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Total Commander 11.50

Total Commander is a great two-pane file manager replacement for Windows, a program like Windows Explorer to copy, move, or delete files. It includes extra integrated applications like a built-in FTP client with FXP, a renaming tool, a disk space analyzer, a file synchronizer, can pack and unpack files, compare files by content, a quick view panel with bitmap display, HTTP proxy support and more.

Total Commander 10 is compatible with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11. Total Commander is distributed as shareware with a trial period of 30 days, but will continue to function, with a subscription reminder, after that.

Total Commander features include:

  • Two file windows side by side
  • Multiple language and Unicode support
  • Enhanced search function
  • Compare files (now with editor) / synchronize directories
  • Quick View panel with bitmap display
  • ZIP, ARJ, LZH, RAR, UC2, TAR, GZ, CAB, ACE archive handling + plugins
  • Built-in FTP client with FXP (server to server) and HTTP proxy support
  • Parallel port link, multi-rename tool
  • Tabbed interface, regular expressions, history+favorites buttons
  • Thumbnails view, custom columns, enhanced search
  • Compare editor, cursor in lister, separate trees, logging, enhanced overwrite dialog etc.
  • Unicode names almost everywhere, long names (>259 characters), password manager for ftp and plugins, synchronize empty dirs, 64 bit context menu, quick file filter (Ctrl+S)
  • USB port connection via special direct transfer cable, partial branch view (Ctrl+Shift+B), and many improvements to ftp, synchronizing and other functions
  • And many more!

Total Commander 11.50 release notes:

There are quite a few changes and bugfixes in version 11.50. Complete list of changes.

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 11.50:

General

File operations

  • Internal 7zip compression via 7zip dll (included)
  • Wildcards to rename files when copying files with F5: Options to put text in front of name, or append text after name
  • Packer about box (Alt+Enter on file in archive): Show which plugin opened the archive in the "Packer" field
  • Open the Photos app with new command to enable previous/next buttons
  • Files - Associate With: New button "Delete" sets association to "(none)"
  • Synchronize dirs: Time stamps can now be copied also to file system plugins and FTP servers
  • Delete files by Drag&Drop to button 'F8 Delete': Confirmation can now be turned off separately from copy confirmation

Verify checksums

  • New checkbox "Only errors" to only show lines with errors and the summary
  • When verifying a checksum from the file name or clipboard, let the user choose a different checksum method if there are multiple with the same checksum size
  • Ctrl+A now selects the entire list when the focus is in the list
  • Verify checksums from clipboard: Support also SHA224 and SSH384

Search

  • Search for *.ext \test1\test2\ will find files in current directory plus subdirectory \test1\test2\ although test1 isn't searched
  • Search for *.ext test1\test2\ will find files in current directory plus in subdirectories containing directories test1\test2\ anywhere in the path
  • Standalone search started via /S=F: Extra parameter S* tells search to get the sort order from a currently running Total Commander
  • Plugins tab: Entries can now be sorted manually with Ctrl cursor up/down or via sort buttons

List of open tabs (Ctrl+Shift+A)

  • Option to show last visited tabs first, hotkey Ctrl+L
  • Shift+Enter on recently closed tab now restores the tab, but doesn't focus it
  • Configuration - Options - Folder tabs: New options "Ctrl+Tab opens as list" and "Last visited first"
  • Configuration - Options - Folder tabs: New option to jump to last opened tab with Ctrl+Tab.

Lister

  • Ctrl+Mouse wheel and Ctrl+'+'/'-' now also zooms in all text modes (control via [Lister] ZoomFont=1/0)
  • Ask user whether he wants to manually set a font to ASCII/DOS which does not contain the encoding
  • Right click on URL starting with http://, https://, www. or alphanumeric text with at least one dot before the end selects it and shows context menu item 'Open in default browser'

Internal commands

  • OPENBAR, OPENBAR1, OPENBAR2, OPENBARMENU: New parameter * opens default bar defined for the main bar/vertical bar
  • All commands starting with cm_SelectAll or cm_ClearAll now support a numeric parameter n: if not 0, select every nth file from the current position, e.g. cm_SelectAllFolders 2 -> every second folder from the cursor position
  • Add 4 to parameter of the following commands to not save the change to wincmd.ini: cm_SwitchLongNames, cm_SwitchHidSys, cm_SwitchHid, cm_SwitchSys, cm_Switch83Names, cm_SwitchDirSort, cm_SwitchOverlayIcons, cm_SwitchIgnoreList, cm_SwitchX64Redirection, cm_SwitchFileTipWindows, cm_SwitchColorsByFileType, cm_ToggleAutoViewModeSwitch, cm_Vis*

Button bar/Start menu parameters

  • Parameters %S, %R, %P%S and %T%R in double quotes now support prefix/suffix text for each file

Multi-rename tool

  • Field [T4] followed by any date/time fields like [YMD] now gets EXIF date also from HEIC image files, and recording date from MP4 videos
  • Placeholder [T4] now also works when creating directories (F7) or text files (Shift+F4)
  • Load names from file now supports Unix line breaks

New wincmd.ini options

  • [Configuration] OldStyleHistory=1 gets back old style history as a dropdown menu without frequently used directories
  • [Configuration] CopyStayOnFile=1 keeps cursor on currently active file after copying a file with Shift+F5
  • [Configuration] BriefViewWidthLimitMin=0 sets minimum column width for brief view