- These are bugfix releases, there are no major new features

 

 

- These are bugfix releases, there are no major new features

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features

 

 

- More speed improvements for shared folders and icon display

 

 

- F5 copy: Right click on OK or Queue button to move files instead of copying (and the reverse for F6)

- Loading icons of internal associations has also been moved to a background thread

 

 

- Loading of association-specific icons (e.g. all *.txt files) has been moved to a background thread

- New method to determine which folders are shared (by building a list of shares with NetShareEnum)

 

 

- FTP rename file (Shift+F6): Show overwrite confirmation dialog if target exists

- FTP upload file: Use dynamic buffer size between 512 Bytes and 32 kBytes depending on upload speed

 

 

- Multi-rename tool: Counter [C] now supports fractional numbers, e.g. [C+1/100]

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features

 

 

- F5,F6,Shift+F6: Remove characters #00-#31 like line breaks (LF) when new name pasted from clipboard

 

 

- Also show thumbnails in virtual folders like libraries in Windows 7/8

 

 

- Faster reading of folders with many subfolders when overlay icons are disabled

- Function to verify after copying has been re-added by popular demand

 

 

- Faster loading of thumbnails from cache when using a slow virus scanner, by keeping the thumbs database open for multiple files

- Avoid hanging in directory read functions when network is down

- Function to verify after copying has been removed because of some unresolved problems

 

 

- Reduce hangs when accessing network shares which become inaccessible

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features

- No more expiration date, stable enough for every day use

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features

 

 

- Control how the background transfer manager handles overwrites when adding more files (BackgroundCopyFlags in wincmd.ini)

 

 

- Reverted back to "Microsoft Sans Serif" font for existing installations (the new font Segoe UI Semibold can be set manually)

- Support unpacking of multi-volume 7zip files

 

 

- Selection of files by clicking on their icons can now be configured in the main configuration dialog

 

 

- Use font "Segoe UI Semibold" as new default font for main window and file lists if available (Windows Vista or newer)

- "Verify" option is now shown in the F5 copy dialog. The option in the configuration determines the state of the option when Total Commander starts.

- Background transfer manager (F5-F2): Position and size can be remembered via system menu

 

 

- Separate commands to show/hide hidden and system files: cm_SwitchHid and cm_SwitchSys

- Auto re-upload of files to FTP or file system plugin when saved (F3/F4) is now disabled by default, user will be asked on first use whether he wants to enable it

 

 

- Drive dropdown combobox: Open context menu also with Shift+F10 or special context menu key

- Some of of the new features are now configurable, like selecting files by clicking on their icons

 

 

- Support unpacking of more archive formats: 7zip, new RAR5 format, as well as -lh6- and -lh7- (LHA)

- RAR with encrypted file names: Show archive content after entering password

- Pack/unpack files: Option to remember last entered password until TC is minimized, Windows goes to standby, or the screen saver starts

- Support for touch screen devices: Tap on icons to select files, long tap to open context menu

- Support for high resolution screens (high DPI)

- Drive drop-down list (Alt+F1/Alt+F2): Show links to "My Computer" and "My Documents" Configurable via. ShowExtraDrives in wincmd.ini

- Drive drop-down list (Alt+F1/Alt+F2): Open context menu directly in the list without choosing a drive first

- Show exclamation mark to the left of some options as a warning, e.g. that files may not go where the user expects them to go, like during copying from branch view, or when packing and unpacking

- Show file size and last modified time also in virtual folders like connected MTP devices like Android phones/tablets

- Select and copy related files, e.g. *.jpg > crw*.cr2 selects/copies jpg files, plus raw files only if there is a related .jpg file

- F5 copy: First copy all files where the user doesn't need to be asked and skip all with errors, ask at the end

- F5 copy: Option to verify files after copying them.

- F5 copy: Option to keep paths relative to current folder while in branch view (Ctrl+B)

- Alt+F5 pack: New option to leave out the names of the selected folders when packing each folder to a separate archive

- F8 Delete: Only warn at the end if folders couldn't be deleted

- F8 Delete: Always use new delete method when VistaDelete isn't set in wincmd.ini, but show our own delete confirmation dialog if the system dialog is disabled

- Search function: Search for text supports any combination of ANSI, ASCII, UTF-16, UTF-8 Unicode and office XML/EPUB at the same time

- Search function: Skip a folder by clicking on its name in the status line (with confirmation). Also allows you to just pause the search

- Search function: Open in separate process via Alt+Shift+F7, so TC can still be used during the search

- Search function: "Feed to listbox" also when searching in archives, on FTP servers and file system plugins

- Search for duplicate files: Search by plugin fields, e.g. name parts, file extension etc.

