Total Commander

I bought Total Commander back when it was still called Windows Commander, and have been extremely happy ever since - it is my only interface with Windows - no desktop, no explore, just TC.

However, I can't use it work, so tried Double Commander. When I tried to delete a file which was open in an editor, it offered me an "unlock" option, which sounds like a great feature for TC.

In fact, you could combine it with LockHunter (https://lockhunter.com/) which tells me which application is locking a file, and let's me choose to unlock it, delete it, or delete it at the next reboot.

Just a suggestion. Keep up the great work !

I will consider it, although I find it a bit risky to give that option to the average user. Some programs like Word may lose data when you do this with open documents. Personally I'm using LockHunter via context menu.

I doubt that it's even possible with minimal effort. Both Unlocker and LockHunter use a driver to get the required information about the file, using UnlockerDriver5.sys and USRFindHandle32.sys respectively. Furthermore, Unlocker requires the SeDebugPrivilege privilege which, by default, only administrators have - probably the same with LockHunter.

Regards
Dalai

Dalai wrote: ↑2019-06-03, 20:07 UTC I doubt that it's even possible with minimal effort. Both Unlocker and LockHunter use a driver to get the required information about the file, using UnlockerDriver5.sys and USRFindHandle32.sys respectively.

Nothing new here. Some existing plugins install their own drivers…

Dalai wrote: ↑2019-06-03, 20:07 UTCFurthermore, Unlocker requires the SeDebugPrivilege privilege which, by default, only administrators have - probably the same with LockHunter.

And nothing new here as well. Some TC features are available only when running TC as Administrator. It could be another one…

Yes, it would have to be handled via tcmadmin.exe with admin rights.