List of changes (version 7.03 - 7.04)

List of changes (version 7.03 - 7.04) is a list of changes to Total Commander since version 7.03 until the release of version 7.04. The list starts at the latest change and goes back in time.

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List of changes (version 7.03 - 7.04)

(29.07.08) Release Total Commander 7.04 final

• (29.07.08) Fixed: Properties of zipped file: Show pack methods 12=bzip2, 98=ppmd and 99=AES
• (29.07.08) Fixed: WinXP focus problem: Switch to network share where user has to enter a password -> no file panel seems to have the focus
• (27.07.08) Added: Unpack from AES-encrypted ZIP, overwrite file, wrong password -> keep target file
• (27.07.08) Fixed: On Windows 9x, revert to the old Drag&Drop code to bring TC to the foreground for password input
• (27.07.08) Fixed: Could not unpack archives with space at the end of the name like "test .zip" when unpacking each archive to separate directory -> remove the spaces
• (27.07.08) Fixed: Change attributes: Do not jump to date edit box when editing plugin options and plugin checkbox wasn't checked yet

(23.07.08) Release Total Commander 7.04 RC1

• (23.07.08) Added: Wipe TEMP directory (e.g. after re-packing an archive to another) now also supports overwrite with 0 bytes (for encrypted archives)
• (23.07.08) Fixed: Compare by content of read-only files from an archive didn't delete the temp files after compare finished
• (22.07.08) Fixed: Files-Split function failed when splitting to a removable medium > 2GB, and user specified "automatic" or a size larger than the free space on the medium
• (22.07.08) Fixed: View or edit file from an archive -> pressing Skip is now treated the same way as Cancel (file not opened for viewing)
• (22.07.08) Added: Edit or view a file from an archive (with Enter, F4, or F3) and confirm to overwrite an already existing target -> the last viewer/Editor takes possession of the temp file. It will be deleted only when that last viewer/editor is closed
• (20.07.08) Fixed: Call AttachThreadInput before calling SetForeGroundWindow when showing password dialog during OLE Drag&Drop from archive to Explorer
• (20.07.08) Added: When viewing multiple selected files from an archive in lister, unpack them to their own empty subdir, which will be wiped completely in case of an unpack error
• (18.07.08) Fixed: Unzip file, click on "Background" -> background dialog box was no longer closed when done
• (16.07.08) Fixed: Test RAR files: TC didn't re-ask for password if user entered empty password (reason: unrar.dll reports error=0!)
• (16.07.08) Fixed: Password dialog when unpacking a single archive with Alt+F9 had become modeless by mistake

(15.07.08) Release Total Commander 7.04 beta 9

• (15.07.08) Fixed: View RTF file with F3, switch to plugin with '4' key, resize window - it could be seen that the RTF control was NOT closed
• (15.07.08) Fixed: ZIP packer: correctly add files to archives containing backslashes in names instead of slashes
• (13.07.08) Fixed: When the user tries to delete a file on both sides in a zip when both sides show the contents of the SAME archive, combine the two delete operations into one
• (09.07.08) Fixed: Read only, hidden and system attributes lost when moving a file between two different remote computers (UNC paths)
• (09.07.08) Fixed: Drag&Drop from encrypted archive to Explorer - entering a bad password sometimes left the archive open (locked)
• (09.07.08) Fixed: Update panel header of quick view window only when quick view contents changed
• (09.07.08) Fixed: Call SetForeGroundWindow before showing password dialog during OLE Drag&Drop from archive to Explorer
• (09.07.08) Fixed: Alias command with parameters %A1, %A2 returned 1, 2 when user didn't pass any parameter after the alias on the command line
• (08.07.08) Fixed: Also show invalid password dialog when user enters no password when unpacking, and the file is encrypted
• (08.07.08) Fixed: With option zipansinames=1, a file could be added twice to an existing archive (add without paths, file exists in 2 different subdirs AND the original archive)
• (08.07.08) Added: When overwriting a file in an archive and the original file cannot be read, the user can choose "Skip". In this case, the original file is now kept in the archive.
• (08.07.08) Fixed: Re-pack files (Alt+F5) within archive with no file selected, press ESC -> file under cursor selected
• (08.07.08) Fixed: Pack - Multi-volume ZIP -> split dialog was not modal
• (06.07.08) Added: Pack files: User must confirm also empty password
• (06.07.08) Fixed: Better errors than "medium full" when Drag&Drop with Explorer fails
• (06.07.08) Fixed: View in search dialog or compare by content didn't work with files in multi-volume zip files
• (06.07.08) Fixed: Show unpack error also when unpacking fails in search dialog - F3
• (06.07.08) Fixed: Password dialog when unpacking multiple archives was modal to the main window instead of the progress dialog
• (04.07.08) Fixed: Pack dialog: When using the tree button, the archive type was lost when the archive didn't have an extension length of 3 letters
• (02.07.08) Fixed: View, Edit or double click file in encrypted archive, enter wrong password, then correct one, modify file -> it was re-packed with wrong password
• (02.07.08) Fixed: Pack dialog: Switch back to ZIP when user chooses multi-volume for LHA or plugin
• (02.07.08) Fixed: Pack dialog: Uncheck multi-volume for plugins and LHA
• (02.07.08) Fixed: Pack dialog: Checking ACE, then self-extracting, and finally encrypted unchecked self-extracting by mistake

