Simply open the address (URL) of the FileRun installation using a modern browser program. It works great from the desktop and also from a mobile device.
Please see this page for the recommended mobile apps and how to use them: Mobile apps
To authorize the app, the web-based FileRun application will open in your mobile's browser app, guiding you through the process.
Please see this page: WebDAV
To download files right-click them and select “Download” from the contextual menu.
If you select multiple files or a folder, the selected files will be included in one Zip archive.
To download multiple files and folders from different locations at the same time, add them to a collection. You can add more items to the collection by drag&drop, and download or share the entire collection.
To upload files simply use the New
button and then select File upload
to start selecting files from your computer.
When using modern browsers, just drag files or folders from your computer's file explorer to the browser, dropping them over the file list area. They will start transferring right away from your computer to the server.
You can simply take a screenshot of your desktop or an app using the Print Screen
keyboard button and then paste it to FileRun (using the usual keyboard combo, e.g. CTRL+V
on Windows computers). The screenshot will be uploaded and you will receive a web link to it from FileRun.
You can upload folders by using the Folder upload
option available under the New
button, or by drag&drop.
You can upload folders also by zipping the folder on your computer, uploading the zip archive and unzip the archive on the server once it is uploaded. This will reproduce the entire folder structure on the server.
To rename a file follow these steps:
Rename
from the contextual menu.Ok
.To delete one or multiple files follow these steps:
CTRL
key pressed.Delete
option from the contextual menu.
Note: Deleted files can be restored from the Trash
special folder.
To move one or multiple files to another folder follow these steps:
CTRL
key pressed.Copy/Move
option in the contextual menu.To copy one or multiple files to another folder follow these steps:
CTRL
key pressed.Copy/Move
option in the contextual menu.Copy
or Copy to
.To Zip one or multiple files follow these steps:
CTRL
key pressed.Add to
→ Zip archive
.Ok
.To Zip an entire folder the process is identical.
To extract an archive follow these steps:
Extract archive
.Extract
or Extract here
.To open the search panel simply click the search icon on top bar.
Files and folders can be search by name, type, metadata or any combination of them. Read more details about this here.
To search by file name, start typing in the Name
field.
To search the files by a particular metadata value, click the Metadata
toggle available at the top of the search panel, type a keyword and optionally select the metadata field you wish to limit the scope of the search to.
For more information details on search, please see this page.
Note that this feature might not be enabled in your FileRun server. To search files by keywords in their contents, toggle the Content
switch available at the top of the search panel and type under the Content
field.
The content search cannot be combined with other searching criteria.
To create a new folder follow these steps:
New
button and choose Folder
.N
key on your keyboard.)ENTER
on the keyboard.The same procedure as moving files.
To rename a folder follow these steps:
Rename
option from the contextual menu.ENTER
on the keyboardWhenever a file is overwritten, by copying or uploading a file with the same name, a copy of the previous version is automatically stored by FileRun.
You can browse a file's previous versions by right-clicking the file and selecting More options
→ Versioning
→ Previous versions
.
You can delete or restore a previous version by selecting it and clicking the appropriate option on the versioning panel's toolbar.
To lock or unlock a file follow these steps:
More options
→ Versioning
and choose the appropriate action.Locked files can be modified only by the users who locked them.
FileRun provides a tool for attaching user's comments to files.
To read or add comments to a file follow these steps:
To remove a comment from the list select it and click the “X” button that is displayed on the right-hand side of the comment you are holding the mouse cursor over.
FileRun allows you to attach information to files trough the Metadata system. Predefined text fields can be filled in with information by right-clicking a file and selecting the More options
→ Metadata
option.
To choose what metadata information to display in the files list, when the Detailed list
display mode is selected, follow these steps:
Columns
sub-menu and select the columns that you want to display.To send files as e-mail attachments follow these steps:
CTRL
key pressed.Share
→ E-mail
option.Send
Instead of attaching the files, to avoid e-mail servers' limitations, FileRun can also automatically create and attach Web Links to the email. To do that select the “Create and attach WebLinks instead of sending the actual files” checkbox.
To disallow the web access to the files at a later time, you can remove the Web Links as described in the Web Links section bellow.
To share a file or a folder with other FileRun users follow these steps:
Share
→ With users
option from the contextual menu. A popup window will open.Add Users
button.Ok
button.Options
tab can be used to share the folder under an alias or to make the folder available to the other users without showing who shared the folder. These options can be different for every selected user or group of users.Save
. The item is now shared.The shared items are marked with a small user icon.
You can use web links to publish photos, videos, or any other file type on Internet websites, or to share with other people via e-mail or chat.
To create a web link for a file follow these steps:
Share
→ Web link
Use the displayed form to change the link's settings or remove the web link by clicking the Remove link
button.
To create a web link for a folder works exactly the same as for a file.