18.03.98 Added: Do not send 'QUIT' to ftp server if connection was lost
18.03.98 Added: Switch [configuration] IgnoreWheel=1 to ignore mouse wheel (to avoid crash with Logitech mice)
17.03.98 Added: Resolve LNK files when dragging them to the button bar
16.03.98 Added: Recognize .LHA extension as an archive
15.03.98 Added: Do not scroll with mouse wheel if no scrollbar present
15.03.98 Added: 'cd drive:\path of program' added to button bar local menu
13.03.98 Fixed: Do not update file list on device change while copying / deleting etc. files
12.03.98 Fixed: Problems with search function (search for start date)
10.03.98 Fixed: Method how data is deleted after drag&drop
06.03.98 Added: User can specify location of Socket library (for ftp): [configuration], winsock=c:\dir\winsock.dll (16 bit) or wsock32=c:\dir\wsock32.dll (32 bit)
05.03.98 Fixed: In ftp client, if URL with path is given (ftp.test.com/subdir), use absolute path: CWD /subdir (with leading slash)
03.03.98 Added: wincmd.ini, [configuration], ExplorerForCopy=1 uses copy+paste to copy files (doesn't allow rename during copy)
03.03.98 Added: wincmd.ini, [lister], wrap=0 turns line wrap mode off by default
03.03.98 Fixed: Problems with AOL-Winsock (Wincmd 16 bit)
03.03.98 Fixed: Problems with self extractor and special characters (Σ÷ⁿ) ind dir name
03.03.98 Added: Use drive on which Windows Commander is installed as default drive if no drive c:\ (LAN machines)
26.02.98 Added: Allow parameter %1 or "%1" in editor/default viewer configuration field, e.g. notepad.exe "%1"
24.02.98 Fixed: Problems with tree, search result (full view) and brief view switching
24.02.98 Added: Allow grayed button in 'change attributes' only if multiple files or a dir selected
19.02.98 Added: Sort order in Network Neigborhood: Entire network first, then groups, servers, and shares last
19.02.98 Fixed: Do not update Quick View Panel in Network Neighborhood
15.02.98 Added: Show comment for Network Neigborhood resources (instead of <DIR>)
10.02.98 Added: SHIFT+F2 compare dirs
09.02.98 Fixed: Display problem with lister
05.02.98 Fixed: SFX module didn't work with non-ASCII characters like German 'umlauts'
04.02.98 Fixed: CTRL+Q now also shows space used by root dir of tree
04.02.98 Fixed: Replace brackets [] by braces () if given as FTP session name (INI file problem)
30.01.98 Fixed: Use directory history of file panel in tree panel
30.01.98 Added: Search for date and TIME by giving time separated by space, e.g. 1.1.98 10:30
30.01.98 Added: Show name of copied files in tray icon hint
30.01.98 Added: Vertical line between root and parent dir buttons (Flat interface)
30.01.98 Fixed: Delete open ZIP file -> switch to parent dir
27.01.98 Added: 2 commands for button bar/start menu to copy selected file names to clipboard (ith or without full path)
25.01.98 Added: Wildcard '*' now interpreted more accurately: *n.* now MUST contain 'n' (in DOS, *n.* would match all files)
21.01.98 Fixed: Remove spaces from unzipped file names when long filenames are disabled
21.01.98 Added: Recognize ARJ and LZH-Packed SFX (self extracting) Windows EXE files
21.01.98 Added: Adjusted header widths
16.01.98 Fixed: Show file name tips lowercase if name lowercase
16.01.98 Added: Allow to pack files with long names also with ARJ
16.01.98 Fixed: cd ... works again
03.01.98 Added: Unpack special GZIP files containing multiple parts
22.12.97 Added: In "Change attributes", set attributes to unchanged if on a directory
22.12.97 Added: Delete partial file if "combine files" fails
17.12.97 Added: Use same password when re-packing to archive after F4 on encrypted file
16.12.97 Added: Only check version info of most common system files when overwriting (speed improvement)
16.12.97 Added: Re-load button bar and drive bar on resolution change
15.12.97 Added: Flat look of most of the main user interface (configurable)
12.12.97 Added: Flat buttons for drive button bar (configurable)
09.12.97 Fixed: cd \directory in button bar / start menu now changes to correct dir on same drive
07.12.97 Added: New icons for Network Neigborhood and FTP connections in drive bar
07.12.97 Added: Accept drag&drop from Exchange attachments
01.12.97 Added: Make backup of overwritten file when starting a download (in case the download fails)
01.12.97 Added: Offer to disconnect previous FTP connection if new connection opened in same window
26.11.97 Fixed: Lister had problems with files which started with 2x 0A (hex)
26.11.97 Fixed: Right click on .lnk file pointing to non-existing network drive caused a crash
26.11.97 Added: Support long names (up to 32 chars) as NTFS volume labels
25.11.97 Fixed: Pass the short (alias) name to the editor with SHIFT+F4, if a long name was entered
25.11.97 Fixed: Error in Quoted-Printable (MIME) decoder (Base64 NOT affected)
24.11.97 Fixed: Save user name in directory hotlist
24.11.97 Fixed: F3 or Shift+F3 inside ZIP file doesn't loose file selection
24.11.97 Fixed: Directory menu also works if current dir=ZIP file
24.11.97 Fixed: Allow double quotes in command line (cd, md and rd commands)
24.11.97 Added: After upload to FTP site, clear selections
21.11.97 Added: right click for about 1 second on the file window title bar opens the directory history instead of the context menu
