What's new in this version?

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.02:

 

- Directory traversal vulnerability when an FTP server reports a file name containing backslashes

- Download from FTP server: F5 - F2 will add files to last opened background transfer manager

- FTP file transfers: Verify after transfer that the resulting file isn't smaller than expected, otherwise show warning

Can be turned off via wcx_ftp.ini, SpecialFlags= option in section [General] or separately per connection

- Update Total Commander's environment variables when the system variables are changed

- FTP over SSL/TLS: If the server responds to AUTH TLS, connect with TLSv1 instead of SSLv23 messages

- Alias commands now support new parameters %A1..%A9

- See history.txt for all fixes

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.01:

 

- This version only contains fixes, see history.txt.

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 7.0:

 

- Updated user interface: flat buttons also on XP, new file list icons, drive icons, and bar icons (by external designer), icons in the main menu (optional)

- Separate background color can be set for odd and even lines

- Compare by content now allows to edit files, and to re-synchronize manually

- Separate tree panel: Either one for both file panels, or one for each

- Lister now supports a text cursor, allows to center images, and resize only larger

- Change attributes allows to use/change content plugin values

- File operation logging

- Show drive letter in folder tabs

- File system plugins can now support custom columns and thumbnails

- 32-bit version of zip self-extracting module sfxhead.sfx, because Windows Vista no longer supports 16-bit programs

- %COMMANDER_DRIVE% points to drive (e.g. C: without trailing backslash) from which Total Commander was started.

- Multi-rename-tool: Allow to edit target names

- More options in copy overwrite dialog: Compare by content, Rename target, automatic rename, copy all smaller or all larger

- Exclude directories in "Show"-"Custom...", e.g. with *.* | .cvs\

- Increased maximum command line length to 8191 (XP) and 2047 characters (Windows 2000), respectively

- Sort by additional columns, e.g. by size, then by date/time: Ctrl+click on additional columns

- Auto-complete path in command line, current directory, copy dialog etc.

- Use Shift+Del to remove unwanted entries from various comboboxes: Command line, search function, multi-rename-tool etc.

- Secure FTP over SSL/TLS, enter the URL as follows: ftps://ftp.servername.com .

Needs OpenSSL dlls from www.openssl.org stored in Totalcmd directory.

- Custom user-defined commands for main menu and hotkeys

- Alias commands for the command line for internal commands or external programs

- Overwrite dialog allows to show preview images and custom fields

- When a copy/move/delete/create directory operation fails due to insufficient rights, ask user whether he wants to copy as administrator. Also allow a user to read from an inaccessible directory if he knows the administrator password.

- Search on FTP servers

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.56:

 

- Version 6.56 mainly fixes a problem when re-packing from RAR to other archive type, which can lead to data loss under special conditions (external RAR unpacker, subdirectories)

- See history.txt for all fixes

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.55:

 

- Version 6.55 contains almost only corrections, see history.txt for a list.

- Support for CHM (compiled html) help files

- The ZIP self-extractor is now 32-bit (Windows VISTA no longer supports 16-bit programs)

- Various changes for Windows VISTA

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.54a:

 

- Version 6.54a contains only corrections, see history.txt for a list.

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.54:

 

- Version 6.54 contains almost only corrections, see history.txt for a list.

- The internal ZIP unpacker now supports the new formats BZIP2 and PPMd

- WMF images have been disabled in Lister+Thumbnails for security reasons (security hole in Windows).

  They can be reenabled via wincmd.ini [Configuration] WmfAllowed=3

- Command line parameters for uninstaller tcuninst.exe for silent uninstall: /r repair, /0../7 uninstall.

   Sum of: 1=desktop icon, 2=start menu entries, 4=all settings files

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.53:

 

- Version 6.53 contains almost only corrections, see history.txt for a list.

- New command line parameter /P= to set active panel at startup.

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.52:

 

- Version 6.52 contains mainly corrections, see history.txt for a list.

- Experimental support for IPv6 internet addresses for FTP and HTTP, must be enabled in wcx_ftp.ini

- Automatic detection of USB sticks, to write to them in compatibility mode (faster)

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.51:

 

- Version 6.51 doesn't contain any important new features. See history.txt for a list of corrections.

