Introduction

Version 1.0

Copyright © 1997 Kent Briggs

Briggs Softworks

Introduction

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File Maven 95 is a multipurpose file manager for Windows 95.  You can manage your data and program files from a list-based environment utilizing pull-down menus, hot keys, and the toolbar to gain quick access to File Maven’s many functions.  Simply tag the files you want to work with and then select the appropriate command from the menu.

Software License

File Maven is copyrighted software distributed as shareware.  You are granted a temporary 30-day license to try File Maven to see if it will meet your needs.  If you wish to use the program past the 30-day evaluation period, you must purchase the fully-licensed, registered version from the author or an authorized dealer.  Failure to comply with the license agreement is a violation of federal and international copyright laws.  Click the Order form option on File Maven’s Help menu for ordering instructions.

Disclaimer

This software is provided as is and without warranty.  The author assumes no liability for damages, either direct or consequential, which may result from the use of this product.

Author Contact and Technical Support Information

Kent Briggs

109A Romana Circle

Hewitt, TX  76643

E-mail:

CompuServe: 72124,3234

Internet: kbriggs@execpc.com

World Wide Web Home Page:

http://execpc.com/~kbriggs

Download other Briggs Softworks programs from WWW page:

Puffer - Secure data file and e-mail encryption program for Windows

CryptaPix- Graphics viewer/encryptor supporting jpg, gif, png, pcx, tif, and bmp formats

One-Page Calendar - Simple calendar printing utility for Windows

Miscellaneous

File Maven 95 was written in Object Pascal with Borland Delphi

XceedZip zip library licensed from Xceed Software

Orpheus components licensed from TurboPower

WISE installation package licensed from Great Lakes Business Solutions

Association of Shareware Professionals

Kent Briggs is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).  The ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you.  If you are unable to resolve a shareware related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, the ASP may be able to help.  The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products.  Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA. FAX 616-788-2765 or send e-mail to the ASP Ombudsman at 70007.3536@compuserve.com.


General Operation

Screen Layout

File Maven features a dual directory display.  The left and right windows contain independent lists of files and directories.  Each list can hold a total of 3000 directories and files at one time.  At the top of each list is the <tree> item which lets you see a pre-scanned list of directories in a graphical tree format.  If the current directory is not the root directory, then the next two lines will show <parent> and <root>.  A list of directories (if any) follows these and are listed in alphabetical order.  Immediately following the directories are the files.  Note that Microsoft now refers to “directories” as “folders” in Windows 95 but the terms are interchangeable.  When the Scroll Lock light on your keyboard is on, the dual file list will scroll in “sync” as you navigate up and down the lists.

File Maven remembers which directories were current when you last ran the program and initializes to those directories each time you restart the program.  If you want the File Maven to always start in the same directories, use the “Startup dirs” option on the Configure menu.

The files can be sorted in a variety of ways through the Sort Menu.  The default sort order when starting File Maven is by file name.  At the bottom of each list is the name of the current drive and directory.  The list with the active cursor is the source list and the other list is the target list.  Either list can be the source or the target list.  The top line of the screen contains the pull-down menu system.  The bottom line is the status line.  It displays statistics on the files in the current directory.  When a function from the pull-down menu is highlighted, a description of that function will be displayed on the status line.  You may change the colors and the font used in the lists by selecting “Font” from the Configure menu.

Keyboard Commands

You can use your mouse or cursor keys to navigate through the lists.  Just click on a file or directory to select it or use the up/down cursor keys to move the selection bar.  Click anywhere in the opposite list to make it active or use the left/right cursor or Tab keys to move the selection bar between the left and right file lists.  To activate the pull-down menu with the keyboard, press F10 or hold down the Alt key while pressing the key representing the underlined line.  For example, the “F” in the File menu is underlined so you could just press Alt-F to activate it.  Many of the more common commands can be activated by a hotkey.  The hotkey is listed next to the command on its menu.  For example, if you pull down the File menu, you will see that the hotkey for the Copy command is Ctrl-C.