21.11.97 Added: ALT+Cursor down shows history list of last visited directories (same as for ALT+Left/Right)
20.11.97 Added: IntelliMouse wheel support
20.11.97 Fixed: Unpack correct date from LHA32-packed files
18.11.97 Fixed: Attribute of file not lost when rename fails
18.11.97 Added: Unpack attributes of packed subdirs together with the dir
18.11.97 Added: Show ZIP pack progress only for newly added files
18.11.97 Added: Use "CompareString" in 32-bit version to sort file lists (lexically correct)
25.10.97 Fixed: "Go back" in 16 bit sometimes needed two clicks to go back
25.10.97 Fixed: Problems with button bar (two lines in true color not shown)
24.10.97 Added: Pack dialog now contains an option to create a self extracting archive
24.10.97 Fixed: Unpacking from a RAR subdir had a bug in the batch file
23.10.97 Fixed: File tooltip updated also if files have name of same length
23.10.97 Fixed: Resolve environment variables in .lnk files (NT)
21.10.97 Added: Remember also user name of ftp connection (allows to go back)
15.10.97 Added: Wincmd tries to restore previous drive/dir when FTP connection closed
15.10.97 Fixed: Drag&Drop also from files with tooltip on top
15.10.97 Added: Double click on tree item expands/collapses tree item (as in Explorer)
14.10.97 Added: History list of previous connections in CTRL+N "new connection" dialog
14.10.97 Added: Right click menu for F8 button (32-bit version only)
12.10.97 Added: ALT+Left arrow goes to previous dir, ALT+Right arrow to next dir
06.10.97 Added: Icons for text-encoded files (uue,xxe,b64,mim)
03.10.97 Added: Wincmd rereads drive panel on WM_DEVICECHANGE
03.10.97 Added: switch SortUpper=1 causes underscores to be sorted at the END of the file list
03.10.97 Added: (32 bit only) Move Wincmd to system tray area when minimized
01.10.97 Fixed: FTP display all uppercase on NT server
30.09.97 Fixed: Moved GetFreeSystemresources to external DLL
30.09.97 Added: List windows now support different font scripts than 'Western'
30.09.97 Added: Allow 12 hour format with AM/PM (configuration - tabstops)
29.09.97 Added: Own listbox to avoid slow scrolling in Win98
24.09.97 Added: Automatically re-connect FTP if connection is lost (only on changedir or F2)
23.09.97 Added: Command: FTPOPEN Sessionname in start menu/Button bar will open FTP session with this name
21.09.97 Added: Tooltip for filename in list which is truncated (disabled by default)
18.09.97 Added: By default, show only root of drive in tree view (configurable)
18.09.97 Added: Special treatment for symlinked FTP files
18.09.97 Added: Moved FTP menu items directly to 'commands' menu
18.09.97 Added: Do not show Nethood button if no net present
17.09.97 Added: Special processing for ftp clients which don't return a current dir name
17.09.97 Added: Option to resume download when ftping single file, which exists in target dir
17.09.97 Fixed: Cursor up/down now works in overwrite dialog
10.09.97 Added: Double click on FTP log list opens the list in a separate lister window
10.09.97 Added: FTP client checks CWD command reply for directory name -> saves call to PWD
10.09.97 Added: Show progress (in %) when Wincmd is minimized
10.09.97 Added: Color common dialog to config dialog if color resolution high color or true color
07.09.97 Added: No lowercase conversion of filenames on ftp server (UNIX is case sensitive!)
05.09.97 Fixed: Several dialog boxes were sizeable