 

New in Total Commander 6.50:

 

- Thumbnail view: Display of miniature pictures for images and some other file types

- Custom columns mode: Up to 29 different user-defined view modes with custom columns

- Content plugins: Display+Search for additional file properties, use in multi-rename tool

- Overlay icons for special file types like LNK files (configurable)

- Automatic installation of plugins and languages when opening plugin archive (if supported by the plugin)

- New configuration page for configuring all plugin types

- Alt+Shift+F3 loads lister without plugins and any multimedia additions

- Shift+button click on current directory switches to the dir part on which you clicked

- Shift+button click in search on 'go to file' or 'feed to listbox' opens dir in new tab

- Search for NTFS-encrypted files

- Define different location of tree content files (treeinfo.wc)

- Show current speed also when copying in synchronize dirs function

- FTP: Support for MODE Z compressed uploading/downloading

- New type of locked tab: still allows to change dirs, but reverts to tab-root when clicking "\" or switching to other tab

- Multi-rename tool: Multiple search+replace, search+replace history, button to reload rename results

- F5 - F2 now transfers in background also for FTP uploads+downloads

- New pseudo environment variables supported in path names, pointing to locations of virtual folders:

%$APPDATA%, %$DESKTOP%, %$PERSONAL% (My Documents), %$PROGRAMS%, %$STARTMENU%, %$FONTS%, %$STARTUP% (use lowercase to access env vars with these names)

- New internal commands (for button bar, starter menu and user-defined hotkeys) to change drives: cm_GotoDriveA..cm_GotoDriveZ, cm_GotoNextDrive and cm_GotoPreviousDrive

- New internal commands cm_srcactivatetab1..10 activates tab 1-10 in source panel, similar for target panel.

- Subdir filters now also work when copying (only files of this type). Syntax: Include: somedir1\ somedir2\ Exclude: *.* | somedir1\ somedir2\

- Synchronize dirs: Also allow to set copy direction of equal files (via right click menu only!), e.g. for copying them to a different location

- Remember special display modes (thumbnails, comments, custom columns) separately per tab, and when closing

- The complete list can be found in history.txt

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.03:

 

- Version 6.03 doesn't contain any important new features. See history.txt for a list of corrections.

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.02:

 

- Version 6.02 doesn't contain any important new features. See history.txt for a list of corrections.

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.01:

 

- Version 6.01 doesn't contain any new features. See history.txt for a list of corrections.

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 6.0:

 

- Supports Unicode file names when Copying/Moving/Renaming files

- Comparison of Unicode-Text files in "Compare by Content"

- Folder Tabs for quickly switching between folders

- Ctrl+T now used for the new Tabs, Ctrl+M for the Multi-Rename Tool

- Regular Expressions for Searching, Multi-Rename Tool, Copying etc.

- Separate buttons for Directory Hotlist and History

- Speed display when copying

- Copy function configurable via Settings dialog.

- F2 in the copy dialog adds the files to the background transfer manager

- Options button in the copy dialog allows to rename copied or target files automatically on identical name

- Speed limit in the background transfer manager now also works when copying

- Synchronize dirs now tries to set the date/time of FTP files via MDTM command (not working with all servers)

- Synchronize dirs: Now also with archives other than ZIP

- Support for accents in domains for FTP and HTTP

- Multiple new internal commands, like cm_copySamepanel, cm_copyOtherpanel, cm_createShortcuts, cm_SaveSelection, cm_ShowHint

- Show sequence number in the program title if multiple Total Commander open

- Drive button icons can be replaced via external DLL

- Configuration dialog uses a list instead of tab headers

- FTP: Resume all

- Wait in the background for external packers

- Double click on [..] in the root leads to "My Computer" (configurable)

- Environment variable COMMANDER_PATH now points to the Total Commander directory

 

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 5.51:

 

- A click on the currently active path allows to edit or copy/paste it

- Include/exclude certain directories in search function

- Search and synchronize dirs now also work with file system plugins

- Support for Lister plugins

- Support for custom icons in file system plugins

- Deleting of non-empty directories on SAMBA drives sometimes failed

- Moved OLE comment retrieval to a separate thread (background), because it can be slow for some file types

- Couldn't view RTF file currently open in Word (sharing problem)

- Support for internal commands in Ctrl+D menu (directory hotlist), e.g. cm_OpenDesktop

- Limited Unicode support in file names: Delete, Rename, View, Edit and Show properties

- See history.txt for a complete list of corrections.

 

New functions in Total Commander 5.50:

 

- Name changed to "Total Commander" - see our homepage for the reasons

- Change size display of total/marked files in footer below file lists (bytes, k or dynamic)

- Copy additional NTFS streams when copying files.

- Copy file comments with the files with F5 (optional, needs to be enabled first)

- Create CRC checksums: Function can now also create and check MD5 checksums

- Drag a link from Internet Explorer to Total Commander (holding down Shift) to open the URL dialog to download the linked file

- File system plugin interface to access external devices or other partitions

- In Copy dialog, "Options" button which allows to set "Overwrite all", "Skip all" etc. before copying

- Lister: In 'Fit to window' mode, resize the video window to the lister window

- Lister: RTF-Viewer (can be disabled)

- Multi-rename tool: Load/Save settings, for often used changes

- Multi-rename tool, search+replace: Support for wildcards * and ?

