• Copyrights
  • Licenses
    • End-user License Conditions
    • Volume License Conditions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Basic Concepts
    • Starting Opus
    • The Lister
      • Opening a Lister
      • The Default Lister
      • Navigation
        • Home Folder
        • Up, Forward, Back
        • Folder Tree
        • Location Bar
          • Path Field
        • Drive Buttons and Dropdowns
        • Favorites
        • SmartFavorites
        • Recent and History Lists
        • Aliases
        • Paired Folders
      • Tabs
        • Tab Switcher
        • Locked Tabs
        • Linked Tabs
        • Tab Groups
      • View Modes
      • Dual Display
        • Navigation Lock
      • Toolbars
        • The Default Toolbars
          • Menu Toolbar
          • Operations Toolbar
          • Favorites Bar
          • File Display Toolbar
          • Images Toolbar
        • Dynamic Toolbars
        • Toolbar Sets
      • Find-as-you-type Field
      • Viewer Pane
      • Metadata Pane
      • Utility Panel
      • Layouts
      • Styles
      • Themes
        • Creating your own Themes
      • Status Bar
    • Explorer Replacement
    • Source and Destination
    • Selecting Files
      • Selecting with the mouse and keyboard
        • Single-click mode
        • Checkbox Mode
      • Simple Wildcard Selection
      • Advanced Selection
      • Selecting Cells
    • Searching and Filtering
      • Filter Bar
      • Show Everything
      • Toolbar Filter Fields
      • Quick Search
      • Find Files
        • Simple Find
        • Advanced Find
    • Sorting and Grouping
      • Manual Sorting
    • Folder Format
      • Folder Format Dialog
        • Columns
          • Frozen Columns
        • Sorting
        • Grouping
        • Display
        • Filters
      • Saved Folder Formats
      • Auto-remembered Formats
      • Content Types
      • Identifying the current format
      • Locking the Format
    • Expandable Folders
    • Flat View
    • Folder Sizes
    • Virtual File System
      • System virtual folders
      • File Collections
        • Stored Queries
      • Libraries
      • Archives
      • FTP
      • MTP
  • File Operations
    • Copying, Moving and Deleting Files
      • Copy and Paste
      • Drag and drop
      • Copying using the toolbar buttons
        • Using Wildcards when Copying
      • Copy Queues
        • Copy Overlays and Ghost Files
        • Unattended operation
      • The Jobs Bar
      • The Confirm File Replace Dialog
      • Copying Updated Files
        • Synchronize
      • Deleting Files
        • Secure Delete
    • Renaming Files
      • Inline Rename
      • Simple Wildcard Rename
      • Advanced Rename
        • Rename Presets
        • Rename Modes
          • Standard Wildcard Rename
          • Find and Replace
          • Regular Expressions
          • Regular Expressions + Find and Replace
        • Rename Actions
          • Numbering Files
          • Rename Macros
        • Rename Options
        • Renaming with Metadata
        • Rename Scripts
    • Creating Folders
    • Creating Archives
      • Adding to Archives
      • Add to Archive Dialog
        • Zip Options
        • 7z Options
        • RAR Options
        • TAR BZip2 Options
        • TAR GZip Options
      • Zip Files
        • Zip Comment
        • Read-Only mode
        • Self-Extracting Zip Files
    • Tracking and Undoing File Operations
    • Changing Attributes
    • Labels and Status Icons
    • Editing Metadata
      • Document Properties
      • Picture Properties
      • Music Properties
        • Adding Cover Art
      • Video Properties
      • Extended Properties
      • Programmatic setting of Metadata
      • Time Shifting
    • File Descriptions
    • Filtered Operations
      • Filter Clauses
      • Adding, Removing and Editing Clauses
      • Filter Clause Types
      • Textual Filters
    • UAC and Administrator Mode
  • FTP
    • FTP Address Book
      • Default Settings
      • Site Page
      • Network Page
      • Display Page
      • Index Page
      • Sounds Page
      • Misc Page
      • Speed Page
      • Special Page
      • Transfer Page
      • Proxy Page
    • Adding a new Site
