Total Commander

Posted: **2014-03-24, 02:03 UTC**

Hi.

Is that possible to allow user to launch TotalCommander after installation by program?

for example, show a message box to ask if user wanna start this program.

We know that setup program can detect and close existed TC process while upgrading. Why not to restart it after this process?

It will make easier for me coz I always start TC with administrator privilege.

Posted: **2014-03-24, 05:53 UTC**

Since TC installation is elevated, it is a problem to start non-elevated TC from it. And it is very unsafe to work with always elevated TC. I don't think it is too hard to start TC by double-clicking its desktop icon after installation.

Posted: **2014-03-24, 06:42 UTC**

If you really need this behavior, you could do that by utilizing a batch like:

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@ECHO OFF

FOR %%E in (tcmd*exe) Do (
 ECHO.
 ECHO "%%E"
 SET /P answer=launch this TC setup? [y/n]:
 If %answer% == y (
    echo START /Wait "%%E"
  )
 ECHO.
)

ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO ***** ***** ***** ***** no more setups found ***** ***** ***** 
ECHO.
ECHO.

ECHO ***** ***** ***** ***** launch now your TC?
ECHO. & ECHO. & ECHO. & ECHO. 
SET /P launch=launch now your TC? [y/n]:
If %launch% == y ( 
  echo START "" "D:\rive\path\TOTALCMD.EXE"
)

ECHO Fin!
pause

Don't know if this really works. Try it. Remove lower case 'echo' and 'pause' to leave demo mode for real use.

Total Commander

Installation Process: Start TC after installation

Installation Process: Start TC after installation