If you in-place-rename the filename extension of a zip file to "exe", Total Commander will ask you if you want to create a sfx file.
This is a nice trick, but I think not very well known.
I suggest to add the option "Convert to self-extracting archive" to the context menu of zip files.
Add option to context menu of zip file for converting to sfx
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Re: Add option to context menu of zip file for converting to sfx
I created a mockup screen for this option.
Notice that I also changed the hardcoded text "(Lister)" that TC adds to the context menu behind "View", which I think is not very clear for users.
Notice that I also changed the hardcoded text "(Lister)" that TC adds to the context menu behind "View", which I think is not very clear for users.
Re: Add option to context menu of zip file for converting to sfx
Yeah I disagree wholeheartedly. It does get any more clear then View (Lister)white wrote: 2024-11-16, 16:07 UTC Notice that I also changed the hardcoded text "(Lister)" that TC adds to the context menu behind "View", which I think is not very clear for users.

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Re: Add option to context menu of zip file for converting to sfx
Good, we should not all agreeSir_SiLvA wrote: 2024-11-16, 18:52 UTC Yeah I disagree wholeheartedly. It does get any more clear then View (Lister)![]()

The use of the term Lister stems from the time when Lister in TC, and Lister as a standalone program, was kind of a novelty. The standalone program has long been abandoned, and now the term for the feature should be translatable like the other tools in Total Commander.
In the context menu it does not make sense to add "(Lister)". It's among system-wide options and in this context, the addition of "(Lister)" is unlikely to immediately signal to most users that this option starts the famous Lister program

I also think the addition of "(Internal)" for internal associations is not very good. Using "(TC)" there too would be easier to understand as well. But at least that text is translatable.