(01.07.08) Release Total Commander 7.04 beta 8

• (01.07.08) Added: Re-ask for password also when testing archives
• (01.07.08) Added: Re-ask for password in normal unpack function in case of an unpack error of an encrypted file
• (01.07.08) Fixed: Unpack from partially encrypted RAR: Don't ask for password for unencrypted files if archive not solid
• (01.07.08) Fixed: Main menu didn't support grayed (disabled) text when showing icons (owner-drawn mode)
• (29.06.08) Fixed: Cancelling password dialog could lock the archive (archive not closed)
• (29.06.08) Fixed: Entering wrong password twice when viewing files in search dialog or in sync dialog could hang the dialog for a while instead of showing the password dialog again
• (27.06.08) Fixed: Synchronize dirs with unencrypted zip file could result in access violation if not all files of the archive were shown
• (25.06.08) Added: Use only old ZIP2.0 encryption and do not support AES if old ZIP crypto dll present
• (25.06.08) Added: Drag&Drop from outside of TC to an archive now also supports encryption
• (25.06.08) Added: Drag&Drop from TC to Explorer: Also allow unpacking of encrypted archives
• (24.06.08) Added: Synchronize dirs with a ZIP archive, by content: Show name of currently unpacked file during comparison
• (24.06.08) Added: Show name of archive also in password dialog of the functions "Unpack specific files" and "Test archives"
• (24.06.08) Fixed: Pack dialog: Multi-volume options were shown after archive name in password request dialog
• (24.06.08) Fixed: Pack dialog: User could check self extract, encrypted and ZIP together (by checking these for RAR first), although this combination isn't supported
• (24.06.08) Fixed: Pack dialog: To create an encrypted self-extracting RAR, the user had to check encrypted first, then sfx
• (24.06.08) Fixed: Pack dialog: User could check TAR,GZ or TGZ together with multi-volume or self-extracting, all unsupported combinations
• (24.06.08) Added: Password dialog: If user enters empty password, do not show "Re-enter password" dialog, just pack without a password
• (24.06.08) Added: Re-enter password dialog: OK button initially disabled, enable it only when user enters the correct password
• (23.06.08) Fixed: Removed Tabstop property from ZIP2.0 option in password dialog and ZIP option in pack dialog for better Shift+Tab handling
• (22.06.08) Fixed: cm_SyncChangeDir: Turn off this function when change directory in the other panel fails (e.g. insufficient rights). Unfortunately the dir change in the active panel cannot be prevented
• (22.06.08) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Show "Files found: 0" when comparing two empty dirs
• (22.06.08) Fixed: Archives in archives: Temporary file was no longer deleted after closing inner archive
• (22.06.08) Fixed: Change single button via right click, try to add subbar in directory with dot in name -> name was cut incorrectly

