List of changes (version 5.51 - 6.0)

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List of changes (version 5.51 - 6.0) is a list of changes to Total Commander since version 5.51 until the release of version 6.0. The list starts at the latest change and goes back in time.

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List of changes (version 5.51 - 6.0)

(17.11.03) Release Total Commander 6.0

  • (17.11.03) Fixed: Don't try to load a file via plugin when the file isn't found, e.g. because it was deleted by another program
  • (16.11.03) Fixed: Memory leak in search function when searching for regular expressions in the file contents
  • (16.11.03) Fixed: "cd c$" in command line not working on XP if target computer has a comment
  • (16.11.03) Fixed: "Show admin shares" not working on XP if target computer has a comment

(14.11.03) Release Total Commander 6.0 RC1

  • (14.11.03) Fixed: File System plugins: sizes>4 GB not read for folders (worked for files)
  • (13.11.03) Fixed: Bandwidth limit didn't work for FTP uploads via a HTTP proxy
  • (13.11.03) Fixed: The option "activate new tab" now also works when copying folder tab to other window via right click menu
  • (11.11.03) Fixed: Compare by content: If only "unicode" is checked when comparing 2 binary files, a read error can occur (error in CharLower)
  • (11.11.03) Fixed: Alt+F5 of single dir sometimes suggested a wrong file name

(10.11.03) Release Total Commander 6.0 beta 8

  • (10.11.03) Fixed: "Synchronize dirs" could save extension in middle combobox multiple times to wincmd.ini
  • (10.11.03) Fixed: Show folder tabs tip for current tab if current dir line hidden
  • (10.11.03) Fixed: Changed button text "Ok" to "OK" in various places
  • (10.11.03) Fixed: Dotted line around "search in archive" checkbox in search dialog wasn't shown completely
  • (08.11.03) Fixed: XP: Show the various "My Documents" folders in "My Computer" with their display names (not all the same name)
  • (08.11.03) Fixed: F5/F6 then F2 (Queue) didn't work correctly when not giving a full path, e.g. to just rename a file or folder
  • (08.11.03) Fixed: Icon in tray not replaced when iconlib contained environment variables
  • (08.11.03) Fixed: Hide folder tab tip window when opening right click menu
  • (08.11.03) Fixed: Closing search dialog in "compare by contents" with ESC doesn't correctly redraw the window
  • (08.11.03) Fixed: Renaming of active tab wasn't remembered when it was a virtual folder
  • (08.11.03) Fixed: Error when Nethood or Desktop was locked and TC was restarted -> Tab duplicated
  • (07.11.03) Fixed: Repaint problem of history+hotlist buttons when tab headers were shown
  • (07.11.03) Fixed: When switching to the "zip packer" page, the cursor was put in the "other dir" field by mistake if there was a path in it
  • (07.11.03) Fixed: When "Download in background" was checked (FTP, F5) and user pressed ESC, this option was lost

(06.11.03) Release Total Commander 6.0 beta 7

  • (06.11.03) Fixed: Access Violation when clicking on drive with shift pressed while directory tabs disabled
  • (05.11.03) Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration], noreread=/ prevents plugins from being remembered as the current dir
  • (05.11.03) Added: Remember plugins when closing
  • (05.11.03) Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration], noreread=: prevents virtual folders from being remembered as the current dir
  • (05.11.03) Added: Remember the Desktop, Network Neighborhood and other virtual folders when closing, both the current dir and other tabs!
  • (05.11.03) Added: Show tip windows for folder tabs, except for the current tab (where the dir name is already shown)
  • (05.11.03) Added: Quick search now also works with a * at the beginning: Use Ctrl+Alt+"*" with "*" on the numeric keypad to invoke
  • (05.11.03) Fixed: After enqueuing files (F5, F2), unselect them. They can be re-selected with Num "/"
  • (05.11.03) Fixed: Long lines in Tip window were not word-wrapped on Windows 9x/ME
  • (05.11.03) Fixed: Brief view: don't overlay name+extension if extension is very long
  • (05.11.03) Fixed: The options "open tab near current" and "activate new tab" now also work when opening folder tab in other window (Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow)
  • (05.11.03) Fixed: Ctrl+Cursor up not only opened new tab, but also moved cursor 1 line up
  • (02.11.03) Fixed: 16-bit version: Translation of menu items in config dialog failed
  • (02.11.03) Fixed: 16-bit version: Grouping of menu items in config dialog was wrong
  • (02.11.03) Fixed: Don't try to copy date/time with folders over network on win9x, it doesn't work and can set random attributes
  • (02.11.03) Fixed: When print dialog was minimized+restored, the main Totalcmd window was no longer disabled
  • (02.11.03) Fixed: Rename/Lock tab: Strings "Rename" and "New name:" were shown in wrong location
  • (02.11.03) Fixed: New menu items in Mark menu missing in English version
  • (02.11.03) Fixed: Win9x: Don't show option 'Rename each file separately' in Shift+F5 if only one file is selected
  • (02.11.03) Fixed: Show drive letters for compatibility mode in uppercase too
  • (02.11.03) Fixed: Show deflate64(TM) for zip packer type 9 in zip properties)
  • (02.11.03) Added: Remember location where folder tabs were stored/loaded (TabDir= in wincmd.ini)
  • (02.11.03) Fixed: Searching in Unicode compare function wasn't always underlining found text
  • (29.10.03) Fixed: "Unicode" was checked in "Compare by content" if one of the two files wasn't found
  • (29.10.03) Fixed: Internal commands cm_config2 and cm_LanguageConfig no longer working
  • (29.10.03) Fixed: No vertical line was shown between directory hotlist+history buttons when tabs were shown (non-XP GUI only)
  • (29.10.03) Fixed: Ctrl+W: Don't close tab when cursor is in command line!
  • (29.10.03) Added: Before extracting icons from file system plugins, set the current dir to the program directory (for relative paths)
  • (29.10.03) Fixed: When searching for Regex in texts and "whole words" is both checked, enclose the regular expression with \b (word boundaries)

