TC main window title - needs to have licensee name ?

[pdavit]

Here is a poll for you to vote:
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=4317

[Valentino]

Still no setting for registered users to hide the name from the title bar?
Lately I quite often use my notebook in cafes and other public places and this issue disturbs me quite a lot.
TC has setting StartupScreen=0 which is ignored for unregistered users. Why we can't have similar solution for name in title bar?

P.S. Windows 10 login screen used to show my name and email as well. I solved it using registry settings but can't hide name from TC title...

[obeg]

If this is a major issue , the title can always be changed by an AHK-script.
Here is a an excerpt of script i used years ago, to show current active path instead
Don't know if syntax still works today.

Loop{
if (WinActive("ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD")){
sTotalCommanderTitle := WinGetActiveTitle()
sCurrentPath := ControlGetText("TMyPanel2")
sCurrentPath := SubStr(sCurrentPath, 1, StrLen(sCurrentPath)-1)
sNewTitle := sCurrentPath . " - Total Commander"
If (sTotalCommanderTitle != sNewTitle)
WinSetTitle(sNewTitle)
}
else
Sleep(500)
Sleep(100)
}

[Stefan2]

Still no setting for registered users to hide the name from the title bar?

Please read there > viewtopic.php?p=20824#p20824




 

[Valentino]

Yeah, I've read this long time ago. I hoped that something has changed for the past 17 years. Thank you guys for reply.

AHK is workaround, maybe I'll try it because it must be more convenient than moving TC key file back and forth all the time.

I'm upset and as many other people, I don't understand how this annoyance for legitimate users can increase TC sells.
Unregistered TC copies have "UNREGISTERED" in the title. Stolen TC versions now display stolen name in the title so obviously these malicious users don't care what name is displayed so this "protection" does not influence them in any way.

[Hacker]

Valentino,

malicious users don't care what name is displayed so this "protection" does not influence them in any way

Well, I assume it is supposed to influence legitimate users not to share their keys.

Roman

[matixx]

Main problem is, if the key is stolen, in license there are displayed complete NAME and part of ADRESS.

[vdijken]

Move wincmd.key temporary to a different location when you travel. Then it seems you use the unregistered version. More simple then that it cannot be.

[Valentino]

2vdijken
Disagree. It is annoying to move key file back and forth every time I work in public. And I need to remember to do this until it is too late Moreover, in this case you will also have to press 123 to start TC.

By the way, you could guess that I already know about this "technique" because I wrote:

it must be more convenient than moving TC key file back and forth all the time

[petermad]

I have my lincence key in Windows Registry - a little cumbersome to remove it from there.

[vianova]

I have my lincence key in Windows Registry - a little cumbersome to remove it from there.

Morning Peter,
a question, how do you get your key in the registry?
Thx in advance from HH, nearby Denmark.

[comvox]

If this is a major issue , the title can always be changed by an AHK-script.
Here is a an excerpt of script i used years ago, to show current active path instead
Don't know if syntax still works today.

Obeg's idea about using an autohotkey script is a good one. I've modified the syntax and simplified his script to simply show "Total Commander" as the title. It works on my system with the current version of ahk, and hopefully will on other systems as well:

Code: Select all

Loop
{
if (WinActive("ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD")){
   WinGetActiveTitle, sTotalCommanderTitle
   sNewTitle := "Total Commander"    
   If (sTotalCommanderTitle != sNewTitle)
      WinSetTitle, % sNewTitle
}
else
Sleep, 600
}
Return

[Valentino]

Just installed AHK - it works but... consumes 12% CPU when Total Commander is active
So this protection is easily bypassed and just causes inconveniences for legitimate users and extra power consumption.

[Horst.Epp]

Just installed AHK - it works but... consumes 12% CPU when Total Commander is active
So this protection is easily bypassed and just causes inconveniences for legitimate users and extra power consumption.

Of course it does when you really let it check every 600 milliseconds.

[Valentino]

I don't know why they check it every 600 ms, maybe TC restores its title periodically.

Anyway, checking and setting a title twice a second should not consume so much CPU