a few additions id like to see added to tc

[pieceapaper]

(tc is the best file manager, like norton commander was to dos... a few things that would be useful to me, and maybe others.

1. button bar loses icons when drive(s) (network specifically) are no longer available, and stay gone when the drives come back online. (maybe cache them).
2. copy/move stops when a file exists instead of ignoring it until the end of the transfer. (continue until the end before asking to skip or overwrite all).
3. exclude directories in search (like tcignore.txt). ignore c:\windows\winsxs etc. in searches.
4. show buttons for history list and hotlist separate options. (display 1 or both).
5. resume last tab when going back into configuration.
6. always delete in background (like AlwaysCopyInbackground in wincmd.ini)
7. multitask searching and opening configuration (to continue using tc during those tasks)
8. add 7zip compression (no big deal, i dont use this option personally)
9. save position of copying/moving window during single copy/move operation.
10. when deleting a directory while a file is in use, skip that file and continue deleting, then message about it afterwards.
11. add AlwaysCopyInBackground, SpaceMovesDown, etc. to the configuration gui instead of just in wincmd.ini.

using tc (and a command prompt, or powershell) in windows server core is the greatest.

thank you!

[Dalai]

2. copy/move stops when a file exists instead of ignoring it until the end of the transfer. (continue until the end before asking to skip or overwrite all).

TC does this already. It will ask immediately when this case occurs within five seconds after starting the copy process; after that, it will move the confirmation to the end of the queue. The time frame can be adjustedby the following option:

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SkippedFileCopy=1
1: First copy all files where the user doesn't need to be asked and skip all with errors, ask at the end
0: Copy all files in order, ask for confirmation when needed
>=100: Like 1, but sets number of milliseconds at start during which the user will be asked too (default 5000)

Apart from that, one can always just select what to do with name collisions in the copy dialog before starting the copy process.

3. exclude directories in search (like tcignore.txt). ignore c:\windows\winsxs etc. in searches.

Already possible. Exclusions can be made like this:

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*.* | WinSxS\

Also see TC's help when the search dialog is open.

4. show buttons for history list and hotlist separate options. (display 1 or both).

Is there any advantage in doing so? This saves, like, 10 pixels of screen space.

7. multitask searching and opening configuration (to continue using tc during those tasks)

Maybe you're looking for Ctrl+Shift+F7? Or maybe add a command to TC's start menu to launch another TC instance while keeping the active tabs, so you can work on different things. I've added the following item to TC's start menu and mapped Ctrl+Alt+F1 to it:

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Command: %COMMANDER_EXE%
Parameters: %Z%X "%P" "%T"

When I know I'll be doing something blocking like searching for files or synchronizing directories, I start another instance before doing so, i.e. first press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and then Ctrl+F7 or Ctrl+Alt+F2 (sync dirs in my TC).

8. add 7zip compression (no big deal, i dont use this option personally)

IIRC there are licensing reasons preventing this. And, there are at least two plugins that can create such archives, 7-zip and Total7Zip.

9. save position of copying/moving window during single copy/move operation.

Can you elaborate on this? Do you mean foreground copy, background copy or background transfer manager?

Regards
Dalai

[petermad]

2Dalai

Maybe you're looking for Ctrl+Shift+F7

The default shortcut for searching in a separate process is Alt+Shift+F7 - not Ctrl+Shift+F7

[Dalai]

2petermad
Yes, of course. Didn't notice this mistake. Thanks for the correction.