    • FTP Connect
    • Site Properties
    • FTP Log
    • FTP Paths
  • Additional Functionality
    • Viewing Images
      • Viewer Mouse, Keys and Toolbar
      • Image Marking
      • Lister-Linked Viewers
    • Playing Sounds
    • Image Conversion
      • Automated image conversion tasks
    • Print Folder
    • Duplicate File Finder
    • Splitting Files
    • Joining Files
    • Making Links and Junctions
    • Floating Toolbars
      • Controlling Floating Toolbars
    • System-wide Hotkeys
    • Exporting to USB
    • Integration with Everything
    • Erase Empty Space
    • File Type Summary
    • Update Checker
    • CLI
    • Crash Logs
  • Preferences
    • Backing up and Restoring Preferences
    • Preferences Categories
      • Colors And Fonts
        • Dark Mode
        • Themes
        • Color Blending
        • Directory Opus Colors
        • Windows Colors
        • Images
        • Fonts
      • File Displays
        • Folder Expansion
        • Mouse
          • Background Events
          • Single Click
        • Navigation
        • Options
          • Info Tips
          • Tab Key
        • Status Bar
        • Title Bar
      • File Display Columns
        • Appearance
        • Evaluator Columns
        • Evaluator Groups
        • Filenames
        • Icons
        • Options
        • Shell Properties
      • File Display Modes
        • Details
          • Appearance
        • Power Mode
          • Appearance
          • Buttons
        • Thumbnails
          • Folders
          • Overlays
          • Performance
          • Styles
        • Tiles Mode
      • File Operations
        • Copying Files
          • Attributes
          • Confirmation
          • Metadata
          • Security
        • Deleting Files
        • Double-click Files
          • FTP
        • Logging
          • Script/FTP Logs
        • Metadata
          • Metadata Editor
          • Music Genres
        • Options
        • Progress Indicators
          • Counting Files
          • Jobs Bar
        • Renaming Files
          • Control Keys
      • Filtering And Sorting
        • Filters
        • Filter Bar
        • Find-As-You-Type
          • Filter Mode
          • Find Mode
          • Folders Mode
        • Global Filters
        • Quick Keys
        • Sorting
      • Folders
        • Automatic Reading
        • Folder Formats
          • Automatic Formats
        • Folder Images
        • Folder Sizes
          • Junctions And Links
        • Network Servers
        • Special Folders
        • Virtual Folders
          • Desktop
          • File System
          • This PC
      • Folder Tabs
        • Dimensions
        • Edge Colors
        • Folder Tab Bar
        • Groups
        • Locking
        • Options
      • Folder Tree
        • Appearance
        • Contents
        • Expand / Collapse
          • Pins
        • Options
        • Selection Events
      • Frequently Used Paths
        • Favorites List
        • Folder Aliases
        • Home Folder
        • Paired Folders
        • Recent List
        • SmartFavorites
      • Internet
        • Email
        • Updates
      • Labels
        • Label Definitions
        • Label Assignments
          • In Specific Folders
        • Options
      • Launching Opus
        • Explorer Replacement
        • From the Desktop
        • From the Taskbar Icon
        • From the Win + E hotkey
        • Startup
      • Layouts and Styles
        • Default Lister
        • Layouts
        • Styles
      • Location Bar
        • Options
        • Path Fields
          • Appearance
          • Menus
          • Path Completion
        • Toolbars
      • Miscellaneous
        • Advanced
        • External Tools
        • Privacy
        • Shell Extensions
        • Sounds
        • Windows Integration
          • Jump List
        • Windows Startup Delay
      • Toolbars
        • Appearance
        • Floating
        • Folder Toolbars
        • Icons
        • Options
        • Sets
        • View Mode Toolbars
      • User Interface
        • Language
        • Spacing
        • Transition Animations
      • Viewer
        • Standalone Viewer
          • Options
          • Size And Position
          • Mouse Buttons