Toolbar

The toolbar is the line of speedbuttons (icons) just below the menu.  Each speedbutton is a “hotkey” equivalent for mouse users that activates one of the more common commands.  If you place your mouse cursor directly over a speedbutton and leave it there for approximately one second, a hint balloon will appear letting you know which menu command it represents.

File Tagging

You may tag (select) files in the list to process them in groups (a file is tagged when it is highlighted in reverse video).  For example, you might want to delete 10 files in a directory.  Instead of deleting them one at a time, you can tag each file and then select the Delete command.  To tag a single file, click on it or use the cursor keys to move the selection bar to it.  This will also clear any previously tagged files.  To toggle a tag on/off for a particular file without disturbing the other tags, hold the Ctrl key down when clicking on the file.  To tag a range of files, either click on the first file in the range and drag the mouse to the last file before releasing he mouse button or click the first file and then click the last file while holding down the shift key.  To tag a range of files with the keyboard, highlight the first file with the cursor keys and then hold the shift key down while using the cursor keys.  You can tag all the files and/or directories in the list from the pull-down Tag menu.

When two or more files are tagged, the status line at the bottom of the program window will display some statistics about those files.  After a file is processed (copied, printed, etc.) it is marked with an asterisk "*".  You can quickly retag the marked files by selecting Retag from the Tag menu.

Depending on the command, you can tag directories also.  The command you pick may process all of the files in the directory and in lower lever directories, too.  File Maven will always prompt you first before processing lower level directories.

Double Clicking

You can change directories by double clicking a directory with the mouse or by pressing Enter when the desired directory is selected in the list.  If you double click a file in the list, File Maven will either load it into the file viewer or will execute it (or its associated program), depending on how you set the double click configuration in the Configure/Mouse menu.

Directory Tree

Select <tree> from the top line of either list to enter File Maven's tree mode.  In the tree mode you may browse the directory structure of your drives.  Rather than rescan your drives each time you enter tree mode, File Maven loads the directory structures from a FMAVEN.DAT scan file located in your Windows directory.  Once a drive has been scanned, you can browse through it and change to any directory by pressing Enter or double clicking it with the mouse.  The tree is automatically updated when directories are made or removed within File Maven.  You may manually rescan or unscan drives any time from the Tree menu.  The date and time a drive was last scanned is displayed on the status line.

The most important feature of the scanned directory list is its use with the Quick Change function from the Directory menu.  You can change directories just by typing a few characters in its name.  Quick Change will try to find a match using the scan file and will present you with a pick-list on multiple matches.  If you want to guarantee that File Maven always has an up to date directory scan file, you can tell it which drives to scan at program startup by selecting “Drive scan” from the Configure menu.

Menu System

File Maven utilizes a pull-down menu system for access to most commands.  Many common commands have "hot keys" associated with them for even faster access.  Hot keys are displayed on the pull down menus next to the individual commands.  The top level menu items are as follows:

File  - commands that process files without altering their contents or properties

Modify - commands that will alter the contents or properties of files

Directory - commands that work with directories and commands that affect the way files and directories appear in the list.

Tag - commands to tag all files and/or directories in the list

Sort - commands to sort the file list in one of 12 different ways

Disk - commands for floppy disks and misc. drive information

Configure - commands for custom program configuration

Help - access to the help system and ordering information

File Maven also supports a popup menu that appears when you click in either file list using the right mouse button.  You can customize the popup menu with any of File Maven’s internal commands and with external programs.  See the “Mouse” option on the Configure menu.


File Menu

The File menu contains commands that process files without altering their contents or properties.

Copy	Hotkey: Ctrl-C	Speedbutton:

The Copy command is used to copy one or more files and/or directories from the current "source" directory to another directory.  If directories are selected, File Maven will ask if you want to include lower subdirectories.  Answering "yes" means that all subdirectories and files inside the selected directories will be copied, down to the deepest level.  Answering "no" means that only the first level of files inside the selected directories will be copied.