- Search for duplicate files, Feed to listbox: New dialog box to select files inside the groups of duplicates, e.g. by newest, oldest etc.

- Compare by content: "Resync comparison from here" now also works after editing the files

- FTP/file system plugins: When editing a file with F4, the file will automatically be re-uploaded when saved in the editor. No need to close the editor any more. Change via Edit/View options.

- Button bar: Support multiple internal and/or user-defined commands on a single button e.g. cm_SelectAll,cm_Copy

- New wincmd.ini options CopyLinks and IgnoreLinks to handle file system links

- Verify CRC checksums: Also support SHA512 format

- Progress dialog: Show number of files/bytes in more functions. Switch to files/bytes remaining by clicking on the numbers

- Improved background copy dialog: Show number of copied and selected files and bytes, add button "Foreground"

- Show hidden/system files now split into separate options for hidden and system

- Option to get more items in various history lists, set via wincmd.ini: HistoryLen for directory history, OldCmdLineCount for command line. MaxItemsInComboBox for comboboxes in F7 New Folder, Alt+F7 Search, Num+ select files etc.

- Lister, right click menu: Directly search for selected text via Google in default browser (configurable)

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no new features

 

 

- Multi-rename tool: New placeholder [A] inserts complete file name with extension, but without the path

 

 

- These are bugfix releases, there are no major new features

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no new features

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no new features

 

 

- When creating shortcuts (*.lnk) with Ctrl+Shift+F5, do not cut name after last dot for directories (AppendLnk=2 in  wincmd.ini)

- wincmd.ini, SelectionFocus=color: Surround file in focus with special color when there are selected files in the active panel. Meant as a warning that file operations would affect more than the current file.

 

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features

 

 

- SubdirCopyOrder option in wincmd.ini allows you to set order in which files in subdirs are copied

 

 

- HideRemovableNoMedia option in wincmd.ini now also works in "Drive not found" dialog and Search - Drives

 

 

- GetTextMode option in wincmd.ini for screen readers (for the visually impaired)

 

 

- These are bugfix releases, there are no major new features

 

 

- Also show harddisks connected via FireWire with removable disk icon, just like USB disks

 

 

- Synchronize dirs: Rename single files on the left (F6) or right side (Shift+F6), also with slow double click

 

 

- Directory hotlist (Ctrl+D): Fixed critical error in function "add a new entry directly to a submenu" which could cause the loss of menu items

 

 

- Directory hotlist (Ctrl+D): Option to add a new entry directly to a submenu of the list

- Show harddisks connected via USB with removable disk icon, just like USB sticks

- Search function: When restoring the last search result, also restore the cursor position and top index in the list

- More colors can now be changed via Configuration - Options - Colors

 

 

- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features

 

 

- Copy function: Ask user when a directory cannot be entered for copying (can be controlled with CopyDirsAsAdmin option in wincmd.ini)

 

 

- Synchronize dirs: Faster deletion to recycle bin on Vista or newer by deleting each directory as a whole instead of each file

 

 

- Synchronize dirs: F2 shows list of saved synchronize options

 

 

- Compare by content: CompareDeleteBak=1 set in wincmd.ini: Delete .bak files when closing compare tool

- Control TC with a Windows Media Center remote control (Enable with MediaRemote=1 in wincmd.ini)

- Set style of Network Neighborhood with NethoodStyle option in wincmd.ini

 

 

- Synchronize dirs: More detailed status line (displayed and total number of files found)

- InplaceOkButton=2 shows confirm button to the left of the edit box

- On Windows Vista and newer, show subfolder in Network Neighborhood with "Entire Network" (as on Windows XP)

 

 

- Compare by content: Show compare progress bar and percent done in footer

- Synchronize dirs: Show number of filtered out files in the footer

- Connect to FTP or HTTP: Always try all IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6) as long as connections fail.

