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The first four sections encompass global configuration options.

User Interface

This section contains settings relating to the appearance and user interface of Magellan Explorer. The following areas are covered by this section: Defaults, Colors & Fonts, Display, Keyboard, Confirmations, Selection and Advanced Selection.

Folder Windows

This section contains settings relating to folder window appearance and usage. The following areas are covered by this section: General, Startup, Advanced and Customized folders.

Tools & Toolbars

This section contains settings relating to toolbars, menus and external tools. The following areas are covered by this section: Toolbar, Navigation Bar, Quick Bar, Drive Bar, Tools menu, Custom tools and External editors.

Misc

This section contains miscellaneous settings that do not fit in any of the above sections. More specifically, the following areas are covered by this section: Find and filter, Progress, Performance, Shell integration, Auto update, History and Miscellaneous.

The next three sections contain options that are specific to file system folders, archives and FTP folders.

Folders

This section contain settings that apply only to file system folders. The following areas are covered: General, Attribute and Advanced.

FTP

This section contains settings that are specific to FTP folders and sites. The following areas are covered: Defaults, File transfer, Proxy and Advanced.

Archives

The archive section contains archive specific settings. The areas covered here are: General, ZIP, ACE, Rar, Arj and Lha and Cab and UNIX formats.

Save window size and position

Sets the current window position and size as default so that the next time you start Magellan Explorer it will retain the current size and position.

Set active folder window as default startup folder

The currently open folder in the active folder window is set as a startup folder for that window. The next time you start Magellan Explorer this folder will automatically be loaded there. You can specify this individually for both folder windows.

Import configuration from file/Export configuration to file

The last two options, Import and Export, enable exporting and re-importing your configuration. This is only available in the full version.