A dialog box will appear asking for the destination for the files/directories.  The current "target" directory (the opposite list) is the default destination.  You can accept the target directory by selecting "OK", or manually type in a new target drive and/or directory, or click the Tree button to pick the target directory from the graphical tree.

During the copy process, a status box appears showing the progress of the copy command.  A byte count and graphical bars indicate the percent complete for the current file and the total files selected.  You can click the "Cancel" button to stop the copy process.

File Maven can check the target directory to see if the files already exist.  The action taken depends on how the File Overwrite option was set on the Copy dialog.  The overwrite options are as follows:

Prompt:  If a file with the same name is about to be overwritten, File Maven will stop and ask for your permission first.

Freshen:  The file must already exist and it must be newer than the one it is about to overwrite, otherwise it is skipped.

Update:  If the file already exists then it is only copied if it is newer than the one it is about to overwrite, otherwise it is skipped.  Unlike the Freshen command, the file is copied if it does not already exist in the target directory.

Always:  Files are always copied even if they overwrite newer files with the same name.

Never:  Files are never overwritten.  A copy only takes place if the file does not already exist in the target directory.

Note that if a file has its “ReadOnly” attribute set, the operating system will prevent it from being overwritten no matter what overwrite mode is used in File Maven.

A “Quick Copy” function is also available on the right-click popup menu.  It works like the regular Copy function except it automatically uses the current target directory without prompting you for a destination.  The Quick Copy command will always warn you before it overwrites existing files.

Move	Hotkey: Ctrl-M	Speedbutton:

The Move command is identical to the Copy command except the selected files and/or directories in the source list will be deleted if they are copied successfully.  A Wipe option on the Move dialog box will cause the source file to be wiped (permanently erased) instead of the normal delete.  See Modify/Wipe for more information about wiping files.

A “Quick Move” function is also available on the right-click popup menu.  It works like the regular Move function except it automatically uses the current target directory without prompting you for a destination. The Quick Move command will always warn you before it overwrites existing files.

Zip

The Zip command is used to compress selected files into an industry standard ZIP file compatible with PKWARE’s famous PKZIP 2.04g program.  File Maven has its own zip and unzip routines built in so you do not need a copy PKZIP on your PC to use this feature.

You may add to, freshen, or update ZIP files.  File Maven also supports the encryption option, can store entire directory structures, and can even span a zip file across multiple disks.

The Add option will create the ZIP file if it does not already exist and will add the selected files to it.  If the ZIP file already exists, the Add option will update it with the selected files.  If the selected files already exist inside the archive, they will be overwritten regardless of whether they are newer or not.

With the Freshen option, the ZIP file must already exist, the selected file must already be in the ZIP file and must have a date stamp that is newer than the existing file in the archive.

The Update option is the same as the Add option, except that newer files will not be overwritten by older ones if they already exist inside the ZIP file.

To view the contents of a ZIP file, move the cursor to it and press Enter or double click it with the mouse.  File Maven's built-in Zip viewer will allow you to view, extract, test, or delete individual files from within the ZIP file.  If you do not want to use the built-in zip viewer/extractor, you can disable that feature under “Mouse” on the Configure menu.

Duplicate

The Duplicate command is used to make a copy of a file and place it in the same directory as the original.  Click on the file to tag it and select Duplicate from the File menu.  File Maven will prompt you for the new file name.

View	Hotkey: Ctrl-V	Speedbutton:

File Maven has a built in viewer for looking at the contents of files.  You can tell File Maven to use your favorite external viewer instead by specifying the name with Configure/Viewer.  To view a file, select it with the cursor and select File/View from the menu or use the hotkey or speedbutton. You can also view files by double clicking them with the mouse (or by pressing Enter when selected) if you have that option set under “Mouse” on the Configure menu.

