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Total Commander 11.50 release candidate 3 is available now!
Download Total Commander 11.50 release candidate 3 now (Free update/Demo version)

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

New functions in Total Commander 11.50:

General:

File lists: Option to show seconds in the date/time field
File lists: Shorten date/time with "..." when the value is too long for the available space
Folder tabs: Always scroll current tab into view when resizing main window
Always load icons from .ico files directly instead of associated program
Drive list (cm_OpenDrives): Show volume labels/descriptions behind drive letters
Recycle bin (cm_OpenRecycled): Show original location of deleted files in comment view
Thumbnails view: Show thumbnails of link (.lnk file) targets instead of link files themselves, e.g. links to photos
Menu: Use icon defined in em_command, but only from wcmicons.dll or .ico files or from the main program, for speed reasons (virus scanners)
Configure button bar/single button or configure internal command: New button "->.ico" to extract single icon from .exe/.dll/.icl
Everything: Support network drives when getting folder sizes with option "Automatic, only with 'Everything'"
Change directory via "cd" command: Append \: to go to the parent and place cursor on directory or archive
OPENBARMENU now also works when there is no main button bar
FTP connect dialog (Ctrl+F): File system plugins can now also be entered in the form \\\Pluginname\Path, or any directories (with drive letter or UNC path).
New pseudo environment variables %$CLIPBOARD%, %$CLIPNAME% and %$CLIPNAME_NE% to access clipboard content, e.g. in button commands

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

Total Commander 11.03 available now!
Download Total Commander 11.03 now (Free update/Demo version)

This is a bugfix relase. Complete list of changes.

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 11.03:

Copy files: The option "Keep relative paths" is now also available in search results, copies with entire path
Lister: Press F4 to open currently viewed file in user-defined editor
New environment variable %COMMANDER_INI_PATH%: Directory of the settings file wincmd.ini
cm_CompareDirs, cm_CompareDirsWithSubdirs: New parameter 1 to only select files which do not exist on the other side
List of open tabs: Switch between tab title and tab directory with Ctrl+Shift+A
Pseudo environment variable %$DATE% now supports an offset, e.g. %$DATE+1Y% (use %|$DATE+1Y| in parameters field)
Set a different location for DirectShow filters: wincmd.ini [Lister] Filter32dir=/Filter64dir
Windows 10 and newer: Open Windows Photo app with current directory parameter so it can switch through all images in the same folder as the opened image, configurable with PhotoAppFilter field
Bugfixes
Warning: The “cloud” plugin will only be able to support Google Drive when you create your own client id. More information.

Total Commander 11.02 available now!

This is a bugfix relase. Complete list of changes.

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 11.02:

Synchronize directories: Comparison can now be paused (pause button)
Updated libdeflate/libdeflate64 DLLs: In rare cases Windows Explorer 7/10/11 could not extract archives created by this DLL even if the archive is 100% correct and can be extracted with Win7zip/pkzip/ WinRAR/7Zip without problems.
If you can't or don't want to update now, you can download the new DLLs separately.
Files - Test archive(s) finds affected ZIP files, unless disabled (wincmd.ini [Packer] ZipTestWarnExplorer=0)
Improved thumbnail caching in thumbnail view
Multiple options available for cm_SyncChangeDir function (SyncChangeDirMode in wincmd.ini)
Bugfixes.

Total Commander 11.01 available now!

This is a bugfix relase. Complete list of changes.

New functions and fixes in Total Commander 11.01:

Updated unrar dlls to 6.23.0. RARLAB has now issued a statement that the unrar dlls are not affected by the critical vulnerability in RAR
Shift+F4 edit new file(s): Multiple names can now be passed also in double quotes separated by spaces, e.g. "file1.txt" "file2.txt" "file3.txt"
cm_Edit: Parameter /N now supports alternate syntax /N=<"file1.txt" "file2.txt" "file3.txt"> to pass multiple names to the function more easily
Compare by content: Set number of lines which must be matching after a difference (CompareFindLines)
Bugfixes.

Total Commander 11.00 final available now!

There are quite a few changes and bugfixes in version 11. Complete list of changes.

