What's new (continued)?
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.52a (betas+final):
- These are bugfix releases, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.52 (betas+final):
- These are bugfix releases, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.51a final:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.51 final:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.51 release candidate 2+3:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.51 release candidate 1:
- More speed improvements for shared folders and icon display
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.51 beta 5:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.51 beta 4:
- 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)
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.51 beta 3:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.51 beta 2:
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.51 beta 1:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 final:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 release candidate 2+3:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 release candidate 1:
- F5,F6,Shift+F6: Remove characters #00-#31 like line breaks (LF) when new name pasted from clipboard
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 15:
- Also show thumbnails in virtual folders like libraries in Windows 7/8
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 14:
- Faster reading of folders with many subfolders when overlay icons are disabled
- Function to verify after copying has been re-added by popular demand
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 13:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 12:
- Reduce hangs when accessing network shares which become inaccessible
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 11:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features
- No more expiration date, stable enough for every day use
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 8-10:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 7:
- Control how the background transfer manager handles overwrites when adding more files (BackgroundCopyFlags in
wincmd.ini)
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 6:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 5:
- Selection of files by clicking on their icons can now be configured in the main configuration dialog
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 4:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 3:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 2:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.50 beta 1:
- 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
- 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)
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.01 final:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.01 release candidate 5:
-
Multi-rename tool: New placeholder [A] inserts complete file name with extension, but without the path
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.01 release candidate 1-4:
- These are bugfix releases, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 final:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 release candidate 2:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 release candidate 1:
- 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.
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 25:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 24:
- SubdirCopyOrder option in
wincmd.ini allows you to set order in which files in subdirs are copied
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 23:
- HideRemovableNoMedia option in
wincmd.ini now also works in "Drive not found" dialog and Search - Drives
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 22:
- GetTextMode option in
wincmd.ini for screen readers (for the visually impaired)
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 20 and 21:
- These are bugfix releases, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 19:
- Also show harddisks connected via FireWire with removable disk icon, just like USB disks
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 18:
-
Synchronize dirs: Rename single files on the left (F6) or right side (Shift+F6), also with slow double click
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 17a:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 17:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 16:
- This is a bugfix release, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 15:
- Copy function: Ask user when a directory cannot be entered for copying (can be controlled with CopyDirsAsAdmin option in
wincmd.ini)
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 14:
-
Synchronize dirs: Faster deletion to recycle bin on Vista or newer by deleting each directory as a whole instead of each file
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 13:
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 12:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 11:
-
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)
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 10:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 9:
- 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 functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 8:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 2-7:
- These are bugfix releases, there are no major new features
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 8.0 beta 1:
- 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)
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.56a:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.56:
-
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
-
Lister: Auto-detect UTF-8-encoded text by valid UTF-8 multi-byte characters
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.55a:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.55:
- 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)
- "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)
- 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 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.50a:
- 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.
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.50:
- 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
- Protect the stored
ftp passwords with a master password using AES256 encryption
-
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)
- 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 functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.04a:
- 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..
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.04:
- Built-in support for encrypted ZIP files (standard and AES ZIP encryption).
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.03:
- This version mainly corrects possible security problems with various unpackers and other errors.
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.02a:
- This version mainly corrects problems with FTP uploads and a problem with environment variables
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.02:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.01:
- This version only contains fixes.
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.0:
- 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 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
- 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.
- 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
-
Secure FTP over SSL/TLS, enter the URL as follows: ftps://ftp.servername.com .
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.56:
- 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)
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.55:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.54a:
- Version 6.54a contains only corrections.
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.54:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.53:
- Version 6.53 contains almost only corrections.
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.52:
- 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)
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.51:
- Version 6.51 doesn't contain any important new features.
New in Total Commander 6.50:
-
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
- 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)
- 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)
-
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 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.03:
- Version 6.03 doesn't contain any important new features.
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.02:
- Version 6.02 doesn't contain any important new features.
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.01:
- Version 6.01 doesn't contain any new features.
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.0:
- 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
New functions and fixes in Total Commander 5.51:
- A click on the currently active path allows you to edit or copy/paste it
- Search and synchronize dirs now also work with file system 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
New functions in Total Commander 5.50:
- 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
New functions in Commander 5.10:
- Unpack RAR 3 archives
- Support for OTP-MD4 -MD5 and -SHA1-authentication for FTP
- Decoder for yEnc-encoded files (Files - decode files)
New functions in Commander 5.01:
- Unpack RAR 3 archives
- Support for OTP-MD4 and -MD5-authentication for FTP
New functions in Commander 5.00:
- Support for Windows XP themes on XP
- "Commands" menu split into "Commands" and "Net"
-
FTP+HTTP: Auto-Resume download if download-connection lost
- FTP: SOCKS4+SOCKS5
Proxy support (active+passive mode!), SOCKS5 without encryption
- Internal command cm_SyncChangeDir makes Commander change to the directory of the same name also in the other window
- FTP: Option to
send keepalive messages (e.g. NOOP) to the server in user-defined intervals (for max. 1 hour of inactivity)
- 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
- 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
New functions in Commander 4.54:
- Lister: Support word wrap in UTF-8 mode
New functions in Commander 4.53:
- Display of UTF-8 (special 1-4 byte Unicode format) in
Lister
- 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!
- 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
- 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
New functions in Commander 4.52:
- Display of Unicode and HTML (as plain text) in
Lister
-
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
- Submenu 'New' in the right click context menu allows you to create new (empty) files
Version 4.51 is a bugfix version of 4.50.
- Bugfixes.
New functions in Commander 4.50:
-
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: 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
-
Copying to 'write only' directories (Windows NT, network)
- Uninstaller: Automatic removal of the program through the Control Panel
- 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.
New functions in Commander 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.
- Split "Equal/Unequal" button into two buttons in
synchronize function
-
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
Here is a list of the most important additions in Commander 4.0:
- Copy: rename file if target exists
-
Copy and
zip in background (separate thread)
- Bitmap viewer in
Lister, additional formats through Irfanview
-
Copy files directly from one archive to another
- Add FTP files to list (through the
context menu), download later
-
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
- 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)
- 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
- 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