- Open partially downloaded ZIP files, even during the download

- Option: Always open new FTP connections in the left or right file panel instead of the active file panel

- Show file comments in file lists and as tooltips

- Show name of logged-on user in the title bar if the program was started with RunAs

- Synchronize dirs, asymmetric mode: Option to delete all empty dirs in right window (not available in zip or ftp)

- The HTML viewer in Lister supports some more tags

- Many small corrections and additions, see history.txt for details.

 

New functions in Commander 5.10:

 

- Unpack RAR 3 archives

- Support for OTP-MD4 -MD5 and -SHA1-authentication for FTP

- Decoder for Yenc-encoded files (Files - decode files)

- Many small corrections and additions, see history.txt for details.

 

New functions in Commander 5.01:

 

- Unpack RAR 3 archives

- Support for OTP-MD4 and -MD5-authentication for FTP

- Many small corrections and additions, see history.txt for details.

 

New functions in Commander 5.00:

 

- Support for Windows XP themes on XP

- "Commands" menu split into "Commands" and "Net"

- FTP: support for more than 2 definition strings when defining a new server type

- FTP+HTTP: Auto-Resume download if download-connection lost

- FTP: SOCKS4+SOCKS5 Proxy support (active+passive mode!), SOCKS5 without encryption

- Multi-Rename-Tool: Placeholder [P] puts name of parent dir into file name

- Internal command cm_SyncChangeDir makes Commander change to the directory of the same name also in the other window

- Find files: Start search inside an archive

- FTP: Option to send keepalive messages (e.g. NOOP) to the server in user-defined intervals (for max. 1 hour of inactivity)

- Support for packing of TAR/GZ/TGZ archives. Make sure to choose the correct target OS (Linux or SunOS).

- Direct packing of TAR.Plugin archives, requires re-download of the plugin (e.g. BZIP2)

- Compare by contents: Search for text in both files simultaneously, found text will be underlined

- Compare by contents: Button to show the two windows above each other, e.g. for wide texts

- Right click menu in Lister: added "Copy all URLs" command in HTML-Viewer mode

- 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.

- "Branch view" now added to "commands" menu

- Create CRC-Checksum files in SFV format

- FTP+HTTP in background: Set speed limit for up- and downloads

- Pause button for background operations: FTP, HTTP, copy, pack, unpack

- FTP download from list: detect if list file was modified, and add new items to current download

- Download list can now also copy+move files.

Syntax:   copy:sourcename -> targetname   or   move:sourcename -> targetname

- Background transfer manager can now also be started separately without a list file

- Many small corrections and additions, see history.txt for details.

 

New functions in Commander 4.54:

 

- Compare by content: Switch between binary and text mode.

- Lister: Support word wrap in UTF8 mode

- Many small corrections and additions, see history.txt for details.

 

New functions in Commander 4.53:

 

- Display of UTF8 (special 1-6 byte Unicode format) in Lister

- Support for ACE 2.0 archives

- Support for files > 2 GB in Lister and split/combine functions

- Directory print with subdirs: Print only files of certain types, e.g. *.txt *.doc

- Change date/time of folders also on Windows NT/2000 (admins only due to restricted rights)

- FTP: Resume upload (binary files only). WARNING: With some versions of the server WarFTPd, the resume seems to work, but the uploaded file is unusable!

- Directory hotlist can now contain up to 200 entries

- The location of Wincmd.ini and Wcx_ftp.ini can now be set in the registry (32-bit version only):

\SOFTWARE\Ghisler\Total Commander, new text values IniFileName and FtpIniName.

This key may be created under HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

The command line parameters /i= and /f= still take precedence over the registry values.

- Special larger block sizes when copying very large files can increase the copying speed of these large files quite a bit.

This function is only meant for advanced users, and needs to be enabled through wincmd.ini (CopyBlockSize etc).

- Many small corrections and additions

 

New functions in Commander 4.52:

 

- Display of Unicode and HTML (as plain text) in Lister

- Search for Unicode and Hex in the search function

- Print function to print directory lists, trees and compare results in 'Synchronize dirs'.

- Display of all files in the current dir and all subdirs with Ctrl+B

- File windows above each other instead of side by side

- Display of the file size in kbytes or dynamic depending on the actual size

- Multi-rename tool: Enhanced counter settings using definition strings [Cxxx]

- Submenu 'New' in the right click context menu allows to create new (empty) files

 

Version 4.51 is a bugfix version of 4.50.

