User Input History File Locations

[zorg]

Hello -

Where can I find the history/archive files containing the most-recent-user-input histories for total commander?

By most-recent-user-input histories, I mean the lists of recent user inputs that total commander populates in tools such as the Multi-Rename tool [Ctrl-M] and the Show > Custom [Ctrl-F12] filter.

I'd like to access this data in txt (or similar) format to collect filter stings I've been using.

Thanks!

[oOoZEUSoOo]

2zorg
Hi,
All those informations are saved in the file named 'wincmd.ini' if I'm not wrong.
This file is stored either in the path of the total commander main program, either in %APPDATA%\GHISLER (c:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\GHISLER\ (or in the registry, according of your choice at installation of total commander)
Be aware that the AppData folder is hidden but since total commander 10, it is shown.

In the Help/About section you can see where your ini files are saved.
You can edit configuration files directly going to the menu 'Configuration/Change Setting Files Directly'.

If I may, I recommand you to use the very good utilities 'Ultra TC Editors' from Taher Salem. With those utilities you'll be able to manage total commander configuration easily.

Best regards, Frederic.

[petermad]

2zorg

As oOoZEUSoOo points out that information is found in TC's wincmd.ini file.

The sections that hold history-like information are these:
[ButtonbarCache]
[attrplugin]
[rename]
[SyncOptions]
[Selection]
[SearchName]
[SearchIn]
[SearchText]
[RenameTemplates]
[RenameSearchFind]
[RenameSearchReplace]
[left]
[right]
[lefttabs]
[righttabs]
[activetabs]
[LeftHistory]
[RightHistory]
[PluginDuplicates]
[DirSelection]
[Command line history]
[MkDirHistory]
[NewFileHistory]
[TargetList]
[LastTracks]

Multi-Rename tool [Ctrl-M] parameters are stored in [rename], [RenameTemplates], [RenameSearchFind] and [RenameTemplates] sections

Show > Custom [Ctrl-F12] filter parameters are found in [left] and [right] sections

You can redirect all of these sections to a separate file, by redirecting each section like this:
[attrplugin]
RedirectSection=history.ini
[rename]
RedirectSection=history.ini
[SyncOptions]
RedirectSection=history.ini
.
.
etc.

[HerbieH]

2petermad.

I don't have [SearchText] in my 'wincmd.ini' file.
Maybe because, I haven't used this function in TC yet.

However, I have another entry, you didn't mention, called: [searches]
Maybe [searches] is an outdated entry, which is now replaced with something else in more recent versions of TC ?

Btw. I am using the correct 'wincmd.ini' file according to the information in Help / About Total Commander .. and nothing has been redirected.
I use TC10 final version on Windows 8.1 which runs flawlessly.

[zorg]

Thanks for the replies!

For the Multi-Rename Tool histories, these two sections were most useful for what I was looking for:
RenameSearchFind
RenameSearchReplace

For the Custom Filter, this applied most directly:
Selection

petermad, as you suggested, the RedirectSection=filename.ini entry in wincmd.ini did in fact work. I tried it with an arbitrary filename (foo.ini): edited wincmd.ini, restarted TC, then entered a new filter. The new filter entry was indeed redirected to that file.

[petermad]

2HerbieH

Maybe [searches] is an outdated entry, which is now replaced with something else in more recent versions of TC ?

No, Searches is not outdated, I just don't consider it a history section - it holds the searches that you save in the "Find Files" dialog (Alt+F7) in the tab called "Load/Save".

The entries in the Searches section can be used many places in TC, so it is not something you discard, as you might do with other settings.

[HerbieH]

2petermad.

ThankU for info