Toolbar

The toolbar is situated at the top of the main window.


Toolbar

Only some of these buttons are active at any one time, depending on what is selected in the Left panel or the Information panel.

Each button has a help tip and you can see what each button does by holding your cursor over it for a second or so.

Except for the Update and Help buttons, each button on the toolbar is a shortcut to a menu item. The buttons are simply an easy and direct path to their functions rather than your having to go through several different menus or windows to access these same functions.

The icon rules icon at the left end of the toolbar shows the current NCF policy. Click on this icon to view a menu with options to quickly change usage modes.

Figure 7
Policy Menu

The following table lists and explains the different toolbar buttons.


Table 2. NCF Toolbar Buttons

Button Function Corresponding Menu Path

Policy button

Changes the NCF policy.

Options > Policy

Options button

Accesses the Options window.

Options

Group by button

Changes the listed item grouping.

View > Group By

Filter by button

Narrows a log listing to events within a specified time.

View > Filter by Time

Update button

Checks for an update of NCF plug-ins or components.

To have NCF automatically check for updates whenever Windows starts, use Tools > Automatically Check for Update

Log viewer button

Opens a viewer that displays the logs.

Tools > Log Viewer

Help button

Displays NCF Help topics.

Help > Context and Index