- Support SSL-encrypted FTP server to server transfers

- Show button to the right of the inplace rename edit box (Shift+F6) to confirm the renaming

- Alt+F10 tree: If TreeFileLocation isn't set, save the tree in the same location as the thumbnail cache on system drive and UNC paths

- AlwaysAsAdmin=1 in wincmd.ini auto-uses admin functions after user confirmed "Always as administrator" once

- Start TC with a larger default size

- New environment variable %COMMANDER_EXE% pointing to the Total Commander program

- New WM_COPYDATA options for scripting

- Verify CRC checksum from clipboard directly for the file under the cursor

 

 

- Compare by contents (x64 only): Support for files >2GB

- Lister: Auto-rotate jpg images loaded via GDI+ to the angle stored in the EXIF information

 

 

- New options in the search&replace section of the Multi-rename tool dialog box: 1x (only first occurrence) and [E] (change extension or not)

- Lister: F3 now also works with folders (mainly interesting with plugins)

- Synchronize dirs: "By content" option now also works with packer plugins which support the "search by content" option

 

 

- These are bugfix releases, there are no major new features

 

 

- This is the first 64-bit version of Total Commander. There will also be a 32-bit version later in this beta test. 64-bit programs can only load 64-bit libraries (dlls), and since all plugins are dlls, the plugins need to be converted to 64-bit too. Therefore it's not recommended to use this version for every day work until a majority of plugins has been ported to 64-bit.

- Enhanced progress dialog handling: Progress is now handled asynchronously, so it will no longer slow down any file operations. Especially the copying, moving and deleting of many small files should be much faster now. Also the number of files and bytes handled and the total files/bytes are shown now.

- Lister: Show jpg, gif and png images in Lister without plugins

- Search function: In field "Search in", a list file can be specified like this: @c:\path\searchfile.txt. The file must contain one file/dir name per line, absolute or relative to the location of the list file

- Multi-rename tool enhancements: Allow backslashes in name field, directly create sub-folders for moving files

- Draw new style (Windows Vista or newer) expand/collapse icons in tree

- Copy directly from FTP or virtual folders (e.g. the desktop) to file system plugins

- "Skip all" in "copy as admin" function

- Use new Explorer method on Windows 7 to show file time stamps (not changing between summer and winter), can be changed via wincmd.ini (NewTimeZoneMethod)

 

 

- This version corrects errors which were found only after the release of Total Commander 7.56 final, e.g. "Send to"-"Mail Recipient" not working with Outlook 2003

 

 

- Button bar right click menu: Menu item "As Administrator" starts program with administrative rights

- Find files: Keep last search results (except when using "Feed in Listbox")

- Windows 7: Show pause button in "aero peek" windows (shown when hovering over taskbar icon) during file operations to pause them

- Compare by content: Auto-detect UTF-8-encoded html, xml and css files by their encoding headers

- Compare by content: Double click on a word selects that word

- Lister: Auto-detect UTF-8-encoded text by valid UTF-8 multi-byte characters

- MinimizeOnClose option in wincmd.ini

 

 

- This version corrects errors which were found only after the release of Total Commander 7.55 final, mainly in the ftp function (infinite re-downloads in case of certain connection losses, XCRC problem with removed 0s), and various x64DisableRedirection problems

 

 

- Use MLSD command for file listings in FTP function (better time resolution, time in UTC)

- Transfer files between two computers over a special USB cable

- Improvements to synchronize dirs function: Compare via plugins and FTP, options to skip hidden files and junctions (SyncIgnoreJunctions in wincmd.ini), SITE UTIME in ftp sync

- Compare by content now shows different and changed lines with a slightly different background color (configurable via wincmd.ini)

- FTP connection details dialog split into two tabs

- "cd" command in button bar and start menu now accepts parameter /user: (user name for network connection)

- Open archives also in virtual folders like the Desktop

- New internal commands with parameters SELECTFILES, OPENTABSL and OPENTABSR, e.g. for the button bar 

- Let the user set the user agent for HTTP connections

- Unpack directory time stamps from archives

- Lister: Increased maximum line length to 1024 characters (Unicode: 512)

- Verify CRC checksums: Also support CRC files in UTF16 Unicode format, and SHA256

