# Appearance

Note: Most of these options require that you restart DC++. (Fonts, colors and icons are loaded at startup only. Window settings are loaded when opening a new window.)

## Options

Sort all downloads first
  With this option enabled, DC++ will sort the downloads and uploads; Current download(s), waiting download(s), current upload(s) and waiting upload(s).
  With this option disabled, DC++ will sort downloads and uploads; Current download(s), current uploads(s), waiting download(s) and waiting upload(s).
Filter kick messages
  When enabled, kick and debug chat messages (sent by other clients) are hidden from main chat. These messages are generally not useful and make reading the chat more troublesome.
Minimize to tray
  When enabled, minimizing DC++ will cause it to appear as an icon in the windows system tray. If you left click, it will be returned to its previous status. If you right click on the icon, it will give you a small menu.
Always display tray icon
  When enabled, the tray icon will be always shown, regardless of the visibility state of DC++ program window.
Show timestamps in chat by default
  This option will show time stamps on chat lined in newly opened hubs. In order to show them in an already open hub, use the /ts chat command. To customize the format of the time stamps, see the Set Timestamps option below.
View status messages in main chat
  Show some messages destined for the Status Bar in main chat as well. It's generally a good idea to leave this enabled.
Show joins / parts in chat by default
  Show an entry in main chat whenever someone joins or leaves the hub. Use the /showjoins chat command to enable or disable it on already open hubs. On large hubs, you don't want this enabled.
Only show joins / parts for favorite users
  With this option enabled, only the joining and parting of Favorite Users are shown.
Sort favorite users first
  With this option enabled, those users who are favorite users will be sorted first in user lists.
Use system icons when browsing files (slows browsing down a bit)
  If you have this option on, DC++ will use the per-extension icons from Windows Explorer. Turning on this option slows browsing file lists a bit.
Use OEM monospaced font for viewing text files
  Enable this option to use a monospaced font more suitable for viewing NFO files in the built-in text viewer (the "View as Text" function).
Guess user country from IP
  When selected, country codes for your uploaders and downloaders appear in the Connections window. This function uses the GeoIPCountryWhois.csv database provided by MaxMind.

## Miscellaneous

Default away message
  This is the default away message that will appear when someone PMs you for the first time while you are in the away mode. You can activate away mode by using the /away <message> and /back chat commands or Auto-away on Minimize option. All time formatting variables are available, see Logs. Use Ctrl + Enter to create a new line.
  (default: "I'm away. State your business and I might answer later if you're lucky.")
Set timestamps
  This lets you select the format of the time stamps that can appear in the chat and private message windows. For the available formatting variables, please see Logs.
  (default: %H:%M)
Language
  This drop-down list allows you to choose which language DC++ should use for its user interface and messages. "Default" means "use the same language as my operating system".