List of changes (version 4.54 - 5.0)

List of changes (version 4.54 - 5.0) is a list of changes to Total Commander since version 4.54 until the release of version 5.0. The list starts at the latest change and goes back in time.

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List of changes (version 4.54 - 5.0)

(21.01.02) Release Windows Commander 5.0 Final

• (21.01.02) Fixed: Wrong font in background transfer manager
• (20.01.02) Fixed: FTP in background: upload of files in subdirs wasn't aborted correctly, user was asked to continue multiple times
• (20.01.02) Added: Button in installer to show readme file
• (18.01.02) Added: Uninstaller can now repair missing desktop icon and start menu icons
• (18.01.02) Fixed: Uninstaller didn't close the hidden console batch file to delete itself
• (18.01.02) Fixed: Made background transfer manager a bit larger to allow longer translations
• (17.01.02) Fixed: Changed background transfer manager to use font as defined for all dialog boxes

(15.01.02) Release Windows Commander 5.0 RC2

• (15.01.02) Added: F1 key support for background transfer manager
• (13.01.02) Added: Control panel icon to wcmicons.dll (this icon is redistributable according to MSDN Pro documentation)
• (13.01.02) Fixed: Found a few functions without string length checking
• (11.01.02) Added: Support for Back/Forward buttons on some newer keyboards/mice
• (08.01.02) Fixed: Wrong error message when renaming file and trying to give invalid name
• (08.01.02) Fixed: Problems with installer (back button not going to correct page)

(06.01.02) Release Windows Commander 5.0 RC1

• (04.01.02) Added: Show user-defined folder icons if read only attribute is set for this folder
• (31.12.01) Added: Download from list: Send additional header fields with Header: command, e.g. Header: Referer: http://www.somesite.com
• (31.12.01) Fixed: Remember "Save destination" option (in Download later) during a Wincmd session
• (31.12.01) Fixed: Background transfer manager: Copy files from Ctrl+B view or search results not working correctly
• (30.12.01) Added: Supported for RAR SFX file ending with a header containing all zeroes
• (30.12.01) Fixed: Show read error when trying to zip files from virtual folder like the desktop (which isn't supported)
• (30.12.01) Fixed: Couldn't compare files by content in zip subdirs from synchronize right click menu
• (30.12.01) Fixed: Search - go to file didn't place cursor on file in zip sudir
• (28.12.01) Added: Dir branch (Ctrl+B) now also working inside of archives (user can choose to extact paths or not)
• (28.12.01) Fixed: Background transfer manager, 'add for copying' dialog showed 'ftp' in title
• (23.12.01) Fixed: HTTP download in background: invalid progress data shown in title
• (23.12.01) Fixed: Uninstaller couldn't remove itself when the path to it contained any spaces
• (23.12.01) Fixed: Lister was printing in the color set as the default text color in control panel instead of black
• (23.12.01) Fixed: Combine files could fail if first part was smaller than second part (difference multiple of 32 k)
• (20.12.01) Fixed: Lister (F3) had a limit of the number of files which could be opened at the same time

(19.12.01) Release Windows Commander 5.0 Beta 4

• (19.12.01) Fixed: Don't abort download of whole subdir if download of 1 file fails, just report error after downloading whole dir
• (19.12.01) Fixed: Couldn't search in self-extracting archive opened with Ctrl+PageDown
• (19.12.01) Added: FTP through HTTP proxy: Support for proxies returning listing in a table (<tr> tags)
• (18.12.01) Fixed: Error shown in "Define server type" when giving empty definition string
• (18.12.01) Fixed: On WinXP, Wincmd no longer switched to C: automatically when disconnecting a network drive
• (18.12.01) Fixed: Rename (Shift+F6) window too small for big fonts
• (18.12.01) Fixed: Configuration - Edit/View: Save double quotes around editor name if specified by user
• (18.12.01) Fixed: Resume download never worked in "Synchronize dirs"
• (18.12.01) Fixed: Sound settings not always saved
• (18.12.01) Fixed: Double click on zip associated with Wincmd didn't always work correctly
• (18.12.01) Fixed: Unpack multiple archives to same dir didn't always unpack all archives
• (12.12.01) Fixed: 'Configure' sounds button opened wrong control panel applet
• (12.12.01) Fixed: Custom associations no longer worked