- Show Terminal Server and Win7 XP mode drives in drive drop-down list and drive buttonbar

- Ctrl+Shift+B and cm_DirBranchSel shows branch view of only the selected dirs+files

- Colors by file type: Get plugin data in background thread for slow plugins

- F5 copy dialog: "Options" dialog extension can be pinned now to remain open

- RAR with encrypted file names: Show pseudo file <Encrypted -> F5> and let user unpack the archive with F5

- Command line: Command "cd filename" places cursor directly on file with name "filename"

- Search in "feed to listbox" results: Respect option "Search subdirectories", e.g. to search 3 levels deep in all selected dirs

- Show progress dialog box when reading a directory takes longer than 5 seconds

- Create CRC checksums: support subdirectories (recursively), background button

- Multi-rename tool: Allow to create fields with leading zeroes or spaces

- Create shortcuts (LNK files) also in protected system directories

- Handle dir space calculation in background (when user presses SPACE or Alt+Shift+Enter)

- Internal UnRAR via unrar.dll: Support target names longer than 259 characters

- File system plugins: Support background downloads and uploads (requires changes to plugin)

- Various new background operations: Unpack: RAR, TAR, packer plugins (needs modification), Pack: TAR, packer plugins

- Parallel port connection now also possible on Windows XP..11 64-bit

 

 

- This version corrects errors which were found only after the release of Total Commander 7.50 final, mainly in the print function in Lister (for Unicode files), when unpacking certain encrypted zip files, and slow moving of directories within the same drive.

 

 

- Full Unicode support in most functions where it is possible, including FTP, ZIP packer, and plugin interfaces

- Help file now by default in HTML format (CHM). The old HLP file is still available on  www.ghisler.com

- Support for file names longer than 259 characters (up to 1022) in most file operations

- Compare by content allows you to compare text files of different type, e.g. ANSI and UTF-8

- The current directory above the file lists can act as a clickable bar ("breadcrumb bar")

- Option to show *.bar file in button bar as a popup menu instead of switching bars

- Show icons and subfolders in ftp connection dialog

- Protect the stored ftp passwords with a master password using AES256 encryption

- FTP, PORT mode: Allow to specify external IP address of the Internet router

- Start Lister, compare by content or synchronize dirs directly via command line parameters

- Comments (Ctrl+Z) can now have a max. length of 4095 characters, and support line breaks

- Synchronize dirs: Option to synchronize also empty directories, option to copy just specific file properties (like the time)

- Create CRC checksums now also supports the SHA1 hash format

- Allow to use the Windows key for user-defined hotkeys

- On 64-bit Windows, allow to use 64-bit shell extensions in local menu (context menu)

- New internal command cm_SwitchX64Redirection to turn redirection of system32 dir under 64-bit Windows on/off

- Internal unpacking of multi-part RAR archives, and RAR archives where the file names are encrypted

- Copy files/directories to multiple target directories (or lnk files pointing to directories) in one operation

- Quick search with search dialog: Show button which allows you to show only files/dirs matching the filter

- Switch character encodings in Lister

- New internal association system, e.g. for using Total Commander from a USB stick

 

 

- This version mainly corrects an error in the delete function: It could delete the file under the cursor instead of the selected files if the current directory was changed in the background while the delete confirmation dialog was up (only when the function "Auto-Refresh when the file system changes" was active).

- It also corrects problems with unpacking multi-volume RAR files, AES encryption on NT4, and an access violation when starting minimized to the system tray..

 

 

- Built-in support for encrypted ZIP files (standard and AES ZIP encryption).

 

 

- This version mainly corrects possible security problems with various unpackers and other errors.

 

 

- This version mainly corrects problems with FTP uploads and a problem with environment variables

 

 

- Directory traversal vulnerability when an FTP server reports a file name containing backslashes

- Download from FTP server: F5 - F2 will add files to last opened background transfer manager

- FTP file transfers: Verify after transfer that the resulting file isn't smaller than expected, otherwise show warning

Can be turned off via wcx_ftp.ini, SpecialFlags= option in section [General] or separately per connection

- Update Total Commander's environment variables when the system variables are changed

- FTP over SSL/TLS: If the server responds to AUTH TLS, connect with TLSv1 instead of SSLv23 messages

- Alias commands now support new parameters %A1..%A9

 

 

- This version only contains fixes.

