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To be used for questions related to use of Far Manager, which is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems.

FAR Manager (short for File and ARchive manager) and is an open source, orthodox file manager for Windows. Far Manager works in text mode and provides a simple and intuitive interface for performing most of the necessary actions:

  • viewing files and directories
  • editing, copying and renaming files
  • and many other actions

It has a multi-language, easily and highly configurable interface. File system navigation is made easier e.g. through the use of color highlighting and sort groups. The functionality of FAR Manager can be greatly extended via the plugin API, for which a lot of plugins exist. The standard distribution includes the following plugins:

  • archive support
  • SMB support
  • FTP client
  • temporary panel
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Set Powershell as the default shell of Far Manager?

Can I set Powershell as the default shell of Far Manager?
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Migrating Far Manager settings from another machine

Is there an easy way to export/import settings for another machine’s instance of Far?
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Getting started with Far Manager

I'm interested in learning Far Manager. Are there any walkthroughs or tutorials or feature tours out there? The F1 help system is good, but it's more of a reference than a beginners guide.
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Is there a quick way of undoing a folder change in Far Manager?

I love Far Manager. However, it has a feature to quickly go to the root directory of a drive with Ctrl+\. I do sometimes need and use this feature, but more frequently I use Ctrl+↵ to quickly insert the file name under the cursor into the command…
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How to see all output in Far 3?

I want to see all output even if it is huge. For example, running systeminfo via regular command line prompt in Windows will show everything with vertical scrolling. But when I'm invoking the same command in Far 3 I'm able to see just the end of…
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How should I install Far Manager into Cmder?

I have just unzipped the cmder package. Cmder wraps ConEmu nicely. But how do I install Far Manager properly? I can think of cmder\, cmder\vendor\ and cmder\vendor\conemu-maximus5\ as possible locations, but I have actually no clue how to approach…
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Fast access to shared folder

Very often I need to access shared folder in another PC using Far Manager. To go via ALT+F1>>network takes too long, because it scans whole network. What is the faster way of doing that?
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FarManager 3: export settings AND history

To export and to import configs in FarManager 3.x i can use command "far /export settings.xml" and "far /import settings.xml". It also saves and restores my plugins settings. But what if i want, for any reason, export and import histories of actions…
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How to get directory sizes without junctions in Far Manager

By default Far Manager includes sizes junction into the directory size (F3). Is there a way to avoid counting them?
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How to copy FAR file manager's output

Hi guys, how do I copy FAR-Manager's console output? For example when I use ping command I want to copy it's output text, but not image. Oh, and I would like to do so with keyboard! :)
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How to configure Far Manager home directory?

Far is great to work in Windows environment. But only one annoys me: when I do cd ~ in Far console I get into C:\Program Files\Far Manager How it can be configured ? F9 Options & Google Search didn't provide any information
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What is the command line switch for Far Manager to open in a specified directory?

What is the command line switch for Far Manager to open in a specified directory?
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How do I set vim as the external editor in FarManager, and pass full path names?

I'm trying to configure VIM as my external editor in the far file manager. I want to be able to select multiple items in a folder, some being directories, and have their full paths passed to the vim command line. Update: To clarify exactly what I…
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How to select multiple files and copy them in Far Manager

Is there a way I can select a file and navigate to another one and select it again? say if I press then the current file would be selected, then I can navigate to another file then press again, which also selects the second file.
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Far Manager: Highlight file/dirs using external metadata (like SVN, Mercurial, Dropbox, etc)

I've recently migrated to Far Manager 3 and revised my app settings from scratch. One of those improvements was adjusting the file groups highlights (I didn't change them for long time even knowing that they aren't configured nice). They are really…
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