List of changes (version 11.02 - 11.03)

List of changes (version 11.02 - 11.03) is a list of changes to Total Commander since version 11.02 until the release of version 11.03. The list starts at the latest change and goes back in time.

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List of changes (version 11.02 - 11.03)

(21.02.24) Release Total Commander 11.03 official release

• (19.02.24) Fixed: Larger buttons in Configuration - Options - Edit/View (needed for some languages) (32/64)
• (19.02.24) Fixed: F5 copy, overwrite confirmation, external compare tool set via Comparetool=program: Using shift to open internal compare tool only worked with Ctrl+F3, not via button "More options" -> "Compare" (32/64)
• (16.02.24) Fixed: Colors by file type: When changing an entry via "Edit" - "Define..." and then saving it, the current item in the "Specify file type" dialog could jump to another entry starting with part of the same name (32/64)
• (15.02.24) Fixed: cm_Edit with parameter /CGL0N="<[P].txt" didn't work correctly (some placeholders like name or path couldn't be handled) (32/64)

(14.02.24) Release Total Commander 11.03 release candidate 6

• (14.02.24) Fixed: The uninstaller would always remove desktop icons even when option was unchecked (32/64)
• (14.02.24) Fixed: The uninstaller didn't remove the file TOTALCMD.CHW (created by the help system, only if the Totalcmd directory was writable) (32/64)
• (12.02.24) Fixed: FTP log list and log file: Line starting with "Deleted (delete date)" used wrong encoding for names when not using Ansi (32/64)
• (12.02.24) Fixed: External RAR unpacker: Could not unpack directories containing spaces from a subdirectory (32/64)
• (12.02.24) Fixed: Clicking on a groupbox (or button which cannot be focused) would put the focus on it although it was set to "no tabstop", which can cause dialog elements to disappear after Alt+Tab (64)
• (11.02.24) Fixed: Create new text file (Shift+F4) in archives no longer worked (32/64)
• (11.02.24) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: While copying, the total bytes copied display was wrong when using "Verify" (32/64)
• (09.02.24) Fixed: List of open tabs (Ctrl+Shift+A): Quick search not working without * at the start when showing whole paths (should search in just the last path part without "*") (32/64)
• (09.02.24) Fixed: FTP log list (in FTP toolbar) and log file: Line starting with startdir= used wrong encoding when not using Ansi (32/64)

(08.02.24) Release Total Commander 11.03 release candidate 5

• (08.02.24) Fixed: Translations encoded with codepage=65001 (UTF-8) didn't work correctly when the current system locale was also using UTF-8 (32/64)
• (07.02.24) Fixed: Windows XP: On some systems, closing the new media player in Lister didn't stop the rendering threads: Needs to be stopped from foreground thread (can be disabled via wincmd.ini [Lister] StopInMainThread=0) (32/64)
• (06.02.24) Fixed: %COMMANDER_OPEN% didn't distinguish between F4 and Shift+F4. Set it to "editnew" for Shift+F4 and cm_edit /C, and to "editname" for cm_edit /N="name" (32/64)
• (05.02.24) Fixed: Size wrong when repeatedly selecting folders with spacebar, or using Alt+Shift+Enter multiple times (32/64)
• (05.02.24) Fixed: Internal associations: Setting the command to **c:\path\file.bar blocked opening the file as archive with Ctrl+PageDown (32/64)
• (05.02.24) Fixed: Changed encoding of history.txt to UTF-8 with BOM because the new Windows notepad app is unable to correctly detect ANSI files (32/64)
• (05.02.24) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: CAB archives couldn't be compared by content (32/64)
• (04.02.24) Fixed: Nag dialog (1-2-3): Wrong year shown, long version number with "RC" was cut (32)
• (04.02.24) Fixed: cm_*TabsList with parameter 1: Automatically adding "*" to quick search string didn't add the typed character (32)
• (04.02.24) Fixed: cm_SyncChangeDir: Handle another special case where the directory didn't exist in the target panel (or couldn't be changed), and couldn't be changed in the source panel either (e.g. junction pointing nowhere, or insufficient access rights): keep cm_SyncChangeDir enabled (32/64)