New functions in Total Commander 11.00:

General:

Show searchable list of all open tabs with Ctrl+Shift+A (as in the Chrome browser) or right clicking on the rightmost edge of the tab headers
Ignore list now supports entries for file system plugins and FTP servers (separate syntax)
Search with "Everything": Support search in indexed subfolders
Show full path with all parents in nested virtual folders, e.g. when accessing a phone
Show free and total space of Android devices in the base folder
Follow link files (*.lnk) pointing to directories relative to the current location, e.g. %WinDir%\explorer.exe ..\..\content
Inform other Total Commander instances on the same PC when the user changes the "Start" menu or button bars
In place rename, command line: Stop on Ctrl+Left/Right at extra non-alphanumeric characters
Standalone Lister, search, compare and synchronize dirs can be started maximized and minimized
New pseudo environment variable %$DATE% inserts current date and time in 24 hour format, supports template like %$DATE:YMD%
Multi-rename tool: New placeholder [I] or [I1] to ignore dots in folder names: Entire name in [N], [E] is empty.

File operations:

High speed packing and unpacking of ZIP and GZ files with modified libdeflate library
Change compression rate for ZIP, GZ and TGZ directly in the pack dialog
F5 copy: New overwrite mode "Rename older target files, skip newer"
F5 copy, ftp/plugin transfers: Show transfer speed of the entire copy operation in the second progress bar when available
File system plugins and FTP: Show new option "Finish copying the current file" when aborting copying
Unpack ZIP files with ZSTD (by Facebook) compression
Unpack .zst (ZSTD) and .br (BROTLI) files
7z.exe or 7zg.exe can now also be used as an external zip packer

Directory history:

New style directory history list which is no longer based on a Windows menu
Quick search and quick filter support
Quick search in whole path by starting search strings with an asterisk
Right click context menu support with many options like opening the directory in the other panel or a new tab
Context menu, option to copy path to clipboard
Context menu, option to remove entries from history
Context menu, option to show all items when history thinning is enabled
Keep track of most frequently used directories and show them in the directory history in addition to the history entries
Keep list of frequently used directories synchronized between multiple Total Commander instances on the same PC
New page "History" in the main settings dialog

Lister:

Hex mode: highlighting in both text and hex representation of file content
Copy the selection to the clipboard as hexadecimal characters, with Ctrl+Shift+C or via the right-click menu

Internal commands:

cm_Copy, cm_RenMov, cm_CreateShortcut, cm_PackFiles, cm_UnpackFiles and cm_Edit support parameters to set dialog box options
New tab commands: cm_RenameTab, cm_SetTabOption*, cm_SetAllTabsOption*, cm_OpenNewTabOther, cm_OpenNewTabBgOther
New quick search commands: cm_QuickSearch, cm_QuickFilter, cm_QuickFilter 1 (restore last quick filter)
New drive commands: cm_DriveContextMenu, cm_OpenDriveByIndex
New command line commands: cm_ShowCmdLineHistory, cm_AddFileNameToCmdline, cm_AddPathAndFileNameToCmdline
New internal command OPENBARMENU opens the passed .bar file as a dropdown menu
Hotkeys defined via Configuration - Options - Misc now support commands with parameters
Use internal commands in internal associations, .e.g. ***CM_LIST %1

Command line parameters in button bar/start menu:

New parameter %y (lowercase) keeps other parameters and skips only list file parameters if the list is empty
New parameter %a (lowercase) includes all selected files from both panels in list parameters like %L
New parameter %|envvar| inserts environment variable envvar, e.g. %|windir| or %|$DESKTOP|

New functions in Total Commander 10.52:

Command line parameters: option /O now supports a parameter, e.g. /O0 to never open a new instance in any case
New hotkey F9 in "Compare by content" to toggle visibility of the two line compare box at the bottom
Internal associations: New command **path\filename.bar opens the given button bar file as a menu
Button command LOADLIST0 loads list of files without any error messages when files cannot be found
Command line parameters now support value LOADLIST:path\listfile.txt instead of a directory name to load list file into file panel
Quick search with search dialog and Ctrl+S Quick filter: New hotkey Ctrl+Z to clear search text
The following internal commands now support parameters: cm_Exit, cm_UnloadPlugins, cm_*ActivateTab*, cm_50percent
New method to open virtual folders via button or command line, with command cd shell:Folder name (e.g. cd shell:Fonts)

New functions in Total Commander 10.51:

Button bar, start menu: New parameter %Q turns off automatic quotation marks around certain parameter combinations like %P%N
Verify checksums: Support extension .bk3 for Blake3, and arbitrary length Blake3 checksum verification
OneDrive folder: Show green overlay icon with checkmark for files which are marked for always being available offline
Lister, Compare by content: Support side scrolling by tilting mouse wheel left/right (only supported by some mice)
Multi-rename tool: New placeholder [X] inserts text from the clipboard
Synchronize dirs: Show yellow progress bar in task bar when done and the comparison took longer than 10 seconds

New functions in Total Commander 10.50:

General:

Files - Create checksum file(s): Support for very fast BLAKE3 hash algorithm
New option "Finish copying the current file" when aborting copying in the middle of a file
New command line parameter /P opens parent of the passed path and places cursor on last directory
Internal content plugin (tc): New fields from id3v1/id3v2/ape/flac/wav/ogg/m4a metadata tags, like Title, Artist etc.
Unpack ZIP files with Brotli (by Google) compression, mainly used in XPI files
Synchronize dirs: Show progress when comparing by content also in taskbar icon
FTPS/HTTPS: Support for OpenSSL 3.0
wincmd.ini [Configuration] ExecUseContextMenu: set to 1 to open files as if the user right clicked on it and clicked on the default context menu item
wincmd.ini [Configuration] AlwaysShowAppdata=0 hides Appdata folder when hidden files are not shown
wincmd.ini [Configuration] FileTipWindowsOnIcon=1 only shows tooltips when the cursor is over the icon (FileTipWindows must also be enabled).
wincmd.ini [Configuration] CountMarkedInDialog=0 turns off the memory requirement determination in the F5 copy dialog

User interface:

Option to always load directory sizes after a directory change, either internally or via 'Everything' tool
Option to set custom date/time format and separators (Configuration - Options - Tabstops)
Show total bytes, files and folders to be copied already in F5 copy dialog
Show transfer speed with mixed units (e.g. x.xx b/M/G/T), configured via [Configuration] SizeTransfer, defaults to value of footer
Configure extra space around drive button icons via Configuration - Options - Icons
Dark mode: Option to configure border color (lines between controls)
Button bar: set the "Tooltip" field to a single space to disable tooltip
Menu Files - Print - File content now prints all selected files (after a warning)
On Windows 10 older than 1709 (Fall 2017) and older Windows versions, support thumbnails larger than 240 pixels
Directory hotlist (Ctrl+D): For add/remove button and Configure, use hotkeys +, - and * (configurable)
Ctrl+Z on ".." allows to set the comment of the current directory

Lister:

Show additional main menu item "Plugins" to directly choose a Lister plugin
Quick view panel: Show used plugin in title (normally used for path) behind the file name
Command line parameter /S=L to open a separate Lister window: New sub-parameter F to open Lister in full screen view

Lister, internal image viewer:

Zoom images with Ctrl+Mouse wheel or +/- on numeric keypad, or via click on percent value in the menu
Use Shift+Cursor left/right to scroll images in smaller steps than Cursor left/right

Lister, internal media player:

Show track name and artist from a track's tags (id3v1, id3v2.2, id3v2.3/2.4, ape, flac, wav, ogg and m4a)
Show cover image from a track's tags, or from a file named cover.jpg, folder.jpg, cover.png, or folder.png in the same folder
Button to show/hide cover image
Load track positions and names from .cue file with the same name as the opened media file, e.g. for seeking in long compilations
Single step now also works for audio only (1/10 second steps)
New hotkeys in multimedia mode: M=Mute, E=Single step, C=Cover, Ctrl/Shift+arrow keys to fast forward/rewind
Prefer DirectShow filters from filter32/64 subdirectory when present, even when a different version of that filter is registered in the system. Disable via wincmd.ini [Lister] PreferFiltersFromFile=0
Set foreground and background color of Lister media player controls via Configuration-Options-Color

Change attributes:

Set partial date and/or time by using letters in place of the unchanged parts, e.g. 10:mm:ss to change just the hours. The actual characters don't matter, 10:xx:xx will also work.

Compare by content:

New hotkey F2 in edit mode jumps to the next difference within a line, Shift+F2 to the previous difference
Accept one or two file names via drag&drop to the path edit boxes
Button "Sync" to choose re-synchronize method, e.g. to look for equal characters only after a space

Multi-rename tool:

Offer to auto-rename files also when moving them to subdirs and a file with the same name already exists in that directory
New placeholders [B0]..[B9] insert parent, grandparent, great grandparent folder etc. from the path
New placeholders [B+0]..[B+9] insert drive letter, first folder, second folder etc. from the path
New field [T4] will use EXIF date (when a photo was taken) for all date fields after this placeholder
The Fields [T1] to [T4] now support a time offset in the form [T1+60m] or [T1-10h]