File Maven’s viewer can view files of any size and is normally used to view only text files.  However, it has a hex mode that will allow you to see the contents of binary files also.

Execute

You can launch program files in the list with the Execute function.  If the file has an extension of EXE, COM, or BAT, File Maven will prompt you for optional command line parameters and will then execute the program directly.  Otherwise, File Maven will launch the program associated with the particular type that has its extension registered in Windows 95.  For example, if TXT files are associated with the Windows NotePad program, then running File/Execute on a file named Test.txt will cause Notepad to be launched and the Test.txt file will opened.  Use the Windows Explorer program to manually add or remove file associations.

You can also execute programs by double clicking them with the mouse (or by pressing Enter when selected) if you have that option set under “Mouse” on the Configure menu.  You can also customize the right-click popup menu by adding up to 10 external programs that can be launched from any directory.

Compare

The Compare command is used to make a byte for byte comparison between two files to see if they are the same.  Click on a file in the Source list and then click on a file in the Target list before selecting “Compare” from the File menu.  A byte for byte comparison is not performed if the files are different sizes.

Print 	Hotkey: Ctrl-P	Speedbutton:

The Print command is used to print ASCII text files on your computer's local or network printer.  You may tag files and/or directories to print several files with one command.  A setup dialog will appear allowing you to adjust margins, select a font, etc.

To print a non-text file, you should launch its parent application with File/Execute and then use the appropriate print command from within the particular program.  Do not attempt to print non-text files with File Maven’s print command.

Search

The Search command helps you find "misplaced" files.  Search by file name (wildcards supported), file contents, size range, date range, or by file attributes. Leave an option blank (set attributes to “Either”) if you do not want that option to affect the search.  If you type anything in the File Contents box, each file that matches all the other criteria will be opened and searched.  To search for data in binary files, you can check the “Hex bytes” box and enter a string of hex bytes (e.g. F1 38 C4 3A 21).

When you select Search/Tagged, File Maven limits the search to the files and/or directories that you have tagged.

When a match is found, you will have the option of continuing the search or locating the file by changing to the appropriate directory.  Note that if the file that was found has hidden or system attributes and those options are turned off under Directory/Filters, the locate function will not be able to highlight the file.

First file	Hotkey: Ctrl-F	Speedbutton:

The First command will move the selection bar directly to the first file in the list, jumping over any directories at the top.

Info

The Info command provides statistics on selected files.  If any directories are selected, File Maven will ask if you want to include lower subdirectories in the statistics.  Answering "yes" means that all subdirectories and files inside the selected directories will be counted, down to the deepest level.  Answering "no" means that only the first level of files inside the selected directories will be counted.

A count of files, directories, and lower subdirectories will be provided.  To include all files on a drive, change to the root directory and select “Both” from the Tag menu before selecting File/Info.  The total byte count is also provided, including the possible "slack" contained in the last cluster of each file. Since different drives can have different cluster sizes, File Maven will also show how much space would be occupied if the files were copied to the target directory.

Exit	Hotkey: Alt-F4	Speedbutton:

The Exit command is used to quit File Maven.  Current settings are saved in the Windows registry and are restored the next time you run the program.


Modify Menu

The Modify Menu contains commands that will alter the contents or properties of files.

Delete	Hotkey: Ctrl-D	Speedbutton:

The Delete command is used to delete one or more files and/or directories from the current source directory.  If directories are selected, File Maven will ask if you want to include lower subdirectories.  Answering "yes" means that all files matching the current filespec inside the selected directories will be deleted, down to the deepest level.  Answering "no" means that only the first level of files inside the selected directories will be deleted.  File Maven will attempt to remove empty directories if that option is checked on the dialog box.

Files with the “r” (Read-only) attribute will not be deleted.  Use the Modify/Attributes command to change a file's attributes.