(02.02.24) Release Total Commander 11.03 release candidate 4

• (02.02.24) Fixed: Allow again to minimize main window while background transfer manager shows an overwrite confirmation dialog, restore dialog when restoring main window (64)
• (01.02.24) Fixed: Pseudo environment variable %$DATE% no longer worked with dashes in format string, e.g. %$DATE:D.M.y_h-m-s% because the dash was used for an offset like %$DATE-1h% (32/64)
• (01.02.24) Fixed: cm_*TabsList with parameter 1 or 3: Automatically adding "*" to quick search string only worked with quick filter enabled and internal quick search (32/64)
• (01.02.24) Fixed: Multi-rename tool: Base path broken when invoked from tree view (32/64)
• (31.01.24) Fixed: Breadcrumb bar (hover over path part in current directory): Only load triangle bitmap for button when needed (32/64)
• (31.01.24) Fixed: Command line: Prevent beep on Enter or Esc with CtrlArrow=0 and AutoComplete=0 (32)
• (31.01.24) Fixed: Button bar: internal or user defined commands (cm_x or em_x) didn't support parameters when showing bar file as dropdown list (32/64)
• (31.01.24) Fixed: When opening a file with internal association set to * (opens context menu), set environment variable %COMMANDER_OPEN% to "opencontextmenu" (32/64)
• (31.01.24) Fixed: cm_SyncChangeDir: Handle special case where the directory could only be changed in the target panel, but not in the source panel (e.g. junction pointing nowhere, or insufficient access rights): suspend or disable cm_SyncChangeDir (32/64)
• (30.01.24) Fixed: %COMMANDER_OPEN% was set incorrectly in Lister (F4), unpack with F5, em_command via menu, button bar, or view mode: auto-run command (32/64)
• (30.01.24) Fixed: Hotkeys Ctrl+Left/Right Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right now still work in command line even if redefined, except when redefined to command line specific command (32/64)
• (29.01.24) Fixed: The environment variable %COMMANDER_OPEN% wasn't set when opening a program from the directory hotlist, or the editor from multi-rename tool (32/64)

(29.01.24) Release Total Commander 11.03 release candidate 3

• (29.01.24) Fixed: Regular expressions in file names: Support Unicode accents in constructs like \bändern\b which will find the whole word "ändern" (change) in a file name (32/64)
• (29.01.24) Fixed: Command line: Auto-complete would get enabled when opening command line history even with AutoComplete=0 (32)
• (29.01.24) Fixed: Hotkeys Ctrl+Shift+Enter, Ctrl+E/K/W/T, Ctrl+Down, ALT+F8, Esc now still work in command line even if redefined, except when redefined to command line specific command (32/64)
• (29.01.24) Fixed: Very big 64-bit numbers (>= 2^51, or 16 decimal digits) were displayed incorrectly (lowermost digits) due to rounding bug in Delphi str() function (32)
• (28.01.24) Added: cm_SrcTabsList, cm_TrgTabsList, cm_LeftTabsList, cm_RightTabsList: When using parameter 1, pre-load quick search string with "*" (32/64)
• (28.01.24) Added: When launching any program, set environment variable %COMMANDER_OPEN% to origin of launch. One of: bar, changeini, cmd, cmdline, contextmenu, delete, edit, editlistfile, find, hotkey, lister, menu, new, open, pack, unpack, sync, view (32/64)
• (26.01.24) Fixed: Copy in background (AlwaysCopyInBackground=1) would incorrectly move the caret (cursor position) in the source panel (32/64)
• (26.01.24) Fixed: Multi-rename tool: When invoked from tree view, currently open directory was shown in bold, and date field wasn't valid (32/64)
• (26.01.24) Added: F4 in Lister: If F4Edit is set to 2 or 3, keep Lister open for half a second after launching the editor, so a multi-editor launcher like F4menu can detect that it wasn't opened by the main program (32/64)
• (26.01.24) Added: Option to define separate editor for F4 in Lister: wincmd.ini [Lister] Editor= (32/64)
• (26.01.24) Added: cm_SrcTabsList, cm_TrgTabsList, cm_LeftTabsList, cm_RightTabsList: New parameter 2 to open quick search directly, with * at start if combined with 1 (32/64)
• (25.01.24) Added: cm_SrcTabsList, cm_TrgTabsList, cm_LeftTabsList, cm_RightTabsList: New parameter 1 to open list of open tabs showing the tab paths instead of the tab headers (32/64)
• (25.01.24) Fixed: Removed trailing backslash from environment variable %COMMANDER_INI_PATH% also in root (32/64)
• (24.01.24) Fixed: cm_edit with parameters could no longer be used to create new text files, e.g. with cm_Edit /C /N="dummy.txt" /L0 /G (32/64)
• (24.01.24) Fixed: The panel header was no longer showing drive information (label, free and total space) on a completely empty drive (32/64)
• (24.01.24) Fixed: Quick view panel (Ctrl+Q), F4 to open editor: Do not close quick view on F4 even when F4edit is set to 2 or 3 (32/64)
• (24.01.24) Fixed: Lister, internal Media Player: Call Stop when closing Lister and the media is currently playing (32/64)

