Software Update: Total Commander 7.50

After eight public beta releases and two release candidates, Christian Ghisler thought it was enough and released the final release of version 7.50 of Total Commander. This program can be used as a replacement for Windows Explorer. Splitting the image in half makes it easy to copy files, but the program can do much more. There are various ways to modify files, there is a built-in ftp client and a multi-rename tool, and there is support for a large number of compression formats. Furthermore, the functionality can be extended with plugins.

Development of version 7.50 has been underway since late July 2007 and the changelog contains no less than 1500 adjustments. New is, among other things, that the ftp passwords can be protected with an aes256 encrypted ‘master password’ and that the individual folders in the address bar can be clicked (‘breadcrumbs’). Furthermore, the internal archive unpacker can now also handle multi-volume rar files and rar files with a password and the quick search only shows those files and folders that meet the search criteria. Christian Ghisler summarizes the most important changes for us as follows:

What’s new?

There are many new functions. The most important are:

• Full Unicode support in most functions where it is possible, including FTP, ZIP packer, and plugin interfaces
• Help file now by default in HTML format (CHM). The old HLP file is still available online
• Support for file names longer than 259 characters (up to 1022) in most file operations
• The current directory above the file lists can act as a clickable bar (“breadcrumb bar”)
• Protect the stored ftp passwords with a master password using AES256 encryption
• Start Lister, compare by content or synchronize dirs directly via command line parameters
• Comments (Ctrl+Z) can now have a max. length of 4095 characters, and support line breaks
• Synchronize dirs: Option to synchronize also empty directories, option to copy just specific file properties (like the time)
• Allow to use the Windows key for user-defined hotkeys
• On 64-bit Windows, allow to use 64-bit shell extensions in local menu (context menu)
• Copy files/directories to multiple target directories (or lnk files pointing to directories) in one operation
• Quick search with search dialog: Show button which allows to show only files/dirs matching the filter
• Choose different character encodings in Lister, full support for right to left text
• New internal association system, eg for using Total Commander from a USB stick

A list of additions and corrections, also for previous versions, can be found here.

As usual, the update is free for all registered users.