(19.06.08) Release Total Commander 7.04 beta 7

• (19.06.08) Fixed: Synchronize dirs with encrypted archive: Only confirm password when packing, not when unpacking
• (18.06.08) Fixed: Multi-rename tool, branch view: Could not rename files if the target name already existed, e.g. dir\file01, dir\file02 renamed to dir\file02, dir\file03
• (18.06.08) Fixed: Multi-rename tool, branch view: Keep sort order from main window (by name, not by folder). A click on the "Name" column header restores the old sort order by directory, then name
• (18.06.08) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Just show CRC error when user enters wrong password when viewing (F3) or comparing (via double click) files
• (17.06.08) Fixed: cm_SyncChangeDir: Turn off this function when change directory in the current panel fails (e.g. insufficient rights). Unfortunately the dir change in the other panel cannot be prevented
• (16.06.08) Fixed: Packing encrypted ACE archives stopped working
• (15.06.08) Fixed: Synchronize dirs, "by content": checked: Abort comparison when user clicks on "Cancel" when asked for archive password
• (15.06.08) Added: Built AES-CBC encryption+decryption into wcmzip32.dll in preparation for TC 7.5
• (13.06.08) Added: Also show progress for deleting directories (count them just like files)
• (13.06.08) Fixed: Delete files, count directory size: Pressing ESC still aborted the entire delete operation in some cases
• (13.06.08) Fixed: Lister: F2 sometimes didn't update vertical scrollbar (last line re-read)
• (13.06.08) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Re-request of password didn't work with RAR files (e.g. when viewing or comparing)
• (13.06.08) Fixed: Line break missing in some password dialogs, e.g. F3 in search

(11.06.08) Release Total Commander 7.04 beta 6

• (11.06.08) Added: Only ask once for the password when adding encrypted files to an encrypted ZIP archive when the password is the same as used for the first encrypted file in the archive
• (11.06.08) Fixed: On multi-core systems only: F5-F2 leaves focus on background transfer manager and doesn't return it to the main window
• (11.06.08) Added: wincmd.ini [Configuration] XPMoveMethodAdmin=0 sets old behaviour when moving files as administrator
• (11.06.08) Fixed: XP/Vista: When moving a file "As administrator" with tcmadmin.exe on the same drive, the file kept its rights. Now give it the rights of the parent directory.
• (10.06.08) Added: Windows 2000 and later: Tray icon tooltips support up to 127 characters and line breaks
• (10.06.08) Fixed: Update of tray icon progress bar flickering when unpacking -> update percent only when needed, and tip text only when mouse over tray icon
• (10.06.08) Added: Check AES password verification bytes before unpacking a file to detect a bad password more quickly
• (10.06.08) Fixed: Could not decrypt AES-encrypted multi-volume ZIP files if the AES verification value (SHA1) was stored across two parts of the archive
• (08.06.08) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Could not re-pack files after viewing in Sync when the base directory was a subdir within an archive
• (08.06.08) Fixed: Delete files, count directory size: When user aborts counting with ESC, wait until the ESC key has been released to avoid that the delete function itself is aborted too
• (06.06.08) Added: Synchronize dirs: Support archives with multiple passwords
• (06.06.08) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: When viewing file with F3 from encrypted archive and user pressed Cancel in password dialog, the progress dialog wasn't closed
• (06.06.08) Fixed: Catch access violation within SFTP plugin if user changes transfer mode after disconnect (e.g. in normal ftp)
• (06.06.08) Fixed: Re-pack file after sync compare with external tool not possible if archive NOT encrypted

(04.06.08) Release Total Commander 7.04 beta 5

• (04.06.08) Added: Put password parameter in double quotes "" when calling external packer, e.g. "-ppass word"
• (04.06.08) Fixed: Clear password after re-packing to ZIP, and before using GZIP packer
• (04.06.08) Fixed: Windows Vista: Network drives in "My Computer" were sorted at the end instead of putting them between the other drives
• (04.06.08) Added: Tray icon: Show 100% when the normal progress bar would show it too, e.g. for very long downloads or when the source file is larger than reported by the server
• (04.06.08) Fixed: Right and bottom border of tray icon incorrect when showing progress bar (percent done)
• (04.06.08) Fixed: Files - Print - File list (dialog not maximized), minimize (not to system tray) and restore the dialog -> the parent window became active
• (03.06.08) Fixed: Couldn't abort copying or deleting of just folders (without files)
• (03.06.08) Added: wincmd.ini [Packer] WipeEncrypted=1/0 turn overwriting of (previously encrypted) temporary files with zeroes on/off
• (03.06.08) Added: Overwrite temporary file with zeroes before deleting if the file was encrypted
• (01.06.08) Fixed: Always delete temporary files, even if "Keep damaged files" is checked when unpacking fails and the user clicks on "Cancel"
• (01.06.08) Added: Verify that wcmzip32.dll is signed by "C. Ghisler & Co." before using AES encryption functions, because of Swiss crypto export restrictions that the user may not easily modify crypto functions.
• (30.05.08) Added: Moved selection of the ZIP encryption method from the pack dialog to the password input dialog
• (30.05.08) Fixed: Cursor wasn't placed in source window when testing of multiple archives failed in external unpacker
• (30.05.08) Fixed: Compare by content: After re-packing the saved file to the archive, delete also the .bak file from the TEMP directory
• (30.05.08) Added: Support re-packing when viewing single file from archive in synchronize dirs with F3 or Shift+F3
• (30.05.08) Added: wincmd.ini [Packer] WarnTooBig=0 -> do not warn that a ZIP file >2GB could be unreadable in some packers
• (30.05.08) Fixed: Couldn't add directories when creating AES-encrypted ZIP file