(22.10.03) Release Total Commander 6.0 beta 6

  • (22.10.03) Fixed: Also minimize Total Commander when the print file list dialog is minimized
  • (22.10.03) Fixed: Ctrl+Cursor down was no longer scrolling through history list, just showing the first item
  • (22.10.03) Fixed: Access violation when calling OPENTABS via a button while dir tabs are disabled
  • (22.10.03) Fixed: When saving tabs, correct current tab index when tabs to the left of the current tab are skipped (virtual folders, search results)
  • (22.10.03) Fixed: Loading of tabs in both panels activated the inactive panel
  • (22.10.03) Added: Tab context menu: Option to save tabs from both windows
  • (22.10.03) Fixed: Windows XP: Moved history and hotlist buttons one pixel up
  • (22.10.03) Added: Two new internal commands: cm_ZipPackerConfig and cm_DisplayConfig to open these pages in the config dialog
  • (22.10.03) Fixed: When quick search is disabled, redirect hotkeys to the command line
  • (22.10.03) Fixed: Compare files (binary) was broken in beta 5
  • (20.10.03) Fixed: Error in quick search caused by Microsoft security update KB824141

(15.10.03) Release Total Commander 6.0 beta 5

  • (15.10.03) Added: When using the function to load dir tabs from file, load other side tabs from section [inactivetabs]. This section must be created by hand by copying+renaming section [activetabs]
  • (15.10.03) Added: When a tab is locked, TC now shows error "This tab is locked! Close anyway?", so the user can still close it without the need to unlock it by hand.
  • (15.10.03) Fixed: "Tabs on multiple lines" and "All tabs have same width" can no longer be checked both simultaneously
  • (15.10.03) Added: Document folder tabs, history and hotlist buttons in help - user interface
  • (15.10.03) Added: Internal command cm_visDirTabs to turn folder tabs on and off
  • (15.10.03) Added: FTP: Parameter %p in Buttonbar now pastes full FTP URL uncluding user name. %P still pastes just the path on the server without the server name
  • (15.10.03) Added: New internal commands cm_CopyConfig, cm_DirTabsConfig and cm_FtpConfig open the corresponding pages of the config dialog
  • (15.10.03) Fixed: Win9x: When clicking on "Use default method only", the compatibility mode checkbox was enabled although this mode only works on WinNT/2k/XP
  • (15.10.03) Fixed: No icon shown in button config dialog (only upper icon box) under these conditions: Win9x, path contained environment variable and name longer than 8.3 characters
  • (14.10.03) Added: drop tab on target path adds this tab in the target window even if no tab header is shown yet
  • (14.10.03) Added: Option to disable quick search in current dir, useful with new command cm_ShowQuickSearch placed on a custom hotkey
  • (14.10.03) Added: When a directory cannot be deleted during a move operation, the user can now either continue the operation or cancel it
  • (14.10.03) Fixed: Ctrl+Shift+U when left+right window have different number of Tab lines -> tabs overlap file list
  • (14.10.03) Fixed: Renamed tabs did not stay renamed on Ctrl+U
  • (14.10.03) Added: If "Show tab headers also when there is only one" was checked in the dialog, the headers didn't show up
  • (14.10.03) Added: Some more HTML special characters like • for a bullet (shows as a *)
  • (10.10.03) Fixed: Could no longer select current dir bar with mouse (only affects right panel)