If you check the “Use Recycle Bin” option, File Maven will let Windows 95 move the file to its recycle bin so that it can be recovered at a later time if needed.  Otherwise, the file is deleted normally.  To permanently erase files, use the Wipe command.

Wipe

The Wipe command is used to permanently erase files.  When files are normally deleted by the operating system, only the directory entry is removed.  The actual file contents remain on the disk until they are eventually overwritten by new files.  The Wipe command works like the Delete command, except before the file is deleted, it is overwritten with a stream of random data.  This prevents data from being “unerased” by special disk utilities.  Use the Wipe command with caution, you can never recover a wiped file.

Rename

The Rename command is used to rename a file.  Click on the appropriate file and select Rename from the Modify menu.  File Maven will prompt you for the new name.  Use the Directory/Rename command to rename a directory.

Edit	Hotkey: Ctrl-E	Speedbutton:

The Edit command is used to edit ASCII text files.  File Maven has an internal editor similar to NotePad except that it can edit files as large as there is free memory available, up to 16 mb.  You can tell File Maven to use your favorite external editor instead by specifying the name with Configure/Editor.  Do not attempt to edit non-text files with the built-in editor.  To create a new file, click on a directory or the <tree> line before selecting the Edit command.

Attributes

The Attributes command is used to change one or more attributes of the selected files.  Uncheck the “Show size” setting on the Directory menu to see the current attributes for each file listed.  You can also click on the header bar at the top of the file list .  Windows supports these four file attributes:

a (archive):	Set when a file is copied, to distinguish it from the original.

s (system):	Used by Windows system files.

h (hidden):	Hidden files.

r (read-only):	Prevents a file from being modified or deleted.

You can specify whether System and Hidden files will be displayed by File Maven with Directory/Filters.

File Maven will prompt you for the new attributes allowing you to turn on, turn off, or leave unchanged each individual attribute.

Use the Hide/unhide command on the Directory menu to change the Hidden attribute for directories.

Split

The Split command is used to break large files into smaller ones.  This is handy for copying a large file to another computer when it is too big to fit on a single floppy disk.  Use the Join command to restore a split file.  The original file is not modified.  The split files produced will have the same name as the original except with extensions of .Sxx, where xx are consecutive numbers from 01 to 99.  The Split command has four options for splitting a file:

In Two:  Tell File Maven how big the first split file should be and the remainder of the file will go into the second split file.  The “Two” option works on all file types.

By Size:  Tell File Maven how big the largest file can be and it will split the original into enough pieces so that no individual file exceeds the size you specified.  The last file may be smaller that the rest if the total size does not divide evenly by the specified size.  The “Size” option works on all file types.

By Number:  Tell File Maven how many pieces to break the original file into and it will split it into n evenly sized files, where n is the number you specified.  The last file may be a few bytes smaller than the rest if the number of bytes does not divide evenly.  The “Number” option works on all file types.

By Lines:  This option only works on text files.  File Maven will count and display the number of lines in the file.  Tell File Maven how many lines the largest file can have and the original file will be split into enough pieces so that no individual file exceeds the number of lines you specified.  The last file may have fewer lines than the rest if the total number of lines does not divide evenly.  The “Lines” option always breaks files at cr/lf boundaries.

Join

The Join command will join (concatenate) two or more tagged files into one file.  The files are joined in the same order as they appear in the file list.  Join was designed to restore files previously divided with the Split command, but can be used to join any files specified.  File Maven will prompt you for the name of the file to create before joining the selected files.  The original split files are not modified.

Touch

The Touch command is used to modify the date and time stamps of the selected files.  A file's date/time stamp is normally set to the computer’s system time when it is edited.  Programmers often "touch" the date/time stamps of their distributed files to the same stamp so that users can tell which files belong together in a directory listing.

File Maven will prompt you for the desired date stamp using the current system date as the default.  Enter the desired date and time stamps in the indicated format.


Dir Menu
Directory Menu

The Directory Menu contains commands that work with directories and commands that affect the way files and directories appear in the list.

