TC9 RC1 ALT+F10 Directory Tree only shows root level

[ckfwong]

This worked in all previous versions of TC I used up to and including TC9 beta 17 but on RC1 it only ever shows the root level directories.

I have tried changing the setting in Configuration | Display | Always load complete directory tree to no effect.

I tried with 64bit and 32bit RC1 and with existing and new fresh wincmd.ini and in all instances same problem.

Any suggestions?

From the help file:

Always load complete directory tree
If this option isn't checked, Total Commander will initially show only the directories in the root of the tree. If it's checked, the whole tree is loaded and displayed at once (as in previous versions of Total Commander). In this case, no special folder icons will be shown in the tree, and the tree root will be the root of the current drive.

[petermad]

Alt+F10 by default opens the WINDOW "Directory Tree", which is alway loaded completely and which doesn't show icons.

You must be talking about of the Directory tree VIEW, which is opened in the file PANEL by Ctrl+F8. If this is opened by Alt+F10 in your TC, you must have remapped the cm_CDtree command.

For neither of the two trees I can confirm your report. Maybe your treeinfo.wc file is corrupt - you can regenerate it from "Commands" -> "CD Tree" -> "F2 re-scan tree" (or Alt+F10 in a standard TC configuration)

[ckfwong]

Thanks for the reply.

I am referring to the Directory Tree WINDOW that is opened by ALT+F10.

I have tried the F2 Rescan. I also tried deleting the treeinfo files. Again with no effect.

Note I used this customization in my wincmd.ini. Perhaps I should try removing that?

treefilelocation=c:\util\total commander\treeinfo%D%.wc

[petermad]

I am referring to the Directory Tree WINDOW that is opened by ALT+F10.

Aha - I was just confused because you mentioned "no special folder icons will be shown in the tree". and also because you mention the "Always load complete directory tree" setting - this only applies to the file panels - not the window.

Help:

Note: This option has no influence on separately shown tree panels, only on the trees shown in one of the two main file panels.

I have checked under windows 7, 8.1 and 10 and cannot reproduce your problem.

treefilelocation=c:\util\total commander\treeinfo%D%.wc

This should work fine as long as you have write permissions to the file (does it change after a rescan?).

Is it with all your drives that has this problem, or just drive C: ?

[karlchen]

So we are talking about CD Tree ... (Alt-F10)?!

Preface:
I have not used it since ages, because it is untolerably slow on filesystems with lots of sub-folders.

Total Commander 9.0rc1 32-bit:
Works like expected. Loads and displays the folder tree structure starting from the root folder of the current disk partition.
Navigating and selecting the foldertree causes no problems whatsoever.

Total Commander 9.0rc1 64-bit:
Does not work as expected. Only the folders located directly in the root folder will be displayed. (There are a few exceptions where sub-folder trees are displayed as well. Have not found a rule so far.)
Somehow managed to generate an access violation when using the CD Tree.
Provided I should be able to reproduce this crash, I will copy the stack trace and post it.

--
P.S.:
Both Tree (Ctrl-F8 ) and Separate Tree (Ctrl-Shift-F8 ) are far superior to the old CD Tree (Alt-F10).
Yet, as long as the CD Tree (Alt-F10) is present in T.C. it would be nice if it worked correctly in TC 32-bit and 64-bit.
--
Correction 15-10-2016 15:40 CEST:

Somehow the 32-bit version and the 64-bit version must be using different SortUpper values.
Credits go to Petermad for finding out about the role of 3 Sort parameters in this riddle.
So I had to correct my test results, cf. post further down.

[ckfwong]

Yes, the problem I have is with ALT+F10.

1) I do have write permissions to the folder where Total Commander is installed and where the treeinfo files are stored.
2) A F2 rescan will update the contents and time-stamp of the treeinfo file.
3) This applies to all drives. Not just c:\

I have to correct something I posted earlier. I just tried RC1 again and this is what I did and saw.

1) Uninstalled TC9 B17
2) Removed all folders and files in the install folder except the plugins folder and the WINCMD.KEY file
3) Installed TC9 RC1 64Bit into that folder
4) ALT+F10 does work

So it seems there must be something in my WINCMD.INI that is interfering?

This is the [Configuration] section. Is there anything that jumps out at anyone? Are there other sections that contains options that may be the cause?