(29.05.08) Release Total Commander 7.04 beta 4

• (29.05.08) Added: Verify that wcmzip32.dll is signed before using AES encryption functions
• (29.05.08) Added: Copy files from archive to archive: If the source is encrypted, check the "encrypt" option in the pack dialog. If it is unchecked, do NOT encrypt the files
• (28.05.08) Added: Internal AES encryption in ZIP files (compatible with WinZIP 9.0 and newer)
• (28.05.08) Added: Compare by content: Clear any selection when using the search function, to make copying of found lines to other panel easier
• (28.05.08) Fixed: Compare by content: If a compared file needs to be re-packed to an archive, set the TC main window or sync window as parent, not the already hidden compare dialog
• (27.05.08) Added: Internal decryption of AES-encrypted ZIP archives (e.g. from WinZip)
• (27.05.08) Added: Packer plugin interface: Signal to TC that a file is encrypted by setting the "Flags" member of the tHeaderData(Ex) structure. Set it to 8 when encrypted, and add 0x12345600 to signal that the Flags field is valid
• (27.05.08) Fixed: Compare by content: Keep cursor in sync when searching even if the text isn't found in the other panel, so TAB doesn't jump to a completely different location
• (27.05.08) Fixed: Synchronize dirs (compare only) with two encrypted archives, compare two files in them, enter wrong password for file on right side -> temp file on the left wasn't deleted
• (25.05.08) Fixed: Synchronize dirs with an encrypted archive didn't work by content, and calling the viewer or compare editor didn't work either
• (25.05.08) Fixed: Compare by content with file(s) from encrypted archive(s) didn't work at all
• (23.05.08) Fixed: Re-pack of encrypted file to archive after editing didn't use internal ZIP packer
• (23.05.08) Fixed: F3 view file in encrypted archive, edit file with plugin, repack -> file was re-packed without password
• (23.05.08) Fixed: F3 on file in archive in search dialog: Delete temp file already when closing Lister, not only when closing the search dialog
• (23.05.08) Fixed: F3 on file in archive in search dialog: Delete temp file if unpacking fails
• (23.05.08) Fixed: F3 on file in archive in search dialog: Ask user if target file (in TEMP) already exists
• (23.05.08) Fixed: Search could hang or crash when trying to search for incomplete UTF-8 character with hex chars, e.g. for F0
• (23.05.08) Fixed: Move function: When moving files within the same drive, and the operation is aborted (Cancel) for the file under the cursor, keep the cursor on that file and don't jump to the next

(21.05.08) Release Total Commander 7.04 beta 3

• (21.05.08) Fixed: When closing TC while the active tab was in the root of an ftp server, the tab was restored with tab text "0:" although the panel was reverted to c:\
• (20.05.08) Fixed: Search for hex text in UTF-8 files didn't work (lister+search function)
• (20.05.08) Fixed: Access violation in synchronize dirs with large RAR archive when user clicks "Compare" while list update active
• (18.05.08) Fixed: External rar.exe called when unpacking just selected directories from encrypted RAR archive
• (18.05.08) Fixed: Search function: F3 view didn't work with encrypted files (zip or rar)
• (16.05.08) Fixed: Move function: When moving files within the same drive, and the file under the cursor is skipped, keep the cursor on that file and don't jump to the next
• (15.05.08) Fixed: Copy function: Truncate file if its size was set at the beginning of the copy operation (NTFS targets), and the size was reduced while it was copied, to avoid 0 bytes at the end

