totalcm10: missed "Select Left File for Compare"

[mi2sh]

Missed the following operation: "Select Left File for Compare"
Configuration-> Operation: Left mouse button (Windows Standart)

Right-click on the selected file -> the list of actions has no "Select Left File for Compare"

[Wilhelm M.]

I don't understand your problem. Why do you expect that "Select Left File..." can be executed from the context menu? I could name you dozens of other TC commands that are not available by a right-click on a file. Incorporating all that commands in the right-click menu woul result in a huge context menu that nobody wants to read.

And what has this to do with the configuration setting "Operation: left mouse button..."? This setting means that you mark files according to the windows standard and not with a right click as in other file managers.

[mi2sh]

This works for totalcmd9 (and lower) exactly like windows standard, as described in Configuration->Operation
Note that very usefull for select and compare files

[Dalai]

"Select Left File for Compare" doesn't sound like something in TC. What does this context menu item do? To me, it sounds more like an item from a shell extension from another comparison program.

Regards
Dalai

[petermad]

"Select Left File for Compare" doesn't sound like something in TC. What does this context menu item do? To me, it sounds more like an item from a shell extension from another comparison program.

I totaly agree - it must be a shell extension from another program. I just checked TC 9.00 - no such context menu item.

Probably the shell extension is from "Beyond Compare" - look at the screenshot under "Integrated into Windows Explorer" on this page: https://www.mrjamiebowman.com/software-development/the-greatest-tool-ever-beyond-compare/

[Horst.Epp]

Yes, its from Beyond Compare.
I have it but never use this context menu entry, I even removed it.
The integration in TC is much simpler to start a comparision.

[mi2sh]

right, shell extension.
but it works ok for tc9 and does not work for tc10.

[Dalai]

2mi2sh
Which TC versions and "bitnesses" exactly are you comparing? I have a feeling that one of your TCs is 32-bit and the other is 64-bit. If so, what you see is completely normal because TC 32-bit doesn't show 64-bit shell extensions in its context menu. At least not on the same level, but they can be found in the "x64" submenu.

Regards
Dalai

[mi2sh]

Both 64 bit
TC 10.00 64 bit (2021-06-10)
TC 9.51 64 bit (2020-03-05)

[Dalai]

Are these TCs running on the same system?

[mi2sh]

yes , both on the same system

[petermad]

2mi2sh
Are you using the same wincmd.ini file for both TC's?

Anyway - to rule out that any TC-setting is the cause, try to start both of your TC's with a fresh ini file.

[Dalai]

That's weird. Try Explorer++ to see if the context menu item shows up there. My suspicion is that the shell extension does something that prevents it from appearing in TC 10.

Regards
Dalai

[Horst.Epp]

Maybe he has Windows 11 and such entries are no longer on the top level
of the context menu.
They are shown under the "Show more options” entry,

[mi2sh]

All,
Thanks for your help.
I have reinstalled the TC and now it works with fully support file explorer.