(11.12.01) Release Windows Commander 5.0 Beta 3

• (11.12.01) Added: Detect symbolic links in ftp by http proxy
• (11.12.01) Fixed: Consider XP style associations also in files - associate with
• (11.12.01) Fixed: 16-bit version: Crash in 'synchronize dirs' due to stack overflow when uploading
• (11.12.01) Fixed: Self extracting ZIP: Percent bar not correct for very big archives (several 100 MB)
• (11.12.01) Added: Allow to set when to play custom sounds, either always or only for slow operations
• (10.12.01) Added: Take associations also from new WinXP registry keys
• (10.12.01) Fixed: Unpacking files with password through external pkunzip no longer worked
• (10.12.01) Added: Sounds for copy/move complete, delete complete, pack/unpack/search complete
• (10.12.01) Added: SFV creation: suggest name of file if only one file selected
• (10.12.01) Fixed: Don't try to open *.m3u files in lister as multimedia, they don't work
• (09.12.01) Fixed: Catch access violation happening in unacev2.dll when unpacking bad ACE file
• (09.12.01) Added: Allow to skip files which cannot be deleted
• (09.12.01) Added: 1hourdif option added to config dialog: Workaround to daylight saving time problems with local/remote NTFS drives
• (09.12.01) Added: Count files in subdirs option split into 2 options: when hitting spacebar/when copying+deleting
• (07.12.01) Fixed: Delete target GZIP file when packing fails
• (05.12.01) Added: Option 'Skip' if write fails during copy
• (05.12.01) Fixed: Set current dir to dir active in active window when right clicking on a file
• (05.12.01) Fixed: FTP timeout settings in configuration - misc accepted negative values
• (05.12.01) Fixed: FTP delete in background: Didn't always ask to delete non-empty dirs
• (05.12.01) Added: Show progress bar for 'Compare by contents'
• (05.12.01) Fixed: 'No files selected' error shown twice in CRC functions
• (05.12.01) Fixed: Couldn't abort background packing while it was paused
• (05.12.01) Fixed: Multi-rename tool stopped working with FTP after adding [P] placeholder
• (05.12.01) Fixed: Uninstaller: Removed system menu and icon from title bar
• (05.12.01) Fixed: TAR packer could show 'ZIP' in error text instead of 'TAR'
• (05.12.01) Added: Show display adapter bit depth in true color mode (24 or 32 bit)

(02.12.01) Release Windows Commander 5.0 Beta 2

• (02.12.01) Added: Custom sounds when connection established or transfer complete, can be set in Control Panel - Sounds + Multimedia
• (02.12.01) Fixed: Win2k/XP: Files - Associate with - (none) didn't remove association if it was made directly (shell\open\command under .ext key)
• (02.12.01) Fixed: Background transfer manager: selection in main win could disappear when clicking the "+" button
• (30.11.01) Added: Background transfer manager: Delete button with no selected items or first item selected allows to abort current transfer and continue with next
• (30.11.01) Added: Enhanced plugin interface allows to search for text with packer plugins (needs new plugin)
• (30.11.01) Fixed: Problems with TAR files containing very long names starting with a slash (absolute directory)
• (30.11.01) Added: wincmd.ini [Configuration] AppendWarning=0 removes warning message when appending to a file
• (28.11.01) Added: Comment lines in 'download from list' allowed, must start with a  ;
• (28.11.01) Fixed: FTP: When trying to upload multiple dirs to read-only dir, there was no way to abort the operation
• (28.11.01) Fixed: Unpack each archive to separate dir didn't work with external unpackers
• (28.11.01) Fixed: Show workgroup name on Windows 2000 in 'System information' dialog
• (25.11.01) Added: Install/Uninstall allows to add/remove icon to/from the desktop
• (25.11.01) Added: FTP upload in background (with transfer manager): Added overwrite confirmation dialog
• (25.11.01) Fixed: Background HTTP download: no progress bar shown when dialog was not in the upper left corner
• (25.11.01) Added: Pause button support for background zip+unzip
• (23.11.01) Fixed: File selection not removed after packing to .GZ file(s)
• (23.11.01) Added: Support for .GZ files where the stored name contains forward slashes
• (23.11.01) Added: Deleting the only file contained in a .GZ file now deletes the .GZ file itself
• (23.11.01) Added: Hints to new speed buttons in "compare by contents"
• (23.11.01) Added: Support for SFV with chr(10) as linefeed
• (23.11.01) Fixed: Couldn't create SFV files in the root of a drive
• (23.11.01) Added: CRC-Check function: Show result list of checked files with 'OK' or 'Wrong CRC'
• (23.11.01) Fixed: Support tabstops in SFV file
• (23.11.01) Fixed: Added version number to SFV file to make WinSFV happy
• (23.11.01) Added: Double click on SFV file starts verifying CRCs
• (23.11.01) Fixed: Detect Windows ME and XP in system info box
• (23.11.01) Fixed: Installer: Increased wait time for Wincmd closing to 30 seconds
• (23.11.01) Fixed: Copy in background: 'Pause' button not working with Skip
• (23.11.01) Fixed: The background transfer manager was appearing behind Wincmd even when started empty
• (23.11.01) Fixed: Create separate archive per file/dir: Archive file name was wrong (test.txtzip)
• (22.11.01) Added: Moved WinXP .Manifest file into EXE

