MySOFT Commander 1.8 - User Manual

MySOFT Commander 1.8 is a next-generation high-performance dual-panel file manager featuring full GPU hardware acceleration, a sleek Cyber Glass interface, and advanced networking and archiving capabilities. Built for maximum speed, security, and multitasking productivity.

2. Dual-Panel Interface & File Operations

The application employs an efficient dual-panel workflow (Left / Right panel). Each panel supports multi-tab browsing, quick drive selection buttons, path history, and a rich status bar displaying selection statistics and byte sizes.

Function Keys (F3 - F10)

▶ F3 - Quick View: Instant file viewer supporting images (Fit/Fill/1:1/Zoom), PDF documents (with pagination & print), videos, audio, hex dump, and formatted code.

▶ F4 - Code Editor: Built-in syntax-highlighting editor (C#, Python, PHP, JS, HTML, CSS, SQL, JSON, XML) with line numbering, regex search/replace, and optional .bak backup on save.

▶ Shift+F4 - New File: Creates a new blank file in the active folder and opens it immediately in the editor.

▶ F5 - Copy Items: Asynchronous background copy queue with pause/resume, speed throttling, conflict resolution, and SHA-256 verification.

▶ F6 - Move / Rename: Fast file moving or batch renaming with counter and regex pattern support.

▶ F7 - New Folder: Creates a new directory in the current active panel.

▶ F8 / Delete - Delete Items: Safe deletion to Windows Recycle Bin or permanent secure shredding (Shift+Del).

▶ F9 - Embedded Terminal: Toggles the collapsible bottom terminal console (PowerShell / CMD).

▶ F10 / Ctrl+F - Site Manager: Opens the FTP / FTPS / SFTP site manager with secure encrypted credential storage.

3. Advanced File Search & Fulltext (Alt+F7)

High-speed multi-threaded search engine supporting wildcard masks, diacritic-insensitive substring name matching, fulltext content search across multiple encodings (UTF-8, Windows-1250, Unicode), recursive archive search (.zip, .jar), and a 100-item search history with auto-suggestions.

4. Archive & Compression Management

Native support for ZIP, TAR, GZ, and TAR.GZ archives. Browse inside archives as virtual folders (Enter). Supports Fastest, Optimal, and SmallestSize compression levels.

5. Networking & Remote File Protocols

Robust FTP, FTPS (TLS/SSL encryption), and SFTP (SSH-based) file transfers. Includes Windows Network Drive mapping (SMB), share management, and built-in RSA/ECDSA/Ed25519 SSH key & SSL certificate generator.

6. Diagnostics & Total Commander Plugins

Real-time system hardware monitor (Ctrl+I) tracking CPU, RAM, Disk, and Network usage. Serial/Parallel port diagnostics (COM/LPT). Seamless integration with Total Commander WCX, WLX, WDX, and WFX plugins.

Shortcut	Action	Description
F1	Help / Manual	Opens the integrated documentation and user manual in PDF.
F3	Quick View	Opens quick viewer for files (images, PDF, video, audio, hex, code).
F4	Edit Code	Opens the built-in syntax highlighting code editor.
Shift+F4	New File	Creates a new blank text file and opens it in editor.
F5	Copy	Copies selected items to the target panel with queue manager.
F6	Move / Rename	Moves selected items to target panel or single rename.
F7	New Folder	Creates a new subfolder in the active panel directory.
F8 / Delete	Delete (Recycle Bin)	Deletes selected items safely to Windows Recycle Bin.
Shift+Delete	Permanent Delete	Permanently shreds selected items bypassing Recycle Bin.
F9	Toggle Terminal	Expands or collapses the bottom PowerShell / CMD terminal.
F10 / Ctrl+F	Site Manager	Opens FTP / FTPS / SFTP connection manager dialog.
Alt+F7	Find Files & Text	Opens the advanced multi-threaded search and fulltext dialog.
Alt+F5	Pack to Archive	Compresses selected files into ZIP or TAR.GZ archive.
Alt+F6	Unpack Archive	Extracts archive contents into the target directory.
Tab	Switch Panel	Toggles keyboard focus between left and right panel.
Ctrl+U	Swap Panels	Swaps paths and contents between left and right panel.
Ctrl+R / F2	Refresh Panel	Reloads file listing and refreshes disk statistics.
Ctrl+O / Ctrl+Q	Quick Info Side Panel	Toggles right panel into detailed item statistics and preview mode.
Ctrl+I	System Info Monitor	Opens real-time PC CPU, RAM, Disk, and Network performance monitor.
Ctrl+Shift+C	Key & Cert Generator	Opens SSH Key and SSL Certificate Generator wizard.
Ctrl++ / Ctrl+-	Zoom Font Size	Increases or decreases file list font size instantly.