task Manager window, or right-click on
them and select "End task".
4. Try starting One Commander. If it works, great!
However, you'll need to go through your Settings again,
because they will have been reset to One
Commander's default values.

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Something is spamming your flesystem with fle

changes errors

If a program is constantly changing many fles at once the

bufer that holds flesystem changes may get full and One
Commander will miss changes on disk. It may also degrade
the life of your SSD (solid state drive). Go to Settings >
Advanced for a utility that will help you identify the
ofending program.

When maximized on a two-screen display, the

Main Window spreads slightly on to the second
screen

This is an unfortunate feature of the third party library that

renders the Main Window. The only fx available is to turn of
the Acrylic window efect in Settings > Theme, shut down the
program and restart.

Drag and drop not working with other programs

If you can't get another program to accept a fle dropped

when you've dragged it from One Commander, try selecting
"Use old Drag & Drop system" in Settings > Advanced.

If none of that helped...

Please email [email protected] or go to the
support forum at Google Groups.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3
3. Full reference guide:About Program
3. Full reference guide:Customizing One Commander's
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3. Full reference guide:Settings:Window

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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
Purchasing One Commander
Installing One
Commander V3
Version 3 Pro
Purchasing One
Commander One Commander Version 3 comes in two versions:
Version 3 Pro Free for Personal Use: Has all the basic features of One
What's new in Commander.
Version 3 Pro for Advanced Personal or Commercial Use: Additional,
2. Quick introductory more advanced features (listed in Settings). They include:
guide
Selecting your preferred Command Shell
3. Full reference guide
Adding features to the built-in Preview display
4. Shortcut Keys
Adding to the exluded watcher keywords list
5. Troubleshooting
The Pro version can be purchased by clicking on the
button in Settings, or the button in
the About Program dialog.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
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4. Folder columns

1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
4. Folder columns
Window
3. The Browsers The Navigation Pane displays folders in columns:
and Layouts
4. Folder columns
5. Basic folder and
fle operations
6. Sidebar
7. Themes
8. Settings
9. Other useful
features
3. Full reference guide
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting

You can navigate to a folder in any of the columns, including

the ones to the left of the Current Folder Column, using the:
Mouse: Click on the folder. A new column displaying the
contents of that folder will appear to the right of the column
you clicked in (replacing what was there before, if the
column you clicked on wasn't the Current Folder Column).
Keyboard: You can move through the entire directory tree
using just four cursor keys. You can:

move between panes, and between folders and fles

within panes, using a combination of Tab and Cursor
Arrow keys (Shift+Tab to move in the opposite
direction), and Enter to open folders (this doesn't move
the keyboard focus to the folder within) or fles;

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use left/right arrowss to move between folder columns.

The right arrow also opens the folder from the Current
Folder pane.

The easiest way of understanding how this works is to try it.

Files or folders selected using the keyboard are surrounded

by a box of "marching ants":

In the Columns Layout, the rightmost column is also the

Current Folder Pane. Folders in this pane need to be double-
clicked to open (although you can set it to open with a single-
click in Settings > Other).

The columns to the left of the Current Folder Column

compress to allow you a good view of the Current Folder
Column. If they're compressed too much to give a clear view
of their contents, you can expand them by moving the
mouse cursor over them. You can change many features of
how this works in Settings > Columns, for example how
quickly the columns respond to the mouse movements, how
much they expand, and so on. Alternatively, if you don't like
these animations, you can turn them of in Settings >
Columns.

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2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
3. The Browsers and Layouts
Window
3. The Browsers The browsers are divided into three main panes (see
and Layouts screenshots below):
4. Folder columns
Navigation Pane: Shows all attached and mapped
5. Basic folder and
drives as a series of Miller columns that allow you to
fle operations
navigate up and down the folder trees for each drive.
6. Sidebar
Current Folder Pane: Shows the contents of the folder
7. Themes
that is currently selected in the Navigation Pane.
8. Settings
Details Pane: Shows details of the folder or fle that is
9. Other useful
currently selected in the Current Folder Pane. If a fle is
features
selected, this pane shows a preview of the contents of
3. Full reference guide
the fle if it can (not all fle types are supported).
4. Shortcut Keys
5. Troubleshooting
Layouts
One Commander provides two layouts: Standard and
Columns. You can see the diference by clicking on the /
buttons in the Main Toolbar. In brief, the Standard Layout
shows one or both Browsers side-by-side and a set of Folder
Columns at the top of the Browser with the Current Folder
below them, while the Columns Layout sets the Browsers
one above the other, with the Current Folder to the right, as
the fnal column in the Folder Column display. Path selection
is slightly diferent in each display, but other than that it is
entirely a matter of personal preference as to which you use.

