Undo Feature

[cubic]

You can also undelete it from recycle bin via right click on the Windows desktop.

Yes. You are right, but you are also talking here with lazy people.
The recycle bin is so many clicks away

I would LOVE to press Ctrl+Z in TC to restore a deleted file or un-rename a file, etc

Idea/dirty trick: What if the last delete operation in TC is not an actual delete. You only move the deleted file to a temp folder. When a new delete op occurs, the previous file is actually deleted. Otherwise, on undelete, you move the file back from Temp to its original location.

Anyway, the rename op CAN be easily undone since it does not involve the Recycle.

[mausebär]

...The UNDO-option would be useful for move operations rather than for delete. If accidentally or deliberately a file is overwritten by moving a file with the same name, it canot be revived anymore... If you're lucky you can rescue the overwritten file with Windows "previous versions"... but if there is no backup, the file is lost... See also here:
https://winaero.com/blog/restore-previous-versions-windows-10/
or other. Therefore a certain amount of overwritten files should be stored somewhere for fast revival...

[petermad]

2cubic

The recycle bin is so many clicks away

One click with this button:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cm_OpenRecycled

shell32.dll,32
Open Recycle Bin (virtual)


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To make the button:
1. Mark the green text above (click SELECT ALL).
2. Copy it to the ClipBoard (press Ctri+C).
3. Right click on TC's buttonbar and choose "Paste".

[Dalai]

2cubic

The recycle bin is so many clicks away

One click with this button:

Or right-click on the F8 button and select "Open" (if the function keys are shown in the TC interface).

Regards
Dalai

[petermad]

Or right-click on the F8 button and select "Open" (if the function keys are shown in the TC interface).

But that opens the Recycle Bin in Explorer - cm_OpenRecycled opens it in TC.

[Dalai]

True. Depends on personal taste and perhaps the situation which one is better.

Regards
Dalai

[NotNull]

Still, undeleting a file is only a small portion of what Undo should take care of.
For example: If I copy a file from C:\Folder1 to C:\Folder2, there is nothing to undelelete..

As an Undo function is one of the 8 must-have features for my file manager, I did some research a while ago to see if it was possible to programmatically call the Undo funtions (/API's). As far as I could find, this is not exposed to the "outside world", making this an issue for a lot of file managers.

[Usher]

2NotNull
You should first turn on log file in TC options (logging has been mentioned in old messages from this topic) and see if it's enough helpful for your needs.

[NotNull]

Very creative!
I'll play with it. Maybe even write something to undo/reverse these logged actions ..
Thanks!

[DerkWehler]

How can TC undelete a file that has been deleted? If it has been deleted to the recycle bin, you can undelete it manually, if it has been deleted permanently, you can't undelete it and TC can't too.

If it has been deleted perm, you can't, but normally things [in windows] fo to recycle bin, so it's just an interface into getting it back from there.

Windows Explorer has undo for all the items icfu listed. Obviously possible. Ctrl-Z / Undo (not to mention Redo) are staples in Windows. If they will not implement this, then it's no better than JustManager or DoubleCommander, which are free.

[cubic]

"Ctrl-Z / Undo (not to mention Redo) are staples in Windows"
RIGHT!

"then it's no better than JustManager or DoubleCommander, which are free"
I wouldn't dare to compare any other program with TC. TC is the king!

[Dazzer]

I think we need undo in TC.

Just because it can't work perfectly under all circumstances isn't an argument not to have it.

For example, say i mistakenly move 10 files into a folder containing 500 files.

It's quite a PITA to now locate all those files and move them back again.

I'm sure there is a workaround to select them, but this is surely and very clearly a reversible operation for which we need a simple "undo" option.

Cheers!

[Stefan2]

It's quite a PITA to now locate all those files and move them back again.

At least you can enable logging in TC, and then use that log to create an undo.cmd yourself




 

[mausebär]

I think the whole discussion is useless for me, because I wanted an "Undo"-function for overwritten files, not a "Recovery"-function for deleted files...

Normally an overwritten file is lost. Means, if I overwrite a file by mistake, there should be a copy of the target-file, managed by TC.
Means also that TC should make a copy of the file to be overwritten before overwriting. After the file is written, there should be an "emergency backup" of the file before overwriting... Which could be recovered by Crtl+z, or a different shortcut...

I know what I'm speaking of, it happened to me a couple of times.

The recovery of the file by explorer opption "previous versions" does not help much (as mentioned above), because these files are normally at least 1 day old, or even older what doesn't help very much...

[Horst.Epp]

2mausebär
There should never be a default behavior as you request, it would give a massive performance impact
and wouldn't make sense if it's optional.