Software Update: Total Commander 7.55 Beta 1

Christian Ghisler has released the first public beta release of version 7.55 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.

New in version 7.55 is, among other things, the possibility to give options before the copying process starts, files can be exchanged between two computers via a special USB cable and various improvements have been made to the ftp part. Furthermore, many more processes can now be run in the background, leaving the main program available for other things and archive files can now also be opened in virtual directories. The main changes in this release are summarized below for you:

What’s new?

• Use MLSD command for file listings in FTP function (better time resolution, time in UTC)
• Transfer files between two computers over a special USB cable
• Improvements to synchronize dirs function: Compare via plugins and FTP, options to skip hidden files and hard links, SITE UTIME in ftp sync
• Compare by content now shows different and changed lines with a slightly different background color (configurable via wincmd.ini)
• FTP connection details dialog split into two tabs
• “cd” command in button bar and start menu now accepts parameter /user: (user name for network connection)
• Open archives also in virtual folders like the Desktop
• New internal commands with parameters SELECTFILES, OPENTABSL and OPENTABSR, eg for the button bar
• Let the user set the user agent for HTTP connections
• Unpack directory time stamps from archives
• Lister: Increased maximum line length to 1024 characters (Unicode: 512)
• Verify CRC checksums: Also support CRC files in UTF16 Unicode format
• Show Terminal Server and Win7 XP mode drives in drive dropdown list and drive buttonbar
• Ctrl+Shift+B and cm_DirBranchSel shows branch view of only the selected dirs+files
• Colors by file type: Get plugin data in background thread for slow plugins
• F5 copy dialog: “Options” dialog extension can be pinned now to remain open
• RAR with encrypted file names: Show pseudo file F5> and let user unpack the archive with F5
• Command line: Command “cd filename” places cursor directly on file with name “filename”
• Search in “feed to listbox” results: Respect option “Search subdirectories”, eg to search 3 levels deep in all selected dirs
• Show progress dialog box when reading a directory takes longer than 5 seconds
• Create CRC checksums: support subdirectories (recursively), background button
• Multi-rename tool: Allow to create fields with leading zeroes or spaces
• Create shortcuts (LNK files) also in protected system directories
• Handle dir space calculation in background (when user presses SPACE or Alt+Shift+Enter)
• Internal UnRAR via unrar.dll: Support target names longer than 259 characters
• File system plugins: Support background downloads and uploads (requires changes to plugin)
• Various new background operations: Unpack: RAR, TAR, packer plugins (needs modification), Pack: TAR, packer plugins

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

Total Commander 7.55 beta 1 screenshot, click on the image for a larger version.