(10.10.03) Release Total Commander 6.0 beta 4

  • (10.10.03) Fixed: When clicking on an FTP tab and the connection couldn't be re-established, TC correctly showed a local path, but didn't update the tab header
  • (10.10.03) Fixed: Packer plugins not working correctly if extension longer than 3 characters
  • (10.10.03) Fixed: Support environment variables in paths to external packers (arj, rar etc.)
  • (08.10.03) Fixed: Multi-rename tool: ignore empty regular expressions string in search+replace
  • (08.10.03) Added: When the options "Close tab on double click" and "Activate target panel when clicking on one of its tabs" are disabled, a double click activates the panel
  • (08.10.03) Added: Documented new tab header hotkeys in keyboard.txt and the help file
  • (08.10.03) Added: Option "Show directory tabs" to the "Layout" page: It allows to turn off folder tabs completely. Ctrl+T will again invoke the multi-rename tool
  • (08.10.03) Fixed: Moved the option "Always show directory tabs" from the "Layout" to the "Folder Tabs" page
  • (08.10.03) Fixed: Removed the option "Save directory tabs when closing". The tabs are now saved when the option "Operation"-"Save on exit"-"Directories" is set
  • (08.10.03) Fixed: File panels were not updated after moving files on the SAME disk in the background transfer manager
  • (08.10.03) Fixed: No refresh after Alt+F9 unpacking of non-zip archives
  • (08.10.03) Added: Included new unrar.dll from the RAR author, which fixes some bugs
  • (08.10.03) Fixed: Show error message when user tries to drag files to a tab with an FTP connection
  • (08.10.03) Fixed: Drag&drop files on button bar button while right mouse button held down didn't copy the files there, it moved them
  • (08.10.03) Fixed: Color filters were not updated when there were more than 1 color filter with a delay (e.g. max 1 hour old and max 1 minute old)
  • (08.10.03) Fixed: Archive in archive cannot be opened in branch view if inner archive in a subdir
  • (08.10.03) Fixed: Panel switching while quick view panel open not working by clicking on window title
  • (08.10.03) Fixed: Text "&Delete" shown when deleting files from packer plugins
  • (08.10.03) Added: "Show parent dir also in root of drive" documented in the help
  • (06.10.03) Fixed: Directory history not working correctly with file system plugins
  • (06.10.03) Fixed: Could no longer synchronize with drive z: if 'z' plugin installed
  • (06.10.03) Fixed: When renaming a tab, the list window size wasn't adjusted if the number of tab rows changed
  • (06.10.03) Fixed: Dirs with ampersands (&) in name not shown correctly on tabs
  • (06.10.03) Fixed: Alt+F5 pack to RAR played finished sound twice, once when clicking background and again when done
  • (03.10.03) Fixed: Ctrl+D then Shift+Enter activated the target panel if both source and target path were set
  • (03.10.03) Fixed: Shift+Scroll wheel jumped to next/previous dir also when lister was active
  • (03.10.03) Fixed: Nagscreen was still showing the year 2002
  • (03.10.03) Fixed: Tab was not hidden if it was unlocked via internal command cm_ToggleLockCurrentTab
  • (03.10.03) Fixed: Shift-F6 using wildcards not working. now it even works with Unicode names!
  • (03.10.03) Fixed: sort order was not remembered for Lister plugins when sorting with up/down arrows
  • (03.10.03) Fixed: Ctrl+Tab sometimes stopped working after drag&drop

(01.10.03) Release Total Commander 6.0 beta 3

  • (01.10.03) Fixed: Don't allow to copy a dir to its own subdir also when copying with F2, this would result in an infinite loop
  • (01.10.03) Fixed: Ctrl+Q sometimes showed the end of the file
  • (01.10.03) Fixed: Clicking on current tab on other side now also activates this panel
  • (01.10.03) Added: Don't hide single tab if it is locked!
  • (01.10.03) Added: Ctrl+Shift+U Swaps not only the active panels, but all tabs
  • (01.10.03) Fixed: Changed the way how multimedia plugins are detected: To override the internal handling (or Irfanview), it's now sufficient that MULTIMEDIA appears as ANY node in the detect string
  • (01.10.03) Added: New menu item Show - New Folder Tab.
  • (01.10.03) Added: Option "Activate target panel when clicking on one of its tabs" is now the default on new installations
  • (01.10.03) Fixed: Access violation using OPENTABS when no tab was visible
  • (01.10.03) Fixed: When starting user menu item via Ctrl+Alt shortcut, it was opened in a new tab
  • (01.10.03) Fixed: Multi-rename tool, [N#-#] button: New string was always overwriting existing
  • (01.10.03) Added: Shift+Mouse wheel activates history (go back/forward)
  • (01.10.03) Fixed: Drag&Drop from WinRAR to TC was no longer working
  • (30.09.03) Fixed: Incorrect background color in ftp - change attributes
  • (28.09.03) Fixed: Block drag&drop of search result panel to other side
  • (28.09.03) Fixed: Block commands Ctrl+T, Ctrl+Tab, Ctrl+W during drag&drop
  • (28.09.03) Fixed: Access violation in multi-rename tool when clicking on [N#-#] and no files are there to rename
  • (28.09.03) Fixed: Apply Button was not enabled on Tabstops-Configuration Dialog
  • (26.09.03) Fixed: Access violation in lister plugin if ListPrint not implemented but ListPrint was.
  • (26.09.03) Fixed: commander_path set too late in startup of the program
  • (25.09.03) Fixed: Configuration: "FTP Open new connections" was forgotten when changing other options without going to the ftp page
  • (25.09.03) Fixed: Files - Print - File list with subdirs: OK and Cancel button overlapped
  • (25.09.03) Fixed: 'Unicode' checkbox in compare by contents unreachable in 800x600 big fonts mode
  • (25.09.03) Fixed: When copying a file to itself, when one dir shows the long name and one the short dos name, the file is damaged in some cases
  • (25.09.03) Fixed: Click on history or hotlist button opens the lists below the button, not at the mouse pointer
  • (25.09.03) Fixed: History and Hotlist buttons too small when very small font used -> use minimum height of 16 for current path when history+hotlist buttons shown
  • (25.09.03) Fixed: Ctrl+Up arrow on normal file just duplicates the current dir now (same as Ctrl+T)
  • (25.09.03) Fixed: Unchecking "RegEx" checkbox in search does not disable regular expression search
  • (25.09.03) Fixed: Opening archive in archive only working in the right panel