          • Marked Pictures
          • Slideshow
        • Viewer Pane
        • Viewer Plugins
      • Zip and Other Archives
        • Archive and VFS Plugins
        • Archive Options
        • Context Menu
        • Zip Files
  • Customize
    • The Customize Dialog
      • Toolbars
      • Context Menus
      • Keys
      • Commands
      • User Commands
      • Default Toolbars
    • Creating your own buttons
      • Editing the Toolbar
        • Launch Options
        • Toolbar Context Menus
        • Multiple Function Buttons
        • Drop-down Buttons and Menus
        • Dynamic Buttons
          • Drive Buttons Configuration
        • Field Buttons
          • Path Field Configuration
          • Filter Field Configuration
          • Drives Dropdown Configuration
        • Sharing functions with others
      • Command Editor
        • Simple Command Editor
        • Advanced Command Editor
        • Using the Hotkey Control
      • User-defined commands
      • Synchronous and Asynchronous functions
      • Internal Command Arguments
      • Passing files to external programs
      • Command modifiers
      • MS-DOS Batch commands
      • WSL Commands
      • Embedding Rename Scripts
      • DDE Functions
      • Embedded functions
  • File Types
    • Directory Opus File Types
    • File Type Groups
    • Filetype Editor
      • Actions
      • Events
      • Context Menu
      • Drop Menu
      • Replace Menu
      • Info Tip
      • Tiles Mode
  • Scripting
    • Rename Scripts
      • Custom Fields in the Rename Dialog
    • Script Functions
    • Script Add-ins
      • Include Files
      • Modules
      • Script Package
      • Script Installer Files
    • Script Management
      • Create New Script
      • Script Installer
    • Script Editor
      • Script Assets
      • Editors
        • Code Editor
        • Dialog Editor
          • Dialog Editor Commands
          • Adding Dialog Controls
          • Sizing and Positioning Dialog Controls
          • Using the Layout Commands
          • Dialog Control Tab Order
          • Dialog Control Mnemonics
          • Language Overlays
          • Dialog Control Properties
            • Common Dialog Properties
            • Dialog Properties
            • Static Text Properties
            • Markup Text Properties
            • Edit Control Properties
            • Button Properties
            • Check Box Properties
            • Radio Button Properties
            • Combo Box Properties
            • List Box Properties
            • List View Properties
            • List Edit Properties
            • Date/Time Picker Properties
            • Palette Properties
            • Tab Control Properties
            • Group Box Properties
        • String Editor
      • Snippets
    • Script Dialogs
      • Creating Script Dialogs
      • The Dialog Message Loop
        • Simple Dialogs
        • Detached Dialogs
      • Reading Dialog Control Values
      • Interacting with Dialog Controls
    • Resources
      • String Resources
    • Script Log
    • Example Scripts
      • Example Rename Script
      • Simple Script Function
      • Adding a new Internal Command
      • Adding a new Column
      • Adding a new Column from Shell Properties
      • Extending the FAYT Field
      • Simple Dialogs and Popup Menus
      • Script Dialog Example
      • Responding to Events
  • Evaluator
    • Grammar
    • Variables
    • Applicable Contexts
      • Evaluator Columns
      • Evaluator Groups
      • Filters and Find
      • Info Tips and Tiles
      • Buttons and Functions
        • Labels
        • Colors
        • Icons
        • Tooltips
        • Dynamic State
        • Conditional Behavior
        • Evaluation Clauses
        • Insertion Code
        • Command Lines
      • Rename
      • Generated File Names
      • Rename Control Keys
      • Status Bar
      • Column Context Menus
      • Tab Context Menus
    • Examples
  • Reference
    • Wildcard Reference
      • Pattern Matching Syntax
      • Regular Expression Syntax
    • Status Bar Codes
      • Codes for file and folder counts
      • Codes for disk space
      • Codes for music and video duration
      • Codes for graphical elements
