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File and Archive Manager (FAR) and Total Commander are both advanced file managers for Windows that trace their roots back to the DOS days and Norton Commander. Distributed as shareware, they can be used without time limitation until you are ready to register for a small fee. They are packed with features for searching files, changing file attributes, and working with multiple files and directories. They have built-in networking and FTP support that presents remote FTP sites in a panel that looks just like a local directory panel. FAR has a powerful built-in editor that can be configured for color highlighting. Both environments have extensive sets of keyboard shortcuts, and FAR supports plug-ins. Both tools support browsing the content of archive files, such as JAR and Zip files, in a panel just like browsing a
subfolder. This makes software such as WinZip unnecessary, and what is even better is that the user does not have to deal with different current directories and user interfaces, as is the case when working with nonintegrated software. Table 1.2 provides a list of features and a side-by-side comparison of FAR and Total Commander.