Conventionally the File Manager runs in two modes: Admin and User.

When you access the File Manager in Admin mode you are able to access all user account folders and files, you have the fully array of user rights (upload, download, preview, delete, move copy etc...) and you can also access the Client Manager to add remove or edit user accounts.

When you access the File Manager in User mode you are only able to access the main directory folder that has been setup for you (when the admin created the user account). This folder can either be user specific or it can be the same folder used by other users. Users are never able to go up a level and access files and folders in other user accounts, you can only ever go down a level into other subfolders.
However, although the user can be accessing the same folder used in some cases by more than one user, each users can have individual user rights to that folder e.g. allow download and preview but disallow upload and delete.
Any function not enabled for a particular user will see the corresponding function icon removed from the users taskbar.

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