(24.09.03) Release Total Commander 6.0 beta 2

  • (24.09.03) Added: New internal command cm_ShowQuickSearch shows window for searching a file name in the current dir
  • (24.09.03) Added: Configuration - Save settings now also saves tabs
  • (24.09.03) Added: Auto-close background transfer manager if it was opened via F2 in copy/move dialog
  • (24.09.03) Added: Rearranged items in config dialog to some sort of tree
  • (24.09.03) Added: Moved one item in the main config dialog to "Display" page: Use long names
  • (24.09.03) Added: Moved some items in the main config dialog to "Operation" page: Only 1 instance, move to tray
  • (24.09.03) Fixed: Distance between two file panels was bigger than in TC 5.51 - now it's only bigger if tabs visible
  • (24.09.03) Added: It's now possible to add files to a subdir of a RAR archive
  • (24.09.03) Fixed: Repacking of an archive inside a subdir of a ZIP/TAR did not work
  • (22.09.03) Fixed: 32k could not be stored in big copy mode buffer
  • (22.09.03) Fixed: In the mode "Always load complete directory tree", the tree was not shown when going c:\ -> "My Computer" -> "Control Panel" -> "My Computer" -> "C:\"
  • (22.09.03) Fixed: Drag&Drop to Tabs not working when lower function key buttonbar turned off
  • (21.09.03) Added: Synchronize dirs: Also show compare by contents progress within a file (e.g. when comparing few very big files)
  • (21.09.03) Fixed: Play "pack complete" sound only when packing has really finished after clicking background
  • (21.09.03) Added: Functions like copying via Explorer, right click menu etc. now also work in search result (feed to listbox)
  • (21.09.03) Fixed: Make all config dialog pages top aligned
  • (21.09.03) Fixed: Removed the (32 bit) text from the installer - it's sufficient to have (16 bit) in the 16-bit version
  • (21.09.03) Fixed: External packer wait dialog: Moved "Background" button to better looking location.
  • (21.09.03) Added: Lister: Show %done when searching!
  • (21.09.03) Added: Multi-rename tool: When clicking on [N#-#], user can select letters interactively in currently selected file name
  • (21.09.03) Fixed: Moved option "F8/Del deletes to recycle bin (Shift=directly)" to copy/delete page
  • (19.09.03) Fixed: The wrong tab was focused with Ctrl+T when option "open near current" was selected
  • (19.09.03) Fixed: Don't allow to combine the options 'tabs on multiple lines' and 'tabs have same width'
  • (19.09.03) Fixed: Access violations in RegEx search when searching binary files without any line breaks
  • (19.09.03) Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration] ShowInstanceNr=0 turns off numbered commander title bar
  • (19.09.03) Added: Tabs: Option to activate target panel when clicking on one of its tabs
  • (19.09.03) Fixed: Selection with space: Same fix as with Alt+Shift+Enter
  • (19.09.03) Fixed: Alt+Shift+Enter: Reload colors by file type (in case the user has defined a color by size)
  • (19.09.03) Added: FTP log file: if no path given (only a name), default to %TEMP%
  • (19.09.03) Added: FTP log file configuration: Default to %TEMP%\tcftp.log
  • (19.09.03) Added: Ctrl+D menu now supports changing paths on ftp servers: the path must contain a forward slash as a distinction. Only in source dir possible.
  • (19.09.03) Added: F5 copy dialog: Moved the "F2 Background" button to the right of the OK button
  • (19.09.03) Added: Shift+Enter or Ctrl+Enter in History opens this dir in a new tab
  • (19.09.03) Fixed: Use better CRC algorithm to determine whether zip file has changed or not
  • (19.09.03) Fixed: Ctrl+D then Shift+Enter (new tab) not working when path surrounded by ""
  • (19.09.03) Fixed: ACE packer not working
  • (19.09.03) Fixed: History not working in plugins when they contained a forward slash
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: Numerical sorting of dirs or files without extension wasn't working
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: Redefining hotkeys only changed them after restarting Total Commander
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: By default, don't show [..] in root (can still be enabled via config)
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: In main menu, changed hotkey display for multi-rename tool to Ctrl+M
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: Duplicating virtual folder tabs wasn't working correctly
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: Calling cm_DirTabsShowMenu when no tab header shown caused crash
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: When unhiding current dir+buttons for history+hotlist, the buttons only showed up after restarting TC
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: When hiding current dir, buttons for history+hotlist were not completely hidden
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: Locking of FTP tabs now also works correctly
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: Don't save title "search results" when saving tabs
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: Blocked functions to duplicate search results tab
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: When clicking tab with search results while cursor in other panel, the search results were shown in that panel
  • (18.09.03) Fixed: File extensions not preserved in search result when switching tabs
  • (17.09.03) Added: cm_ToggleLockCurrentTab: Turn on/off tab locking (e.g. for button bar, hotkey)
  • (17.09.03) Added: "Tab is locked" item directly in tab right click menu
  • (17.09.03) Fixed: Crash when double clicking on tab when only two are open (hide tabs enabled)
  • (17.09.03) Fixed: No icons in TOTALCMD.EXE due to EXE packer
  • (17.09.03) Fixed: In place rename didn't work on Win9x (Unicode problem)

