28.08.02 Release Wincmd 5.10 Final 27.08.02 Fixed: When copying to removable NTFS volume, don't call "Flush" every xx seconds (causing problems with preallocation) 22.08.02 Fixed: Installer hangs if any of the target files has the hidden attribute 21.08.02 Release Wincmd 5.10 RC1 20.08.02 Fixed: Diskdir plugin: Extract file date/time with files 20.08.02 Fixed: Ctrl+B Branch view: Drag file from subdir with spaces in it to button bar button would not open the file 20.08.02 Fixed: FTP: When editing a file with F4, then disconnecting and reconnecting to other server, the file was re-uploaded to the wrong server 14.08.02 Release Wincmd 5.10 Beta 2 14.08.02 Fixed: Crash on Alt+Enter if WinRAR 3 installed 13.08.02 Fixed: Moved creation of sound registry keys to configuration dialog - only if "Configure sounds" button is clicked 12.08.02 Fixed: Make Wincmd work with current RAR.EXE version (Winrar.exe already worked, use this if possible) 07.08.02 Fixed: Shift+Enter didn't work inside of archives 07.08.02 Fixed: "Show (Lister)" no longer working in context menu 06.08.02 Release Wincmd 5.10 Beta 1 06.08.02 Fixed: Parameter %P in button bar: Remove "0:" pseudo drive for ftp connections 04.08.02 Fixed: Search function unpacked ACE archives even when it didn't search for text 30.07.02 Fixed: Compare by contents: If one listbox has a horizonal scrollbar and the other hasn't, scrolling to the end brings lists out of sync 30.07.02 Fixed: User-defined hotkeys didn't work with RestrictInterface=1 (turning off the start menu) 28.07.02 Added: Support for TAR files >2GB (the individual packed files must be smaller than 2 GB!) 28.07.02 Fixed: On Win9x+ME, the parallel port driver cannot be loaded if the directory contains a non-English accented character -> copy driver temporarily to system directory 28.07.02 Fixed: Parameter /L=//servername/ didn't work, only /L=//servername/share 26.07.02 Fixed: Shift+F4 (new file) didn't work if editor was defined with "%1" parameter 26.07.02 Added: Translate environment variables in the command line, e.g. cd %windir% -> cd c:\windows 26.07.02 Fixed: Right click on drive button and choosing a command from the 'New' submenu sometimes created the new item in the current directory 23.07.02 Fixed: WinXP shows other computers in Nethood subdirs in the form "Server Comment (servername)". Changed to "servername". 23.07.02 Fixed: When unpacking to temp dir on ENTER, remove read-only attribute so file can be deleted later 19.07.02 Fixed: FTP: access violation if local name too long 19.07.02 Fixed: Sync tool: German 'sz' letter was detected as being the same as 'ss' in sync tool ('feature' of the 'CompareString' function of Windows...) 19.07.02 Fixed: background transfer manager: Total length of source+target dir couldn't exceed 259 characters 02.07.02 Fixed: Compare by content, if file too big, the file handle wasn't always closed after compare failed 25.06.02 Fixed: Configuration dialog, when changing fonts, the preview shows the wrong fonts after clicking "Apply" 25.06.02 Added: On FTP downloads, replace colon ":" by underscore "_" because otherwise Windows creates a named substream on NTFS 20.06.02 Added: Command line during FTP connection: "PUT" command now supports absolute paths, e.g. PUT c:\files\file.txt 18.06.02 Fixed: Creating multi-volume ZIP archives slow on Win2k 18.06.02 Fixed: Background transfer manager: "-" button removed wrong items from list if already downloaded a file 18.06.02 Fixed: Show file sizes >2 GB also in overwrite confirmation dialog 11.06.02 Fixed: Parallel port server in Wincmd16: Could not access empty drives (e.g. floppy with no files) 11.06.02 Fixed: Command line: Forward slashes will now be converted to backslashes on local drives 31.05.02 Fixed: Selection with Shift+Left click didn't always work after selecting first item with right click 31.05.02 Added: Synchronize dirs: Total % of comparison now calculated by file size, not number of files 31.05.02 Added: Support for tag in lister (same as <PRE>) 31.05.02 Fixed: In place rename in ZIP can now also be invoked by a slow double click 31.05.02 Added: Search for multiple paths in search function now also works with UNC paths, e.g. \\server\share1;\\server\share2 29.05.02 Added: FTP: When using auto-retry, also wait for the retry timeout after the first connection attempt 14.05.02 Added: SHA1 authentication to FTP client 14.05.02 Fixed: Drag other window over drive button bar could show frame 14.05.02 Fixed: In the button bar, a button was shown as down after right clicking on it 13.05.02 Added: FTP client will send FEAT command to ask for ftp server features MDTM and LIST -lT (full date/time display) 10.05.02 Added: FTP client: Upload/download files > 4 GB, also with resume 05.05.02 Fixed: Lister standalone: Mouse scrolling didn't work 17.04.02 Fixed: After changing attributes in subdirs, the current selection wasn't removed if nothing had changed in the current directory 17.04.02 Added: Also copy date/time of IStream objects on drag&drop (doesn't work with Outlook Express, because OE doesn't pass them) 17.04.02 Fixed: Zip subdir was removed when clicking "encrypt" in pack dialog 17.04.02 Fixed: Compare by contents could fail with a single character at the end 16.04.02 Added: Internal unpacking of single files from multi-volume RAR archives (requires new unrar.dll) 16.04.02 Fixed: Multi-volume RAR files: Only show files which start in that volume! 