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The Advanced preferences page is accessed by selecting Options, followed by Preferences and finally Folder Windows from the main menu bar. Then click on the Advanced tab at the top of the preferences dialog.

The following settings are for advanced users only, and you should not change them unless you understand what you are changing. Changing any of these options are not necessary for normal operation in any way.

Time & Date

You have the choice of using the Windows default date format or specifying your own. Use the following format codes when customizing the time and date.

%a	Abbreviated weekday name
%A	Full weekday name
%b	Abbreviated month name
%B	Full month name
%c	Date and time representation appropriate for locale
%d	Day of month as decimal number (01 – 31)
%H	Hour in 24-hour format (00 – 23)
%I	Hour in 12-hour format (01 – 12)
%j	Day of year as decimal number (001 – 366)
%m	Month as decimal number (01 – 12)
%M	Minute as decimal number (00 – 59)
%p	Current locale's A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock
%S	Second as decimal number (00 – 59)
%U	Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (00 – 51)
%w	Weekday as decimal number (0 – 6; Sunday is 0)
%W	Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (00 – 51)
%x	Date representation for current locale
%X	Time representation for current locale
%y	Year without century, as decimal number (00 – 99)
%Y	Year with century, as decimal number
%z, %Z	Time-zone name or abbreviation; no characters if time zone is unknown
%%	Percent sign

Scroll bar position

If you would like to have the scroll bars centered (the scroll bar in the right folder window on the LEFT edge, and the scroll bar in the left folder window on the right edge as normal) it is possible.

General Options

Highlight destination folder window when dragging

By default dragging causes whatever folder window currently underneath the cursor to be activated (highlighted). This window then becomes the source folder window for the next operation. Depending on your pattern of use, this may be counter productive as you may have to re-activate the other folder window, and can therefore be turned off.

Delayed folder update

If you set the delayed folder update then Magellan Explorer won't refresh the contents of the folder windows when changes occur outside Magellan Explorer until you make it the active application (set focus). This is the recommended settings as it reduces unnecessary window updates in Magellan Explorer when you may not be using it.

Spacing

When using Magellan Explorer with a very large font then the space between the entries in the folder windows may be excessive. Using a lower value will decrease the spacing.