(16.09.03) Release Total Commander 6.0 beta 1

  • (16.09.03) Fixed: .TAR.GZ file had wrong time stamp when re-packing file
  • (16.09.03) Fixed: Pass long name to notepad.exe in F4 even if full path to notepad isn't specified
  • (16.09.03) Fixed: Find files dialog: Wrong tab order of checkboxes in "Duplicate file finder"
  • (16.09.03) Fixed: Access violation in Ctrl+Q when cursor on [..] in empty directory
  • (15.09.03) Fixed: Invalid zip file could cause a crash
  • (14.09.03) Fixed: Trying to copy to network share without write rights gave wrong error
  • (11.09.03) Fixed: Ctrl+D - add current path - add target path adds wrong subdir if target is ftp
  • (10.09.03) Added: Got 16-bit version to work. Not added: Tabbed browsing, RegEx, Unicode
  • (10.09.03) Added: Option "Show old 8.3 names lowercase" no longer the default on NT/2000/XP systems
  • (10.09.03) Fixed: Incorrect column width in brief view with Unicode file names
  • (10.09.03) Added: Support for regular expressions and stored searches in copy and move operations
  • (10.09.03) Added: If the user hasn't chosen a default font, use "Microsoft Sans Serif" instead of "MS Sans Serif" on Win2k/XP, because it supports Unicode
  • (09.09.03) Added: When an FTP server or file system plugin reports illegal chars in a name, TC converts them to underscores on download
  • (09.09.03) Added: Up/Down scollbar buttons to lister plugin dialog to sort plugins (same as shift+up/down keys)
  • (09.09.03) Added: Synchronize dirs now uses inofficial MDTM command to set remote file date. This command isn't supported by all servers.
  • (09.09.03) Added: TC 6.0 now also accepts tcmdkey.zip containing wincmd.key instead of wincmd.key. The key must be stored (no compression) in the file.
  • (09.09.03) Fixed: Win9x: After entering a dir and exiting it with Alt+Left, branch view (Ctrl+B) did not work
  • (09.09.03) Fixed: In tree, trying to open dir longer than 259 characters could cause an access violation
  • (08.09.03) Added: In F5 copy dialog, "Options" button: New option to rename copied file or target file when target exists. Names are filename(2).ext, filename(3).ext etc.
  • (04.09.03) Added: Punycode accented domain encoding for http and ftp
  • (04.09.03) Added: Speed limit when copying files (only in background transfer manager)
  • (03.09.03) Fixed: Don't recognize files which start with 512 zero bytes as empty TAR archives, except if the file size is exactly 512 bytes
  • (03.09.03) Added: Support for some more HTTP proxy types (FTP via HTTP)
  • (03.09.03) Added: 3 new internal commands: cm_copySamepanel, cm_copyOtherpanel, cm_createShortcuts: Same as cm_copy, but not reacting to Shift and Alt keys!
  • (03.09.03) Added: Command line: 'cd' command more fault-tolerant: Ignore spaces between 'cd' and full path, e.g. "cd c:\test", but NOT in "cd test" (=cd " test")
  • (03.09.03) Fixed: Ctrl+Q mode: When a plugin is active after switching to other app and back to TC, the plugin no longer has the focus -> focus it
  • (03.09.03) Fixed: Ctrl+Q not working with file system plugins if the name changed during the download
  • (03.09.03) Added: Turn off dir branch view when ejecting a disk (so TC has to switch to drive C)
  • (03.09.03) Added: Option to pack with ACE now also works with WinACE packer
  • (23.08.03) Added: Unicode in "Compare by contents": also compare char by char inside a line, except for right to left scripts and for big endian format
  • (23.08.03) Added: Support for Unicode UTF16 in "Compare by contents". If Unicode marker present, this also supports big endian format
  • (17.08.03) Fixed: Don't try to load all URLs in very big HTML files (can cause out of memory error)
  • (15.08.03) Added: Support for Unicode composed characters on MAC CDs (Win2k/XP only)
  • (13.08.03) Added: cm_SaveSelection saves current selection internally (automatically done before each file operation)
  • (05.08.03) Fixed: Crash when plugin extension longer than 15 characters given for packer plugin
  • (05.08.03) Fixed: TC always showed minus sign in drag&drop icon when left/right mouse buttons swapped
  • (05.08.03) Added: Internal command cm_LoadSelectionFromClip to load selection from clipboard (counterpart to cm_CopyNamesToClip)
  • (05.08.03) Added: Internal commands cm_SaveSelectionToFile, cm_LoadSelectionFromFile to save/load current selection (names of all selected files)
  • (29.07.03) Fixed: Test zip in left window while file system plugin open in right -> progress window stayed open!
  • (29.07.03) Added: Show in title when there is more than one instance of TC, e.g. [2] Total Commander
  • (29.07.03) Added: cm_ShowHint shows tooltip for current file in active file list (and places mouse cursor on it)
  • (21.07.03) Added: Speedup of opening zip files with many subdirs
  • (20.07.03) Fixed: Preserve ZIP archive main comment when adding or removing files
  • (20.07.03) Fixed: Could not rename entry in FTP list if only the upper/lowercase of some letters was changed
  • (20.07.03) Added: Show warning message the first time the user enters a dir with file names from a different codepage (can be disabled)
  • (16.07.03) Fixed: Remapping of virtual keys like '/' on the numeric keypad did not work
  • (16.07.03) Fixed: F3 on file with multimedia extension (e.g. avi, wav etc) with text contents loads media player control, but doesn't hide it when switching to text mode
