how to install plugin

[vjedlicka]

How do I install a WLX plugin?
Thank you
Vaclav

[petermad]

2vjedlicka

Almost all Total Commander plugins are self-installing. You just have to double click or press Enter on the downloaded plugin archive file (in Total Commander, not in Windows Explorer).

Note: the auto-installation does not work if you have disabled "Configuration" -> "Options..." -> "Packer" -> "Treat archives like directories"

[Stefan2]

Use TC to browse to the downloaded archive and just double click on it.



Read our wiki too: Plugins for Total Commander > https://www.ghisler.ch/wiki/index.php/Plugin




 

[petermad]

I have just added :

The option "Configuration" -> "Options..." -> "Packer" -> "Treat archives like directories" is enabled.

to the wiki page https://www.ghisler.ch/wiki/index.php/Plugin

[vjedlicka]

2vjedlicka

Almost all Total Commander plugins are self-installing. You just have to double click or press Enter on the downloaded plugin archive file (in Total Commander, not in Windows Explorer).

Note: the auto-installation does not work if you have disabled "Configuration" -> "Options..." -> "Packer" -> "Treat archives like directories"

When I double click a wlx file in TC, a dialog box appears with this text:
How do you want to open this file?
Look for an app in Microsoft Store.

[Hacker]

vjedlicka,
You don't click on the wlx file, you click on the zip it came in.

HTH
Roman

[vjedlicka]

vjedlicka,
You don't click on the wlx file, you click on the zip it came in.

HTH
Roman

When I click on the zip file, the contents of the zip file is shown.

[vjedlicka]

Now I tried it for the hundredth time and it worked !!!
I browsed to another folders, then returned to the download folder, tried again and the installer kicked in !
So it is working now. (although I wish there was a more reliable way of installing the plugins).
Thank you for your help !

[petermad]

I browsed to another folders, then returned to the download folder,

If you have opened the zip file (with Ctrl+PgDn) to unpack it, the auto-installer will not work until you have opened another archive in the same folder, because of caching.

although I wish there was a more reliable way of installing the plugins

It is very reliable - if you stick to just double-clicking the archive.


If you prefer to unpack the plugin manually yourself, you can do so and the install then plugin manually - example for wlx plugin:

1. Unpack the archive to Plugins\WLX\nameofyourplugin in your TC program folder.
2. Open "Configuration" -> "Options..." -> "Plugins".
3. Click on the "Configure" button for the type of plugin you would like to install - here Lister plugins (.WLX).
4. Click on the "Add" button.
5. Navigate to the Plugins\WLX\nameofyourplugin folder.
6. Highlight the WLX (NOT the WLX64) file an click "Open".

Note: The folder you choose to unpack the archive to, has to stay present - it is in this folder TC will look for the wlx file on startup.