Useful 3rd party tools to complement TC

[koney]

WC (TC) always iritated me with its ini files in Windows dir...
after few secs of googling I made this as solution:

TOTALCMD.BAT
@echo off
echo -----------------
SET WCI=%cd%\wc.ini
SET WCF=%cd%\ftp.ini
START TOTALCMD.EXE /i=%WCI% /F=%WCF%
echo -----------------
exit

Nice and easy, isn't it?

right after i made it, I found on this forum those apps :USB version, TotalRun, Ini reloc ... but trust 'em when you dunno what they do in bgr...

[Hacker]

koney,

Nice and easy, isn't it?

Nope, UseIniInProgramDir=7 is nicer and easier.

Roman

[m^2]

koney,

Nice and easy, isn't it?

Nope, UseIniInProgramDir=7 is nicer and easier.

Roman

And less buggy.

[hambaba]

hi all,

Folder Menu is a folder switching tool. You can quickly jump to your favorite folders in explorer, open/save dialog or command prompt...and more.
http://www.autohotkey.net/~rexx/FolderMenu/index.en.htm

tc is also supported and it is possible to use the entries from the directory menu of tc

[Boofo]

Doesn't the directory hotlist do basically the same thing?

[fenix_productions]

2Boofo
For TC only - yes. But this tool works with other applications dialogues (i.e. hit Ctrl+S in your web browser and use middle mouse click then).

[Boofo]

2fenix_productions,

Kind of like FielBox eXtender does then.

[robinsiebler]

If Folder Menu 2 works on Vista 64, I will do cartwheels! My favorite software (File-Ex), doesn't work with Vista.

[fenix_productions]

2Boofo
Yes although this one is safer because it does not need to hook system calls.

[Boofo]

2robinsiebler,

There is a 64-bit version 3 of FileMenu eXtender that is supposed to work with Vista.

2fenix_productions,

I might have to give that a shot then. Is Folder Menu v2.04 the latest version? And do you have any tips for using it?

[fenix_productions]

2Boofo
No tips yet. I've just discovered this tool here

FBeX was PITA for me recently so I can take a look at this one. Well it gives good first impression to me.

[Boofo]

2fenix_productions,

FileBox eXtender has always worked good for me, but then, I have always used XP Pro. I have no time for Vista and all the headaches that accompany it.

Folder Menu looks good, but a little confusing to me.

[fenix_productions]

2Boofo
[OT perhaps]
I have nothing against FBeX. I know almost nothing about it because I used to use FlashFolders. Only recently I had to install it because of crashes in BBCeditor application I wrote. Those appear only with FB when I am trying to have my own Open file dialogue with preview feature. It took me few hours of investigations to find out what was the reason of access violation error. And even knowing the culprit did not resolve such issue.
[/OT]

[Boofo]

2fenix_productions,

The FB eXtender author has released the source code to the program on his site for anyone that wants to take it over. Might be worth checking out. If nothing else, it might show you where the problem was.

[eugensyl]

I will show you two strong complementary tools very useful with TC:

http://www.grigsoft.com

1) Compare tool: Compare It!

Is one of the best compare tool on the market.
Just set Comparetool=%ProgramFiles%\Wincmp3\wincmp3.exe after install and you will benefit of a strong comparison by content:
Syntax highlighting
Word, Excel, PDF, RTF, Docx, OO, Images - direct files comparison
Zip archives support
Converters
...and many more.
Useful and interesting for TC advanced users is IniSort converter.

2)Synchronize tool: Synchronize It!
A different way (than TC) to compare dirs (synchronize) with ready made saved projects or sessions, very fast, command line options, colored lines, options for collapse /extend directories, and many more...

Use it with a button and set as parameter: "%P\" "%T\"
What is great is that even on different files by content copy direction is already set.

Unfortunately these are not free but you can try one month.