  • (16.07.03) Fixed: Lister showed no scroll bar and jumped to end of file when switching from mp3 view to text view
  • (16.07.03) Fixed: Incorrect progress bar when copying/moving files >4GB in subdirs
  • (16.07.03) Fixed: Some MD5 checksum checkers seem to expect TWO spaces between the checksum and the file name
  • (16.07.03) Fixed: In lister plugin configuration, separate plugin name+load parameters with a tabstop
  • (09.07.03) Added: Copying and moving of files with Unicode names on Windows NT/2000/XP, also with subdirs!
  • (09.07.03) Added: Configure colors of compare by contents and lister via the main config dialog
  • (09.07.03) Added: "Pause" support for CopyFileEx compatibility mode
  • (09.07.03) Added: Show link cursor during drag&drop above tabs when a new tab would be added for the dropped dirs/archives
  • (08.07.03) Added: Regular expression searches in lister, forward and backward
  • (08.07.03) Added: Regular expression searches in file contents, grep-style (match one line at a time only, max 4k/line)
  • (06.07.03) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Compare by contents not working when in subdir of a zip
  • (06.07.03) Fixed: Hide any file tip window when double clicking on a dir
  • (06.07.03) Added: CMF_EXTENDEDVERBS added to context menu call when shift is pressed -> adds "open with" menu item!
  • (06.07.03) Fixed: When switching to subdir, adjust tabs (for multi-line tabs, because number of lines may change)
  • (06.07.03) Fixed: Comment list (Ctrl+Shift+F2) not updated after editing comment with Ctrl+Z when hidden/system files not shown
  • (02.07.03) Added: More detailed statistics in SFV/MD5 check function
  • (02.07.03) Added: Changed label "packer extension DLLs" to "packer extension WCXs" in the configuration dialog
  • (02.07.03) Added: appendtabs tabfile.tab in button bar appends tabs from tabfile.tab to current tabs
  • (02.07.03) Added: opentabs tabfile.tab in button bar replaces current tabs with tabs from tabfile.tab
  • (02.07.03) Added: Save tabs to file, load tabs from file (append or replace)
  • (02.07.03) Added: Option 'Show locked tabs with an asterisk *'
  • (01.07.03) Added: Option 'Save tabs when closing'
  • (01.07.03) Added: Option 'Tabs on multiple lines'
  • (01.07.03) Added: Option 'All tabs have same width'
  • (01.07.03) Added: Option 'Limit tab title length to [ ]'
  • (01.07.03) Added: Option 'Confirm close all tabs'
  • (01.07.03) Added: Option 'Close tab on double click'
  • (01.07.03) Added: Option 'Ctrl+Up opens new tab in foreground'
  • (01.07.03) Added: Option 'Open new tabs near current tab'
  • (23.06.03) Fixed: Drag&Drop with tabs not always working correctly
  • (22.06.03) Added: Tabs: Save tabs when closing, except for search results and virtual folders
  • (22.06.03) Added: Ctrl+Shift+T opens new tab without activating it
  • (22.06.03) Added: Ctrl+Shift+W closes all open tabs
  • (22.06.03) Added: Ctrl+Shift+Cursor up opens dir under cursor in new tab in OTHER window
  • (22.06.03) Added: Drop dirs/archives on empty space in tab header adds new tabs with them
  • (22.06.03) Added: Drop dirs/files on tab header copies files to the directory represented by this tab
  • (20.06.03) Added: Tab right click menu
  • (20.06.03) Added: Configuration option to always show tabs (if disabled, show them on demand)
  • (20.06.03) Added: Ctrl+Click on tab closes this tab
  • (19.06.03) Added: Remember selected files on tabs
  • (19.06.03) Fixed: Don't append backslash to path after "mark newer, hide same files"
  • (19.06.03) Fixed: Show file sizes >4GB in synchronize dirs (correct sizes were used for calculation, but not displayed)
  • (18.06.03) Added: Tabs: Open virtual folders (e.g. in Nethood) with Ctrl+Cursor up
  • (18.06.03) Added: Tabs: Open plugins in Nethood with Ctrl+Cursor up
  • (18.06.03) Added: Tabs: Open archive files and links with Ctrl+Cursor up
  • (18.06.03) Added: Tabs: remember cursor position between tabs
  • (18.06.03) Added: Ctrl+Cursor up opens dir under cursor in new tab
  • (18.06.03) Added: New hotkeys: Ctrl+T opens new tab, Ctrl+M starts multi-rename tool, Ctrl+Shift+M changes FTP transfer mode
  • (17.06.03) Added: cm_OpenDirInNewTab=573 internal message to open dir under cursor in new tab
  • (17.06.03) Added: Experimental file panel Tab support
  • (17.06.03) Added: Possibility to change drive icons
  • (17.06.03) Fixed: Lister: update vertical scollbar on F2 if file length has changed
  • (16.06.03) Added: When changing the language to English, close and reload the config dialog to update the language
  • (13.06.03) Added: Make configurable to show/hide updir [..] in the root of a drive
  • (11.06.03) Added: Unpacking of files >4GB from ZIP archives up to 4GB in size using the pkware 64bit extra field
  • (11.06.03) Added: Unpacking of ZIP files created with the Deflate64(TM) method (Deflate64 is a trademark of pkware Inc.)
  • (11.06.03) Added: Separate configuration tab for FTP settings
  • (11.06.03) Added: Changed page selection in configuration dialog from tabbed notebook to list+notebook (Mozilla style)
  • (08.06.03) Added: Multi-Rename tool: [G] placeholder inserts grandparent directory name
  • (08.06.03) Added: FTP resume all for uploads and downloads
