List of changes (version 8.50 - 8.51)

List of changes (version 8.50 - 8.51) is a list of changes to Total Commander since version 8.50 until the release of version 8.51. The list starts at the latest change and goes back in time.

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List of changes (version 8.50 - 8.51)

(23.04.14) Release Total Commander 8.51 final (32/64)

• (22.04.14) Fixed: No progress bar in system tray icon when using external icon library (via iconlib=) on high DPI device (32/64)
• (18.04.14) Fixed: FTP: Increased maximum allowed value of DataConnectTimeout (wcx_ftp.ini) from 60 to 300 seconds (default is 10 seconds) (32/64)
• (18.04.14) Fixed: Crash when aborting delete from FS plugin during the counting phase (checking how many files are in selected subfolders) (32/64)

(16.04.14) Release Total Commander 8.51 release candidate 3 (RC3) (32/64)

• (16.04.14) Fixed: Button bar: Deleting a button via right click (moving the rest to the left) didn't support long parameters >259 characters (64)
• (16.04.14) Fixed: Compare, re-sync from here: Keep track separately whether the file was changed since the last save, and whether it was changed since it was opened, to avoid unnecessary "The file was changed" dialogs (32/64)
• (15.04.14) Fixed: FTP upload: When using dynamic upload block size, start with a size of 2048 bytes (instead of 512) to get faster more quickly (32/64)
• (13.04.14) Fixed: Compare by content: Text refresh was disabled when pasting a line to an UTF-8 file where the UTF-16 length was shorter than 1024 characters, but the UTF-8 length (in bytes) was longer (32/64)
• (13.04.14) Fixed: Open archive in already running instance (via /O switch) only placed cursor on archive, even without /A switch (previous fix was only applied to 32-bit) (64)
• (13.04.14) Fixed: Lister's menu was missing hotkeys 1,2,3,4 etc. when opening menu with mouse (since TC 8.0!) (64)
• (13.04.14) Fixed: Caret rectangle could be lost over the icon when it is loaded from the background thread (except when using inverted cursor) (32)

(09.04.14) Release Total Commander 8.51 release candidate 2 (RC2) (32/64)

• (09.04.14) Fixed: Very slow extraction of icons or overlay icons could hang opening of Lister (F3) -> use different critical section when loading plugins (32/64)
• (09.04.14) Fixed: Unpack password-protected RAR with Alt+F9 -> parent of password dialog wasn't set to the progress dialog (32/64)
• (08.04.14) Fixed: Memory leak in Compare by content - Recompare from here (only if a file was changed) (32/64)
• (08.04.14) Fixed: Compare by content - "Resync comparison from here" not working correctly if one of the files (or both) was saved just before using the function (32/64)
• (04.04.14) Fixed: Do not try to draw updated icon (loaded in background) before the actual line has been drawn (e.g. multiple files with same extension) (32/64)
• (04.04.14) Fixed: Icon of focused item in inactive panel could sometimes get cursor background from active panel (32/64)

(02.04.14) Release Total Commander 8.51 release candidate 1 (RC1) (32/64)

• (02.04.14) Fixed: Two pass copy function: When error occurs with last file in list, do not postpone dialog box to second pass (32/64)
• (02.04.14) Added: Use Uniscribe to display custom columns, as long as they don't contain non-English texts, or tabs (32/64)
• (02.04.14) Fixed: Verify checksums: Taking checksum from clipboard not working for SHA512 (32/64)
• (02.04.14) Added: Moved call to NetShareEnum to get list of all shared folders to background thread (32/64)
• (02.04.14) Added: Test for shared folders: Old method via OLE2 can be set with TestIfSharedDir=2 (32/64)
• (02.04.14) Fixed: Lister's menu was missing hotkeys 2,3,4 etc. starting with beta 4 (64)
• (01.04.14) Added: Reduced flickering of current item in listboxes by re-drawing loaded icons manually instead of invalidating the rectangle (32/64)
• (01.04.14) Fixed: Do not beep when skipping (for later) write protected, hidden or system files when moving between drives (32/64)
• (30.03.14) Fixed: Open RAR with encrypted names: Repeat password dialog until user enters correct password or cancels dialog, also show "wrong password" hint (32/64)
• (30.03.14) Fixed: Synchronize dirs, delete files via right click menu: Bypass recycle bin with Shift pressed also when choosing the menu item (not only when confirming the dialog box) (32/64)

(26.03.14) Release Total Commander 8.51 beta 5 (32/64)