Internal commands:

cm_ReloadFileIcons to reload all icons and icon overlays without re-reading the file lists
cm_CloseDuplicateTabs to close all duplicate tabs in current panel
cm_SwitchColorsByFileType to turn colors by file type on/off
cm_SwitchFileTipWindows to enable/disable the display of tooltips (hints) for files
cm_CopyToArchive/cm_MoveToArchive to open pack dialog with "Move" option unchecked/checked
cm_CloseCurrentTab, cm_CloseAllTabs, cm_UnloadPlugins, cm_CopyFileDetailsToClip, cm_CopyHdrFileDetailsToClip etc. now support parameters, see description
command cd "path" can now be combined with internal commands, with the path in double quotes
MULTIRENAME=<settings> starts renaming immediately with the given saved settings, two equal signs close the dialog afterwards

New functions in Total Commander 10.00:

General:

Directories created by MacOS on ExFAT flash drives are now shown in TC. They were not shown because they had the inavlid attribute 8: Volume label
Always show hidden directory "AppData" in c:\Users\<user profile> even with hidden files disabled
Allow user to install key file automatically when double clicking on it.
Add a "Zone Transfer" data stream when downloading files via anonymous FTP (Ctrl+F), or HTTP (Ctrl+N) from outside the intranet, like web browsers
When unpacking files internally or via plugins, copy "Zone Transfer" data stream from archive to unpacked files, just like the Explorer
New zone transfer option can be disabled via WantZoneData=0
Always look for key file also in c:\totalcmd, even if Total Commander is installed elsewhere

User interface:

Allow to use "Windows Hello" on Windows 10 to securely store master password until TC is closed. Use fingerprint, face or pin to connect again
Use mouse wheel to scroll through directory tabs (like in Firefox) when not using multi-line tabs
Zoom thumbnails with Ctrl+Mouse wheel between 10% and 200% of the size configured in Configuration - Options - Thumbnails
Load thumbnails from EXIF data (preview image) from JPG and various camera RAW formats: Canon RAW 1-3, DNG, Fuji, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Sony
New option "Return to locked tab root directory on tab change" in Configuration - Options - Folder tabs
Show "!" prefix when current dir differs from locked dir on tabs which are locked with directory changes allowed
New option to only execute command line when it is focused (Configuration - Options - Layout)
When closing TC while there are unpacked temporary files, show the user the first 3 file names and their origin
Drop file from outside (e.g. virtual folder in Explorer) to read only directory (e.g. c:\windows): Better dialogs to allow overwrite and copy as admin
Automatically scale dialog boxes with the chosen font if the font needs more space than the default font
Ctrl+L on single file now also shows the Zone.Identifier stream data for that file
Save displayed file types (e.g. *.txt) separately for each tab. Configuration - Options - Folder Tabs - Save displayed file types separately for each tab
Ctrl+U and Ctrl+Shift+U now also swap the displayed file types if DirTabFilters=1, because they are part of the tab
Directory menu (Ctrl+D): Option to hide menu items which begin with a user-defined character, by default a question mark '?'
View modes, Auto-run commands: Put '-' at the start of the command field to not execute commands on tab change, only on directory change
For locked folder tabs with directory changes allowed, show both the current directory and the locked directory if they are different

Saving settings:

When user cannot save settings (e.g. in Configuration menu or main settings), offer to copy ini files to user profile
For plugins in write protected directories, intercept calls to CreateFileA/W and all INI functions, and redirect write calls to %APPDATA%\GHISLER\redirect
Disable redirection of plugins: Add 8192 to RestrictInterface in wincmd.ini or registry
Specify different ini locations for specific plugins: wincmd.ini [ReplaceIniLocation] (see help)

Lister:

New DirectShow media player in Lister, replacing the old one based on Video for Windows (can still be chosen via configuration)
Support full screen playback via double click or Alt+Enter, leave the same way or with ESC
Change audio and subtitle streams via context menu
Configure preferred DirectShow filters via Lister configuration (3rd Tab)
Show chapters as tickmarks below seek bar, jump there with Ctrl+PageDown/Ctrl+PageUp
Buttons to jump backward/forward by x seconds (default 10s and 60s, configurable via right click)
Preload DirectVobSub filter if the source filter has a pin "Subtitle"
Allow to use LAV filters and ffdshow filters without installing them, by putting them in subdir filter32 or filter64, respectively
Save last playback position of the last played tracks longer than 10 minutes
Keep sound pitch constant when changing playback speed, using custom DirectShow filter based on open source SoundTouch.dll
New option "Additional multimedia file types" and "Additional Irfanview/Xnview file types"

Search:

Internal regular expression library updated to latest version (faster, more functions)
Warn user when he enters a text in "Find text" which cannot be converted to ANSI and/or ASCII (if checked)

Synchronize dirs:

Allow to use regular expressions and saved searches, with options where to apply them, e.g. one side, both sides, etc. via button [1x]
New context menu items to show file context menu and file properties, and to edit left/right file
Show exclamation mark in button "Singles" or "Duplicates" if it isn't down when opening the dialog

