Total Commander - Favorites

How to get some favorite folder list in Total Commander?

I'm switching to Total Commander from FreeCommander and really missing FC panel with favorites.

This is how it looks in FC:

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(In FC you can create favorites which opens defined folder(s) in active or active and inactive panel. It's very handy.)

Solution 1:

That's called "Directory hotlist" in Total Commander, available through CtrlD or the "star" button within the path bar (above folder listing, below tabs):

Screenshot of Total Commander's main folder view, with the button in question highlighted.

To have a bookmark which changes both panels at once, open the hotlist "Configure" screen and enter the other panel's path in the "Target path" field.

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(In commander-like file managers, the panel currently in focus is "source" and the opposite panel is "target". Left vs right depends on which panel's hotlist menu you open.)

Besides the hotlist, you can also add entries to the "Start" menu (at the top of the window) which go to a specific location instead of launching a program – to do this, enter cd <path> as the command to run. As with the hotlist, it's possible to switch both panels at once – this time, the "Start path" field is re-purposed for the target panel location.

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Very similarly, you can also define custom toolbar buttons that switch to a specific directory. This is also done by specifying cd <path> as the command, and optionally the target panel as "Start path".

Screenshot of the "Change button bar" dialog window