Total Commander Related Files

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Total Commander Related Files

Total Commander (formerly known as Windows Commander) is an Orthodox File Manager (OFM) for MS Windows platforms developed by Mr. Christian Ghisler from Switzerland. It's a software application for managing your files and it resembles much of the structure and layout of the well known file manager Norton Commander from the MS-DOS era.

Total Commander though, incorporates many advanced features, high stability and compatibility, high performance, flexible functionality and high configurability. It also encapsulates the functionality of other types of applications that are tightly related to file managing, like for example, FTP, archive handling, file viewing and editing, file synchronization, file comparing and much more without the need of having various applications installed on your system.

Apart from the built-in state-of-the-art functionality, you can further expand TC's powers by using plug-in tools of four different types that include viewing, packing, file system tasks and file content attributing. Some more abilities included in the long feature list are: a multi-renaming tool, thumbnail and tree viewing, tabbed file panels, custom columns, file splitting and combining, command line support, directory hotlist and history list handling, a parallel port connection and many more features of a specialized nature that make the difference and sets TC the leader among its competitors. The official site can be reached at www.ghisler.com

This site includes some files to aid you in maximizing your productivity by further configuring Total Commander. You will also find some documentations and some other files of various nature the discription of which you'll find below. It's part of my contribution to this software engineering marvel that is called Total Commander. Enjoy!

TCExtMenu.zip [screenshot]

My version of an extended menu file that includes all internal commands of Total Commander. (regularly updated, 06/06/2007)

What's new in v3.3.7.00
* v3.3.7.00 [06/06/2007]
- Following new internal commands have been added:
* File Menu:
cm_RenameSingleFile=1007;Rename file under cursor
* New Menu: -> Clipboard <-
cm_CopyFileDetailsToClip=2036;Copy all shown columns
cm_CopyFpFileDetailsToClip=2037;Copy all columns, with full path
cm_CopyNetFileDetailsToClip=2038;Copy all columns, with UNC path
Note: All the previous clipboard-related commands under the File Menu are now located in this new one.
* Marking Menu:
cm_GotoNextSelected=2053;Go to next selected file
cm_GotoPrevSelected=2054;Go to previous selected file
cm_SelectCurrentPath=537;Select all in same path (for branch view+search)
cm_UnselectCurrentPath=538;Unselect all in same path
cm_SaveDetailsToFile=2039;Save all shown columns to file
cm_SelectCurrentName=541;Select all files with same name
cm_UnselectCurrentName=542;Unselect all files with same name
cm_SelectCurrentNameExt=543;Select all files with same name+ext.
cm_UnselectCurrentNameExt=544;Unselect all files with same name+ext.
New subsection "Individual Marking" now includes:
cm_SelectAllBoth=3301;Select both files+folders
cm_SelectAllFiles=3302;Select all files
cm_SelectAllFolders=3303;Select all folders
cm_ClearAllFiles=3304;Unselect all files
cm_ClearAllFolders=3305;Unselect all folders
cm_SelectBoth=3311;Select group: files+folders
cm_SelectFiles=3312;Select group: just files
cm_SelectFolders=3313;Selelct group: just folders
cm_ClearFiles=3314;Unselect group: just files
cm_ClearFolders=3315;Unselect group: just folders
cm_ClearSelCfg=3316;Unselect group (files or both, as configured)
cm_ClearAllCfg=3306;Unselect all (files or both, as configured)
cm_ExchangeSelBoth=3321;Invert selection (files+folders)
cm_ExchangeSelFiles=3322;Invert selection (files)
cm_ExchangeSelFolders=3323;Invert selection (folders)
* Handling Menu:
cm_IntCompareFilesByContent=2040;Use internal compare tool
* View Menu:
cm_SrcQuickInternalOnly=306;Source: Quick view, no plugins -> With shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+Q
cm_SwitchIgnoreList=2922;Disable/reenable ignore list file to not show file names
cm_SeparateTreeOff=3200;Disable separate tree panel
cm_SeparateTree1=3201;One separate tree panel
cm_SeparateTree2=3202;Two separate tree panels
cm_SwitchSeparateTree=3203;Switch through tree panel options
Show/Hide Interface Elements now includes:
cm_ToggleSeparateTree1=3204;One separate tree panel on/off
cm_ToggleSeparateTree2=3205;Two separate tree panels on/off
cm_VisXPThemeBackground=2923;Show/hide XP theme background
* Configuration Menu (new subsection "Direct Configure"):
Added: cm_LogConfig=481;Conf: Log file
    cm_IgnoreConfig=480;Conf: Ignore list
    cm_IconConfig=477;Conf: Icons
    cm_RefreshConfig=478;Conf: Refresh file lists
    cm_QuickSearchConfig=479;Conf: Quick Search
    cm_ConfigSaveDirHistory=582;Save directory history
* Commands Menu:
Added: cm_CommandBrowser=2924;Browse internal commands
Directory Navigation now includes:
cm_GotoPreviousLocalDir=573;Go back, no ftp
cm_GotoNextLocalDir=574;Go forward, no ftp
* We now have 4 groups (left, right, source, target) of commands for fast column sorting with a
potential maximum size of 99 entries for each group. For practical reasons I have included two
groups (source and target) with seven sorting column which should be fine for typical situations.
Can be located under View -> new subsection: Column Sorting and are the following:
cm_SrcSortByCol1=6001; Sort by first tab
cm_SrcSortByCol2=6002; Sort by second tab
cm_SrcSortByCol3=6003; (source window)
cm_SrcSortByCol4=6004; etc.
cm_SrcSortByCol5=6005;
cm_SrcSortByCol6=6006;
cm_SrcSortByCol7=6007;
cm_TrgSortByCol1=6101; Sort by first tab
cm_TrgSortByCol2=6102; Sort by second tab
cm_TrgSortByCol3=6103; (target window)
cm_TrgSortByCol4=6104; etc.
cm_TrgSortByCol5=6105;
cm_TrgSortByCol6=6106;
cm_TrgSortByCol7=6107;
- Remark: Some <Alt> shortcuts (the "&" character) have not been applied due to running out of remaining
available letters. The following direct shortcuts have been assigned:
CA+A=cm_CopyFileDetailsToClip
A+F6=cm_RenameSingleFile
A+S=cm_SelectCurrentPath
C+I=cm_SwitchIgnoreList
A+T=cm_SwitchSeparateTree
- Edit also displays Shift+F4
- Moved "User Menu" to the right-hand side.
- Some small name corrections and expansions to descriptions. Latter applies for keyboard shortcuts as well.
- Reordering of some commands.