Quick change	Hotkey: Ctrl-Q	Speedbutton:

The Quick Change command is used to change the current directory right to where you want to go without having to wade through other directories or browse through the directory structure in tree mode.

You may type in a path relative to the current directory or a full path beginning with a "\".  You may also include a drive letter designation such as "C:\WINDOWS".

The most powerful feature of the Quick Change command is its ability to change to any directory on any drive just by typing in a few characters in the name.  File Maven will use the FMAVEN.DAT scan file created in <tree> mode (or from Disk/Scan) to find a match.  If multiple matches are found, a pop-up pick list will be displayed.

First, File Maven attempts to change to the directory exactly as entered.  If that fails, the directory scan file is searched to see if any directories (on any scanned drive) start with the same characters that were entered.  If exactly one match is found, File Maven will make it the current directory.  If more than one match is found, a list of choices is presented.  Exact matches are placed at the top of the list and partial matches are placed at the bottom.  Move to the one you want and press Enter or double click on it with the mouse.

You can restrict the search to a specific drive by preceding the search string with the drive letter and colon such as "C:FILES".  You can specify that the search string may appear anywhere in the directory name (not just the beginning) by preceding it with an asterisk such as "*DAT" or "C:*DAT".

You may need to rescan your drives occasionally to keep the scan file updated, either from Disk/Scan or from Tree/Scan in <tree> mode.  You can also select “Drive scan” from the Configure menu to have File Maven automatically scan your drives each time the program starts.

Make

The Make command is used to create a new subdirectory relative to the current directory.

Remove

The Remove command is used to remove selected directories.  The directories must be empty.  You can use the Modify/Delete command to remove a directory and delete its contents in one step.

Rename

The Rename command is used to rename the selected directory.  Use the Modify/Rename command to rename files.

Hide/unhide

The Hide/unhide command is used to change the Hidden attribute of selected directories.  You can specify whether Hidden directories will be displayed by File Maven with Directory/Filters.

Filters

The Filters command is used to change the file specification (filespec) filter in the current "source" list.  It also allows you to determine whether or not hidden files, system files, or hidden directories should be displayed by File Maven.

The filespec tells File Maven which files to display in the list by file name.  The default value is "*.*" which means to show all files.  If you specify a filespec of "*.BAT", for example, then only batch files will be displayed in the list.  A filespec of "K*.*" will only show files that start with a "K".

The file filters only apply to the current source list.  File Maven maintains separate filter settings for each list.

Show size

The Show size command is used to toggle the columns displayed in the current list.  The information on each file includes a name, extension, size (in bytes), date, time, and attributes.  There is not enough room to display all columns at once so the Show size command will switch between these two displays:

Date/Size/Name

or

Date/Time/Attr/Name

You can also toggle between these two display modes by clicking the list header with your mouse.

Show DOS alias

The Show DOS alias command with cause File Maven to display the file and directory names in the old DOS “8.3” format instead of the default long file name format.

Update	Hotkey: Ctrl-U	Speedbutton:

The Update command is used to reload the current file/directory list from the disk drive.  This is useful on floppy drives after you change a diskette or after running an external program that may have modified files in the current directory.

Print

The Directory/Print command is used to print the current file and/or directory list to your PC's local or network printer.  The file names are printed in the current sort order.  Use the File/Print command to print the contents of a text file.


Tag Menu

The Tag menu contains commands to tag all files and/or directories in the list.  To toggle individual tags on/off, hold the Ctrl key down while clicking with the mouse.  Tagged items will be shown in reverse video mode.  Files are marked with an asterisk “*” next to their names after they have been processed by these commands:  File/Copy, File/Print, Modify/Attributes, and Modify/Touch.

Files	Hotkey: Ctrl-T	Speedbutton:

Tag all files in source list.

Dirs

Tag all directories in source list.

Both

Tag all files and all directories in source list.