[Configuration]
InstallDir=C:\Util\Total Commander
treefilelocation=c:\util\total commander\treeinfo%D%.wc
UseNewDefFont=1
firstmnu=1327
test=247
ShowHiddenSystem=1
UseLongNames=1
Small83Names=0
DirBrackets=1
ShowParentDirInRoot=1
SortDirsByName=1
Tips=3
FileTipWindows=0
Win32TipWindows=0
SortUpper=3
onlyonce=0
TrayIcon=0
UseRightButton=0
Savepath=1
Savepanels=1
MarkDirectories=1
AlwaysToRoot=0
SingleClickStart=0
RenameSelOnlyName=0
SaveCommands=1
SaveHistory=1
CountSpace=1
CountMarked=1
1hourdif=0
CopyComments=6
IconClickSelection=1
DirTabOptions=824
DirTabLimit=32
ExplorerForCopy=0
Win95Delete=0
UseTrash=1
WatchDirs=59
AltSearch=2
QuickSearchMatchBeginning=1
QuickSearchExactMatch=0
FirstTimeZIP=0
LogOptions=7198
LogRotateLimit=0
LogKeepCount=30
PanelsVertical=0
Aligned extension=1
FirstTimeUnpack=0
pluginbasedir=C:\Util\Total Commander\plugins
LastSearchOptions=480
Viewer=none
Editor=""C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%1""
Viewertype=1
CheckUsbHdd=0
QuickSearchAutoFilter=1
lastmd5=2
CrcSeparateFiles=0
CompareCaseSensitive=0
CompareIgnoreRepSpace=1
CompareIgnoreRepeatedLines=1
CompareVertical=0
CustomFieldsInDlg=1
SetEncoding=äö.do.not.remove
FirstTimeIconLib=0
FirstTime=0
CommentPreferredFormat=4
UseRubberBandSelection=1
OldStyleTree=1
autotreechange=0
SeparateTree=0

[ckfwong]

I seemed to have found the solution.

In Configuration | Options | Display | Sort methods I had selected "Natural sorting alphabetical and numbers". That causes the problem in RC1. Any of the other 3 options works properly.

So for now I just changed it to the first option "Alphabetical considering accents" and its fine.

Can anyone confirm?

Thanks for all the replies.

[petermad]

I had selected "Natural sorting alphabetical and numbers".

So do I, and I still cannot reproduce the problem with neither 32bit nor 64bit TC9rc1


EDIT: after doing some more testing I can now confirm that it is the SortUpper=3 (Natural sorting: alphabetical and numbers) that is the culprit.

But there is more to it than that (which is why I could not confirm it in the first place). If SortDirExt=1 AND SortDirsByName=0 then the Directory tree works as it should even if SortUpper=3.

When testing (on drive C) you have to delete the treeinfoC.wc file each time you test.

SortDirExt parameter can only be set manually in wincmd.ini

Try this:
Delete treeinfoC.wc
Use this wincmd.ini:

Code: Select all

[Configuration]
treefilelocation=%TEMP%\treeinfo%D%.wc
SortUpper=3
SortDirExt=1
SortDirsByName=0

Then the Directory tree works as it should, but if you remove/change either SortUpper=3 or SortDirExt=1 the bug is present.

The bug is present in both 32bit and 64bit TC - so maybe karlchen has SortUpper=3 and SortDirExt=1 in the wincmd.ini for his 32bit TC since he cannot reproduce it there.

I cannot reproduce the bug in TC9b17

[karlchen]

Hi, Petermad.

On the current system, where I am typing this reply, Total Commander 9.0rc1 32-bit + 64-bit use:
+ SortUpper=2
+ SortDirExt=0 (Default, absent from wincmd.ini)
+ SortDirsByName=1 (Default, present in wincmd.ini)

As a consequence, I cannot reproduce my own report posted today 00:20 CEST.
On this system here, CD Tree ... (Alt-F10) works as it should. No problems. No crash.

Switching the sorting method to SortUpper=3, however, is sufficient to make T.C. 9.0rc1 display only the first level of folders in the root directory of the filesystem.
This affects Total Commander 9.0rc1 32-bit + 64-bit equally!
(This cannot be reporduced on T.C. 8.52a 32-bit + 64-bit.)

Hm, hope I can figure out on which system I had managed to get into trouble; so I can check and correct the settings there accordingly.

Best regards,
Karl

[ckfwong]

Hi Petermad,

I can confirm your observation.

With

treefilelocation=%TEMP%\treeinfo%D%.wc
SortUpper=3
SortDirExt=1
SortDirsByName=0

The Tree does work

Thanks

[karlchen]

Hello, Christian.

Can confirm the reported problem, "ALT+F10 Directory Tree only shows root level", has been fixed. The Alt-F10 CD Tree works as expected no matter which sorting method (1, 2 or 3) is in use.

Total Commander 9.0 rc2 64-bit
Total Commander 9.0 rc2 32-bit

Thanks for fixing the problem.

Best regards,
Karl

[petermad]

Yes, confirmed fixed in TC9rc2

[ckfwong]

Thanks for the fix