The Browsers
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browser by adding tabs. Click on the button to the right

of the Browser Tabs to create a new tab, which will be a
clone of the current tab (i.e. the tab that currently has the
focus). Alternatively, you can also specify a particular path
for all new tabs in Settings > Other.
Tabs can be closed by clicking on the button that appears
when you move the cursor over the tab, or by clicking MMB.
Once deleted, they can't be restored.

You can resize either browser by dragging their borders, or

the Browser Divider separating them. Some borders have a
drag handle surrounded by arrows: . The drag
handle isn't strictly speaking necessary; it serves as a
reminder that the divider can be dragged. The arrows jump
the divider to the end of its travel.
If you try to reduce the width of a browser below a certain
point it tells you that it's about to collapse, meaning that it's
about to disappear from view so that you see a single-
browser view. You can restore the dual-browser view by
dragging the border or Browser Divider back again (or use
the drag handle or arrow). The browser will be restored
exactly as it was before.

If the Main Window is too narrow to show both Browsers in

the Standard Layout, one Browser will be closed. It will be re-
opened if you make the Main Window wide enough.

You can create background images for the Folder Panes —

click here for how to do it.

Standard Layout Browser

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Columns Layout Browser

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2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
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2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window

2. Quick introductory guide:4. Folder columns
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
5. Basic folder and fle
Window
3. The Browsers
operations
and Layouts
4. Folder columns One Commander allows all the basic folder and fle
5. Basic folder and operations that you would expect:
fle operations
Open folders or fles by double-clicking on them (you
6. Sidebar
can change this to a single click in Settings > Other) or
7. Themes
pressing Enter.
8. Settings
Move/copy fles using
9. Other useful
Mouse: Drag and drop between browsers or to
features
and from other Windows apps (to copy, hold Ctrl
3. Full reference guide
key down while dragging). Note that One
4. Shortcut Keys
Commander drag and drop works a little
5. Troubleshooting
diferently from Windows File Explorer. Moving a
fle when you meant to copy it can cause a lot of
trouble, so be careful!
Dragging a fle or folder in One Commander
will always move it. To copy, you must always
hold the Ctrl key down.
One Commander attaches a label to the fle
or folder being dragged to tell you whether
it's being moved (red label) or copied (green
label).
Keyboard:
Cutting, copying, and pasting generally: Cut
(Ctrl+X), Copy (Ctrl+C), and Paste (Ctrl+V)
Copying and moving between Browsers:
Move (Alt+M); Copy (Alt+C)
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right-clicking on a folder or fle.

Create new folders: click on the button (or

Ctrl+Shift+N) in the Folder Pane Toolbar:

Create a new fle from a template: click on the

button (or Ctrl+N); you can select from a number of
popular fle types to create a new fle of that type in the
current folder. You can create as many of your own
templates as you like; see here for more.
Filtering list of folders or fles: with the cursor in a
folder column or folder pane, start typing the name of
the folder or fle; folders or fles not containing the
string of characters you've typed are fltered out, so it
also is a quick way of searching for a folder or fle in a
long list. At the top of the column or pane One
Commander records what you've typed; cancel the
flter by clicking the "X" or pressing the Esc key:

You can have as many flters running concurrently as you

like.
Note that the Spacebar key can't be used for fltering,
because it's used for previewing the selected item:

Preview a fle by pressing Space.

You can edit the information columns in the Folder
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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
Installing One Commander
Installing One
Commander V3
V3
Purchasing One
Commander One Commander Version 3 comes in two forms, both of which
Version 3 Pro will be automatically updated as new versions become
What's new in available. The Store version is easier to install, but has a few
Version 3 minor limitations. The Portable version does not have these
2. Quick introductory limitations, but takes a couple more steps to install.
guide
Portable version: This is downloaded from
3. Full reference guide
https:\\onecommander.com, and comes as a zip fle.
4. Shortcut Keys
Unlike normal Windows programs, it can be installed in
5. Troubleshooting
any folder of your choice, including on portable drives
(e.g. USB drives). To install this version:
Download a zip fle from onecommander.com.
Right-click the zip fle and select "Properties". At the
bottom of the General tab, under "Security", check
the "Unblock" box:

Extract the contents of the zip fle in the usual manner to

the folder in which you want to store the program.
Create a shortcut for the fle OneCommander.exe: Right-
click on the fle OneCommander.exe and select "Create
shortcut". This creates the shortcut fle
"OneCommander.exe - Shortcut.lnk", which, when you
double-click on it, runs One Commander.
Move the shortcut to any convenient location. For
example, you can put it on the Start Menu, at C:\Users\
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Menu.