Retag

Tag all marked files and/or directories in source list.


Sort Menu

The Sort menu contains commands to sort the file list in one of 12 different ways (6 ascending and 6 descending).  Directories are always sorted by name.

Name

Sort by file name.  This is the default mode when File Maven is started.

Extension

Sort by file extension.

Size

Sort by file size.

Date

Sort by file date/time stamp.

Attributes

Sort by file attributes.

Unsorted

Use original Windows sort order.

Reverse

Descending sort order when checked.


Disk Menu

Scan

Use the Scan command to freshen the File Maven directory scan file “FMAVEN.DAT”, located in your Windows directory.  The scan file maintains a list of all the directories on your drives and is used with the Directory/Quick change command and also in <tree> mode.

Format floppy

Use the Format floppy command to format a diskette.  File Maven uses the DOS FORMAT.COM program which must be located in your windows system directory, windows directory, or a directory in the PATH environment variable.

Diskcopy

Use the Diskcopy command to make an exact copy of a diskette.  File Maven uses the DOS DISKCOPY.COM program which must be located in your windows system directory, windows directory, or a directory in the PATH environment variable.

Info

The Info command provides a list of statistics for the current drive including cluster size, bytes available, volume label, and other miscellaneous information.


Configure Menu

The Configure Menu contains commands that allow the user to configure File Maven with various user settings.

Viewer

This command allows you to replace File Maven's internal file viewer with one of your own.  Enter the program's full path.  Use File/View to load the viewer with the currently selected file.

Editor

This command allows you to replace File Maven's internal file editor with one of your own.  Enter the program's full path.  Use Modify/Edit to load the editor with the currently selected file.

Drive scan

This command allows you to specify a list of drives that File Maven will scan each time it starts up.  The FMAVEN.DAT scan file is saved in your Windows directory and contains a list of all the directories on the specified drives.  It is used to display the directory tree in <tree> mode and with the Directory/Quick change feature.  If you do not want to automatically scan your drives each time the program starts, then leave the drive list blank.  You can manual rescan your drives at anytime by selecting Disk/Scan or Tree/Scan in <tree> mode.  The scan file is automatically updated when individual directories are created and deleted from within File Maven.

Startup dirs

This command allows you to specify which directories are displayed in the left and right lists when File Maven is started.  If you leave these settings blank, File Maven will start up in the directories that were current the last time the program was used.

Mouse

Use the mouse configuration to tell File Maven how to interpret double clicking in the files lists and also to customize the right-click popup menu.  You can specify whether double clicking runs the File/Execute command or the File/View command on the selected file.  You can also enable the internal Zip file viewer for files with an extension of “ZIP”.

When you use the right mouse button in the file lists, a popup menu appears with the “Quick Copy” and “Quick Move” commands.  You can customize this menu by selecting up to 10 internal File Maven commands from the list provided.  Select the appropriate command from the Command list and click the left arrow button to add it to the menu.

You can also add up to 10 external programs to the popup menu.  Click the left arrow button next to the External Programs list and search for the appropriate program file.  File Maven will then ask you for the name of the program to be displayed on the menu.  When you run an external program from the popup menu, File Maven will launch it from the current directory and will pass the names of all the tagged files on the command line.  If only a directory or the <tree> line is selected then no parameters are passed to the external program.

Use the right arrow buttons to remove items from the popup menu and the up/down arrow buttons to move the selected item in the list so that it is in the desired order.

Font

The Font Configuration allows you to set the font and colors for the file and tree lists.  The default font is 9 point “Courier New” with a white background, navy file color, purple directory color, and maroon tree color.

Tab volumes

This function will toggle the display of volume labels on the drive tabs at the bottom of each file list and the tree list.  By default, only a drive letter and colon are displayed on the tabs.  Volume labels for removable media such as floppy disks and CD-ROMs will not be displayed on the tabs.  However the Disk/Info function will show the volume label for any kind of drive.