(23.01.24) Release Total Commander 11.03 release candidate 2

• (23.01.24) Added: Lister, internal Media Player: write some more information to main log file (32/64)
• (23.01.24) Fixed: Compare by content: Window size was changed back to initial size when the window was first opened when switching to Total Commander main window and back (64)
• (23.01.24) Fixed: Delete to recycle bin: Bugfix to Windows bug (reporting unknown error) when the total size of the selected files exceeds the capacity of the recycle bin of the drive: Warn directly that the files couldn't be moved to recycle bin if the capacity is known (32/64)
• (22.01.24) Added: Option how to handle F4 in lister: wincmd.ini [Lister] F4Edit=1 0=disabled, 1=open editor, 2=like 1, but close Lister when viewing only one file, 3=like 2, but also when viewing multiple files (32/64)
• (22.01.24) Fixed: Menu Files - Associate With: Show option to redirect opening of image files to "PhotoViewer.dll" also on Windows 10, now toggles PhotoAppFilter=- and ReplacePhotoApp (32/64)
• (22.01.24) Fixed: Lister: Video remained locked (couldn't be deleted) after changing to a different stream, e.g. different audio language or subtitles (32)
• (22.01.24) Fixed: Lister: When setting a different location for the DirectShow filters via filter32dir/filter64dir, look both there AND in the original location for the filters (32/64)
• (22.01.24) Fixed: Lister was looking in filter32 directory for LAV filters instead of filter64 (64)
• (22.01.24) Added: Hotkey Ctrl+Del now still works outside of the file lists even when redefined (32/64)
• (21.01.24) Added: Ctrl+Q quick view: The following hotkeys now still work in quick view even if redefined in main program: Ctrl+Shift+Cursor left/right (32/64)
• (21.01.24) Fixed: Total size in footer was off by 1 byte per subdirectory after counting the sizes (32/64)
• (21.01.24) Fixed: Removed trailing backslash from environment variable %COMMANDER_INI_PATH% (except in root) (32/64)
• (19.01.24) Fixed: Removed SIZE!.TXT from the installer (32/64)
• (19.01.24) Fixed: Updated DLLs TCshareWin10.dll/TCshareWin10x64.dll to open multiple files with Windows Photo app were not included in RC1 by mistake (32/64)
• (19.01.24) Fixed: F4 not working in Lister standalone (started via parameter /S=L) (32/64)