Compare by content:

Show extra listbox with the two lines from the current cursor position for easier character by character comparison
Show progress dialog when pasting large text buffer takes more than 2 seconds, allows to abort paste, but doesn't revert it
Focus the bottom 2 line compare list directly with Ctrl+Tab
Bottom 2 line compare list can be scrolled with cursor left/right, page up/down, home/end, and the mouse wheel
Ctrl+Mouse wheel now scrolls the two line panel at the bottom even when the mouse isn't on it. Ctrl+Alt+Mouse Wheel still scrolls by page

FTPS/HTTPS:

Support for OpenSSL 1.1 and newer. The main dll must be named libssl-*_*.dll / libssl-*_*-x64.dll (with *_* the version number, e.g. 1_1), the libcrypto*.dll must NOT be renamed!

Verify checksums:

Support checksum created from a stream, showing up as "<checksum> -" (checksum followed by two spaces and a dash)
In checksum files created by other programs, more OpenSSL format types are supported: SHA224, SHA384, SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, SHA3-512

Internal commands:

LOADLIST listfilename loads list of files/folders from text file.
cm_ZoomIn and cm_ZoomOut to zoom thumbnails (like Ctrl+Mouse wheel)
cm_syncchangedir: Do not enter a directory when it doesn't exist on the other side. Only turn off cm_synchangedir when the user tries again
Support parameters 0 (or none)=toggle, 1=set, 2(or -1)=reset for the following internal commands: cm_*Comments, cm_*DirBranch, cm_*DirBranchSel, cm_ToggleAutoViewModeSwitch, cm_SyncChangeDir, cm_SwitchLongNames, cm_SwitchHidSys, cm_SwitchHid, cm_SwitchSys, cm_Switch83Names, cm_FtpHiddenFiles, cm_SwitchDirSort, cm_SwitchOverlayIcons, cm_SwitchWatchDirs, cm_SwitchIgnoreList, cm_SwitchX64Redirection, cm_Vis*
Command LOADSEARCH <saved name> (e.g. on button): Put one equal sign = in front of name to start searching immediately, two == to start and feed to listbox after search
Improved ZIPFROMLIST command: The file list name can now contain Unicode characters, and the content can be ANSI, UTF-16 (with byte order marker BOM) or UTF-8 (with or without BOM), and the archive name can now also be put in the parameters field.
New commands to write file list with details and column headers to file/clipboard
Support parameters 0=toggle, 1=set, 2(or -1)=reset also for: cm_SrcQuickview, cm_LeftQuickview, cm_RightQuickview, cm_SrcQuickInternalOnly, cm_LeftQuickInternalOnly, cm_RightQuickInternalOnly, cm_SeparateQuickview, cm_SeparateQuickInternalOnly
New internal command OPENATTRIBUTES <parameters> Change attributes: +f (subfolders), +a/-a +r/-r +h/-h +s/-s +dDate +tTime +L +L2 Plugin_settings

Placeholders for commands in button bar/start menu:

All placeholders in button bar or start menu like %N, %P now support substring fields in the form :~start,end, e.g. %N:~2,5 (5 characters from the second) or %N:~-8,5 (5 from the 8-last)
Placeholders %S, %R, %P%S and %T%R now support appended text for each file. The parameter must be in double quotes, e.g. "%P%S.bak" would append .bak to each name
New placeholder %B for part of path (including branch view paths): %B or %B0 parent, %B1 grandparent etc. %B-, %B-1, %B-2 same but without branch view
New placeholder %Bt, %Bt1 etc: Parent, grandparent directory of target folder
New placeholder %B+ for part of path (including branch view paths), start counting from the beginning: %B+ drive with ":", %B+0 drive without ":", %B+1 first subdirectory, %B+2 second subdirectory etc.

Content plugin fields:

3 new internal fields: tc->ZoneId, tc->HostUrl and tc->ReferrerUrl read these fields from Zone.Identifier stream data. ZoneId is set to 0 if not present

Installer:

Default to c:\Program Files\totalcmd on new systems. If the user fails to get admin rights, change to c:\totalcmd
When not installed in Program Files, allow to set permissions for authenticated users to read only, installing user to full control
New parameter /W enables write protecting target folder: /W0 unchanged, /W1 give current user write rights, /W2 give only elevated users write rights
Last parameter can be a target path, e.g. installername.exe /F "c:\totalcmdnew"

Total Commander 9.51 final is available now!

This update corrects errors found after the release of Total Commander 9.50. Complete list of changes.