(21.11.01) Release Windows Commander 5.0 Beta 1

• (21.11.01) Added: Pause button now also works when copying, moving or deleting files in background
• (20.11.01) Fixed: WinNT/2000: If parallel port driver was loaded, then Wincmd moved to a different dir, the driver wasn't found any more
• (20.11.01) Fixed: Copy+Paste files: File list was only refreshed with Ctrl+V, not with right click+paste
• (20.11.01) Fixed: Show free space available to user, not total free space on disk (considers quota settings if present)
• (20.11.01) Added: Support for ZIP with wrong local header PK#7#0 instead of PK#7#8
• (20.11.01) Fixed: Right click on dir - search didn't work correctly
• (19.11.01) Added: Download-list can now also upload files. WARNING: No overwrite-confirmation! Syntax: put:sourcename -> targetname
• (19.11.01) Added: Ctrl+A selects all, just like in Explorer
• (18.11.01) Added: Split the "Commands" menu into "Commands" and "Net" menu, to make it smaller and add more commands
• (16.11.01) Added: Extension of plugin interface allows to create archives of type TAR.Plugin
• (16.11.01) Fixed: Documentation error in plugin writer guide: ProcessFile() is also called in PK_OM_LIST mode (with PK_SKIP parameter)
• (16.11.01) Added: TBitBtn: Support for XP styles
• (15.11.01) Added: Install+Uninstall: Support for new WinXP style
• (14.11.01) Added: Background transfer manager can now also be started separately (empty)
• (13.11.01) Added: FTP download in background: Allow to set the used firewall for ftp connections with line firewall=1 (here, 1 stands for the first defined firewall)
• (13.11.01) Added: Support for Mouse Wheel in "Compare by contents"
• (13.11.01) Added: Support for XP themes - remove wincmd32.exe.Manifest if you don't like them in Wincmd!
• (12.11.01) Fixed: Workaround to WinXP bug - lparam in LB_ADDSTRING or LB_INSERTSTRING cannot be 0 if .Manifest file present!
• (12.11.01) Added: Download-list can now also copy+move files. Syntax: copy:sourcename -> targetname or move:sourcename -> targetname
• (11.11.01) Added: FTP download from list: detect if list file was modified, and add new items to current download
• (11.11.01) Added: FTP+HTTP in background: Set speed limit for up- and downloads
• (11.11.01) Added: FTP+HTTP in background: Pause button
• (07.11.01) Fixed: Lister: Characters with code 00 not copied to clipboard -> replace with spaces
• (07.11.01) Fixed: Installer: INI file could be created in wrong dir when user chooses custom location
• (07.11.01) Fixed: Search function showed an error message for every bad *.ACE file it couldn't search
• (07.11.01) Fixed: Synchronize with ZIP file: error when zip contained subdirs which didn't have the 'subdir' attribute set
• (05.11.01) Fixed: FTP download files in subdirs: date/time not copied with files older than 1 year
• (14.10.01) Fixed: Drag&Drop didn't work with negative coordinates (when using a secondary monitor on the left side of the primary)
• (12.10.01) Added: Linux: TAR packer can now pack/unpack symbolic links
• (12.10.01) Added: Linux: TAR packer now stores UID/GID/Permissions
• (10.10.01) Fixed: Unzip: Detect encrypted files in ZIP also in subdirs
• (10.10.01) Added: FTP details dialog: automatically replace forward slashes by backslashes in local dir path
• (09.10.01) Added: Create CRC-Checksum files in SFV format, allows to verify that a copied/downloaded file is intact by verifying the checksum
• (09.10.01) Fixed: F3 in lister couldn't show any multimedia files with names longer than 63 characters (Win9x+ME only)
• (08.10.01) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: middle mouse button click also opened the context menu
• (05.10.01) Added: FTP client: In log window, show connection number in front of the command/reply, e.g. 1:LIST (only for connections >0)
• (05.10.01) Added: Configuration-Packer: Create TAR files either for Linux or SunOS. Difference only important if packed file/path name longer than 100 characters
• (05.10.01) Added: Configuration - Display: Tree: Use ENTER to open dir in other window: If unchecked, dir is changed automatically
• (03.10.01) Added: "Branch view" to "Commands" menu
• (03.10.01) Added: Compare by contents: Button to show the two windows above each other, e.g. for wide texts
• (03.10.01) Added: 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.
• (01.10.01) Added: Lister, right click menu: "Copy all URLs" in HTML-Viewer mode
• (01.10.01) Added: Lister: Double click on a word now selects all letters including underscores _.
• (01.10.01) Fixed: No tooltips shown for too long directory names in view - brief mode.
