The Tools menu contains some of the less frequently used tools. Selecting them from your the menu will achieve the same as clicking on the same tool on any of the toolbars.
The layout of the tools menu is fully configurable from the preferences in the Tools and Toolbars section by choosing the Tools menu tab.
Disk Tools
The disk tools menu gives you instant access to external 3rdparty disk tools as well as network drive mapping.
Format
Formats a disk in a drive of your choosing.
Scandisk
Checks for errors on a hard drive partition of your choosing. Available on Windows 95/98/ME only.
Defrag
De-fragments you hard drive partitions for increased performance.
Backup
Enables you to easily backup your files using the Microsoft supplied backup utility. Available on Windows NT/2000/XP only.
Map Network Drive
Maps a network drive as logical disk with a drive letter on your system. More information can be found by pressing F1 once you have opened the dialog.
Disconnect Network Drive
Allows you to disconnect a previously mapped network drive. More information can be found by pressing F1 once you have opened the dialog.
System Tools
This menu contains some external 3rdparty system tools. They are System information, Edit registry and Edit system files. These options will start the given system tools if present.
Command Prompt from here
Opens a command line window with the path from the active folder window.
External tools
This menu contains links to some other 3rdparty tools you may wish to install. They are DiskState, Print Folder Pro and SuperCat. For more information see their respective homepages by clicking the links below.
DiskState
Print Folder Pro
Super Cat
Magellan Explorer Tools
The remaining tools are all internal Magellan Explorer tools. By default the tools listed are the following (click on links for more information).
Attribute
Describe
Clone
Split
Join
Encode
Decode
Folder Size
Group Attribute
Group Rename
Search
Virtual Folder
Synchronize
Folder Compare
Print Folder