New functions in Total Commander 9.50:

The update to 9.50 adds a lot of new functions, see below. It also corrects many errors. Complete list of changes.

User interface:

Dark mode, starting with Windows XP, full support with Windows 10 1809 (Fall 2018), inofficially also with older Windows versions (ForceDarkModeOptions=1)
Mouse cursor now jumps to default button if this is enabled in Control Panel under "Mouse"
Show up to 3 connected USB devices without drive letter (e.g. phones, tablets) also in drive buttonbar
Increased directory history length to 200 (configurable via HistoryLenStored)
History: Only show directories in which the user performed some operation (configurable). Alt+Shift+Down arrow shows full history
Drive dropdown list, drive buttonbar: Show "eject" overlay over drive icon for removable drives
When scrolling through file lists with the keyboard, keep a margin of 4 lines above/below the current position (configurable)
Directory panels: Show <LINK> for hard links/soft links to files instead of 0 size
Ctrl+Q quick view: Show contents of link target instead of lnk file content
Configuration - Options - Display: New option "Append \" to show folders as Folder\ instead of [Folder]
Internal associations: Optional: Add extra verbs from ALL matching filters, default "open" only from the first match
Show "New" submenu also in context menu for [..] entry, to create new file in current directory
Windows 10, context menu: Menu item "Share" didn't do anything -> handle it internally
Quick search dialog: Clear search with Ctrl+Y
Right click on directory tab -> "Recently closed tabs"
Show location of Total Commander EXE file in about box

File operations:

Archives: Choose codepage when unpacking files, e.g. to unpack names with cyrillic characters. Show [Auto] or chosen encoding in tab header.
OneDrive folder: Handle folders appearing as file system links
F5 copy dialog: Support directory hotlist (Ctrl+D)
Create CRC checksums: New options to use Unix format, and to always use UTF-8
Support substrings from environment variables, e.g. %variable:~2,3%

FTP / File system plugins:

Transfer from FTP server to FTP server with F5: Option to copy via local PC
Transfer from/to FTP/FS plugins: Support copy filters like the local file copy function, e.g. *.txt | excludeddir\
FTP, upload/download with F5 - F2 in background: Support client certificate
RestrictInterface=6144: Disallow all plugins, or 4096: Only allow plugins with a valid digital signature

Multi-rename tool:

New placeholder [c] = number of files in list
New placeholder [S] = file size

Alt+F10 tree:

Option to use 'Everything' to load the tree
Combobox to change drive, open with Alt+F1 or Alt+F2

Search:

Search with 'Everything': Show percent of the search results transferred to Total Commander
Improved search in Office xml files (e.g. .docx, .ods etc): find accented characters
Automatically check 'Everything' option when using prefix ev: or ed: in search field
Option to search in search results only
View previous search results

Lister (F3):

Define which view method and plugin should be used when opened, separately by file type, e.g. all jpg files with internal image viewer
Press '8' to show preview as the Explorer (uses IPreviewHandler or IThumbnailProvider if the former isn't available)
Support printing of JPG/PNG/GIF in Lister with internal image viewer

Compare by content:

Set color for underlined search results

Synchronize dirs:

Use Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown to jump to next/previous directory

Internal commands:

New internal commands with parameters: LOADSELECTION, SAVESELECTION, SAVEDETAILS plus ANSI/Unicode versions
cm_ModernShare allows to use the new Windows 10 "Share" context menu item directly
cm_ChangeArchiveEncoding to open the archive encoding popup menu
cm_MoveTabLeft and cm_MoveTabRight to manually move current tab

The update is still free for all registered users (also of Windows Commander) - simply install the new demo version over the existing full version.

Total Commander 9.22 final available!

This version mainly patches a security hole in unacev2.dll used for unpacking ACE archives.

Note: Only the 32-bit version is affected by the security hole. If you want to continue to use an older version of Total Commander 32-bit, you can either delete the unacev2.dll, or install the patched version.

Total Commander 9.21a final available!

This update fixes a few problems found after the release of Total Commander 9.21. Complete list of changes.

Total Commander 9.21 final available!

This update fixes a few problems found after the release of Total Commander 9.20. Complete list of changes.

New functions in Total Commander 9.21:

Lister: Allow to set maximum line length for text when not using word wrap (via wincmd.ini)
Configure via wcx_ftp.ini whether the current directory should switch back to a re-uploaded file after editing/saving a remote file

Total Commander 9.20 final available!

The update to 9.20 fixes a few problems found after the release of Total Commander 9.12. Complete list of changes.