16.04.02 Fixed: Support for new multi-volume RAR files (requires external winrar for unpacking) 15.04.02 Fixed: Problem with copying huge files using the special copying modes 15.04.02 Fixed: Pausing a HTTP download moved to the background also paused a foreground ftp download 15.04.02 Fixed: No error messages when trying to compare a file on an ftp server, or copying from ftp to an archive 15.04.02 Fixed: FTP download later: didn't save firewall type for http firewalls 15.04.02 Added: Support for bmp files with negative height (stored upside down) 15.04.02 Added: Support for *.jp2 and *.j2k (Jpeg 2000) through Irfanview 15.04.02 Added: Open link (*.lnk) in other window with Ctrl+Right arrow (or left arrow, respectively) 15.04.02 Fixed: Background transfer manager didn't remember max. transfer speed during multiple http downloads or ftp via http downloads 15.04.02 Added: Timeout to "Download complete" message from ftp server - Wincmd should try to continue if no reply for 15 seconds 25.03.02 Fixed: By mistake, quotation marks were removed from command line parameters of 2 character commands. 25.03.02 Fixed: Ctrl+B in packer plugin: Extract of files from subdirs didn't work (because subdir wasn't created) 25.03.02 Fixed: Background transfer manager didn't rename files on same drive, instead it copied+deleted them 25.03.02 Fixed: Check for a colon ":" when copying/moving with F5 or F6 to avoid the copying of the data to a named substream 25.03.02 Fixed: Explicitely check for a colon ":" when renaming with Shift+F6 to avoid moving the data to a named substream on NTFS drives 25.03.02 Fixed: If deletion of non-empty dir is canceled, the dir loses any special attributes like hidden or system 11.03.02 Fixed: Problems with internal HTML links without double quotes 05.03.02 Fixed: Don't get special icons for folders with read-only attribute on UNC network drives 28.02.02 Fixed: FTP transfer log sometimes contained duplicate slashes in URLs 25.02.02 Fixed: Couldn't copy file on remote share to other dir with file of same name 25.02.02 Fixed: Extension was removed from xyztar.zip when clicking on 'create self-extracting archive' in pack dialog 15.02.02 Added: Support for OTP secure FTP authentication (not encryption!), e.g. for Serv-U, supports MD4 and MD5 (not working through all proxies) 26.02.02 Release Windows Commander 5.0 Silent update 25.02.02 Fixed: Extension was removed from xyztar.zip when clicking on 'create self-extracting archive' in pack dialog 20.02.02 Fixed: HTTP download in background, better function to abort a download 19.02.02 Fixed: Lister F3 crashed with AVI files with a name longer than 193 characters (bug in media player) -> use dos name 19.02.02 Fixed: Wrong unzip progress if selecting dirs in zip with Spacebar 19.02.02 Fixed: Alt+F4 in verify checksums dialog didn't re-enable the main Wincmd window 13.02.02 Fixed: HTTP download in background didn't show name of downloaded file if clicking 'Background' during the connect 12.02.02 Fixed: Background transfer manager: When using "add URL", don't ask for the password for anonymous FTP URLs 11.02.02 Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration], UseShellConnect=1 lets Wincmd use the old (4.53) method to connect to network shares (in Ctrl+D etc.) 10.02.02 Fixed: Switch to wrong FTP directory when synchronize is closed and connection was lost 04.02.02 Added: Auto-install feature to installer (no questions asked). In install.inf, section [auto], set auto=1 lang= sets language, alllang=1 installs all other languages, iniloc=c:\wincmd sets ini location iniall=1 sets ini location for all users, mkgroup=1 creates Start menu group, mkdesktop=1 makes desktop icon Install dir is determined by previous installation location, or [Destination], Dir= 04.02.02 Fixed: Ignore junk data after the end of a .GZ file (e.g. padding with 0 bytes) 04.02.02 Fixed: Unicode big endian files not shown correctly when switching to hex and back to Unicode view 04.02.02 Added: Don't use compression for help files, makes download archive 100k smaller(!) 