Microsoft Store version: This is installed by the Store on

your computer and updated from there. It is mainly the
same as the Portable version, with the following
diferences:
The Settings fles are found at "C:\Users\<User
name>\OneCommander".
It cannot run ActiveX controls, meaning that One
Commander's native Preview can't open certain fle
types (mainly Microsoft Ofce fles).

Upgrading from Version 2: If you want to re-use your Version

2 settings, go to Settings > Window and click on

Installing One Commander on more

than one computer
If you would like to move your settings to One Commander on
a second computer:

1. Install One Commander on the second computer.

2. On a removable medium (e.g. a USB drive), make a copy
of the frst computer's fle "OneCommanderV3.json",
which you can fnd in the Settings folder.
3. On the second computer, locate the Settings folder and
rename the fle "OneCommanderV3.json" to something
else, for example "OneCommanderV3.json.installation".
4. Copy/move the "OneCommanderV3.json" fle from your
frst computer into the Settings folder on the second
computer.

This will move over your basic settings. Others, such as

Favorites and Tabs, can't be copied over because they
reference folders specifc to the frst computer.

If you have a Pro licence, you will need to contact

[email protected] to arrange for the Pro licence
to be valid on the second computer.

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One Commander ofers enhancements and improvements, as

well as bug fxes, through regular updates. You will know that
an update is available when a red button appears in the Title
Bar, at the right-hand end, and an update notifcation appears
in the Notifcation Pane. Click on the button, and the update
will be applied automatically.

Backlinks:
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
9. Other useful features
Window
3. The Browsers One Commander has many useful features that don't fall
and Layouts readily under the headings in this quick guide. Among them:
4. Folder columns
Interacting with Windows Clipboard: One Commander
5. Basic folder and
can add to and use the contents of the Windows
fle operations
Clipboard in many useful ways.
6. Sidebar
File Automator: Automates many fle management jobs,
7. Themes
such as batch renaming or converting.
8. Settings
Using third-party fle viewers: QuickLook, a popular fle
9. Other useful
viewer that can cope with a very large number of fle
features
types, can be substituted for the build-in viewer by
3. Full reference guide
going to Settings > Preview.
4. Shortcut Keys
Supports Windows Virtual Desktops: One Commander
5. Troubleshooting
can be set to open in the current Virtual Desktop that
you're using.
Tagging paths with colored dots.
Adding Notes or To Do items to folders.

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
7. Themes
Window
3. The Browsers One Commander allows you to change themes — the
and Layouts colours of the diferent components of the user interface,
4. Folder columns for example light or dark, and the icon packs it uses — and
5. Basic folder and create new ones. It comes with a number of built-in themes,
fle operations which you'll fnd in Settings > Theme, which is also where
6. Sidebar you can switch between them. You can edit them if you
7. Themes don't mind editing .xaml fles.
8. Settings You can give the themes an acrylic (translucent) efect by
9. Other useful checking the appropriate box in Settings > Theme, as well as
features change the icons that One Commander uses as well as the
3. Full reference guide Accent Color (the color of items over which the mouse
4. Shortcut Keys moves or that are selected).
5. Troubleshooting
More information about changing these themes or adding
new ones is here.

Backlinks:
2. Quick introductory guide:1. Opening One Commander for
the frst time
2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window

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1. One Commander
Version 3
Conventions and
terminology used
in this manual
Finding your way
around One
Commander
Conventions and
Installing One
Commander V3
terminology used in this
Purchasing One
Commander
manual
Version 3 Pro
What's new in Context Menu: The menu that pops up when you right-click
Version 3 on something.
2. Quick introductory Key presses: "<name of key>+" means hold a particular so-
guide called "modifer" key (Ctrl, Shift, Alt) down while pressing
3. Full reference guide another, e.g. "Ctrl+C". "Win" is the Windows key , which is
4. Shortcut Keys present on most keyboards, usually to the left of the
5. Troubleshooting Spacebar.
Mouse buttons: LMB = left mouse button; similarly, MMB
and RMB for middle and right mouse butttons. "Click"
without any qualifcations means LMB click.
Path: Folders and fles are referred to generically as "paths",
a shorter version of "pathname", which specifes the path
the operating system must take to fnd a folder or fle.
Screenshots: Things to look for are highlighted in red, e.g.:

Settings Location: The folder in which One Commander's

settings are stored. It can be reached from the button on
the Main Toolbar. It contains a number of sub-folders,
including the Settings Folder, which you'll need to access if
you want to move your settings to a copy of One
Commander on another second computer.
Terminal: The generic name for programs that provide
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PowerShell, Windows Terminal.