• (26.03.14) Added: Change main menu only with new command OPENLANGUAGEFILE WCMD_xyz.MNU or OPENLANGUAGEFILE .MNU for internal (32/64)
• (26.03.14) Fixed: Find files, search for text in zip, compressed size<1MB but uncompressed >1MB -> only first MB was searched (32/64)
• (26.03.14) Fixed: "F7 New Folder" in virtual folder (e.g. Android device) -> directory sometimes only appearing after manual refresh (32/64)
• (26.03.14) Fixed: Choose old command line from history with keyboard, press left or right arrow -> command line was selected instead of placing the cursor behind it (64)
• (26.03.14) Added: F6 move dialog: Right click on OK or Queue button shows context menu "Copy" to copy the file instead of moving it (32/64)
• (26.03.14) Added: F5 copy dialog: Right click on OK or Queue button shows context menu "Move" to move the file instead of copying it (32/64)
• (26.03.14) Fixed: Configuration - Options - Copy/Delete: Click on "Verify after delete" didn't enable the "Apply" button (64)
• (21.03.14) Added: Also load icons for internal associations in a background thread (32/64)
• (21.03.14) Fixed: Windows directory was shown as shared (due to administrative share ADMIN$) (32/64)
• (21.03.14) Fixed: Automatic redraw of per extension icons (when extracted) wasn't working correctly (64)
• (21.03.14) Fixed: No per extension icons were shown when using 32x32 icons (32/64)

(19.03.14) Release Total Commander 8.51 beta 4 (32/64)

• (19.03.14) Fixed: Alt+F1/F2: Couldn't access items "+" and "\" with keyboard when using Chinese locale (32/64)
• (19.03.14) Added: Also load per extension icons in a (separate) background thread to avoid slowdowns when scrolling (e.g. due to Windows Defender) (32/64)
• (19.03.14) Fixed: When using multiple environment variables in the same command, TC stopped replacing them at the first non-existing (32/64)
• (18.03.14) Fixed: TAR packer: Files >4GB couldn't be packed correctly (32/64)
• (18.03.14) Fixed: Quick search: Problem with cursor position when searching for more than 2 characters of Korean on Windows 8.x (64)
• (18.03.14) Fixed: Could not enter RAR5 archive with different password than the remembered password. Reason: unrar.dll returned new error code ERAR_BAD_PASSWORD (32/64)
• (18.03.14) Fixed: Avoid "Out of system resources" error in mylabel control when dimensions are <=0 or too big (32/64)
• (18.03.14) Fixed: Find files, results from multiple archives, feed to listbox -> total size negative, number of files may be wrong (32/64)
• (18.03.14) Fixed: Always set XPMoveMethod=0 on Linux/WinE, otherwise the file may get zero permissions (WinE bug) (32/64)
• (16.03.14) Added: Multi-rename tool: Allow to enter forward slashes for moving files on FTP servers to other (already existing) dirs - do not overwrite existing files in target dirs (32/64)
• (16.03.14) Fixed: FTP: Rename multiple files with Shift+F6: Show overwrite confirmation dialog for each file where target exists, supports "Overwrite all" (32/64)
• (16.03.14) Fixed: FTP: Rename single file with Shift+F6: Delete target only if RNTO fails, not if RNFR fails (32/64)
• (14.03.14) Fixed: Folder size (loaded via Alt+Shift+Enter) lost after switching to other program and back when sorting folders by size. Solution: Make folder checksum independent from sort order (32/64)
• (14.03.14) Added: Use NetShareEnum to get list of all shared folders (if user has admin rights) to speed up loading of shared folder icons (32/64)
• (14.03.14) Fixed: Access violation when changing font and Uniscribe wasn't loaded yet (32/64)
• (14.03.14) Fixed: FTP: Log loading of OpenSSL DLLs and errors, try to re-use dll loaded by a plugin from a different directory (32/64)

(12.03.14) Release Total Commander 8.51 beta 3 (32/64)

• (12.03.14) Added: New internal command OPENLANGUAGEFILE WCMD_xyz.LNG to open specific LNG/MNU file pair from "language" subdir. Leave out parameter for internal language. Will not be added to .inc (32/64)
• (12.03.14) Added: Changed default value of UploadBlockSize to 1, meaning dynamic from 512 to 32768 bytes. First adjustment after 128k (32/64)
• (11.03.14) Added: wincmd.ini [Configuration] AlignNumberFix=0 turns off alignment of size/date/time with Uniscribe (32/64)
• (11.03.14) Fixed: Find files, feed to listbox, delete files: The footer was still showing the number of selected files (64)
• (11.03.14) Fixed: FTP upload file (F5): If user enters name with subdir, e.g. dir/newname, no check for existing files was done (32/64)
• (11.03.14) Added: FTP rename file (Shift+F6): Show overwrite confirmation dialog if target exists (32/64)
• (11.03.14) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Regular expressions not working in content compare filter dialog (32/64)
• (10.03.14) Fixed: Windows 8.x: Segoe UI font had different spaced numbers, size and date/time fields looked very ugly -> use Uniscribe to display them (32/64)
• (10.03.14) Added: wincmd.ini [Configuration] CtrlArrowOpenArchive=5: Controls whether Ctrl+Left/Right arrow opens archives or not: 0=never, 1=if ENTER opens archive, 2=if ZIPlikeDirectory=1, 3=always. Add 4 to put cursor on file if not opened. Does not affect search - feed to listbox mode (32/64)

