Useful 3rd party tools to complement TC

[majkinetor !]

I know there are AHK users around.

I created HexViewer to help API programming. U may want to use it when constructing messages to TC to see if they are OK. It helped me much solve some problems with FM3

Go to HexView page

[Alextp]

Rather original for the AHK community. Like the FavMenu.
Hope they'll like it.

[Sombra]

New version of UPX has been released.
Current version 3.00
Site

[zett42]

I'm currently developing a tool called FlashFolder that provides some TC integration to the common file dialogs (open/save, browse for folder) in most programs:

• - access the TC directory menu from the file dialog
  - quickly navigate the file dialog to the left / right current directories of TC

Download of Beta-Version:
FlashFolder is released at the SourceForge website.
Since I'm new to this forum I'm not yet allowed to post direct links but you should easily find the download via the search function of SourceForge.

I know there is a somewhat similar freeware tool called FavMenu 2.0 but FlashFolder has some distinct features that should make it worth a try (see list of features by using the Project --> Website link on the SourceForge page).

I will create a separate thread for FlashFolder when my forum account is unlocked to post links...

[roentgen]

2zett42
Hmm... nice idea.

Your program seems to have serious issues with directory hotlist and history of TC.

Directory hotlist is empty (it seems you are not aware of TC 7 redirect section in wincmd.ini). Adding a new item with your program erases this line in wincmd.ini:

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RedirectSection=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Settings\redirected\DirMenu.ini

The history of visited locations displays some items but I realy don't get where they are taken from...

[Stevie1]

hi zett42,

looks very very promissing!!
here the link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/flashfolder/

[VadiMGP]

2zett42
Very nice tool!

But why you did it as service? It makes using this tool from flash drives almost impossible.

I also suggest not to modify TC .ini files directly. It can be quite dangerous operation. Please, leave this work to TC.
Better way is allowing to user define own favorites in addition to TC favorites. This additional group of favorites could be safely handled by your program in your configuration file.

[CoMiKe]

Agree with VadiMGP in both suggestions.

[Stevie1]

@Vadi:

its already possible to switch the favourite mode. click on the favourites menu and then on configure. there you can select the flashfolders favourites. it would be a nice feature to add "tc favourites import". this way the tc config would kept untouched but we would still have our tc favourites synchronized.

[VadiMGP]

2Stevie1

ts already possible to switch the favourite mode.

Yes, I know. And actually I suggested to replace these two radiobuttons by one checkbox "Show TC Hotlist". So you always have FlashFolder's favorites and optionally - current TC favorites. I think it is more flexible behavior.

2zett42
It seems you forgot about "Target Path" field in TC Hotlist. It contains folder name for the second panel.

[majkinetor !]

2zett42

Very nice app. Little bit slow here, but overall, nice addition to world of quick folders.

[TucknDar]

USBDLM - USB Drive Letter Manager for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 and Vista

(Freeware for private and educational (schools, colleges, universities) use only.)

http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html

From the developer:

USBDLM is a Windows service that gives control over Window's drive letter assingment for USB drives. Running as service makes it independent of the logged on user's previleges, so there is no need to give the users the previlege to change drive letters.
It automatically solves conficts between USB drives and network or subst drives of the currently logged on user.
Furthermore you can define new default letters for USB drives and much more.

Very useful for me at least, lets me assign specific drive letters for iPod, pen drive, external hard drive, etc... with many more options than what Windows can give me.

[zett42]

Thanks for the feedback to FlashFolder.
I have added some of the issues to the bug/feature tracker at SourceForge.

I implemented FF as an autostart-service so it works better with restricted user accounts. Otherwise if you run a program with admin privileges from restricted account (via "run as"), the FF toolbar would not be shown for this program.

Concerning editing of wincmd.ini - if you edit your dir menu only in TC, FF will keep wincmd.ini untouched and will only read from it.

Edit: I just created a new thread for FlashFolder:
http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=15214

[rolandd]

The other day I was in need for a program to create animated gifs. Searching the net I found this nice little app: UnFREEz.

What I like about it is that it is:

• no-nonsense
• small
• fast
• stand alone

Just wanted to share this

[SanskritFritz]

Here is a nice GUI for ndff:
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16810
For TC integration replace these lines:

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Gui, Add, Text, xs ys+370  vhelp1, DoubleClick opens selected file in Explorer.

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    Run, explorer `/select`, %filepath%

to:

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Gui, Add, Text, xs ys+370  vhelp1, DoubleClick opens selected file in Total Commander.

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    Run "%COMMANDER_PATH%\Totalcmd.exe" /O /T "%filepath%"