03.02.02 Fixed: Replaced NOOP by PWD in various places, because some servers dislike it 03.02.02 Fixed: FTP server may return another wrong reply on NOOP command 03.02.02 Fixed: Read WinXP-specific registry keys only on XP, some installers may write them on older versions of Windows 01.02.02 Fixed: WinXP supports yet another new type of association, added to Wincmd too 01.02.02 Fixed: Click on parent button in search result while other window open refreshes wrong window 01.02.02 Fixed: Errors in German, French, Spanish, Slovak and Polish language files 01.02.02 Fixed: Buttons like "Mail" on newer keyboards stopped working with Wincmd in foreground (only Win2k and newer) 28.01.02 Fixed: Show larger rename edit box (Shift+F6) for very small fonts 28.01.02 Fixed: If append to file fails, the file is now truncated to its original size 28.01.02 Fixed: No error shown when trying to pack to write-protected zip 28.01.02 Fixed: Long directory names, or file names without extension are cut off by 1 character in brief mode 22.01.02 Fixed: Compare by contents crash with "ignore case" and DBCS characters 21.01.02 Release Windows Commander 5.0 Final 21.01.02 Fixed: Wrong font in background transfer manager 20.01.02 Fixed: FTP in background: upload of files in subdirs wasn't aborted correctly, user was asked to continue multiple times 20.01.02 Added: Button in installer to show readme file 18.01.02 Added: Uninstaller can now repair missing desktop icon and start menu icons 18.01.02 Fixed: Uninstaller didn't close the hidden console batch file to delete itself 18.01.02 Fixed: Made background transfer manager a bit larger to allow longer translations 17.01.02 Fixed: Changed background transfer manager to use font as defined for all dialog boxes 15.01.02 Release Windows Commander 5.0 RC2 15.01.02 Added: F1 key support for background transfer manager 13.01.02 Added: Control panel icon to wcmicons.dll (this icon is redistributable according to MSDN Pro documentation) 13.01.02 Fixed: Found a few functions without string length checking 11.01.02 Added: Support for Back/Forward buttons on some newer keyboards/mice 08.01.02 Fixed: Wrong error message when renaming file and trying to give invalid name 08.01.02 Fixed: Problems with installer (back button not going to correct page) 06.01.02 Release Windows Commander 5.0 RC1 04.01.02 Added: Show user-defined folder icons if read only attribute is set for this folder 31.12.01 Added: Download from list: Send additional header fields with Header: command, e.g. Header: Referer: http://www.somesite.com 31.12.01 Fixed: Remember "Save destination" option (in Download later) during a Wincmd session 31.12.01 Fixed: Background transfer manager: Copy files from Ctrl+B view or search results not working correctly 30.12.01 Added: Supported for RAR SFX file ending with a header containing all zeroes 30.12.01 Fixed: Show read error when trying to zip files from virtual folder like the desktop (which isn't supported) 30.12.01 Fixed: Couldn't compare files by content in zip subdirs from synchronize right click menu 30.12.01 Fixed: Search - go to file didn't place cursor on file in zip sudir 28.12.01 Added: Dir branch (Ctrl+B) now also working inside of archives (user can choose to extact paths or not) 28.12.01 Fixed: Background transfer manager, 'add for copying' dialog showed 'ftp' in title 23.12.01 Fixed: HTTP download in background: invalid progress data shown in title 23.12.01 Fixed: Uninstaller couldn't remove itself when the path to it contained any spaces 23.12.01 Fixed: Lister was printing in the color set as the default text color in control panel instead of black 23.12.01 Fixed: Combine files could fail if first part was smaller than second part (difference multiple of 32 k) 20.12.01 Fixed: Lister (F3) had a limit of the number of files which could be opened at the same time 19.12.01 Release Windows Commander 5.0 Beta 4 19.12.01 Fixed: Don't abort download of whole subdir if download of 1 file fails, just report error after downloading whole dir 19.12.01 Fixed: Couldn't search in self-extracting archive opened with Ctrl+PageDown 19.12.01 Added: FTP through HTTP proxy: Support for proxies returning listing in a table (<tr> tags) 18.12.01 Fixed: Error shown in "Define server type" when giving empty definition string 18.12.01 Fixed: On WinXP, Wincmd no longer switched to C: automatically when disconnecting a network drive 18.12.01 Fixed: Rename (Shift+F6) window too small for big fonts 18.12.01 Fixed: Configuration - Edit/View: Save double quotes around editor name if specified by user 18.12.01 Fixed: Resume download never worked in "Synchronize dirs" 18.12.01 Fixed: Sound settings not always saved 18.12.01 Fixed: Double click on zip associated with Wincmd didn't always work correctly 18.12.01 Fixed: Unpack multiple archives to same dir didn't always unpack all archives 12.12.01 Fixed: 'Configure' sounds button opened wrong control panel applet 12.12.01 Fixed: Custom associations no longer worked 11.12.01 Release Windows Commander 5.0 Beta 3 11.12.01 Added: Detect symbolic links in ftp by http proxy 11.12.01 Fixed: Consider XP style associations also in files - associate with 11.12.01 Fixed: 16-bit version: Crash in 'synchronize dirs' due to stack overflow when uploading 11.12.01 Fixed: Self extracting ZIP: Percent bar not correct for very big archives (several 100 MB) 11.12.01 Added: Allow to set when to play custom sounds, either always or only for slow operations 