 

 

- Updated user interface: flat buttons also on XP, new file list icons, drive icons, and bar icons (by external designer), icons in the main menu (optional)

- Separate background color can be set for odd and even lines

- Compare by content now allows you to edit files, and to re-synchronize manually

- Separate tree panel: Either one for both file panels, or one for each

- Lister now supports a text cursor, allows you to center images, and resize only larger

- Change attributes allows you to use/change content plugin values

- File operation logging

- Show drive letter in folder tabs

- File system plugins can now support custom columns and thumbnails

- 32-bit version of zip self-extracting module sfxhead.sfx, because Windows Vista and newer no longer supports 16-bit programs

- %COMMANDER_DRIVE% points to drive (e.g. C: without trailing backslash) from which Total Commander was started.

- Multi-rename-tool: Allow to edit target names

- More options in copy overwrite dialog: Compare by content, Rename target, automatic rename, copy all smaller or all larger

- Exclude directories in "Show"-"Custom...", e.g. with *.* | .cvs\

- Increased maximum command line length to 8191 (XP) and 2047 characters (Windows 2000), respectively

- Sort by additional columns, e.g. by size, then by date/time: Ctrl+click on additional columns

- Auto-complete path in command line, current directory, copy dialog etc.

- Use Shift+Del to remove unwanted entries from various comboboxes: Command line, search function, multi-rename-tool etc.

- Secure FTP over SSL/TLS, enter the URL as follows: ftps://ftp.servername.com .

Needs OpenSSL dlls from www.ghisler.com/openssl/ stored in Totalcmd directory.

- Custom user-defined commands for main menu and hotkeys

- Alias commands for the command line for internal commands or external programs

- Overwrite dialog allows you to show preview images and custom fields

- When a copy/move/delete/create directory operation fails due to insufficient rights, ask user whether he wants to copy as administrator. Also allow a user to read from an inaccessible directory if he knows the administrator password.

- Search on FTP servers

 

 

- Version 6.56 mainly fixes a problem when re-packing from RAR to other archive type, which can lead to data loss under special conditions (external RAR unpacker, subdirectories)

 

 

- Version 6.55 contains almost only corrections.

- Support for CHM (compiled html) help files

- The ZIP self-extractor is now 32-bit (Windows VISTA no longer supports 16-bit programs)

- Various changes for Windows VISTA

 

 

- Version 6.54a contains only corrections.

 

 

- Version 6.54 contains almost only corrections.

- The internal ZIP unpacker now supports the new formats BZIP2 and PPMd

- WMF images have been disabled in Lister+Thumbnails for security reasons (security hole in Windows).

  They can be re-enabled via wincmd.ini [Configuration] WmfAllowed=3

- Command line parameters for uninstaller tcuninst.exe for silent uninstall: /r repair, /0../7 uninstall.

   Sum of: 1=desktop icon, 2=start menu entries, 4=all settings files

 

 

- Version 6.53 contains almost only corrections.

- New command line parameter /P= to set active panel at startup.

 

 

- Version 6.52 contains mainly corrections.

- Experimental support for IPv6 internet addresses for FTP and HTTP, must be enabled in wcx_ftp.ini

- Automatic detection of USB sticks, to write to them in compatibility mode (faster)

 

 

- Version 6.51 doesn't contain any important new features.

 

 

- Thumbnail view: Display of miniature pictures for images and some other file types

- Custom columns mode: Up to 29 different user-defined view modes with custom columns

- Content plugins: Display+Search for additional file properties, use in multi-rename tool

- Overlay icons for special file types like LNK files (configurable)

- Automatic installation of plugins and languages when opening plugin archive (if supported by the plugin)

- New configuration page for configuring all plugin types

- Alt+Shift+F3 loads lister without plugins and any multimedia additions

- Shift+button click on current directory switches to the dir part on which you clicked

- Shift+button click in search on 'go to file' or 'feed to listbox' opens dir in new tab

- Search for NTFS-encrypted files

- Define different location of tree content files (treeinfo.wc)

- Show current speed also when copying in synchronize dirs function

- FTP: Support for MODE Z compressed uploading/downloading

- New type of locked tab: still allows you to change dirs, but reverts to tab-root when clicking "\" or switching to other tab

