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Installer included Network Utilities, Norton Commander Scheduler, and the Norton Commander.

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It supports Windows 2000 and functions under Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Quick View feature was supported via the included basic Quick View Plus. This version fully integrated with Windows features such as the Recycle Bin and Quick View. It supported both Windows 95 and Windows NT. Norton Commander for Windows was a Windows 95 variant of the classical DOS file manager. Enrique Salem (who eventually became Symantec's CEO) lead the development of a File Manager and Program Manager released as Norton Desktop for Windows. End of lifeĪccording to former Peter Norton Group developer Mark Lowlier, after Symantec had acquired Peter Norton Computing, Symantec had speculated Microsoft Windows would be a success, so the key PNC resources had been diverted, while new programmers for Windows platform were hired. For example, the IntelliJ IDE has a 'Commander' window (complete with a uniformed man icon) that performs file manipulation using the same short cut keys as Norton Commander. Norton Commander did not have native support for LFNs in real mode and would truncate them.ĭespite the decline in its use, Norton Commander was very popular during the DOS era and it has been extensively cloned.

In order to preserve LFNs while working in real mode, Norton Commander 5.51 required the use of a Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) utility. Symantec released Norton Commander 5.51 to support long filenames using the standard Windows APIs. Windows 95 included a new graphical shell called Windows Explorer, while the operating system itself introduced Long filenames (LFN). Additionally, it also includes a built-in text file viewer (invoked with F3 key) and text file editor (invoked with F4 key). Thus, without heavy use of the mouse (although mouse functionality was integrated around version 3.0), the user is able to perform many file manipulation actions quickly and efficiently. At the bottom of the screen, Norton Commander displays a list of commands that are extended on demand by the CTRL and ALT keys. Each panel can be easily configured to show information about the other panel, a directory tree, or a number of other options.

After starting the program the user sees two panels with file lists. Norton Commander is considered easy to use based on its constant view of two file manipulation objects at once. Captain Norton, the Norton Commander mascot (note his trademark cap and white gloves, used in NC 5.51 *.ICO files)

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