10.12.01 Added: Take associations also from new WinXP registry keys 10.12.01 Fixed: Unpacking files with password through external pkunzip no longer worked 10.12.01 Added: Sounds for copy/move complete, delete complete, pack/unpack/search complete 10.12.01 Added: SFV creation: suggest name of file if only one file selected 10.12.01 Fixed: Don't try to open *.m3u files in lister as multimedia, they don't work 09.12.01 Fixed: Catch access violation happening in unacev2.dll when unpacking bad ACE file 09.12.01 Added: Allow to skip files which cannot be deleted 09.12.01 Added: 1hourdif option added to config dialog: Workaround to daylight saving time problems with local/remote NTFS drives 09.12.01 Added: Count files in subdirs option split into 2 options: when hitting spacebar/when copying+deleting 07.12.01 Fixed: Delete target GZIP file when packing fails 05.12.01 Added: Option 'Skip' if write fails during copy 05.12.01 Fixed: Set current dir to dir active in active window when right clicking on a file 05.12.01 Fixed: FTP timeout settings in configuration - misc accepted negative values 05.12.01 Fixed: FTP delete in background: Didn't always ask to delete non-empty dirs 05.12.01 Added: Show progress bar for 'Compare by contents' 05.12.01 Fixed: 'No files selected' error shown twice in CRC functions 05.12.01 Fixed: Couldn't abort background packing while it was paused 05.12.01 Fixed: Multi-rename tool stopped working with FTP after adding [P] placeholder 05.12.01 Fixed: Uninstaller: Removed system menu and icon from title bar 05.12.01 Fixed: TAR packer could show 'ZIP' in error text instead of 'TAR' 05.12.01 Added: Show display adapter bit depth in true color mode (24 or 32 bit) 02.12.01 Release Windows Commander 5.0 Beta 2 02.12.01 Added: Custom sounds when connection established or transfer complete, can be set in Control Panel - Sounds + Multimedia 02.12.01 Fixed: Win2k/XP: Files - Associate with - (none) didn't remove association if it was made directly (shell\open\command under .ext key) 02.12.01 Fixed: Background transfer manager: selection in main win could disappear when clicking the "+" button 30.11.01 Added: Background transfer manager: Delete button with no selected items or first item selected allows to abort current transfer and continue with next 30.11.01 Added: Enhanced plugin interface allows to search for text with packer plugins (needs new plugin) 30.11.01 Fixed: Problems with TAR files containing very long names starting with a slash (absolute directory) 30.11.01 Added: wincmd.ini [Configuration] AppendWarning=0 removes warning message when appending to a file 28.11.01 Added: Comment lines in 'download from list' allowed, must start with a ; 28.11.01 Fixed: FTP: When trying to upload multiple dirs to read-only dir, there was no way to abort the operation 28.11.01 Fixed: Unpack each archive to separate dir didn't work with external unpackers 28.11.01 Fixed: Show workgroup name on Windows 2000 in 'System information' dialog 25.11.01 Added: Install/Uninstall allows to add/remove icon to/from the desktop 25.11.01 Added: FTP upload in background (with transfer manager): Added overwrite confirmation dialog 25.11.01 Fixed: Background HTTP download: no progress bar shown when dialog was not in the upper left corner 25.11.01 Added: Pause button support for background zip+unzip 23.11.01 Fixed: File selection not removed after packing to .GZ file(s) 23.11.01 Added: Support for .GZ files where the stored name contains forward slashes 23.11.01 Added: Deleting the only file contained in a .GZ file now deletes the .GZ file itself 23.11.01 Added: Hints to new speed buttons in "compare by contents" 23.11.01 Added: Support for SFV with chr(10) as linefeed 23.11.01 Fixed: Couldn't create SFV files in the root of a drive 23.11.01 Added: CRC-Check function: Show result list of checked files with 'OK' or 'Wrong CRC' 23.11.01 Fixed: Support tabstops in SFV file 23.11.01 Fixed: Added version number to SFV file to make WinSFV happy 23.11.01 Added: Double click on SFV file starts verifying CRCs 23.11.01 Fixed: Detect Windows ME and XP in system info box 23.11.01 Fixed: Installer: Increased wait time for Wincmd closing to 30 seconds 23.11.01 Fixed: Copy in background: 'Pause' button not working with Skip 23.11.01 Fixed: The background transfer manager was appearing behind Wincmd even when started empty 23.11.01 Fixed: Create separate archive per file/dir: Archive file name was wrong (test.txtzip) 22.11.01 Added: Moved WinXP .Manifest file into EXE 21.11.01 Release Windows Commander 5.0 Beta 1 21.11.01 Added: Pause button now also works when copying, moving or deleting files in background 20.11.01 Fixed: WinNT/2000: If parallel port driver was loaded, then Wincmd moved to a different dir, the driver wasn't found any more 20.11.01 Fixed: Copy+Paste files: File list was only refreshed with Ctrl+V, not with right click+paste 20.11.01 Fixed: Show free space available to user, not total free space on disk (considers quota