05.09.97 Added: File names starting with a period "." now start in "name" column, not extension column
05.09.97 Added: Open second connection on Target=Source
02.09.97 Added: cm_maximize and cm_restore commands to maximize/restore the Wincmd window
23.08.97 Added: Add shortcut keys to start menu
23.08.97 Added: Call internal Wincmd commands from start menu
16.08.97 Added: When only 1 instance, a second instance passes the command line (paths) to the previous instance
16.08.97 Added: New command line switches: /O activates previous instance, /N creates multiple instances of Wincmd
14.08.97 Added: Special processing for files with same name but different case (ftp upload to Unix)
14.08.97 Added: Submenus in Start menu and CTRL+D local menu
11.08.97 Added: UUE/MIME/XXE-encode and decode, Binhex-decode
10.08.97 Added: Split/Combine files added to Wincmd
08.08.97 Added: Firewall support for FTP client, translation of FTP client
28.07.97 Added: FTP client now working inside Wincmd
28.07.97 Added: If target is NTFS drive, set file pointer to length of target file now also before unpacking (if size known)
28.07.97 Added: Allow to Skip a bad file when copying (instead of aborting the whole copy)
28.07.97 Fixed: Rename in place now works also if target name=alias name of a different file
28.07.97 Added: Create many directories at once with F7, like c:\test1\test2\test3\test4
23.07.97 Added: Update %-Value in Lister every second when scrolling
23.07.97 Added: Resolve shortcuts to directories within Windows Commander (not open Explorer)
16.07.97 Added: Remember selected files and current file when switching brief<->full view
14.07.97 Fixed: Problem with WinRAR and long archive name
08.07.97 Added: Scroll listbox when dragging file to position just above/below listbox
29.06.97 Fixed: ALT+ESC now works again in Windows 3.1
16.06.97 Fixed: renaming problem with ? wildcard
14.06.97 Fixed: Ghost files in RAR files containing recovery data removed
13.06.97 Added: Parameter %m in Start menu/Button bar passes target name to program (target name=active file in target directory) -> commands like fc %p%n %t%m
12.06.97 Added: Zip-Selfextractor (when renaming .zip to .exe)
11.06.97 Added: CTRL+D-Menu now also allows to set the target path with the same shortcut
10.06.97 Added: ALT+GrayPlus selects all files with the same extension as the file under the cursor / ALT+GrayMinus unselects
09.06.97 Fixed: Problems with ZipMagic
03.06.97 Fixed: Wincmd now converts file names to lowercase (not upercase) when sorting, which puts files with underscore _ first
01.06.97 Added: Directory-Menu, can be opened by double click on current directory (title) or by CTRL+D
28.05.97 Added: In right mouse button selection mode, selection with left mouse button+CTRL/SHIFT key now also supported
28.05.97 Fixed: CTRL+Q sometimes used wrong cluster size for calculating space occupied by a directory
28.05.97 Added: Switch LongInStatus in wincmd.ini section [Configuration] shows filenames in status bar also in 'Full' view
28.05.97 Fixed: When copying a directory, any subdir starting with a '.' in the name was not copied
28.05.97 Fixed: Trying to rename a file starting with a '[' in the name failed
28.05.97 Fixed: Changing drive after having a search result in a file window caused an incomplete file list display
26.05.97 Fixed: Deleting items from button bar can remove double quotes around names
26.05.97 Added: CAB unpacking added to Wincmd's unpacking functions (32 bit version only)