(05.03.14) Release Total Commander 8.51 beta 2 (32/64)

• (05.03.14) Fixed: Alt+F10 tree, rescan with F2: Ignore recursive links, and do not follow links at all when IgnoreLinks=8 (or sum containing 8) (32/64)
• (05.03.14) Fixed: Find files, click on "Drives", close with "X" -> focus was lost (64)
• (04.03.14) Fixed: Ctrl+Left/Right arrow on archive: Only show as archive in other panel if ENTER would also open it as an archive (e.g. for .zip, but not for .docx) (32/64)
• (04.03.14) Fixed: F7 New Folder: Refresh other panel also if the path is essentially the same, but differs in upper/lowercase characters (32/64)
• (04.03.14) Added: Multi-rename tool: The counter field [C] now supports fractional parts (only in the field itself, not in the counter section), e.g. [C+1/100]\[N] will move the first 100 files to subdir "1", the next 100 to "2" etc. (for the reverse, use ..\[N]) (32/64)
• (02.03.14) Fixed: These dialogs also didn't support Unicode in wildcards/regular expressions: Colors, hints, overwrite custom fields, compare filters, and thumbnail texts by file type (32/64)
• (02.03.14) Fixed: Various dialogs didn't support regular expressions (with '<' prefix) although the dialog text suggested it: Colors by file type, help texts (hints) by file type, overwrite dialog custom fields, synchronize compare filters, and thumbnail texts by file type (32/64)
• (02.03.14) Fixed: Crash when setting AllocationPreference (DWORD) to 0x100000 in the registry, problem with WM_MEASUREITEM, because wparam only contains lower 32-bit of GWL_ID (64)
• (28.02.14) Fixed: String Nr. 677 <DIR>: Only append ">" when string starts with "<" (32/64)
• (28.02.14) Fixed: Wincmd.ini: setting historylen to 0 didn't turn off the history, one line was still written (32/64)
• (28.02.14) Fixed: "Copy to clipboard" not working any more in "Compare by content", binary mode (32/64)
• (28.02.14) Fixed: Delete function: Show "Seeking..." instead of "Deleting" while counting the number of files to be deleted (32/64)
• (28.02.14) Fixed: Pack files, move to archive, each selected in separate archive -> base dir not deleted when packing with option "leave out base directory" (32/64)
• (28.02.14) Fixed: No thumbnails were shown in Shift+F6 overwrite confirmation dialog (32/64)

(26.02.14) Release Total Commander 8.51 beta 1 (32/64)

• (26.02.14) Fixed: Open multi-volume RAR with missing parts: Do not show error when user cancels next volume request (32/64)
• (26.02.14) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Could not abort copying of folders only (32/64)
• (26.02.14) Fixed: When copying file system links, also copy the attributes and timestamps (32/64)
• (25.02.14) Fixed: Synchronize dirs, minimize to tray, wait until overwrite confirmation is shown, double click on tray icon -> couldn't access overwrite dialog any more (32/64)
• (25.02.14) Fixed: "FTP Connect" - "Protect all connections" not working in 64-bit version (64)
• (25.02.14) Fixed: FTPOPEN or URL as parameter: Do not switch to c:\ if previous directory is a valid directory (32/64)
• (25.02.14) Fixed: Do not add FTPOPEN parameter to directory history (32/64)
• (25.02.14) Fixed: F7 create directory in packer plugins may crash (one callback not set), temporary folder may not be deleted (32/64)
• (25.02.14) Fixed: Search text in EPUB not working when extension of files was .xhtml (32/64)
• (24.02.14) Fixed: Copy/Delete in background could not be paused when copying/deleting only folders (no files) (32/64)
• (24.02.14) Fixed: File system plugin (e.g. SFTP), upload multiple big files in background -> could result in a deadlock, TC hanging (32/64)
• (23.02.14) Fixed: "Background copy complete" sound was played also when moving file in the foreground with F6 (32/64)