settings if present) 20.11.01 Added: Support for ZIP with wrong local header PK#7#0 instead of PK#7#8 20.11.01 Fixed: Right click on dir - search didn't work correctly 19.11.01 Added: Download-list can now also upload files. WARNING: No overwrite-confirmation! Syntax: put:sourcename -> targetname 19.11.01 Added: Ctrl+A selects all, just like in Explorer 18.11.01 Added: Split the "Commands" menu into "Commands" and "Net" menu, to make it smaller and add more commands 16.11.01 Added: Extension of plugin interface allows to create archives of type TAR.Plugin 16.11.01 Fixed: Documentation error in plugin writer guide: ProcessFile() is also called in PK_OM_LIST mode (with PK_SKIP parameter) 16.11.01 Added: TBitBtn: Support for XP styles 15.11.01 Added: Install+Uninstall: Support for new WinXP style 14.11.01 Added: Background transfer manager can now also be started separately (empty) 13.11.01 Added: FTP download in background: Allow to set the used firewall for ftp connections with line firewall=1 (here, 1 stands for the first defined firewall) 13.11.01 Added: Support for Mouse Wheel in "Compare by contents" 13.11.01 Added: Support for XP themes - remove wincmd32.exe.Manifest if you don't like them in Wincmd! 12.11.01 Fixed: Workaround to WinXP bug - lparam in LB_ADDSTRING or LB_INSERTSTRING cannot be 0 if .Manifest file present! 12.11.01 Added: Download-list can now also copy+move files. Syntax: copy:sourcename -> targetname or move:sourcename -> targetname 11.11.01 Added: FTP download from list: detect if list file was modified, and add new items to current download 11.11.01 Added: FTP+HTTP in background: Set speed limit for up- and downloads 11.11.01 Added: FTP+HTTP in background: Pause button 07.11.01 Fixed: Lister: Characters with code 00 not copied to clipboard -> replace with spaces 07.11.01 Fixed: Installer: INI file could be created in wrong dir when user chooses custom location 07.11.01 Fixed: Search function showed an error message for every bad *.ACE file it couldn't search 07.11.01 Fixed: Synchronize with ZIP file: error when zip contained subdirs which didn't have the 'subdir' attribute set 05.11.01 Fixed: FTP download files in subdirs: date/time not copied with files older than 1 year 14.10.01 Fixed: Drag&Drop didn't work with negative coordinates (when using a secondary monitor on the left side of the primary) 12.10.01 Added: Linux: TAR packer can now pack/unpack symbolic links 12.10.01 Added: Linux: TAR packer now stores UID/GID/Permissions 10.10.01 Fixed: Unzip: Detect encrypted files in ZIP also in subdirs 10.10.01 Added: FTP details dialog: automatically replace forward slashes by backslashes in local dir path 09.10.01 Added: Create CRC-Checksum files in SFV format, allows to verify that a copied/downloaded file is intact by verifying the checksum 09.10.01 Fixed: F3 in lister couldn't show any multimedia files with names longer than 63 characters (Win9x+ME only) 08.10.01 Fixed: Synchronize dirs: middle mouse button click also opened the context menu 05.10.01 Added: FTP client: In log window, show connection number in front of the command/reply, e.g. 1:LIST (only for connections >0) 05.10.01 Added: Configuration-Packer: Create TAR files either for Linux or SunOS. Difference only important if packed file/path name longer than 100 characters 05.10.01 Added: Configuration - Display: Tree: Use ENTER to open dir in other window: If unchecked, dir is changed automatically 03.10.01 Added: "Branch view" to "Commands" menu 03.10.01 Added: Compare by contents: Button to show the two windows above each other, e.g. for wide texts 03.10.01 Added: Pack: Option to create a separate archive for each selected file/dir. If no target dir is given, the packed file will be placed in the same dir as the original file. 01.10.01 Added: Lister, right click menu: "Copy all URLs" in HTML-Viewer mode 01.10.01 Added: Lister: Double click on a word now selects all letters including underscores _. 01.10.01 Fixed: No tooltips shown for too long directory names in view - brief mode. 28.09.01 Added: Compare by contents: Search for text in BOTH files simultaneously, found text will be underlined! 28.09.01 Added: Lister: Ctrl+F3 now reverses search direction (until now it forced backwards search) 28.09.01 Fixed: [..] and [\] buttons, <Backspace> and <Ctrl+PageUp> now work in cm_SyncChangeDir mode 27.09.01 Added: Internal TGZ (TAR.GZ) packer. Uses same compression settings as the (G)ZIP packer. 27.09.01 Added: Internal TAR packer. Warning: Names longer than 99 characters will be packed the GNU-way (Linux) and cannot be unpacked on SunOS etc. 26.09.01 Added: Internal GZIP-Packer. Uses same compression settings as the ZIP packer. 