      • Other Codes
      • Bar graphs and Percentages
      • Hiding sections on the status bar
      • Padding sections on the status bar
    • Command Reference
      • Argument Types
      • Internal Commands
        • CLI
        • Clipboard
        • Close
        • ContextMenu
        • Copy
        • CreateFolder
        • Delete
        • Favorites
        • FileType
        • Find
        • GetSizes
        • Go
        • Help
        • Image
        • Join
        • Marker
        • Play
        • Prefs
        • Print
        • Properties
        • Recent
        • Rename
        • Select
        • Set
        • SetAttr
        • Show
        • Split
        • Toolbar
        • Undo
      • External control codes
        • Codes for passing filenames
        • Codes for passing paths
        • Codes to display dialogs
        • Codes for date and time
        • Codes for clipboard and variables
      • Command modifier reference
    • Scripting Reference
      • Scripting Objects
        • AboutData
        • ActivateListerData
        • ActivateTabData
        • AddCmdData
        • AddColData
        • AfterFolderChangeData
        • Alias
        • Aliases
        • Args
        • AudioCoverArt
        • AudioMeta
        • BeforeFolderChangeData
        • Blob
        • BusyIndicator
        • ClickData
        • ClipboardChangeData
        • CloseListerData
        • CloseTabData
        • Column
        • ColumnValue
        • Command
        • ConfigBackupData
        • ConfigRestoreData
        • Control
        • CustomFieldData
        • Date
        • DeleteScriptData
        • Dialog
        • DialogListColumn
        • DialogListColumns
        • DialogListGroup
        • DialogListItem
        • DialogListSubItem
        • DialogListSubItems
        • DialogOption
        • DisplayModeChangeData
        • Dock
        • DocMeta
        • DOpus
        • DOpusFactory
        • DoubleClickData
        • DPI
        • Drive
        • ExeMeta
        • EverythingInterface
        • EverythingResult
        • Favorite
        • Favorites
        • File
        • FileAttr
        • FileChange
        • FileGroup
        • FileOperationCompleteData
        • FileSize
        • FilesystemChangeData
        • FiletypeGroup
        • FiletypeGroups
        • Filter
        • FilterParseError
        • FlatViewChangeData
        • FolderEnum
        • FontMeta
        • Format
        • FSUtil
        • Func
        • GlobalFilters
        • GetCopyQueueNameData
        • GetCustomFieldData
        • GetNewNameData
        • HighlightedColumns
        • HTTPRequest
        • Image
        • ImageMeta
        • IncludeFileInitData
        • Item
        • Items
        • Lister
        • Listers
        • ListerResizeData
        • ListerUIChangeData
        • Map
        • Metadata
        • Msg
        • OpenListerData
        • OpenTabData
        • OrderedMap
        • OtherMeta
        • PairedFolder
        • Path
        • PeriodicTimerData
        • PowerEventData
        • Progress
        • QuickFilter
        • QuickFilterChangeData
        • Rect
        • Results
        • ScheduledTimerData
        • Script
        • ScriptColorPair
        • ScriptColumn
        • ScriptColumnData
        • ScriptCommand
        • ScriptCommandData
        • ScriptFAYTCommand
        • ScriptFAYTCommandData
        • ScriptConfig
        • ScriptConfigChangeData
        • ScriptInitData
        • ScriptStrings
        • ShellProperty
        • ShutdownData
        • Signature
        • SmartFavorite
        • SmartFavorites
        • SortOrder
        • SourceDestData
        • StartupData
        • StringSet
        • StringTools
        • StyleSelectedData
        • SysInfo
        • SystemSettingChangeData
        • Tab
        • TabClickData
        • TabGroup
        • TabGroups
        • TabGroupTabEntry
        • TabGroupTabList
        • TabStats
        • Toolbar
        • Toolbars
        • UnorderedSet
        • Var
        • Vars
        • Vector
        • Version
        • VideoMeta
        • Viewer
        • Viewers
        • ViewerEventData
        • Wild
        • WinVer
      • Scripting Events
        • OnAboutScript
        • OnActivateLister