• (28.09.01) Added: Compare by contents: Search for text in BOTH files simultaneously, found text will be underlined!
• (28.09.01) Added: Lister: Ctrl+F3 now reverses search direction (until now it forced backwards search)
• (28.09.01) Fixed: [..] and [\] buttons, <Backspace> and <Ctrl+PageUp> now work in cm_SyncChangeDir mode
• (27.09.01) Added: Internal TGZ (TAR.GZ) packer. Uses same compression settings as the (G)ZIP packer.
• (27.09.01) Added: Internal TAR packer. Warning: Names longer than 99 characters will be packed the GNU-way (Linux) and cannot be unpacked on SunOS etc.
• (26.09.01) Added: Internal GZIP-Packer. Uses same compression settings as the ZIP packer.
• (24.09.01) Added: FTP: Option to send keepalive messages (NOOP, PWD or so) to the server in user-defined intervals (for max. 1 hour of inactivity)
• (24.09.01) Fixed: Compare by contents: Difference found at end of file if 2 files different in line ends only (CRLF vs. LF)
• (24.09.01) Added: Find files: Start search inside an archive (only in the root of the archive)
• (24.09.01) Added: Files - Unpack: Option to unpack each selected archive to a different dir, with the name of the archive (without the extension), e.g. test.zip -> test\
• (24.09.01) Added: FTP-Server-Template: Allow multiplicator in size template, e.g. SSSSSSS=1024 in template multiplies size value with 1024, e.g. for servers which return the block size
• (24.09.01) Added: Internal command cm_SyncChangeDir makes Wincmd change to the directory of the same name in BOTH windows synchronously, e.g. to traverse two identical trees local+remote
• (23.09.01) Added: Multi-Rename-Tool: Placeholder [P] puts name of parent dir into file name, [P2-5] the letters 2-5 of the parent dir name
• (19.09.01) Added: FTP: SOCKS4+SOCKS5 Proxy support (active+passive mode!), SOCKS5 without encryption
• (17.09.01) Added: FTP - Synchronize dirs: If 'ignore dates' is checked, Wincmd no longer changes the date of the local files on upload
• (17.09.01) Fixed: Lister: Hide hint window for URLs when menu is accessed
• (17.09.01) Added: FTP-Server-Template: Allow Time format of hh.mm or hh,mm in UUUUU template, not only hh:mm
• (17.09.01) Fixed: FTP server may return wrong reply on NOOP command (1684240 NOOP command ok), should be 3 digit number
• (17.09.01) Fixed: Lister: Last search method not remembered correctly (Hex search)
• (17.09.01) Added: FTP+HTTP: Auto-Resume download if download-connection lost
• (14.09.01) Fixed: Long URLs in Wincmd start menu can cause Wincmd to vanish
• (14.09.01) Fixed: ZIP file lost hidden/system attributes when adding files to it
• (14.09.01) Fixed: Lister: Last character in a file not shown in UTF-8 mode
• (22.08.01) Fixed: Test CAB archives while connected to FTP (in other panel) doesn't close progress dialog
• (22.08.01) Fixed: Ctrl+Q in an archive with sound files didn't delete the files when going to next file while playing
• (22.08.01) Fixed: Wincmd installer: Changed icon in "Installtion complete" to information (was warning icon)
• (22.08.01) Fixed: Access violation when accessing FTP server in Network Neighborhood while offline
• (22.08.01) Fixed: Lister: Positioning cursor with % menu item caused crash if file no longer existed
• (22.08.01) Fixed: CAB unpacker didn't extract hidden/system attributes from CAB files
• (21.08.01) Fixed: FTP-Client: Problems with recursive deletion if FTP server shows drive letters in all subdirs
• (21.08.01) Fixed: 1 Pixel offset of right window when moving % slider between the 2 file windows
• (21.08.01) Fixed: FTP client can now show file details correctly for files > 2GB (up/download still limited to 2 GB per file)
• (21.08.01) Fixed: Config-Dialog, label of RAR+ACE checkboxes changed to ARJ when clicking Apply
• (12.08.01) Fixed: Shell Extensions like PathCopy could prevent Copy+Paste in Wincmd (Ctrl+C Tab Ctrl+V)
• (12.08.01) Fixed: (Second try): Problems with WindowBlinds: Multi-Rename tool moves up a few pixels each time it's re-opened (reason: Aspack EXE packer)
• (12.08.01) Fixed: Multi-rename tool: With >10'000 files in a dir it took a long time until the renaming starts
• (10.08.01) Fixed: Search - go to file didn't always work if file/dir in root
• (10.08.01) Fixed: Search function didn't show NTFS-compressed attribute
• (10.08.01) Added: FTP client now supports more than 2 definition strings per template (up to 32!)
• (28.07.01) Fixed: Some file systems can contain file names with a space at the end, e.g. CD-ROMs
• (27.07.01) Fixed: In huge copy block mode, don't use 'no buffering' flag with CD-ROMs.