24.09.01 Added: FTP: Option to send keepalive messages (NOOP, PWD or so) to the server in user-defined intervals (for max. 1 hour of inactivity) 24.09.01 Fixed: Compare by contents: Difference found at end of file if 2 files different in line ends only (CRLF vs. LF) 24.09.01 Added: Find files: Start search inside an archive (only in the root of the archive) 24.09.01 Added: Files - Unpack: Option to unpack each selected archive to a different dir, with the name of the archive (without the extension), e.g. test.zip -> test\ 24.09.01 Added: FTP-Server-Template: Allow multiplicator in size template, e.g. SSSSSSS=1024 in template multiplies size value with 1024, e.g. for servers which return the block size 24.09.01 Added: Internal command cm_SyncChangeDir makes Wincmd change to the directory of the same name in BOTH windows synchronously, e.g. to traverse two identical trees local+remote 23.09.01 Added: Multi-Rename-Tool: Placeholder [P] puts name of parent dir into file name, [P2-5] the letters 2-5 of the parent dir name 19.09.01 Added: FTP: SOCKS4+SOCKS5 Proxy support (active+passive mode!), SOCKS5 without encryption 17.09.01 Added: FTP - Synchronize dirs: If 'ignore dates' is checked, Wincmd no longer changes the date of the local files on upload 17.09.01 Fixed: Lister: Hide hint window for URLs when menu is accessed 17.09.01 Added: FTP-Server-Template: Allow Time format of hh.mm or hh,mm in UUUUU template, not only hh:mm 17.09.01 Fixed: FTP server may return wrong reply on NOOP command (1684240 NOOP command ok), should be 3 digit number 17.09.01 Fixed: Lister: Last search method not remembered correctly (Hex search) 17.09.01 Added: FTP+HTTP: Auto-Resume download if download-connection lost 14.09.01 Fixed: Long URLs in Wincmd start menu can cause Wincmd to vanish 14.09.01 Fixed: ZIP file lost hidden/system attributes when adding files to it 14.09.01 Fixed: Lister: Last character in a file not shown in UTF-8 mode 22.08.01 Fixed: Test CAB archives while connected to FTP (in other panel) doesn't close progress dialog 22.08.01 Fixed: Ctrl+Q in an archive with sound files didn't delete the files when going to next file while playing 22.08.01 Fixed: Wincmd installer: Changed icon in "Installtion complete" to information (was warning icon) 22.08.01 Fixed: Access violation when accessing FTP server in Network Neighborhood while offline 22.08.01 Fixed: Lister: Positioning cursor with % menu item caused crash if file no longer existed 22.08.01 Fixed: CAB unpacker didn't extract hidden/system attributes from CAB files 21.08.01 Fixed: FTP-Client: Problems with recursive deletion if FTP server shows drive letters in all subdirs 21.08.01 Fixed: 1 Pixel offset of right window when moving % slider between the 2 file windows 21.08.01 Fixed: FTP client can now show file details correctly for files > 2GB (up/download still limited to 2 GB per file) 21.08.01 Fixed: Config-Dialog, label of RAR+ACE checkboxes changed to ARJ when clicking Apply 12.08.01 Fixed: Shell Extensions like PathCopy could prevent Copy+Paste in Wincmd (Ctrl+C Tab Ctrl+V) 12.08.01 Fixed: (Second try): Problems with WindowBlinds: Multi-Rename tool moves up a few pixels each time it's re-opened (reason: Aspack EXE packer) 12.08.01 Fixed: Multi-rename tool: With >10'000 files in a dir it took a long time until the renaming starts 10.08.01 Fixed: Search - go to file didn't always work if file/dir in root 10.08.01 Fixed: Search function didn't show NTFS-compressed attribute 10.08.01 Added: FTP client now supports more than 2 definition strings per template (up to 32!) 28.07.01 Fixed: Some file systems can contain file names with a space at the end, e.g. CD-ROMs 27.07.01 Fixed: In huge copy block mode, don't use 'no buffering' flag with CD-ROMs. New in Version 4.54 (16.07.01): - Compare by content: Switch between binary and text mode. - Lister: Support word wrap in UTF8 mode New in Version 4.53 (31.05.01): - Display of UTF8 (special 1-6 byte Unicode format) in Lister - Support for ACE 2.0 archives - Support for files > 2 GB in Lister and split/combine functions - Directory print with subdirs: Print only files of certain types, e.g. *.txt *.doc - Change date/time of folders also on Windows NT/2000 (admins only due to restricted rights) - FTP: Resume upload (binary files only). WARNING: With some versions of the server WarFTPd, the resume seems to work, but the uploaded file is unusable! - Directory hotlist can now contain up to 200 entries - The location of Wincmd.ini and Wcx_ftp.ini can now be set in the registry (32-bit version only): \SOFTWARE\Ghisler\Windows Commander, new text values IniFileName and FtpIniName. This key may be created under HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE The command line parameters /i= and /f= still take precedence over the registry values. - Special larger block sizes when copying very large files can increase the copying speed of these large files quite a bit. This function is only meant for advanced users, and needs to be enabled through wincmd.ini (CopyBlockSize etc). New in Version 4.52 (15.01.01): - Display of Unicode and HTML (as plain text) in Lister - Search for Unicode and Hex in the search function - Print function to print directory lists, trees and compare results in 'Synchronize dirs'. - Display of all