How do programs TC that are not active

[JmeLche]

I beg you to tell me how to disable a TC?
Please explain to me how to turn off programs that are TC default?
Example- MediaPlayerClasic,that my default any video opens with MediaPlayerClasic,I do not want to open any video with MediplayerClasic I want to open only with Potplayer?
And my photo open only whit Imagine but I do not want this program to open my photos I have another programs, but how to do it please tell a more kindness exactly how these two programs are not preferred by TC?

Sorry for the posting but I really can not do without help


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[MVV]

Since you're using custom Total Commander pack (PowerUser according to your TC title), you have a lot of settings that are done by PowerUser authors and not by TC author. TC itself comes with clean configuration and with no third-party software.

So, you should delete Extensions.ini if you wish your TC to use Windows associations for video files etc. It is not a TC default configuration file so it is safe to remove it (you will only lose custom associations made by PowerUser authors).

[karlchen]

Hello, JmeLche.

If I understand you right then your question really is:

How do I make Total Commander open the programme that I want when I double-click on a filename?

I assume that you do open programmes in Total Commander by double-clicking on a filename.
E.g:
You want to open "my_favourite_video.mpeg" in Potplayer.
You double-click on the filename "my_favourite_video.mpeg". But T.C. launches MediaPlayerClassic instead of Potplayer.

Questions to you:
Which programme is started if you double-click on the filename "my_favourite_video.mpeg" in Windows Explorer? MediaPlayerClassic? Potplayer? Yet another programme?
In general, when double clicking on filenames in Windows Explorer, do the programmes open that you expect and want?

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About your screenshot:

It reveals 2 things:

1. You are not using the unmodified Total Commander as released by Christian Ghisler. - By the way which version do you use exactly? => Check under Help => About
   
   You seem to be using some TCUP edition instead. TCUP brings along a lot of plugins and applies a lot of tweaking to the Total Commander.
   This is not bad as such. But it means you are using a Total Commander which has been configured in a non-standard way that you do not understand.
   And to be honest at this point in time I do not even pretend to know which settings TCUP may have tweaked and in which direction.
   
   Yet, it will be feasible to find out. In order to do so your co-operation will be needed.
2. You are looking at and editing the wrong INI file:
   From what I see in the screenshot, I am dead certain that the INI file extensions.ini holds the redirected section [Extensions] from the common wincmd.ini file.
   The section [Extensions] and its entries have got no influence on which programme will be launched when you double-click on a filename in T.C.
   The entries inside the section [Extensions] are only meaningful for T.C. lister, for internal and external viewers as T.C. calls them.
   Whenever you press <Shift><F3> on a filename in T.C., T.C. will not launch its internal lister, but the programme associated to the filetype as defined in the section [Extensions]

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With respect to normal filetype associations:

On the one hand, you can modify the Windows systemwide filetype associations from inside T.C.
(T.C. Menu: Files => Associate with ...)
Doing so will modify the filetype associations used by T.C. and by Windows Explorer equally.
Doing so will not modify anything inside wincmd.ini. Modifications will affect the Windows registry.

On the other hand, you can create filetype associations which are only valid inside Total Commander.
(T.C. Menu: Files => Internal Associations (Total Commander Only) ...)
Total Commander Internal Associations are stored inside the file wincmd.ini, section [Associations].

So in case your TCUP edition of Total Commander makes use of Total Commander Internal Associations then the section to check will be [Associations].


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Your tasks:

As we have got to start somewhere, we will need some details from your side:

• The answers to the questions (in blue letters)
• Your wincmd.ini. - Find its location inside T.C. under Help => About.
  Do not post it as a picture. Post it as plain text.
  Screenshots that only illustrate parts of a configuration file are often of limited use.

Kind regards,
Karl

[MVV]

But it means you are using a Total Commander which has been configured in a non-standard way that you do not understand.

Amazing description why it is bad to use power-/mega-packs!
And what a detailed overall answer!

And, you're right, Associations section works for double-click, not Extensions. Probably PowerUser pack authors redirected it into Associations.ini file. But anyway Files - Internal Associations command would be enough for changing double-click filetype action.

[karlchen]

Hi, MVV.

