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Marek wrote: 05.01.2025, 17:19 [FORM]
ShowContextMenu64Bit=1

should be in the freecommander.ini and not in the freecommander.shc

Sorry, my bad. For your information, my freecommander.ini did not contain any setting for "ShowContextMenu64Bit".
I set "ShowContextMenu64Bit=1" just in case.

2) We are talking about the "back button" in FreeCommander, not the backspace key on the keyboard. Look at the title of the topic and the first 3 posts within it. Everyone is referring to the "back button" not the backspace keyboard key.

My bad. I was indeed misled by the discussion, apologies.

Testing now the Nisoft tools with reboot.


That was it. As per recommendation from Marek, I disabled all non Microsoft context-menu entries via both Nirsoft tools, rebooted, enabled them all back again, rebooted and... it seems to work.
The context menu seems to work fine again (with the "Scan ...

In FreeCommander have you ShowContextMenu64Bit=1 and FcContextMenu64.exe exists in program folder?

* I do have a "FcContextMenu64.exe" file in FC program folder.
* Regarding the .shc file, whether I set : [FORM]ShowContextMenu64Bit=1 or [FORM]ShowContextMenu64Bit=0, it does not change anything ...

Thank you Marek.

As per request, I disabled all non-Microsoft context-menu entries via ShExView and ShellMenuView: no change at all.

I really do not understand what's going on. Even the context menu launched via Shift+F10 is not the usual one.
I made screenshots comparing the Context menu (for a ...

Hi all, any idea about a way I could fix my "context menu" issue? Thanks in advance.

horst.epp wrote: 04.01.2025, 15:42 For me, the Back button on the keyboard does it, no need for any special FC button.
That's the default in any file manager, and I have a lot of them.

I can only second this. In all file explorers I have been using (Windows, Linux), the "backspace" key brings the User to the folder above.

Thanks a lot Marek for your help.

Have you checked multiple view types: list, details, thumbnails?
I checked ; my default view is "details" and switching to other views (list, thumbnails) did not change the behaviour.

Have you checked in maximized and normal mode?
Do you mean switching to ...

Have you tried to start FC as Admin?
Yes. When launched as Admin, FreeCommander has the same behavior (context menu in the Tree pane but not in the File/Folder list).

Is the icon of the FcContextMenu64 in sytem tray visible? Do you have multiple monitors? Maybe the context menu appears on wrong ...

Thank you Marek.

Regarding antivirus software, I am only using the native "Windows defender" antivirus and have not noted any issue with freecommander and possible viruses.
Yet, I excluded the whole freecommander folder from any antivirus monitoring. Unfortunately, it did not fix the problem. The ...

Hi Dreamer and thank you for your answer.
Please check the Settings - View - File/folder list - Mouse shortcuts - Click with right mouse button. It should be empty for showing context menu.
I do confirm: everything is empty in the "Click with right mouse button" area and should therefore indeed ...

Dear Marek, dear All,

I am coming across a strange behavior with FreeCommander context menu and key shortcuts.

When I boot my computer and launch FreeCommander, every runs flawlessly meaning:
When I right click on a file/folder in the list view, the Windows context menu displays properly (as if I ...

Hi Dreamer, hi All.

There was only file selected when I launched the multi rename tool (CTRL+M) and indeed the quick viewer was enabled ; the filename was :
my_à_á_â_ä_å_é_è_ê_ë_ALWAYS_î_í_ì_ï_ñ_ô_ó_ò_ö_ù_ú_û_ü_ÿ_fiLE.txt

With version 2024 900 32-bit public, I did several tests and no further ...

Hi All.

I have set a 'profile' in the 'multiple rename' tool in order to :

search for:
à|á|â|ä|å|é|è|ê|ë|î|í|ì|ï|ñ|ô|ó|ò|ö|ù|ú|û|ü|ÿ
replace with:
a|a|a|a|a|e|e|e|e|e|i|i|i|i|o|o|o|o|u|u|u|u|y

When I save this profile and want to use it (in the list of profiles either [enter] button or click ...

I generally remotely log to 5 different machines of ours and the glitch therefore occurs at least 5 times a day. And a glitch is a glitch.