files in the current dir and all subdirs with Ctrl+B - File windows above each other instead of side by side - Display of the file size in kbytes or dynamic depending on the actual size - Multi-rename tool: Enhanced counter settings using definition strings [Cxxx] - Submenu 'New' in the right click context menu allows to create new (empty) files New in Version 4.51 (18.07.00): - Bugfix of 4.50 New in Version 4.50 (30.6.00): - Multi-rename tool: Allows to rename multiple files in one step (Hotkey: Ctrl+T) - Batch rename function with Shift+F6 to quickly rename multiple files one by one - Rename files and subdirs inside a ZIP archive (Shift+F6) - Parallel port transfer function (direct cable connection), works between Win95/98/NT/2000/3.1 and DOS! - FTP: Definition of custom host types, using a definition string - FTP: Retry to connect multiple times also for non-anonymous connections - FTP: Support for multiple proxies (separately for FTP and HTTP connections) - FTP: Workaround to bug in some FTP servers: Upload of subdirs failed - Resolve lnk files on the desktop or in the Network Neighborhood - Unpack self-extracting files created by WinACE and WinRAR (open with Ctrl+PgDn) - "Unpack all and execute" in packer properties allows to try out a program or run an installer from inside an archive - Define custom colors for different file types, e.g. all directories, all zip files etc. - Search for text also inside CAB files - Copying to 'write only' directories (Windows NT, network) - Uninstaller: Automatic removal of the program through the Control Panel Several new commands and parameters for Button bar / Start menu: - cm_List now allows to open a file. The file name must be given directly behind CM_LIST, and not in the parameters field! Example: cm_list c:\windows\wincmd.ini always opens the file wincmd.ini in lister. - cm_ShowFileUser: Show which remote user has opened a local file (through a shared directory) - cm_EditPersmissionInfo: Show permissions dialog on Windows NT (NTFS file system) - cm_EditAuditInfo: Show file auditing dialog (NTFS) - cm_EditOwnerInfo: Show "Take ownership" dialog (NTFS) - cm_ShowOnlySelected: Hide all files/dirs which aren't selected when this function is used - cm_OpenRecycled: Open 'recycle bin' - New parameters %L, %l, %F, %f, %D, %d create a list file in the TEMP directory with the names of the selected files and directories. New in Version 4.02 (16.12.99): - Unzip, delete and HTTP downloads (Ctrl+N) in background. - Synchronize dirs now also supports directory from/to ftp synchronization! Concerning the date/time synchronizing problems with ftp, please read the section important note on the page Synchronize dirs. - Tray icon right click menu (context menu). - Direct upload of files from inside an archive to an FTP server. - Better parsing of FTP file lists downloaded via a HTTP proxy. - User-defined keyboard shortcuts. - Split "Equal/Unequal" button into two buttons in sychronize function - Change date/time of directories (Win95/98 only) - FTP server to server transfers (FXP): Always sends PORT command to left server, PASV to right server. This allows for file transfers between a public server and one in a private address room, or behind a firewall. The private server must be in the left window. - Find files: Only search in selected files and folders - many small additions and bugfixes (see history.txt) New in Version 4.01 (27.07.99): - This version was mainly a bugfix release - HTTP downloads enhanced (now supports passwords, and special sites which require 'host:' line) - Settings what to do when second ftp connection opened in same window: wcx_ftp.ini, [General] AutoDisconnect =1 disconnect previous =2 keep previous =0 ask user New in Version 4.00 (17.06.99): General: - Directory synchronize: Compare two dirs with subdirs, or 1 dir and 1 archive - Compare files by content - Allow to abort binary compare in 'synchronize' with ESC - Copy/move in the background - 32 bit only - wincmd.ini, [configuration], AlwaysCopyInBackground=1 always copies in background - Connect to UNC path (\\server\path) in background (separate thread), allow to abort after 3 seconds - Dialog box Change Attributes, button to set current date&time - wincmd.ini, [configuration], activeright=1 activates right file listbox at start - Support for virtual folders through button bar. Use commands: cm_OpenDesktop, cm_OpenDrives, cm_OpenControls, cm_OpenFonts, cm_OpenNetwork, cm_OpenPrinters - Copy and Move files from and to virtual folders - Copy to nul, prn, lptx and comx now supported - Rename or append when copying and target exists - Files - Split now also accepts fractions of a number, like 0.5 MB - Use NTFS time compare method (2 seconds difference considered as same) in 'Compare directories' and 'Synchroinize dirs' User interface: - 2 drive button bars, one per file window (configurable) - 256 color folder icons, and support for external icon library (icl): wincmd.ini, [configuration], iconlib=dllname.dll (sample DLL on www.ghisler.com) - User-defined drive names (for drive list+button bar). Example: wincmd.ini, [DriveHints], E=ZIP drive - File window tabstops (column width) are now saved separately by resolution, and adjust to the right (configurable) - Save current position and maximized state separately for search, compare and synchronize dialogs - Show special folder icons for system folders, e.g. the Recycle Bin - Extended selection (Num+ and CTRL+F12) now supports almost all options as the 'search' function - The / key on numeric keypad restores file selection as it was before the last file operation Packer: - Multi-threading of zip function (pack in background) - 32 bit only - Packer/unpacker plugins to add external archiver DLLs - Copy files directly from ZIP to ZIP - Rename while unpacking (internally) and target exists - Support for ARJ SFX 2.62 - LZH files with comment field (starting with -com-) now supported - Configuration - Save settings saves current file display settings and directories even if auto-save turned off FTP Client: - FTP resume download even if multiple files selected - FTP Connection dialog allows to specify commands executed after connecting, separated by a ";" - FTP connect dialog, "duplicate entry" added - allows to create new connection from an existing one - CTRL+M allows to select FTP transfer mode (text, binary, auto) with keyboard - Warn if binary file is downloaded or uploaded in text mode (to turn off: modify wcx_ftp.ini, section [General], WarnWrongMode=0) - Support for some more ftp server types (OS9 etc.) - HTTP proxy for FTP connections - Transparent FTP proxy: Send firewalluser, firewallpass, user, pass Search function: - Search for/select files which do NOT match certain wildcards. Use | to separate, e.g. w*.*|*.bak finds all files starting with w, without extension .bak - Search for all files NOT containing a certain string - Duplicate file finder can find files with same name, size, contents or any combination of the 3 Lister: - Bitmap viewer, more formats through IrfanView plugin (see addons page on www.ghisler.com) - Lister can now play sound and video (configurable) - Printing in lister (Text+Graphics) - Select all in lister: CTRL+A selects whole file - Search for Hexadecimal strings, even mixed. Example: "PK"0102 will find 504B0102 - Lister now wraps at word boundaries (may be disabled: wincmd.ini, [lister], WordWrap=0) New in Version 3.53 (8.11.98): - Did extensive Year 2000 (Y2k) tests. Results: no internal date problems, only one interface prob to FTP - Possible Y2k problem with FTP servers showing a 2 digit year only. Rule: date<80 ->20xx, date>=80 -> 19xx - bugfixes New in Version 3.52 (11.08.1998): - cd \\Servername in command line (32 bit) - Added: ACE packer/unpacker support - unrar.dll and unace.dll internal unpackers for RAR and ACE (32 bit) - bugfixes Release Version 3.51 (07.05.1998): - wcx_ftp.ini, [general], LogFile=Path\Log.txt writes FTP log to specified file - Support for creating RAR SFX files - Support for files > 2 GB (display, copy, rename, move, delete; NOT: ZIP, FTP, Lister) - CTRL+P copies current path to command line - FTP: Preserve file dates when downloading (selectable) - FTP: Convert file names to lowercase when uploaded (selectable) - FTP: Change Unix attributes (permissions) dialog for FTP sites (uses 'SITE chmod', which isn't supported by all sites) - Bugfixes New in Version 3.50 (18.3.1998): - FTP client - flat look - Network Neighborhood - IntelliMouse wheel support - Directory history list (alt+cursor down) - Go back, go forward (alt+cursor left / alt+cursor right) - Create self extracting ZIP archive - Expandable tree as in Explorer - UUE/MIME/XXE-encode and decode, Binhex-decode - Split/Combine files - Start menu now supports shortcut keys (Ctrl+Alt+F1-F12) - More command line switches (see help) - ALT+GrayPlus selects all files with the same extension New in Version 3.02 (14.4.1997): - Cut/Copy/Paste of button bar buttons - Deletion method used by explorer can be used also in Wincmd [Configuration] Win95Delete=1 - CTRL+Q on archive shows contained file_id.diz, readme*, or *.txt (in this order) - Support for archives in archives - CTRL+PgDn to open archives in archives - TAR and GZ packers - New commands cm_Switch83Names, cm_SwitchDirSort, cm_SwitchHidSys, cm_SwitchLongNames to button bar commands New in Version 3.01 (31.12.1996): - Bugfixes New in Version 3.00 (15.12.1996): - 32-bit version available - drag&drop from and to explorer (32-bit version only) - enhanced search function - quick view panel (CTRL+Q) - drive bar to select different drives - button bar wraps around to 2 lines when larger than available width - new multi-page configuration dialog - Function to test selected archives for errors - A header now allows to sort the files by name, extension, size, and date - All parts of the user interface (except the file list) can be turned off in the configuration - The file window separator can now be moved