TCExtMenuFr.zip

A French version based on an earlier stage of my menus. Thanks Ben Hub for the translation!

TCExtMenu_DEUTSCH.zip

A German version of my menu file (for v6.50 or newer). Credit goes to Dieter Rehfeld. Thanks!

Note: The above non-English menus are based on my menu but may be updated individually without my notification so I just don't have the means for keeping them up-to-date. Sorry!

FullTCHistory.zip [21/06/2007, covering up to v7.01 of TC]

I have taken the time to create a text file which includes the full TC changelog history to the best of our knowledge. Reasons for having such a file can be many. From purely emotional and historical to having some development details not documented within the help file of TC which can help you understand some features better or help you master "hidden" secrets of some features.

We are lucky to have missing extensive changelog details down to minimum. On the other hand there are 3-4 inconsistencies either based on typos (dates and/or version numbers), or based purely on human errors while gathering up all the necessary information.

You will also find a couple or so historical references throughout the development period of TC (and WC).
Feel free to post here any errors you might have located or additional information so than I can have the file updated. Thanks!

New: You will find now two files within this archive, a continuation of the old one and an additional file which is comment-free.

Mastering Directory HotList [v1.5 - 05/07/2005]

An MS Word document I took the time to write concerning the Directory HotList feature of TC.

INI_Settings.txt

A selection of my must-have INI settings for both TC INI files, in a text file.

FAQ.zip

A collection of all “frequently asked questions” from TCs official site as a convenient off-line reference in pdf and doc format. Thanks Christian for the permission to duplicate the info.

Useful related links:

Total Commander's Official Site (Christian Ghisler's... roof!)

Official Forum (our coffee place - look for me as "pdavit") :)))))

Official TC Wiki (your TC reference for help and more!)

TotalCmd.net (a plug-ins site hosted by Andrey Pyasetskiy aka Ergo the author behind the Russian TC site)

ClubTotal (a second plug-ins site this time hosted by Maxwish - probably the oldest English site concerning plug-ins)

Orthodox File Managers (information over the concept of File Managers, comparisons and more…)