- Multi-rename tool: Multiple search+replace, search+replace history, button to reload rename results

- F5 - F2 now transfers in background also for FTP uploads+downloads

- New pseudo environment variables supported in path names, pointing to locations of virtual folders:

%$APPDATA%, %$DESKTOP%, %$PERSONAL% (My Documents), %$PROGRAMS%, %$STARTMENU%, %$FONTS%, %$STARTUP% (use lowercase to access env vars with these names)

- New internal commands (for button bar, starter menu and user-defined hotkeys) to change drives: cm_GotoDriveA..cm_GotoDriveZ, cm_GotoNextDrive and cm_GotoPreviousDrive

- New internal commands cm_srcactivatetab1..10 activates tab 1-10 in source panel, similar for target panel.

- Subdir filters now also work when copying (only files of this type). Syntax: Include: somedir1\ somedir2\ Exclude: *.* | somedir1\ somedir2\

- Synchronize dirs: Also allow to set copy direction of equal files (via right click menu only!), e.g. for copying them to a different location

- Remember special display modes (thumbnails, comments, custom columns) separately per tab, and when closing

 

 

- Version 6.03 doesn't contain any important new features.

 

 

- Version 6.02 doesn't contain any important new features.

 

 

- Version 6.01 doesn't contain any new features.

 

 

- Supports Unicode file names when Copying/Moving/Renaming files

- Comparison of Unicode-Text files in "Compare by Content"

- Folder Tabs for quickly switching between folders

- Ctrl+T now used for the new Tabs, Ctrl+M for the Multi-Rename Tool

- Regular Expressions for Searching, Multi-Rename Tool, Copying etc.

- Separate buttons for Directory Hotlist and History

- Speed display when copying

- Copy function configurable via Settings dialog.

- F2 in the copy dialog adds the files to the background transfer manager

- Options button in the copy dialog allows you to rename copied or target files automatically on identical name

- Speed limit in the background transfer manager now also works when copying

- Synchronize dirs now tries to set the date/time of FTP files via MDTM command (not working with all servers)

- Synchronize dirs: Now also with archives other than ZIP

- Support for accents in domains for FTP and HTTP

- Multiple new internal commands, like cm_copySamepanel, cm_copyOtherpanel, cm_createShortcuts, cm_SaveSelection, cm_ShowHint

- Show sequence number in the program title if multiple Total Commander open

- Drive button icons can be replaced via external DLL

- Configuration dialog uses a list instead of tab headers

- FTP: Resume all

- Wait in the background for external packers

- Double click on [..] in the root leads to "My Computer" (configurable)

- Environment variable COMMANDER_PATH now points to the Total Commander directory

 

 

- A click on the currently active path allows you to edit or copy/paste it

- Include/exclude certain directories in search function

- Search and synchronize dirs now also work with file system plugins

- Support for Lister plugins

- Support for custom icons in file system plugins

- Deleting of non-empty directories on SAMBA drives sometimes failed

- Moved OLE comment retrieval to a separate thread (background), because it can be slow for some file types

- Couldn't view RTF file currently open in Word (sharing problem)

- Support for internal commands in Ctrl+D menu (directory hotlist), e.g. cm_OpenDesktop

- Limited Unicode support in file names: Delete, Rename, View, Edit and Show properties

 

 

- Name changed to "Total Commander" - see our homepage for the reasons

- Change size display of total/marked files in footer below file lists (bytes, k or dynamic)

- Copy additional NTFS streams when copying files.

- Copy file comments with the files with F5 (optional, needs to be enabled first)

- Create CRC checksums: Function can now also create and check MD5 checksums

- Drag a link from Internet Explorer to Total Commander (holding down Shift) to open the URL dialog to download the linked file

- File system plugin interface to access external devices or other partitions

- In Copy dialog, "Options" button which allows you to set "Overwrite all", "Skip all" etc. before copying

- Lister: In 'Fit to window' mode, resize the video window to the lister window

- Lister: RTF-Viewer (can be disabled)

- Multi-rename tool: Load/Save settings, for often used changes

- Multi-rename tool, search+replace: Support for wildcards * and ?

