[TC10.50b7] Outdated info in LIESMICH.TXT/README.TXT

[white]

Tested LIESMICH.TX and README.TXT from TC10.50b7 32+64 bit installer.

Instructions to use install.exe and install64.exe are mentioned, but these programs are not included in the installers since version 8.51:

Installation:
Starten Sie einfach install.exe bzw. install64.exe.

To install Total Commander, just run install.exe or install64.exe, respectively.

The new installers tcmd851ax64.exe or tcmd851ax32_64.exe do not use a separate self-extractor and installer any more. They use the previous install.exe with attached ZIP (0 compression) containing the install.inf, langugea, readme and CAB files. You can delete the EXE signature after the end of the ZIP and then modify the install.inf within the ZIP to your needs. Make sure to use 0 compression (storing). Currently the installer will only install files from the CAB file, not from the zip directly.

Not translated to the English version:

Sollte die Installation fehlschlagen, können Sie Total Commander auch von Hand installieren (siehe unten).

Reference to Windows 3.1's file manager not present (removed?) in LIESMICH.TXT, but present in README.TXT,:

Total Commander (former Wincmd) is a file manager for Windows, a tool like the Explorer or file manager, which comes with windows.

Features mentioned in README.TXT not present in LIESMICH.TXT:

- New flat look (old 3d look configurable)
- Compare files by content
- Copy and pack in the background (separate thread)
- Synchronize two directories or a ZIP archive and a directory
- Bitmap viewer in lister
- Print in lister
- Restore selection with NUM /
- File search for duplicate files
- Internal ZIP packer.
- Copy files directly from one archive to another
- Unicode support in most functions

Text in LIESMICH.TXT not present in README.TXT:

Die Shareware-Version von Total Commander ist in keiner Weise eingeschränkt,
bis auf einen Startbildschirm, der bei jedem Programmstart erscheint und auf
die Registrierung hinweist.

The same feature listed twice in README.TXT:

- Long filename support (up to 1022 characters on NT-based systems)
- Support for file names of up to 1022 characters length

Installation BY HAND seems to be updated for german version only (or the other way around):

Installation VON HAND: Sollte die Installation aus irgendeinem Grund fehl-
schlagen, so entpacken Sie die Datei INSTALL.CAB mit einem CAB-Entpacker
(z.B. CABVIEW von Microsoft) in ein leeres Verzeichnis, z.B. c:\totalcmd.
Die Dateien im Unterverzeichnis d\ müssen ins selbe Verzeichnis verschoben
werden wie totalcmd.exe.

Installation BY HAND: Just copy the files to a directory on your hard disk.
Unpack the file install.cab with a cab unpacker (like CABVIEW from Microsoft)
to an empty dir, like c:\totalcmd . Files in subdir e\ need to be moved to
the dir where totalcmd.exe is.

Outdated info "Removal by hand" not present (removed?) in LIESMICH.TXT, but present in README.TXT:

Removal by hand: If you remove the program (totalcmd dir), also delete the files wincmd.ini, wcx_ftp.ini and noclose.pif in your Windows directory!

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks for the corrections. I will change the last part to:

Removal by hand: If you remove the program (totalcmd dir), also delete the
files wincmd.ini and wcx_ftp.ini in your settings directory! See menu Help -
About Total Commander for their location.

[white]

TC10.50b8 installers tested.

32-bit and 32+64bit installers tested OK.

64-bit installer test results:

README.TXT:

• This line is not corrected:

  To install Total Commander, just run install.exe

• No empty line after:

  Removing Total Commander: Double click tcunin64.exe !

LIESMICH.TXT

• No empty line after:

  Starten Sie einfach das selbstentpackende Installationsprogramm tc*.exe.

[white]

I forgot:

tc1050x64_b8.exe\LIESMICH.TXT
tc1050x32_64_b8.exe\LIESMICH.TXT

• Line breaks in the wrong places in:

  Manuelle Entfernung: Wenn Sie das Programm entfernen (totalcmd-Verzeichnis),
  löschen Sie auch die
  Dateien wincmd.ii und wcx_ftp.ini im Einstellungs-
  verzeichnis! Siehe Menü Hilfe-
  Über Total Commander für eren Standort.

tc1050x32_b8.exe\LIESMICH.TXT

• Above quoted text is missing.

[ghisler(Author)]

Thanks, there are also a few missing characters. No idea how that happened, sorry.

[white]

Tested OK using TC10.50rc1.

I noticed a small difference in the README.TXT files:

tc1050x32_rc1.exe\README.TXT

wincmd.ini, wcx_ftp.ini

tc1050x64_rc1.exe\README.TXT
tc1050x32_64_rc1.exe\README.TXT

wincmd.ini and wcx_ftp.ini

[ghisler(Author)]

They are equivalent, so not a big problem. But I noticed that the 32-bit readme.txt mentions totalcmd64.exe, so I will remove that.

[white]

But I noticed that the 32-bit readme.txt mentions totalcmd64.exe, so I will remove that.

Confirmed.

[white]

Tested OK using TC10.50rc2.

Moderator message from: white » 2022-06-15, 21:07 UTC

Moved to Fixed bugs.