  • (08.06.03) Added: Ctrl+Shift+F5 link creation: Allow to rename link if target already exists!
  • (08.06.03) Added: Refresh also comments when F2 is pressed
  • (08.06.03) Added: Background copy now supports the Options button in the F5 copy dialog
  • (08.06.03) Added: F2 Background button in F5 Copy dialog, will add the selected files to the last opened background transfer manager
  • (07.06.03) Fixed: Memory leak in comment copy function
  • (06.06.03) Added: Show NTFS junctions with a link icon
  • (06.06.03) Fixed: Better handling of description file copying/deleting
  • (06.06.03) Fixed: When deleting subdirs with comment copy enabled, don't ask when deleting comment files -> ensures that comment file doesn't remain when orphan comments in it
  • (06.06.03) Fixed: When using multi-archive internal packing and minimizing to tray, TC could not be restored beginning with the second packed file until packing had finished
  • (06.06.03) Added: Option to wait for external packers in the background (no wait window will be shown)
  • (05.06.03) Fixed: TC hangs when trying to rename a file while a background copy operation shows an overwrite confirmation dialog
  • (05.06.03) Fixed: Drive bar tips were shown on wrong screen in dual screen mode when TC was on secondary screen
  • (04.06.03) Added: Experimental support for regular expressions in select/unselect files: string must be preceded by a '<', e.g. <^[A-Za-z \.]*
  • (04.06.03) Added: Support for regular expressions in search function (Alt+F7)
  • (04.06.03) Fixed: Changed behaviour of multiple dots in Shift+F6 (rename) back to what it was in 5.51: the first dot matches the last dot of the source file. Reason: cmd.exe works like this too!
  • (04.06.03) Fixed: Program slowdown if background zip or unzip paused
  • (01.06.03) Added: Regular expressions to multi-rename tool, using RegExpr.pas, Copyright (c) 1999-00 by Andrey V. Sorokin <anso@mail.ru> - http://anso.da.ru
  • (01.06.03) Added: Drop files on F8-Delete button while right mouse button pressed has same effect as Shift+Drop (bypass recycle bin if it is activated)
  • (30.05.03) Added: Buttons for directory hotlist and directory history
  • (30.05.03) Added: Show free and total disk space in "My Computer" for fixed disks (may not work on all operating systems)
  • (30.05.03) Added: Updir item in root of drives leads to "My Computer"
  • (27.05.03) Added: FTP: Auto-reconnect if control connection lost in the middle of a download
  • (27.05.03) Added: Alt+Enter on file system plugins now opens the plugin's properties (if the plugin supports it)
  • (25.05.03) Added: Rename Unicode file names in place
  • (25.05.03) Added: Show tip windows with Unicode names
  • (25.05.03) Added: Show Unicode file names in file lists
  • (20.05.03) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Only show one progress dialog when getting dirs from ftp server
  • (20.05.03) Fixed: Support .GZ archives which have the name field flag set, but contain an empty name -> use name of archive
  • (20.05.03) Added: Center most dialogs relative to main window instead of relative to the screen (especially for 2 screen setups). No possible for standard MessageBox (e.g. delete confirmation)
  • (20.05.03) Added: Synchronize dirs: Now also works with archives other than ZIP! Everything except for compare by contents is supported
  • (20.05.03) Added: Synchronize dirs: Compare by content now also works with two ZIP files!
  • (20.05.03) Added: Search in archives recognized by content: Needs to set SearchInFiles= in Wincmd.ini to extensions of this packer
  • (20.05.03) Fixed: The following functions did not work with archives recognized by content: Unpack specific files, test, execute, properties, compare by content
  • (20.05.03) Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration] SortUpper=2 uses mixed lexical and numerical sorting, e.g. file10.txt comes AFTER file1.txt
  • (20.05.03) Added: Button bar: Support for 48x48 and 64x64 icons for very high resolution displays, better scaling of sizes between 16 and 32
  • (20.05.03) Fixed: Compare by contents: File mapped into memory not closed when not enough memory
  • (05.05.03) Fixed: Reduced part size when splitting to 100MB ZIP by 1 MB because some zip disks seem to be formatted smaller
  • (25.04.03) Fixed: The font "Lucida Sans Typewriter" couldn't be chosen in bold form in lister, because it reported a weight of only 600 (not the usual 700)
  • (25.04.03) Fixed: When starting TC with /O switch while two or more TCs are running, the passed file names may be sent to a different instance than the one which is activated
  • (25.04.03) Added: Some functions were not described in the help - updated
  • (24.04.03) Fixed: Catch invalid floating point operation error with a certain HTTP proxy (when reading FTP listings)
  • (24.04.03) Fixed: Couldn't open Network Neighborhood with plugins on Win95 first edition if no net was installed
  • (24.04.03) Added: In Right click menu - new document, look in CSIDL_COMMON_TEMPLATES folder if not found in CSIDL_TEMPLATES folder
  • (24.04.03) Added: Don't offer the option to search in selected files when starting the search inside an archive
  • (24.04.03) Added: Show warning if user chooses to create self-extracting ZIP, and the file sfxhead.sfx isn't found