        • OnActivateTab
        • OnAddColumns
        • OnAddCommands
        • OnAfterFolderChange
        • OnBeforeFolderChange
        • OnClick
        • OnClipboardChange
        • OnCloseLister
        • OnCloseTab
        • OnConfigBackup
        • OnConfigRestore
        • OnDeleteScript
        • OnDisplayModeChange
        • OnDoubleClick
        • OnFilesystemChange
        • OnFileOperationComplete
        • OnFlatViewChange
        • OnGetCopyQueueName
        • OnGetCustomFields
        • OnGetNewName
        • OnInit
        • OnInitIncludeFile
        • OnListerResize
        • OnListerUIChange
        • OnOpenLister
        • OnOpenTab
        • OnPeriodicTimer
        • OnPowerEvent
        • OnQuickFilterChange
        • OnScheduledTimer
        • OnScriptColumn
        • OnScriptCommand
        • OnScriptConfigChange
        • OnScriptFAYTCommand
        • OnShutdown
        • OnSourceDestChange
        • OnStartup
        • OnStyleSelected
        • OnSystemSettingChange
        • OnTabClick
        • OnViewerEvent
    • Evaluator Functions
      • AbortFunc
      • Abs
      • Age
      • Arg
      • As
      • Asc
      • Atan
      • Capitalize
      • Cbrt
      • Ceil
      • Chr
      • Clip
      • ClipFormat
      • Concat
      • Cos
      • Count
      • DateDiff
      • DatePart
      • DegToRad
      • DisplayName
      • DumpVars
      • Elapsed
      • Exists
      • FileCount
      • FileExt
      • FilePart
      • FindWindow
      • Floor
      • Format
      • Hypot
      • InStr
      • IsAlpha
      • IsChecked
      • IsDigit
      • IsDir
      • IsEnabled
      • IsFile
      • IsLower
      • IsParent
      • IsPath
      • IsPunct
      • IsSelected
      • IsSet
      • IsSpace
      • IsUpper
      • KeyDown
      • LanguageStr
      • LCase
      • Left
      • Len
      • MakeLegal
      • Match
      • Max
      • Mid
      • Min
      • Now
      • Output
      • Parent
      • PathType
      • Pow
      • RadToDeg
      • RecycleBin
      • RegEx
      • RegExS
      • Replace
      • Resolve
      • Reverse
      • Right
      • Root
      • Rnd
      • Round
      • Running
      • Select
      • Sin
      • Space
      • Stem
      • StrCmp
      • String
      • Sqrt
      • Swap
      • SysInfo
      • Tan
      • Trim
      • Truncate
      • TypeOf
      • UCase
      • URLEncode
      • Val
    • DOpusRT Reference
      • External Manipulation of File Collections
      • Retrieving File and Folder Information
    • Metadata Keywords
      • Keywords for Columns
      • Keywords for SetAttr META
    • Textual Filters
    • Icon Sets
      • Icon Set XML Definition File
      • Icon Sizes
      • Icon Names
      • Icon Display Names
      • Icon Categories
      • DPI aware Icon Sets
      • Localization
      • Icon Images
    • Rename Macro Language
  • New In Directory Opus 13
    • Directory Opus 13 (Highlights)
      • Highlights Page 1
      • Highlights Page 2
      • Highlights Page 3
      • Highlights Page 4
      • Highlights Page 5
      • Highlights Page 6
    • Directory Opus 13 (Detailed)
      • Dark Mode & Cosmetics
      • File Copying
      • Everything (indexed search)
      • Evaluator
      • Lister Defaults
      • Folder Tree
      • File Display
      • Thumbnails
      • Folder Tabs
      • Location Bar
      • Filter Bar
      • Find As You Type (FAYT)
      • Search Field
      • Find Files
      • Duplicate Files Finder
      • Synchronize
      • Other Utility Panels
      • Metadata
      • Columns
      • Folder Sizes
      • Status Bar
      • Rename
      • Viewer
      • Image Converter
      • File & Folder Labels
      • Folder Aliases
      • Folder Formats
      • Preferences
      • Customize
      • Default Toolbars & Menus
      • Script IDE
      • File Types
      • Set Attributes
      • Print / Export Folder Listing
      • Split / Join
      • Archives
      • Cloud Storage
      • User Interface Spacing
      • Virtual Desktops
      • Shell Extensions
      • Miscellaneous Features
      • Miscellaneous Fixes & Workarounds
      • Miscellaneous Commands
      • Miscellaneous Scripting
      • Removed Functionality
    • Tips for Upgrading from Opus 12