- Open partially downloaded ZIP files, even during the download

- Option: Always open new FTP connections in the left or right file panel instead of the active file panel

- Show file comments in file lists and as tooltips

- Show name of logged-on user in the title bar if the program was started with RunAs

- Synchronize dirs, asymmetric mode: Option to delete all empty dirs in right window (not available in zip or ftp)

- The HTML viewer in Lister supports some more tags

 

 

- Unpack RAR 3 archives

- Support for OTP-MD4 -MD5 and -SHA1-authentication for FTP

- Decoder for yEnc-encoded files (Files - decode files)

 

 

- Unpack RAR 3 archives

- Support for OTP-MD4 and -MD5-authentication for FTP

 

 

- Support for Windows XP themes on XP

- "Commands" menu split into "Commands" and "Net"

- FTP: support for more than 2 definition strings when defining a new server type

- FTP+HTTP: Auto-Resume download if download-connection lost

- FTP: SOCKS4+SOCKS5 Proxy support (active+passive mode!), SOCKS5 without encryption

- Multi-Rename-Tool: Placeholder [P] puts name of parent dir into file name

- Internal command cm_SyncChangeDir makes Commander change to the directory of the same name also in the other window

- Find files: Start search inside an archive

- FTP: Option to send keepalive messages (e.g. NOOP) to the server in user-defined intervals (for max. 1 hour of inactivity)

- Support for packing of TAR/GZ/TGZ archives. Make sure to choose the correct target OS (Linux or SunOS).

- Direct packing of TAR.Plugin archives, requires re-download of the plugin (e.g. BZIP2)

- Compare by contents: Search for text in both files simultaneously, found text will be underlined

- Compare by contents: Button to show the two windows above each other, e.g. for wide texts

- Right click menu in Lister: added "Copy all URLs" command in HTML-Viewer mode

- Pack: Option to create a separate archive for each selected file/dir. If no target dir is given, the packed file will be placed in the same dir as the original file.

- "Branch view" now added to "commands" menu

- Create CRC-Checksum files in SFV format

- FTP+HTTP in background: Set speed limit for up- and downloads

- Pause button for background operations: FTP, HTTP, copy, pack, unpack

- FTP download from list: detect if list file was modified, and add new items to current download

- Download list can now also copy+move files.

Syntax:   copy:sourcename -> targetname   or   move:sourcename -> targetname

- Background transfer manager can now also be started separately without a list file

 

 

- Compare by content: Switch between binary and text mode.

- Lister: Support word wrap in UTF-8 mode

 

 

- Display of UTF-8 (special 1-4 byte Unicode format) in Lister

- Support for ACE 2.0 archives

- Support for files > 2 GB in Lister and split/combine functions

- Directory print with subdirs: Print only files of certain types, e.g. *.txt *.doc

- Change date/time of folders also on Windows NT/2000 (admins only due to restricted rights)

- FTP: Resume upload (binary files only). WARNING: With some versions of the server WarFTPd, the resume seems to work, but the uploaded file is unusable!

- Directory hotlist can now contain up to 200 entries

- The location of Wincmd.ini and Wcx_ftp.ini can now be set in the registry (32-bit and 64-bit versions only):

\SOFTWARE\Ghisler\Total Commander, new text values IniFileName and FtpIniName.

This key may be created under HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

The command line parameters /i= and /f= still take precedence over the registry values.

- Special larger block sizes when copying very large files can increase the copying speed of these large files quite a bit.

This function is only meant for advanced users, and needs to be enabled through wincmd.ini (CopyBlockSize etc).

- Many small corrections and additions

 

 

- Display of Unicode and HTML (as plain text) in Lister

- Search for Unicode and Hex in the search function

- Print function to print directory lists, trees and compare results in 'Synchronize dirs'.

- Display of all files in the current dir and all subdirs with Ctrl+B

- File windows above each other instead of side by side

- Display of the file size in kbytes or dynamic depending on the actual size

- Multi-rename tool: Enhanced counter settings using definition strings [Cxxx]

- Submenu 'New' in the right click context menu allows you to create new (empty) files

 

 

- Bugfixes.

