Total Commander

Ok, so the majority of us TC users are probably system administrators or do a lot of work alike.

Comming from that I think a number of features would be very nice:

Password manager
I connect to a lot of network shares and different servers. For that I use a password manager (passwordsafe). Although this works fine why not create a simple password manager in TC. Maybe even create links between the internal pasword manager and the drive to be mapped? This would speedup the whole stuff alot.

Scratchpad
I think adding a scratchpad kind of things where quicknotes can be made is a good thing.

TASKLIST
A simple tasklist manager to list and manage your administrative tasks. The key word is to keep it simple. We don't want another Outlook

Regards,

Silver

silver wrote:Although this works fine why not create a simple password manager in TC.

This cannot be implemented in TC because it would need implementing encrypting, which is prohibited by the Swiss laws.
However, this task could be implemented via a plugin, as in PassStore, for example.

Password manager
There are many tiny stand alone tools like
PINs v.4.50.0.86
http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html

Scratchpad
There are many tiny stand alone tools like
MemPad
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/wmem.htm

Or simple a text file "Notices.txt" in TC folder
and an button
Command: Notepad.exe
Parameters: Notices.txt
Start path: %Commander_Path%

paste this as button into your TC button bar wrote:TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
notepad.exe
Notices.txt
notepad.exe
My notes
%Commander_Path%

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TASKLIST
e.g. Reminder
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/wrem.htm

And don't miss PopSel
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/wpop.htm
I have this in my TC button bar as a like drop down menu.


Or all together (Password, notice, todo list) with EPIM www.essentialpim.com

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RID500 wrote:Password manager
There are many tiny stand alone tools like
PINs v.4.50.0.86
http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html

Scratchpad
There are many tiny stand alone tools like
MemPad
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/wmem.htm

Or simple a text file "Notices.txt" in TC folder
and an button
Command: Notepad.exe
Parameters: Notices.txt
Start path: %Commander_Path%

paste this as button into your TC button bar wrote:TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
notepad.exe
Notices.txt
notepad.exe
My notes
%Commander_Path%

-1

TASKLIST
e.g. Reminder
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/wrem.htm

And don't miss PopSel
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/wpop.htm
I have this in my TC button bar as a like drop down menu.


Or all together (Password, notice, todo list) with EPIM www.essentialpim.com

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I know there are a lot of tools around there but my intention was not the work-arounds but integration which is the great power of TC.

Silver

silver wrote: ... my intention was not the work-arounds
but integration which is the great power of TC.
Silver

Why integrate something what only a few people needs/use?
Why not use little stand alone tools which aren't bigger in file size as an plugin?
They have no registry access, are portable and use ini to store there settings.
No need to installation, just unzip and use.
Just create an button bar button or an short cut to lunch them.
Let Mr. Ghisler do his work on more importend things.

RID500 wrote:

silver wrote: ... my intention was not the work-arounds
but integration which is the great power of TC.
Silver

Why integrate something what only a few people needs/use?
Why not use little stand alone tools which aren't bigger in file size as an plugin?
They have no registry access, are portable and use ini to store there settings.
No need to installation, just unzip and use.
Just create an button bar button or an short cut to lunch them.
Let Mr. Ghisler do his work on more importend things.

A little more open minded is not a bad thing. I gues the definition of whats important is subjective meaning not all things you find unimportant are really unimportant. You're usage of TC can very well be totally different.

But; point taken

Silver

The thing is that Total Commander is first and foremost a file manager. Adding things like a web browser, a task manager, a mail client, a mail transfer agent, and an operating system is beyond the scope of Total Commander.

For dealing with notes and tasks, why not simply bind a key that opens a text file containing your notes and tasks in your favorite text editor?

now wrote:The thing is that Total Commander is first and foremost a file manager. Adding things like a web browser, a task manager, a mail client, a mail transfer agent, and an operating system is beyond the scope of Total Commander.

For dealing with notes and tasks, why not simply bind a key that opens a text file containing your notes and tasks in your favorite text editor?

Guess you got a good point there. Thanks for you decent explanation.

Regards,

Silver