I know that my answers frequently sound too much like an old school teacher.
Anyway:
The syntax of the entries in [Extensions] and in [Associations] are different. Therefore I doubt that you can redirect [Associations] to use the entries in the section [Extensions].
But of course you can redirect both sections into a file named extensions.ini. The screenshot only displays extensions entries.

So far it is not totally clear whether Total Commander internal associations lead to the undesired behaviour. (Not unlikely, yet not certain beyond doubt, either)

Cheers,
Karl

[Horst.Epp]

But it means you are using a Total Commander which has been configured in a non-standard way that you do not understand.

Amazing description why it is bad to use power-/mega-packs!
...

Because we can see on this example that a new TC user will never understand what happens with all of this non standard modules and settings.

[JmeLche]

But it means you are using a Total Commander which has been configured in a non-standard way that you do not understand.

Amazing description why it is bad to use power-/mega-packs!
...

Because we can see on this example that a new TC user will never understand what happens with all of this non standard modules and settings.

This its my .ini files and screen to TC



Thk for the help !

[karlchen]

Hello, JmeLche.

MVV's approach was right. Only the filename is different.
TCUP has defined a series of Total Commander internal file associations.
Check the file associations.ini.
You should spot the lines telling T.C. to launch Media Player Classic for a lot of file types and Imagine for a lot of image file types.

Either you fix all the entries manually.
Or you remove them from associations.ini completely.

If the systemwide Windows file associations are as you want them, then there is no need to duplicate them as Total Commander internal associations.

For each filetype for which T.C. does not have an internal filetype association it will simply use the Windows association.

Kind regards,
Karl

[white]

Total Commander PowerUser 6.2 seems to be a package including an illegal cracked version of Total Commander. It contains a modified TOTALCMD.EXE 8.01 (2012-08-03) and tcuni_crk.exe (Total Commander Universal Crack program to remove remove nag, virus and crack warning.)

The package seems to be hosted on a site of a person responsible for the Total Commander Grey Pack (see also here). Probably this is another illegal distribution of Total Commander.

I was surprised to find some packages which seem to be made by forum users here:
* Total Commander DreamLair 2012 - by LonerD (forum user LonerD?) - Contains a wincmd.key file and the website mentions a download link for a different license file (which works with more recent versions of Total Commander). Package contains TOTALCMD.EXE (7.56a), Totalcmd.chm (help file of Total Commander 8.0 beta 1). It seems an older version of this package also distributed tcuni_crk.exe (see here).
* Total Commander Image - by Andrey_A (forum user Andrey_A?) - Contains a cracked version of TOTALCMD.EXE 8.01 (2012-08-03). Also in the package: tcuni_crk.exe

[karlchen]

Good evening, white.

Oops. Seems as if I have ignored that the Total Commander foldername in the screenshot reads TCPU61 and that the application window titlebar clearly states "Total Commander 8.01 - PowerUser v61".
What I read was TCUP61, because I know there is a TC UP edition available which is tolerated or even approved by Christian Ghisler, Total Commander - Ultima Prime. Seems, however, they are currently at release 5.9. A TC UP 6.1 does not exist, yet.
So indeed this thread may be about an unapproved (read illegal) Total Commander distribution.

Kind regards,
Karl

[JmeLche]

Good morning karlchen thank you so much,i that fixed the problem had.Thank to all good people


Kind regards,
JmeLche

[white]

So indeed this thread may be about an unapproved (read illegal) Total Commander distribution.

Don't you think hacking into TOTALCMD.EXE, injecting it with own code and changing the name and logo of the program, distributing this while misusing a registered trademark, is a bit illegal too?

[karlchen]

Hello, white.

Yes, all this is illegal. I have never denied that it is.

Kind regards,
Karl

[MVV]

Some notes:
1. Main icon may be changed using icon pack, so it may be legal. Don't know how it is done on screenshot.
2. It seems that program name is not changed on screenshot, only registered user name. But since all legal licenses always show both user's name and last name, it is illegal.

[white]

1. Main icon may be changed using icon pack, so it may be legal. Don't know how it is done on screenshot.
2. It seems that program name is not changed on screenshot, only registered user name. But since all legal licenses always show both user's name and last name, it is illegal.

To download the Grey Pack you need to register an account. The other packages can be downloaded using the links on the mentioned websites. You can unpack the packages without executing the installer. You will find that TOTALCMD.EXE is modified, logo replaced, digital signature disabled, file size increased...