(14.05.08) Release Total Commander 7.04 beta 2

• (14.05.08) Fixed: Unpack encrypted RAR files also via "Files" menu, except when the file names are encrypted too (will need to use external winrar.exe)
• (13.05.08) Fixed: Wrong overlay icons shown for shared drives in "My Computer" due to a Windows bug (GetOverlayIconIndex always returns 1)
• (13.05.08) Fixed: Do not uncheck "Archive on multiple disks" when checking "Encrypted"
• (13.05.08) Fixed: Install.exe still made unnecessary copy of ftp ini file in some cases
• (13.05.08) Fixed: ZIP packer, overwrite dialog auto-rename copied chosen -> two or more files with the same name could be added under very special circumstances (fix from TC 7.5 was not yet backported)
• (12.05.08) Added: Use CryptGenRandom Windows function to generate better random data for ZIP encryption
• (11.05.08) Fixed: Custom columns view: also allow to sort by tc.attr field in archives and on ftp servers
• (11.05.08) Fixed: XP/Vista: Going up one level from an UNC server shown in the form "Comment (Servername)" didn't place cursor on server name, except when double clicking on [..] in file list
• (11.05.08) Fixed: Pack files, dual screen: Dialog asking for password was always shown on the primary screen
• (11.05.08) Added: Again thanks to changed Swiss crypto export laws, unpacking of encrypted RAR archives is now supported by the internal unpacker (via unrar.dll)
• (11.05.08) Fixed: Internal unpackers: Do not allow to overwrite an archive with an unpacked file from inside of it
• (09.05.08) Fixed: F4 edit of files in archives -> TC always passed the short DOS name to the editor. Now the long name will be passed if the editor is recognized as 32-bit, or "%1" with double quotes is given as parameter

(07.05.08) Release Total Commander 7.04 beta 1

• (07.05.08) Fixed: FTP download from list: Local paths like in put:, copy: or move: commands didn't work if surrounded by double quotes ""
• (04.05.08) Fixed: Also scale the following dialogs when they are used for the first time: Choose internal commands, sync, custom columns, multi-rename, connect, print file list, tree
• (04.05.08) Fixed: Correctly scale configuration dialogs for file system, lister and content plugins when OverrideDPI option is used
• (02.05.08) Fixed: install.exe changed ftp ini name to default wcx_ftp.ini in some cases, and/or copied existing ftp ini file to that name
• (01.05.08) Fixed: Search function: Uncheck "UTF-8" when Regular Expression is checked (the combination isn't supported yet)
• (01.05.08) Added: Thanks to changed Swiss crypto export laws, the ZIP packer dll supporting ZIP encryption is now included. U.S. review is not required, see Sec. 740.17: (ii) Exemptions from the review requirement. Foreign products (with) U.S.-origin encryption .. provided that the U.S.-origin encryption has not been changed. TC uses standard ZIP encryption.
• (01.05.08) Fixed: Uninstaller wasn't signed, didn't start with highestAvailable on Vista, and created wrong shortcut "Total Commander 32" in the start menu
• (30.04.08) Fixed: When moving a directory to another drive, and this dir contains junction, do not delete the files inside the junction. Instead copy the files, then delete just the junction.
• (30.04.08) Fixed: Lister: Search of accents in ASCII (OEM/DOS) text no longer worked
• (30.04.08) Fixed: Lister: Text on second line in UTF-8 or UTF-16 Unicode text copied incompletely if selection starts at line start
• (30.04.08) Fixed: Folder tabs on one line (scrolling horizontally): When starting, scroll tab into view if it would be outside of the visible area
• (30.04.08) Fixed: Lister with Russian font only: Window caption showed debug messages while selecting text
• (29.04.08) Fixed: Drive panel: When a drive was chosen which was hidden with DriveBarHide= option, the previous drive remained selected
• (29.04.08) Fixed: Drive panel: Wrong height when all drives were hidden with DriveBarHide= option
• (29.04.08) Fixed: Lister: Missing lines or characters in large Unicode files. Reason: Buffer sometimes started at non-even offsets
• (29.04.08) Fixed: Archive view: Detect different archives not only by checksum of name+date+size, but also by full name
• (29.04.08) Fixed: Typo "Downlaod" in hardcoded error message
• (29.04.08) Fixed: If no crypto-zip dll present, re-packing files from encrypted RAR to ZIP "encrypted" files with fake key. Please contact us for a special unpacker if you have this problem and no longer have the original files.