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ghisler(Author) wrote: 2026-06-01, 07:37 UTC Therefore it would be beneficial to keep the width a bit below 800 pixels.
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I have not been thinking about the resolution from that perspective.
OK, I get it, and now my dedicated copy of Total Commander has a 770x530 window.
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2beb: just in case you haven't considered it, try to script the screenshot process (you can use powershell, ahk, nircmd tool etc)
That way you - and others - can replicate it using light/dark or other themes + different OS version in the future making it easier to update.

For some screenshots you could even script some combined images to show light/dark in one image, very crappy examples which I made by grabbing two online screenshots simply to illustrate so people quickly see "ah both light & dark themes":

https://ibb.co/GQkJ9Pjz
https://ibb.co/G4zSB98K
F4MiniMenu (Forum) - Open selected file(s) from TC in defined editor(s) - A (minimalistic) clone of F4Menu
Source at GitHub (AutoHotkey). TCSyncComments (copy file comments)
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Thanks for the ideas.
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beb wrote: 2026-05-29, 19:13 UTC
ghisler(Author) wrote: 2026-05-29, 16:44 UTC If anyone wants to do this...
I would do it...
beb wrote: 2026-05-31, 10:01 UTC ...And I'm not going to hurry up, so if everything goes well, we will see the results around the next weekend.
It took the entire week to replicate the original screenshot session environment to the tiniest detail possible, on Windows 11.
So, yesterday, I was ready to make the first screenshots and actually tried some.
However, what I thought would be the easiest part (making the screenshots themselves) turned out not to be so much.
I've tried a lot of apps, from a native snipping tool to advanced monsters, and none have satisfied my preferences so far, specifically regarding the rounded corners of application windows on Windows 11.
As soon as I can find a best-practice solution, I will share the results for review.
I'm considering the option of making the screenshots over a monochrome wallpaper (like white) as a last resort.
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greenshot ?
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I'm considering the option of making the screenshots over a monochrome wallpaper (like white) as a last resort.
I simply open a notepad window, maximize it, and move TC to the middle. Then use Alt+PrintScreen and paste to MS paint (small canvas). MS Paint automatically resizes the window to a larger pasted image. To get rid of the title bar name, use camper.
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KozakMak wrote: 2026-06-08, 08:44 UTC greenshot ?
No, thanks, it leaves noisy artefacts everywhere, even outside the corners.
ghisler(Author) wrote: 2026-06-08, 08:56 UTC To get rid of the title bar name...
I made an AutoHotkey script for that:
TC_title.ahk

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
Persistent()
SetTimer(ForceTitle, 100)

ForceTitle()
{
    if WinExist("ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD")
    {
        CurrentTitle := WinGetTitle("ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD")
        ; Check if the title still contains registration text
        if InStr(CurrentTitle, "Registered") or InStr(CurrentTitle, "-")
        {
            WinSetTitle("Total Commander (x64) 11.58", "ahk_class TTOTAL_CMD")
        }
    }
}
By the way, what do you think about the title; should it include bitness and version, or is "Total Commander " simply the best?

And as a temporary workaround (or maybe not that temporary?!), I made an ImageMagick-based script that makes nice round corners for me like a pro and for a fraction of a second :)
Even though an 8-pixel radius is considered native, visually it's overkill; a 7-pixel one is better, and a 6-pixel radius is the best.
rounded_corners_with_ImageMagick.ps1

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$time = [diagnostics.stopwatch]::StartNew()

$env:Path +=";$env:OneDrive\Media\ImageMagick\bin"

$path = [IO.DirectoryInfo]$pwd.path

$type = '.png'

# screenshot target size = original image size
$width  = 770
$height = 530
$size = '{0}x{1}' -f $width,$height 
$coordinates = '{0},{1}' -f ($width-1),($height-1)

$files = Get-ChildItem -path $path -file -recurse -force -exclude "*2009*"|Where {
$_.extension -in $type -and $_.Name -notlike '*fix.*'} #|Select -first 10

# process files
'processing {0} files...' -f $files.count|Write-Host -f Yellow

foreach ($file in $files){

# display input
[IO.Path]::GetRelativePath($path,$file)

# make transparent round corners, trying three radii:
$radii = 8,7,6 # 8-pixel is native but overkill, 7-pixel good, but 6-pixel is the best, imho 

foreach ($radius in $radii) {

    # output path and naming
    $outputPath = $file.Directory
    $outputName = '{0}_radius_{1}x{2}_fix{3}' -f $file.BaseName,$radius,$radius,$file.Extension 
    $output = [IO.FileInfo][IO.Path]::combine($outputPath,$outputName)

    $command = $file.FullName,
    '-alpha', 'set',
    '(', '-size', $size, 'xc:none', '-fill', 'white', '-draw', "roundRectangle 0,0 $coordinates $radius,$radius", ')',
    '-compose', 'DstIn', 
    '-composite', 
    '-define', 'png:color-type=6', # = png32:$output.FullName
    $output.FullName
    
    magick @command

    # display output
    [IO.Path]::GetRelativePath($path,$output)|Write-Host -f Green

} # end of radii loop
''
} # end of input files loop

# finalize
$time.Stop()
'{0} items processed for {1:mm\:ss\.fff}' -f $files.count,$time.Elapsed
'by {0}' -f $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
sleep -seconds 33
So, how it's going:

Image "01 Main window": https://www.ghisler.com/screenshots/en/01.html

Image "01 Main window": a collage of 2009, 2026 lite_old icons, 2026 lite_new icons, 2026 dark_old icons, 2026 dark_new icons screenshots:
https://x02.me/i/NTCQ77.png

Image "01 Main window": 17 image versions of the very first screenshot separately:
https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/511b6e9f-3e84-4ef3-9fb3-43afa9e84f1c
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2beb
old icons ?? who needs it :lol: :lol: :lol:
OS: Win11 | TC: latest x64
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KozakMak wrote: 2026-06-08, 14:03 UTC 2beb
old icons ?...
Why not? Most of the users who install the app from the developer will have that.
And honestly, I can see no life-changing differences there (except maybe that highly pixelated 'reread source' icon), unless a user suddenly requires something like 48x48 icon size.
ghisler(Author) wrote: 2026-06-08, 08:56 UTC I simply open a notepad window, maximize it, and move TC to the middle. Then use Alt+PrintScreen and paste to MS paint (small canvas). MS Paint automatically resizes the window to a larger pasted image...
I've just tried that. Nice. However, it does not produce those transparent corners as well.
Currently, a copy of Total Commander dedicated to screenshot making has no plugins installed and is doing well.
The only plugin I apparently would need to install is something to report a media length, as here:
https://www.ghisler.com/screenshots/en/03.html
By the way, why is there no such a thing as tc.Length (it has tc.Artist, tc.Track Nr, tc.Title, tc.Release Year, tc.Genre, tc.Album anyway), while even Windows Explorer reports that?
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