Hawkscope Menu Sections

Quick Access List - a configurable list of folders that you can access quickly.

File System Roots - a place where your drives and partitions are listed.

Hawkscope Main Menu - static menu items.

Hide - hides the Hawkscope menu.

About - displays the About dialog.

Settings - allows you to configure Hawkscope.

Help - shows help window with this content.

Exit - quits Hawkscope.

Hawkscope Settings

General

Check for updates - if enabled, Hawkscope will check for updates on startup and will add "Update Available" item in Hawkscope Menu if update is available. If you are behind a proxy, make sure HTTP Proxy is configured in Network Settings Tab.

Reload delay (seconds) - each time Hawkscope Menu becomes hidden, a menu reload gets scheduled. A reload detects new devices, new plugins, it also cleans up system memory. This setting defines the reload delay.

Icons Theme - a set of icons used in Hawkscope Menu. By default icons are chosen to fit your operating system. You can choose any other theme, it will be instantly applied.

Use operating system icons - if enabled, Hawkscope will attempt to use the underlying Operating System icons when displaying files. This works quite well in Windows and Mac. Folder and Mac application icon support is coming soon.

Hide known file extensions - when you don't want to display extensions of known files (i.e. ".txt" or ".jpg"), select this option.

Quick Access

Quick Access Locations - it's an ordered list of locations that will appear in Hawkcope's Quick Access List.

+ - adds a new Quick Access item.

- - removes selected Quick Access item(s).

Up - moves selected Quick Access item up.

Dn - moves selected Quick Access item down.

Blacklist

Display hidden files - if enabled, Hawkscope will display hidden files in it's menu.

Display floppy drives - if enabled, Hawkscope will list floppy drives in File System Roots. This is not recommended as floppy drives will make noises when scanned.

Blacklisted Locations - a list of locations that will not appear anywhere in Hawkscope menu. You may add private or inaccessible system folders there, to make your menu lighter and more discrete.

+ - Adds a location to Blacklist.

- - Removes selected locations from Blacklist.

Network

Use HTTP Proxy - if enabled, Hawkscope will try to use the defined HTTP Proxy.

HTTP Proxy Host - IP address or domain name of your HTTP Proxy.

HTTP Proxy Port - port number of your HTTP Proxy.

Enable Authentication - if your HTTP Proxy requires authentication, you can enable it here for Hawkscope.

Username - your HTTP Proxy authentication user name.

Password - your HTTP Proxy authentication password.

Plugins

Plugin Location - a directory where Hawkscope will look for plugins.

Open - opens (creates if necessary) the Plugin Location directory.

Available Plugins - a list of available plugins with their information.

Reload Plugins - scans the Plugin Location for new plugins and reinitializes all plugins with last known settings.

Get Plugins - opens Hawkscope Plugins page in your browser.

Open With

For directories - a command or application that will handle opening of directories. Double-click the input to choose.

Unknown files - a command or application that will handle opening of unknown files (i.e. - ones without extension). Double-click the input to choose.

Preferred Applications - a list of file extensions and commands (or applications) that will override the default programs.

+ - adds new preferred application.

- - removes selected preferred application(s).

Additional Resources

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