Filelist icons

Icons can be displayed in the file windows to find files faster. There are various options to change the icon displaying. Some of them can be changed in the configuration dialog others have to be manually changed in the main settings file.

Basic icon configuration

To set the icon configuration naviagte to the display page in the configuration dialog. There is a group "Show symbols to the left of the filename". These options are mainly to adapt Total Commander to your computers performance. You have to choose one of the four basic options:

• All associated + EXE/LNK (slow, 32-bit only)
• All
• Only standard symbols
• No symbols

• To improve the performance on slow media one of the following options may be of interest for you:
• EXE/LNK not on floppy
• EXE/LNK not on net

All associated + EXE/LNK (slow, 32-bit only)

All

Only standard symbols

No symbols

Overlay icons

To display overlay icons navigate to the display page in the configuration dialog. To display overlay icons activate the checkbox "Show overlay icons, e.g. for links".

Icon loading behavior

Loading icons for executable and shortcut files can be time consuming. When entering a directory these icons can be loaded in a delayed way. While the filelist is displayed almost immediately as if you had chosen the "All" option icons of executable and shortcut files are loaded in background (=1). If you deactivate (=0) the setting the file list is displayed when all icons even from executable and shortcut files were loaded. The default value is activated (=1).

Main configuration file setting:

[Configuration]
IconsInThread=1

Display Explorer-like icons

By default Total Commander shows folder icons taken from an internal library or a user-defined icon library. Using IconsSpecialFolders Total Commander displays the same icons as Explorer. This includes displaying of folder-specific icons. But enabling this settings is not enough. In addition it's required to set the Read-Only or System attribute.

[Configuration]
IconsSpecialFolders=0 // Disable 
IconsSpecialFolders=1 // Enable

Customize filelist icons

To customize your filelist icons you have create an icon library. To use the icon library you have to edit your main settings file.

[Configuration]
IconLib=%APPDATA%\Total Commander\Filelist libraries\My Filelist icons.icl // Path to icon library

The filelist icon library in detail:

example	index	description	icon sizes
image icon 1	1	icon for main windows and system tray	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 2	2	closed directories	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 3	3	unused	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 4	4	standard icon for programs	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 5	5	standard icon for files	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 6	6	shared directories	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 7	7	opened directories	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 8	8	opened archive files	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 9	9	closed archive files	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 10	10	hidden and system files	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 11	11	Parent directories	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 12	12	hidden and system directories	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 13	13	shortcut for files and reparse point directories	16x16 and 32x32
image icon 14	14	closed directories	16x16
image icon 15	15	standard icon for files	32x32
image icon 16	16	hidden and system directories	16x16
image icon 17	17	hidden and system directories	16x16
image icon 18	18	opened directories	16x16
image icon 19	19	hidden and system files	32x32
image icon 20	20	unused	32x32
image icon 21	21	standard icon for programs	32x32
image icon 22	22	text encoded files	32x32
image icon 23	23	text encoded files	16x16

An example icon library can be found on the official addons page.

Other/correlating icon related setting

ShellExtIcons=1 
Showicons=2	
ShowEXEandLNKicons=1
Iconsize=10
Iconsize32=16