While you can use the sidebar or the address bar in each pane to switch folders, Explorer Commander lets you jump to previously visited folders from the Load menu. The pane on the top left is 1, the right pane is 2, and similarly the ones at the bottom are 3 and 4 respectively. Though numbered as 1-4, they aren't arranged clockwise. The program's Change menu is used to swap the position of one pane with another. Hit the reset option to revert to the default layout size. 20/80 Columns will make the panes on the right size larger and the left pane narrower, while 80/20 does it the other way around. When enabled, they resize the panes according to the selected proportion, for e.g. You may resize the interface using the Proportions menu's Columns and Rows options. Since the program uses Explorer as the base, you can perform all file operations like copying, moving, pasting files and folders, and use all available context menu options in a 4-pane or 2-pane view. The quad mode is the one that offers the 4-pane GUI. Use the Layout menu to switch to the horizontal or vertical mode, these options use the dual-pane view. The interface of Explorer Commander is exactly the same as Windows Explorer's, well, except for the menu bar at the top. And yes, 6.6M downloads of the last version on this mirror alone, speak for TC more than people - or robots - ca do.But why stop at 2 when you can have quad panes with Explorer Commander. The open architecture (plug-ins), expression based file search, and cross-platform file operations (SFTP / FTPS) and multi device support are also pluses for me. I also appreciate the continuous commitment of the company to keep it up to date, bug-free and stable for so many years (is one of the few pieces of SW that never crashed, and believe me, as a robot I have good memory). Robotically, I find it functional and efficient (ie mouse & kbd operations, as opposite to mouse-only). I agree that UIs are a matter of personal preference and, although TC offers a combination of tree and panel based file management UIs, some people may not like it. This is a fake review by a fake human who's been using Windows Commander / Total Commander since 1994 - and paid for it (although I'm a robot, I 'm stilll amazed by the public display of inability to comprehend shown by some real people).
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