(18.01.24) Release Total Commander 11.03 release candidate 1

• (18.01.24) Added: Copy files, "Keep relative paths": wincmd.ini [Configuration] RelativePathCopy: Add 8 to not copy the drive letter / the server name for UNC paths) (32/64)
• (18.01.24) Added: Copy files: The option "Keep relative paths" is now also available in search results, copies entire path and changes drive from C: to C (not remembered between sessions) (32/64)
• (17.01.24) Added: Lister: Press F4 to open currently viewed file in user-defined editor (as in main program). Disabled when viewing a temporarily extracted or downloaded file, or when using a plugin, explorer extension, or the media player (32/64)
• (17.01.24) Added: Set different location for DirectShow filters wincmd.ini [Lister] filter32dir=path / filter64dir=path (32/64)
• (17.01.24) Added: Pseudo environment variable %$DATE% now supports an offset, e.g. %$DATE+1Y% (use %|$DATE+1Y| in parameters field) (32/64)
• (17.01.24) Added: New environment variable %COMMANDER_INI_PATH%: Directory of the settings file wincmd.ini (32/64)
• (17.01.24) Added: cm_CompareDirs, cm_CompareDirsWithSubdirs: New parameter 1 to only select files which do not exist on the other side (32/64)
• (16.01.24) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: F4 on a directory no longer removes the copy direction from the directory (32/64)
• (09.01.24) Fixed: Selection dialog after searching for duplicate files and "feed to listbox": Select ranges with Shift+Click and Shift+Cursor up/down in the listbox on the page "Select by folder" (32/64)
• (09.01.24) Fixed: Selection dialog after searching for duplicate files and "feed to listbox": Selection not working correctly in dark mode (64)
• (09.01.24) Added: Edit comment (Ctrl+Z): Re-open comment editor (e.g. to copy the comment text) if saving the comment fails, e.g. for items in the root of drive C: (32/64)
• (09.01.24) Fixed: List of open tabs: Cut off account information from ftp path when choosing "Copy as path" in the context menu (32/64)
• (09.01.24) Added: List of open tabs: Switch between tab title and tab directory with Ctrl+Shift+A (32/64)
• (27.12.23) Fixed: Synchronize dirs, right click menu: Show option to copy file properties even when they can only be copied for the selected directories (32/64)
• (27.12.23) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: F3/Shift+F3 etc. not working after right clicking on an item which cannot be viewed and then clicking on one which can (32/64)
• (18.12.23) Fixed: Moving files/folders with AlwaysCopyInBackground=1: Keep track of the current file position as long as the user doesn't change directories or move to a different file or directory (32/64)
• (18.12.23) Fixed: Do not allow to minimize main window while background transfer manager shows an overwrite confirmation dialog (it would cancel the operation) (64)
• (15.12.23) Fixed: Synchronize dirs, asymmetric mode, ZIP file on the right: when deleting all files of a directory, not all parents were deleted (32/64)
• (15.12.23) Added: Ctrl+Q quick view: The following hotkeys now still work in quick view even if redefined in main program: F2..F7 with no modifier or shift, plus Ctrl+C/A/F/P/Home/End/PageUp/PageDown/Ctrl keys (32/64)
• (14.12.23) Fixed: Synchronize dirs, FTP: Could not abort downloading or uploading file with option "Finish copying the current file" (32/64)
• (14.12.23) Fixed: Synchronize dirs, FTP: Could not abort reading of subdirectories with button, only ESC worked (32/64)
• (13.12.23) Added: When dropping .url file to the button bar, try to get icon from .url file section [InternetShortcut], value IconFile (32/64)
• (13.12.23) Added: When dropping .lnk file not containing a link to the icon file to the button bar, try to get the icon from the lnk file itself (e.g. links to Windows apps) (32/64)
• (12.12.23) Fixed: Updated WCMZIP32.DLL and WCMZIP64.DLL to ZLIB 1.3 and BZIP2 1.0.8 (32/64)
• (12.12.23) Fixed: Updated TCUNZLIB.DLL and TCUNZL64.DLL to ZLIB 1.3 (32/64)
• (12.12.23) Fixed: Checksum for file lists is now depending on the sort order. Recalculate checksum when sorting list (32/64)
• (11.12.23) Fixed: ZSTD file unpacker: function didn't abort immediately when the ZSTD library returned an error (32/64)