 

 

- Multi-rename tool: Allows you to rename multiple files in one step (Hotkey: Ctrl+T)

- Batch rename function with Shift+F6 to quickly rename multiple files one by one

- Rename files and subdirs inside a ZIP archive (Shift+F6)

- Parallel port transfer function (direct cable connection), works between Win95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/3.1 and DOS!

- FTP: Definition of custom host types, using a definition string

- FTP: Retry to connect multiple times also for non-anonymous connections

- FTP: Support for multiple proxies (separately for FTP and HTTP connections)

- FTP: Workaround to bug in some FTP servers: Upload of subdirs failed

- Resolve lnk files on the desktop or in the Network Neighborhood

- Unpack self-extracting files created by WinACE and WinRAR (open with Ctrl+PgDn)

- "Unpack all and execute" in packer properties allows you to try out a program or run an installer from inside an archive

- Define custom colors for different file types, e.g. all directories, all zip files etc.

- Search for text also inside CAB files

- Copying to 'write only' directories (Windows NT, network)

- Uninstaller: Automatic removal of the program through the Control Panel

Several new commands and parameters for Button bar / Start menu:

- cm_List now allows you to open a file. The file name must be given directly behind cm_List, and not in the parameters field!

Example: cm_list c:\windows\wincmd.ini always opens the file wincmd.ini in lister.

- cm_ShowFileUser: Show which remote user has opened a local file (through a shared directory)

- cm_EditPersmissionInfo: Show permissions dialog on Windows NT (NTFS file system)

- cm_EditAuditInfo: Show file auditing dialog (NTFS)

- cm_EditOwnerInfo: Show "Take ownership" dialog (NTFS)

- cm_ShowOnlySelected: Hide all files/dirs which aren't selected when this function is used

- cm_OpenRecycled: Open 'recycle bin'

- New parameters %L, %l, %F, %f, %D, %d create a list file in the TEMP directory with the names of the selected files and directories.

 

Version 4.03 is a bugfix version of 4.02.

 

 

- Unzip, delete and HTTP downloads (Ctrl+N) in background.

- Synchronize dirs now also supports directory from/to ftp synchronization! Concerning the date/time synchronizing problems with ftp, please read the section important note on the page Synchronize dirs.

- Tray icon right click menu (context menu).

- Direct upload of files from inside an archive to an FTP server.

- Better parsing of FTP file lists downloaded via a HTTP proxy.

- User-defined keyboard shortcuts.

- Split "Equal/Unequal" button into two buttons in synchronize function

- Change date/time of directories

- FTP server to server transfers (FXP): Always sends PORT command to left server, PASV to right server. This allows for file transfers between a public server and one in a private address room, or behind a firewall. The private server must be in the left window.

- Find files: Only search in selected files and folders

 

 

- Compare files by content

- Automatically adjust column width of name column when resizing Commander

- Copy: rename file if target exists

- Copy and zip in background (separate thread)

- Synchronize directories with subdirs

- Bitmap viewer in Lister, additional formats through Irfanview

- Copy files directly from one archive to another

- Restore selection as it was before the last file operation (NUM /)

- Extend right click menu (in association dialog)

- Add FTP files to list (through the context menu), download later

- Save configuration through menu command

- Search for duplicate files

- FTP: retry to connect if connection fails

- Skip files when copying and file doesn't fit on target disk

- Support WWW proxy for FTP

- More detailed file display, e.g. only list/select files with certain dates and sizes

- Select files which do not match certain wildcards, e.g. all files except for programs

- More virtual folders, like the desktop, my computer etc. - open through button bar

- Wrap text at word boundaries in lister

- Search for files which do NOT contain a given text

- Drive buttons separately per window

- Support for more FTP servers

- FTP: send specific commands directly after connecting

- FTP: Warn if binary file is transferred in text mode

- Icons for PIF files, virtual folders (directories having the system attribute set)

- Search for hexadecimal in lister

- Quick search: letters only but with quick search dialog

- Select FTP transfer mode with keyboard (CTRL+SHIFT+M)

- Copy to NUL, PRN, LPTx, COMx

- CTRL+N or URL Button now allow to download files from WEB servers too

- Define your own hints for drive names

- Use an external icon library (ICL) to replace the default icons in the file lists. See www.ghisler.com for a sample ICL.

- Additional packers+unpackers can be added as extension DLLs (see www.ghisler.com)

- Of course many small corrections and additions