Two new USB installers for Total Commander

[versalzen]

hi christian,
a small bug, i encountered:

if i try to install to C:\stuff\tc\totalcmd and C:\stuff does not exists. tc2usb.exe gives a failure message. "error copying file!"

after creating the folder and going back with the back-button and then start again, the program says "failure" again, but i cannot press any button but cancel.
or:
after creating the folder and going back with the back-button and then start again, the program does nothing, but the back/next buttons are greyed out and i can only press cancel.

[versalzen]

2christian:
do you plan to implement an option/dialog to include files which are linked in the starter menu?

i got a lot of useful tools in my starter menu, but they don't be copied to the usb-stick right now.

something like:

menu95=TC => USB (TC auf den USB Stick installieren)
cmd95=tc2usb.exe
path95=%COMMANDER_PATH%

or

menu97=TC Plugins Manager
cmd97=TC_plugman.exe
path97=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\exe\TC_plugman\

etc...

i know, this could be complicated (and not economical for drive space) to implement,
but it *is* useful (for me)

so it might be a dialog for the user to choose:

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|   [x] copy all files/data which is mentioned in the startmenu
|      [x] incl. the whole directories and sub dirs, in which one of those files is placed 
|       (so libaries and other dll stuff will be copied too)

[ghisler(Author)]

do you plan to implement an option/dialog to include files which are linked in the starter menu?

Sorry, currently not. Most of the programs there are external, so copying them would cause several problems:
1. Licence problems: Microsoft wouldn't be amused if I copied e.g. winword.exe to the stick
2. Settings problems: Winword would not find its registry keys
3. Dependency problems: Many non-portable programs will not work without specific files in system32.

Therefore I'm leaving it up to the user.

if i try to install to C:\stuff\tc\totalcmd and C:\stuff does not exists. tc2usb.exe gives a failure message. "error copying file!"

Indeed the installer cannot currently create multple level deep directories, sorry.

[Lefteous]

2ghisler(Author)

Indeed the installer cannot currently create multple level deep directories, sorry.

Delphi has a nice function called ForceDirectories. It allows you to create nested directory structures. It should be useful in this and other cases.

[ghisler(Author)]

The USB installer is written in VC++ 6.0, though, to make it very small. I should have such code somewhere, though.

[Lefteous]

2ghisler(Author)

The USB installer is written in VC++ 6.0

Ah yes I forgot about that

[Tsunulukai]

Hi all ! I'm currently using Total Commander from an USB Key.

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[Autorun]
Label=USB Key
Icon=Tools\TotalCmd\Totalcmd.exe,0
Shell=TotalCmd
Shell\TotalCmd=&Total Commander
Shell\TotalCmd\Command=Tools\TotalCmd\Totalcmd.exe

With this code, it automatically opens when I double-click on the drive in Windows Explorer...
My question is :
is there any way to lanch TotalCmd with the USB Disk root shown in the left/right pannel ?
I tried the "/L" switch with the "%Commander_path%\..\.." but it doesn't work !
Wouldn't be useful to add an option that could allow it ?

Thanks

[versalzen]

it would be very nice, if the wincmd.ini could handle relative paths for i.e. the editor.

on every system i plug my usb-drive, it gets another drive-letter (F: or G: or T: ...)
my editor is on the stick, but unfortunately i have to choose it again on every start of TC, because the drive-letter changed.

i tried something like path: "..\bla\foo\editor.exe" but it doesnt work. (file not found)

[Tsunulukai]

I think you should try this :

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%Commander_Path%\..\..\bla\foo\editor.exe

for example, if your tcmd is in g:\tools\totalcmd\ & you type

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cmd /k dir %commander_path%\..

, it will list the content of g:\tools\
I guess it also works for calling external editors.

[versalzen]

I think you should try this :

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%Commander_Path%\..\..\bla\foo\editor.exe

for example, if your tcmd is in g:\tools\totalcmd\ & you type

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cmd /k dir %commander_path%\..

, it will list the content of g:\tools\
I guess it also works for calling external editors.

it worked! thanks a lot.
.oO(hmpf. why didnt had i this simple idea?)

[Horst.Epp]

As I now have an U3 stick there are some questions:

2christian

why is there only version 6.53 available as U3 ?

2allOthers

has someone found a way to successfully use the Nested Bar Creator
in the U3 environment ?

[gbo]

As I now have an U3 stick there are some questions:
2christian
why is there only version 6.53 available as U3 ?

https://plugins.ghisler.com/addons/totalcmd.u3p
Link to the version 6.54

2allOthers

has someone found a way to successfully use the Nested Bar Creator
in the U3 environment ?

It works fine here

Use :

Command : %U3_APP_DATA_PATH%\nested bar creator\icons\Up_1.ico
Icon : %U3_APP_DATA_PATH%\nested bar creator\icons\Dn_1.ico

Command : %U3_APP_DATA_PATH%\nested bar creator\bars\Bar_2.bar
Icon : %U3_APP_DATA_PATH%\nested bar creator\icons\Dn_2.ico

...

HTH

[Horst.Epp]

Thanks gbo, works fine now

[Sombra]

Why these ini settings of wincmd are ignored when copy to usb?

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drivelib=%COMMANDER_PATH%\drivebar.dll
IconLib=%COMMANDER_PATH%\wcicolib.icl

I know that in usb sticks with port usb 1.0 is a little slow launch TC (in mine case this happen when i active IconLib=...) But could be an option in the wizard guide for the user.

Another suggestion could be, show a page with file list of wincmd directory, with the files no includes in default installation of TC.

[JP]

2Tilde

Bonsoir, Hello !

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