• (11.12.23) Added: ZSTD file unpacker: Support dictionary sizes of up to 1GB (32-bit) and 2GB (64-bit) (32/64)
• (05.12.23) Fixed: Compare by content: The last 2 characters of each line were not compared in mode "Sync:0" (32/64)
• (05.12.23) Fixed: Allow drag&drop on buttons with user-defined commands (em_command) without parameters (32/64)
• (04.12.23) Fixed: File system plugins: No warning when uploading or downloading file in nested subdir failed (32/64)
• (27.11.23) Fixed: When using a single character for hotkey cm_RenameOnly, don't use that hotkey inside the edit box to select name parts (32/64)
• (27.11.23) Fixed: Compare by content: Minimum width was not restricted (32)
• (27.11.23) Fixed: FTP connections (Ctrl+F): Minimum width and height were not restricted (32)
• (27.11.23) Fixed: FTP connections (Ctrl+F): List of connections height was using a multiple of the line height (32)
• (27.11.23) Fixed: FTP connections (Ctrl+F): Initial window size (not saved yet) was not high enough to show the Help button (64)
• (25.11.23) Fixed: Content plugins: 64-bit numeric fields were limited to max 15 digits (64)
• (23.11.23) Fixed: No second progress bar was shown when moving files between two different shares (UNC paths like \\server\share ) (32/64)
• (22.11.23) Fixed: Find files: Re-opening the dialog after it was maximized would sometimes restore it to non-maximized state (32)
• (22.11.23) Fixed: Show entry "Text file (.txt)" in "New" submenu of context menu even when the registry entry is broken (default value pointing to not existing key) (32/64)
• (22.11.23) Added: PhotoAppFilter field: Replace .??? with the extension of the viewed file, e.g. PhotoAppFilter=System.FileExtension:=(".jpg" OR ".???") then only scrolls through jpg files plus the same type as opened (32/64)
• (22.11.23) Added: Configure which types of images to pass to Windows Photo app in addition to the double clicked file: wincmd.ini [Configuration] PhotoAppFilter=filter string using Microsoft syntax, e.g. PhotoAppFilter=System.FileExtension:=(".jpg" OR ".png") Set to - to disable (32/64)
• (21.11.23) Fixed: Windows 10 and newer: Open Windows Photo app with current directory parameter so it can switch through all images in the same folder as the opened app. Only works with Enter/Double click (32/64)
• (21.11.23) Fixed: When deleting an empty folder under the cursor directly (bypassing recycle bin), the first entry of the list was focused instead of the entry below the deleted (32/64)
• (19.11.23) Fixed: Ignore hidden/system attributes of ".." directory entry when cm_SwitchHidSys is off (32/64)
• (17.11.23) Fixed: Lister, view UTF-8 encoded HTML: couldn't switch to plugin with '4' with [ListerModes], 0fields=5,htmlview.wlx (32/64)
• (17.11.23) Fixed: Lister, Find next: With some search texts, no "Not found" error was shown and the last result remained selected (32/64)
• (17.11.23) Fixed: The following redefined hotkeys are now ignored when the cursor is outside of one of the file or tree panels: Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+Y (32/64)
• (15.11.23) Fixed: Dialog boxes: Pressing Alt now enables both underlined hotkeys and focus rectangles. Tab or one of the cursor keys only enables focus rectangles now (32/64)
• (14.11.23) Fixed: Configuration - Change button bar: Current item not changed when clicking on button in the list of buttons after using cursor keys to select a button (bug in Lazarus library) (64)
• (14.11.23) Fixed: Change attributes: Field tc - comment no longer supported getting comment from ANSI or OEM description file via >> button (32/64)
• (14.11.23) Fixed: Internal content plugin: Automatically remove invalid characters like dots from translations, only warn translator of main LNG file in beta or RC versions (32/64)
• (13.11.23) Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Hotkeys like Ctrl+Shift+L didn't put the focus in the results box if the currently active item would be hidden (32/64)
• (13.11.23) Fixed: Button bar: Overlays for paused cm_SynchangeDir may appear on wrong button when hovering on it with the mouse (32/64)
• (12.11.23) Fixed: cm_Edit with parameter /T (template file) would always write a multiple of 4kByte instead of just the template file length (32/64)