Options - Startup page

This page is displayed when you select the Startup tab on the Options window. You can use this page to change the way AB Commander performs its initialization. This page contains the following areas:

If AB Commander is already running

You can use this group of options to specify how you want AB Commander to operate when you run it while another instance of AB Commander is already running:

• Create a new (additional) window

  If selected, this option causes AB Commander to create another instance of it, with a separate window (independent on the already running one).

• Use the existing window

  If selected, this option causes AB Commander to switch to the window that already exists, instead of creating a new window.

• Prompt to create a new window or use to the existing one

  If selected, this option causes AB Commander to display a message and ask you how to proceed if it detects that another window of AB Commander already exists:

  

Navigate to these folders when starting AB Commander

If checked, this option causes AB Commander to always display the specified folders in its panels when starting. If this option is cleared, then AB Commander displays the folders that were displayed when it was closed. Note that you can also specify the startup folders via the command line switches of AB Commander.

Start main window: Minimized | Maximized | Iconized

If checked, this option causes AB Commander to display it window as specified. If this option is cleared, then AB Commander displays its window as it was when it AB Commander was closed. Note that you can also specify the startup window display via the command line switches of AB Commander.

Show Splash screen at startup

If checked, this option causes AB Commander to display its splash screen during startup. If this option is cleared, the splash screen is not shown at startup. When AB Commander is running, you can display the splash screen by pressing the Ctrl key and choosing the Help - About command from the menu, while keeping the Ctrl key depressed. To dismiss the splash screen, simply click on it with the mouse.

Show Re-establishing/Closing Connections messages

This option controls the messages that AB Commander displays when it starts while trying to re-establish connections to slow folders (such as network drives or shares) and the connections take longer than usual. Or, when AB Commander is shutting down and closing connections to the slow folders. Such messages provide visual feedback about the activity. If you would rather not see such messages, clear this option.

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