Important note for users of release candidate 2 (RC2): If you cannot install the final version over RC2, you will have to reboot your PC to remove RC2 from memory, due to a bug in RC2.

New functions in Total Commander 9.20:

User interface:

When using multiple monitors, the position and size can be stored separately for each screen (switch with Win+Shift+Cursor left/right)
Button bar: Button size and small icon size can now be set separately for each screen scale (dpi)
Icon from internal association takes precedence over internal packer icon (e.g. for *.rar)
wincmd.ini [Configuration] IgnoreDirErrors=1 allows to switch to inaccessible or non-existent directories, shows <Read error!> in file list instead

File operations:

Shift+F7 creates directory in target panel
Button bar, command line: support shell GUIDs, e.g. to go to Explorer's recent dirs, use
cd ::{22877a6d-37a1-461a-91b0-dbda5aaebc99}
Files - change attributes: Button to load attributes from file under cursor in target panel

FTP:

Support for client certificates for ftps (ftp over ssl/tls) from Windows certificate store. Only works with schannel library on Vista or newer, not openssl
Set the FTPS mode via prefix: ftpes:// = explicit (MODE TLS), ftpis:// = impicit (encrypted from the start)

Compare by content:

Select all with Ctrl+A

Multi-rename tool:

New placeholder [f] for "First of each word uppercase (English in Titles)". Certain words like "a", "an" and "the" are converted to lowercase

Total Commander 9.12 final available!

This update fixes a few problems found after the release of Total Commander 9.10. Complete list of changes.

Total Commander 9.10 final available!

There are many new functions and bugfixes, see the list below.

New functions in Total Commander 9.10:

User interface:

Support for multiple screens with different densities (DPI) per screen on Windows 10 (requires latest release version, "Creators Update", or newer).
Support for Windows 10 fall Creators Update, mainly OneDrive online only file support
Set font quality (e.g. force antialiasing on/off)
Support new pseudo environment variables from values described here - just leave out the FOLDERID_ prefix, e.g. %$AccountPictures%

File operations:

"New folder" (F7) can now use the same placeholders as the multi-rename tool (e.g. date+time), and create multiple directories in one step using a counter
"New text file" (Shift+F4) now supports the same placeholders as the multi-rename tool
"New text file" (Shift+F4) now also works in archives, on FTP servers, and with file system plugins
Option to use latest "Everything" tool in Alt+Shift+Enter/Spacebar free space calculations
Internal 7zip unpacker: Support background unpacking

Lister:

Support touch screen scrolling+text selection
Support Unicode names when loading images via Irfanview (needs new Unicode version of Irfanview)

Compare by content:

Set width in binary mode to 8, 16, 24 or 32 bytes

Multi-rename tool:

New placeholders for inserting current date+time

IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT-IMPORTANT:
We are no longer sending new version notifications by e-mail because they were often deleted by spam filters.
Please use the new manual or automatic update check function, see description here.

Total Commander 9.0/9.0a is available now!

There are many new functions and bugfixes, see the list below.
Note: Many new features like folder/drive icons from Explorer, dimmed hidden files, vertical button bar etc. can be disabled via settings dialog. Complete list of changes.

New functions in Total Commander 9:

User interface:

Use icons for folders and drives from Explorer, can be switched to old icons via main settings - icons
New button bar icons (optional, can be chosen during first start or via right click )
Vertical button bar (can be disabled via main settings - Layout)
Extra space between lines in file list (configurable via main settings - Icons)
Windows 10: Use Windows Photo Viewer instead of Photo app (disable with wincmd.ini [Configuration] ReplacePhotoApp=0)
View modes, can be switched manually via menu "Show", or automatically by rules
Show icons on folder tabs depending on the displayed folder
Rubber band selection mode when using left mouse button selection, disable via settings
Show up to 3 external devices without drive letter (e.g. Android or Windows Phone) in Alt+F1/F2 drive dropdown list
Background transfer manager (F5-F2): Show second progress bar with overall progress if available
Themed text cursor, enable/disable in Configuration - Options - Colors
Dimmed icons for hidden files/folders (configurable via main settings - Icons)
Show small green arrow as overlay icon when a folder is open, e.g. in tree or when opening very large folder
Click on tab header with "locked but directory changed allowed" returns to base directory of that tab
Better support for high resolution screens
Default font is now "Segoe UI regular" for new installations
Set scaling of dialog boxes (OverrideDPI) via main settings - fonts
Option to show sizes with 1k=1000bytes instead of 1k=1024bytes
Option to show numbers in TBytes, with 1 or 2 decimal digits

File operations:

Unicode support for descript.ion files
Inplace rename: Use up/down arrow to jump to previous/next file (configurable)
F5 Copy/F6 Move: Show combobox with all open tabs and all subdirectories in the target panel (Shift: Source panel)
F5 copy: Skip empty dirs by appending |**\ to line "only files of this type"
Create and verify additional checksum types: SHA224, SHA384, SHA3_224, SHA3_256, SHA3_384, SHA3_512
Create checksums separately in each directory
Speed up hash check of MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA384 and SHA512 by using Microsoft Crypto API functions
Delete files directly (not to recycle bin): In case of errors, ask at the end of the entire operation
Delete files directly: Also offer "Skip all" when a file is missing
Re-use threads for delete, loading hints and ID-lists
Disable overwrite confirmation in sync: wincmd.ini [Confirmation] SyncConfirmOverwrite=0

FTPS, HTTPS:

Support TLS 1.1 and 1.2 with new openssl dlls (optional) or Windows sChannel library
Use Windows certificate stores "ROOT" and "CA" to verify purchased server certificates
Always verify certificates now, even when wincmd.pem is missing, since we use the root certs from Internet Explorer now
Self-signed certs can be trusted with a checkbox in the certificate dialog

Packer:

ZIP unpacker: Support new compression method XZ (method 95) with updated tcmdlzma.dll and tclzma64.dll
Support invalid ZIP archives with no CRC in the local header and behind the zip file, e.g. created by owncloud
Support invalid ZIP archives with UTF-8-encoded names but missing UTF-8 flag (created by Dropbox)

Search function:

Use "Everything" tool for much faster search on NTFS drives, also on network shares if possible
Search with content plugins for text on main search page
Regular expressions supported in more types: Unicode UTF-8+UTF-16, Office XML
New option "Older than" working just like "Not older than"
Standalone search: Allow to search in search results (after feed to listbox) and selected files

Compare by content:

Show only differences, with additional lines above/below the differences, including editing
Edit mode: triple click now selects entire line

Multi-rename tool:

New buttons to insert other fields like parent [P]
Improved range selection dialog
If there are duplicate names, or names that already exist, offer to auto-rename to "name (2).ext", "name (3).ext" etc.
Undo now supports multiple undo steps (Undo multiple rename operations).

Lister:

Ctrl+Shift+Q: Opens Quick View in separate Lister window, updates contents when going to other file
View files of type RTF, BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, ICO, HTML with internal viewers also in read-protected folders (via DuplicateHandle)
Use larger buffer sizes to handle longer blocks of text without line breaks

Other operations:

Double click/ENTER: Follow .url files pointing to directories within Total Commander. Disable via wincmd.ini
Manual update check via menu Help - Check for updates now, using DNS lookup (TXT record)
Automatic update check, can be enabled in manual update check function
Ctrl+B in search result = Go to directory of file under cursor
Read virtual folders like the Network Neighborhood asynchronously (faster initial response) and in a background thread
Directory history: Remember name under cursor and position in list when entering a subdir via double click/Enter
Content plugins: new content field chooser dialog instead of menu. Also show field preview for file/dir under cursor
Synchronize dirs: Compare with multi-part ZIP, supports compare by content and view
Buttonbar, Start menu: New Parameter %C1..%C9, %c1..%c9

Internal commands:

to focus specific panels, including tree: cm_FocusSrc, cm_FocusTrg, cm_FocusLeftTree etc.
to select/unselect one or more files: cm_Select, cm_Unselect, cm_Reverse
to open lister: cm_ListOnly, cm_ListMulti, cm_ListInternalMulti, cm_SeparateQuickView, cm_SeparateQuickInternalOnly
to save tabs to a specified file: SAVETABS, SAVETABSL, SAVETABSR, SAVETABS2, SAVETABS2L, SAVETABS2R
cm_wait, accepting wait time in milliseconds, e.g. cm_wait 1000. Can be combined, e.g. em_cmd1,cm_wait 1000,em_cmd2
cm_100percent accepts parameter 1..100 to set specific position of divider
Send WM_USER+50 to TC to get various numerical values like index of current file, first file, control window handles etc. (see history.txt)

Installer (of the demo version):

The Installer now accepts the following options: /AHLMGDUK
A=Auto install,
H=Run hidden,
L=Language number,
M=Multi-language,
G=Create group,
D=Create desktop icon,
U=Update if target exists,
K=installs wincmd.key file located in same directory as the installer.
All options accept parameters 1 or 0, e.g. G0 or G1. L accepts language Nr. from install.inf, e.g. L18=Romanian
Note: All options MUST be passed as a single parameter after a single slash, not as separate parameters