<.......>: Text enclosed in <> brackets is a placeholder for
something else. So, for <user name> you would enter your
actual Windows user name.

Backlinks:
1. One Commander Version 3:Installing One Commander V3
2. Quick introductory guide:3. The Browsers and Layouts
2. Quick introductory guide:6. Sidebar
3. Full reference guide:Browser Tabs
3. Full reference guide:Favorites
3. Full reference guide:File and Path Operations
3. Full reference guide:Starting from Command line
3. Full reference guide:Using the Windows Clipboard
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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
6. Sidebar
Window
3. The Browsers The Sidebar is the centre of operations for One Commander.
and Layouts It is divided into three main sections:
4. Folder columns
5. Basic folder and 1. Drives
fle operations
6. Sidebar This lists the currently-attached and mapped drives. It can be
7. Themes hidden by going to Settings > Window > uncheck Show
8. Settings drives in Sidebar. The button gives the following options:
9. Other useful
features Hide drives from the sidebar: hides the list of drives,
3. Full reference guide but keeps the box.
4. Shortcut Keys Refresh everything (F5; refreshes all folder displays to
5. Troubleshooting make sure they're up to date).
Map network drive (mapped network drives will be
labelled both with the destination folder in the mapped
drive and the network path in parentheses).

2. Favorites
One Commander allows you to identify as many favorite
folders as you like. They are arranged into groups in the
Sidebar. One Commander creates an initial group from a list
of standard folders in your C:\Users\<username> folder, and
you can add as many groups as you like by clicking the "New
Group" button. Here's an example of a Favorites Group:

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Favorite folders have two basic uses:

They act as bookmarks for folders you use often:

click on a favorite folder and it opens in the
currently-selected browser, in the currently-
selected tab
MMB opens the path in a new tab in the currently-
selected browser
You can quickly move or copy fles or folders from a
browser to a favorite folder by dragging (to move), or
holding the Ctrl key down and dragging (to copy), the
fle or folder from the browser and dropping it onto
one of the items in the Favorites Group. Note that
dragging a fle or folder to a favorites group does not
create a new favorite; it just moves or copies that
folder or fle to the chosen favorite.

Basic operations for favorites groups:

Add folder to group: Click the "+" button to the right of

the group's name.
Rearrange folders within group, move folders
between groups: Drag folders up and down within
group or between groups.
Create aliases (alternative names) for folders in
groups: Right-click on folder name and select "Change
Alias".
Remove folders from groups: Right-click on folder
name and select "Remove Path from List".

3. Main Toolbar
See here for more.

Backlinks:

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2. Quick introductory guide:2. The Main Window

3. Full reference guide:Browser Tabs
3. Full reference guide:Favorites
3. Full reference guide:Folder Pane

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1. One Commander
Version 3
2. Quick introductory
guide
1. Opening One
Commander for
the frst time
2. The Main
1. Opening One Commander
Window
3. The Browsers
for the frst time
and Layouts
4. Folder columns One Commander is a dual-pane fle manager, meaning that it
5. Basic folder and can simultaneously display either one or two independent
fle operations fle browsers within the same window. The browsers can be
6. Sidebar viewed either in the Standard Layout, with a navigation pane
7. Themes at the top and a detailed view of the current folder at the
8. Settings bottom, or in a more compact Columns Layout.
9. Other useful
The frst time you open One Commander:
features
3. Full reference guide 1. You'll be asked if you want to import Favorites from
4. Shortcut Keys One Commander Version 2 (the Microsoft Store
5. Troubleshooting version).
2. You'll be given the choice of which layout you'd prefer,
as well as which theme:

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You can change these selections later whenever you wish.

You can switch between the two layouts using the "Layout"
button or at bottom left of the Main Window, or
make one browser collapse to give a single-browser view by
dragging the divider separating the browsers.

When you frst launch One Commander in the Standard

Layout the Folder Columns are hidden. Click here for more.

Closing One Commander

Clicking on the (WindowClose) button at the top right of
the Main Window doesn't shut One Commander down; it
just closes the window so that you can re-open it quickly
when you need it, for example by pressing Win+Alt+O. You
can shut it down by clicking Ctrl+WindowClose. Click here for
details.

Starting One Commander using the

Command Line
This is explained here.

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