  • (24.04.03) Fixed: When synchronizing with root of ftp server and connection was lost before the copying of the files, the files will be uploaded to the wrong dir
  • (23.04.03) Added: Created better-looking list header (for tabstops)
  • (23.04.03) Fixed: On XP with non-standard styles, ask XP button theme for button text color (may be different from default button color)
  • (31.03.03) Added: Show thousands separator in "Synchronize dirs" status line when comparing by contents
  • (31.03.03) Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration] CompareIgnoreRepSpace=0 turns off ignoring of repeated spaces in compare tool
  • (31.03.03) Added: Experimental: F2 in Copy dialog adds files to last opened background manager
  • (30.03.03) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Wrong name shown when unzipping (just the archive, not the file inside the archive)
  • (30.03.03) Added: Synchronize dirs dialog can now be closed with ESCAPE as long as the user doesn't change the copy direction of any files!
  • (30.03.03) Fixed: Lister: Don't resize when playing AVI/WAV while lister is maximized
  • (30.03.03) Fixed: Copying text from big endian Unicode files not working correctly
  • (30.03.03) Fixed: Support for environment variables in custom icon libary (iconlib= variable in wincmd.ini)
  • (30.03.03) Added: Changed behaviour of multiple dots in Shift+F6 (rename): the last dot matches the last dot of the source file
  • (25.03.03) Fixed: Access violation in drag&drop if target dir was refreshed during drag&drop, and file was dropped on no longer existing archive
  • (25.03.03) Added: Lister plugin interface version 1.3: Allow to replace internal Multimedia viewers
  • (25.03.03) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Silently ignore error 'file not found' when deleting in sync and file is gone (e.g. HTML_files from Explorer)
  • (25.03.03) Fixed: Switch tree display also to local drive if CD insert notification received
  • (25.03.03) Added: FTP client: skip known troyan ports in ftp client to avoid problems with firewalls
  • (23.03.03) Fixed: Compare by contents: External exception if file on the right has bad sectors, or when using search function in compare with bad sectors
  • (23.03.03) Fixed: Diskdir plugins had problems with disk full error when unpacking
  • (20.03.03) Fixed: Don't show percent value in Lister if plugin doesn't use it
  • (20.03.03) Fixed: Changed behaviour of search function: when giving multiple names separated by spaces, treat them as separate names (e.g. Debug Release finds Debug OR Release)
  • (20.03.03) Fixed: In brief view, when clicking 'go to file' in search, the footer wasn't updated if it wasn't overlayed by the search dialog
  • (20.03.03) Added: A way to use a HTTP proxy for HTTP downloads in background transfer manager: Use first HTTP proxy when user also has defined FTP proxy
  • (20.03.03) Fixed: Couldn't unpack multiple files from Winzip 'split archives' if one of the files was going over several volumes
  • (20.03.03) Fixed: Split-bar stayed visible when pressing an arrow key while moving the splitter between the two file windows
  • (20.03.03) Fixed: Couldn't show icons with index of -1 in the file lists
  • (20.03.03) Added: F7 New folder now also accepts multiple dirs separated by forward slashes
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: Add support for HTTP proxy with <PRE width=50%> tags.
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: Turn off branch view if drive not accessible (e.g. when switching to c:)
  • (17.03.03) Added: Set environment variable COMMANDER_PATH to location of Total Commander's EXE file (e.g. for loading plugins)
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: Clear search results flag when using Ctrl+D or Alt+Cursor down after "feed to listbox"
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: "List index out of bounds" in "Add Lister plugins" dialog with Shift+Cursor keys when nothing selected
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: Also allow to auto-re-upload 0 byte files after editing with F4 on FTP (same for F4 in zip)
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: After deleting an item from FTP list, place cursor on next item
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: Packer plugins not working if the path to the plugin contained a comma
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: File sync+FTP: When using negative time zone offsets, the date wasn't correctly calculated across months
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: X-Mouse focus (tweakUI) not working correctly with Lister
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: Search results: horizontal scrollbar not showing when window resized
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: Ctrl+Q not working in quick view panel with lister plugins
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: Files-Split: Accept size with decimal point (e.g. 1.1 MB) even if decimal separator is the comma (,) or vice versa
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: Couldn't drop link on TC from Mozilla when it contained a double quote character " (replace with single quote)
  • (17.03.03) Fixed: Pack to separate files, if target dir contains spaces and a dash, packing fails