 

See history.txt for a list of corrections.

 

New functions in Commander 4.50:

 

- Multi-rename tool: Allows to rename multiple files in one step (Hotkey: Ctrl+T)

- Batch rename function with Shift+F6 to quickly rename multiple files one by one

- Rename files and subdirs inside a ZIP archive (Shift+F6)

- Parallel port transfer function (direct cable connection), works between Win95/98/NT/2000/3.1 and DOS!

- FTP: Definition of custom host types, using a definition string

- FTP: Retry to connect multiple times also for non-anonymous connections

- FTP: Support for multiple proxies (separately for FTP and HTTP connections)

- FTP: Workaround to bug in some FTP servers: Upload of subdirs failed

- Resolve lnk files on the desktop or in the Network Neighborhood

- Unpack self-extracting files created by WinACE and WinRAR (open with Ctrl+PgDn)

- "Unpack all and execute" in packer properties allows to try out a program or run an installer from inside an archive

- Define custom colors for different file types, e.g. all directories, all zip files etc.

- Search for text also inside CAB files

- Copying to 'write only' directories (Windows NT, network)

- Uninstaller: Automatic removal of the program through the Control Panel

Several new commands and parameters for Button bar / Start menu:

- cm_List now allows to open a file. The file name must be given directly behind CM_LIST, and not in the parameters field!

Example: cm_list c:\windows\wincmd.ini always opens the file wincmd.ini in lister.

- cm_ShowFileUser: Show which remote user has opened a local file (through a shared directory)

- cm_EditPersmissionInfo: Show permissions dialog on Windows NT (NTFS file system)

- cm_EditAuditInfo: Show file auditing dialog (NTFS)

- cm_EditOwnerInfo: Show "Take ownership" dialog (NTFS)

- cm_ShowOnlySelected: Hide all files/dirs which aren't selected when this function is used

- cm_OpenRecycled: Open 'recycle bin'

- New parameters %L, %l, %F, %f, %D, %d create a list file in the TEMP directory with the names of the selected files and directories.

 

Version 4.03 is a bugfix version of 4.02.

 

New functions in Commander 4.02:

 

- Unzip, delete and HTTP downloads (Ctrl+N) in background.

- Synchronize dirs now also supports directory from/to ftp synchronization! Concerning the date/time synchronizing problems with ftp, please read the section important note on the page Synchronize dirs.

- Tray icon right click menu (context menu).

- Direct upload of files from inside an archive to an FTP server.

- Better parsing of FTP file lists downloaded via a HTTP proxy.

- User-defined keyboard shortcuts.

- Split "Equal/Unequal" button into two buttons in sychronize function

- Change date/time of directories (Win95/98 only)

- FTP server to server transfers (FXP): Always sends PORT command to left server, PASV to right server. This allows for file transfers between a public server and one in a private address room, or behind a firewall. The private server must be in the left window.

- Find files: Only search in selected files and folders

- many small additions and bugfixes (see history.txt)

 

Here is a list of the most important additions in Commander 4.0:

 

- Compare files by content

- Automatically adjust column width of name column when resizing Commander

- Copy: rename file if target exists

- Copy and zip in background (separate thread)

- Synchronize directories with subdirs

- Bitmap viewer in Lister, additional formats through Irfanview

- Copy files directly from one archive to another

- Restore selection as it was before the last file operation (NUM /)

- Extend right click menu (in association dialog)

- Add FTP files to list (through the context menu), download later

- Save configuration through menu command

- Search for duplicate files

- FTP: retry to connect if connection fails

- Skip files when copying and file doesn't fit on target disk

- Support WWW proxy for FTP

- More detailed file display, e.g. only list/select files with certain dates and sizes

- Select files which do not match certain wildcards, e.g. all files except for programs

- More virtual folders, like the desktop, my computer etc. - open through button bar

- Wrap text at word boundaries in lister

- Search for files which do NOT contain a given text

- Drive buttons separately per window

- Support for more FTP servers

- FTP: send specific commands directly after connecting

- FTP: Warn if binary file is transferred in text mode

- Icons for PIF files, virtual folders (directories having the system attribute set)

- Search for hexadecimal in lister

- Quick search: letters only but with quick search dialog

- Select FTP transfer mode with keyboard (CTRL+M)

- Copy to NUL, PRN, LPTx, COMx

- CTRL+N or URL Button now allow to download files from WEB servers too

- Define your own hints for drive names

- Use an external icon library (ICL) to replace the default icons in the file lists. See www.ghisler.com for a sample ICL.

- Additional packers+unpackers can be added as extension DLLs (see www.ghisler.com)

- Of course many small corrections and additions