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The General preferences page is accessed by selecting Options, followed by Preferences and finally Folders from the main menu bar.

4Dos description support

Magellan Explorer has the ability to display file comments saved in a file such as 4DOS's descript.ion. This feature can be disabled by clicking on the check box next to it.

If you don't want the file containing the comments to appear in the folder window remove the check mark next to "Display description file".

You can also specify the name of the file containing the file comments.

Recycle bin

You can configure whether or not to have Magellan Explorer move files to the recycle bin when they are deleted.

·	Use Windows setting - If the recycle bin is enabled in Windows Explorer then it will be enabled in Magellan Explorer also

·	Never use - Files are never moved to the recycle bin no matter what the Windows Explorer setting

If you have Use Windows setting enabled you may also choose to suppress all confirmation dialogs issued by Windows during deletes. The only confirmations displayed then will be the delete confirmations configurable in the Confirmations section in the User Interface preferences.

Note: The recycle bin is not supported inside archives or on FTP sites. Files deleted are never moved to the recycle bin.

Tip: Even with the recycle bin turned on you can still bypass it at any time by holding down the SHIFT key when pressing the DELETE key or the delete tool.

File protection

Magellan Explorer can issue warning when you attempt to delete certain files. These file types are.

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Read-Only

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Hidden

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System

Note: These warnings can only be issued when the recycle bin is not used, due to the way files are deleted to the recycle bin.