15.05.97 Added: Lister can now also search backwards (from end to beginning}
11.05.97 Fixed: Could not change date/time of file in Wincmd32 if long names were turned off
11.05.97 Added: cm_countdircontent: Calculates the space occupied by all the subdirs in the current directory
11.05.97 Added: If target is NTFS drive, set file pointer to length of target file before copying the file -> less fragmentation of NTFS volume
11.05.97 Added: Remember last 'search for' in the file search dialog (not only in history list)
11.05.97 Fixed: Work around bug in MS Internet Explorer 4.0 (beta), preventing the start of DOS programs with CreateProcess
19.04.97 Fixed: Could not open subdir .ttt\.www inside a ZIP file
19.04.97 Fixed: Some ZIP archives cannot be unpacked with Wincmd (packed with Dynazip)
New in version 3.02 (14.4.1997)
14.04.97 Fixed: Show context menu for [..] (parent dir)
06.04.97 Fixed: Read additional ZIP self extracting archives (SFX), which are not pkunzip-compatible
05.04.97 Fixed: Crashes with CTRL+Q
31.03.97 Fixed: Bug in drag&drop to button bar
29.03.97 Added: Cut/Copy/Paste of button bar buttons
28.03.97 Added: Support for environment variables in button bar and start menu (example: %windir%\notepad.exe)
27.03.97 Added: Deletion method used by explorer can be used also in Wincmd [Configuration] Win95Delete=1
22.03.97 Changed: Wincmd now uses default system highlight color for progress bar (when copying etc.)
20.03.97 Added: CTRL+Q on archive shows contained file_id.diz, readme*, or *.txt (in this order)
12.03.97 Added: Support for FAT32 drives also when calculating occupied space (cluster size)
12.03.97 Added: Finnish and Slovenian translations, removed Russian version (space; no regs). Other languages on www.ghisler.com.
09.03.97 Added: Switch CmdUpDown=0/1 to [Configuration] in Wincmd.ini: Causes Wincmd to move the cursor in the file window up/down even if cursor was in command line
06.03.97 Added: Wincmd now also sets target directory before executing a command (Win31 and WinNT only, Win95 doesn't support it)
24.02.97 Added: Wincmd will now close the CD door when the user tries to access a CD and access fails (Win95 and NT only) - to turn off, see help about wincmd.ini - will only work if no other program accesses the CD drive, like FlexiCD
24.02.97 Fixed: Crash when starting Wincmd with one file window set to 100% width (only some resolutions) fixed
24.02.97 Added: in brief view, the width of a file entry is now limited to the window widt, so the extension is always visible (if in separate column)
24.02.97 Added: F4 will now pass the long name to the editor if the editor is a 32-bit program (only if full path to editor given)
23.02.97 Added: Wincmd now copies full NTFS time (100 ns resolution)
17.02.97 Fixed: error when pressing F1 in menu
16.02.97 Fixed: size of edit controls in large font mode
13.02.97 Icon handling in archives and on floppies corrected
13.02.97 Quick viewed files are placed in temp/$wc/$q directory to avoid problems with double opening of files
13.02.97 Added .tgz as common archive extension (short for .tar.gz)
13.02.97 Added CTRL+PgDn to open archives in archives if the extension isn't a common archive extension
09.02.97 Fixed: cc:Mail doesn't find TEMP directory after Wincmd was run
08.02.97 Added option to not show EXE and LNK icons on floppy disks (speed increase)
07.02.97 Added support for archives in archives (press SHIFT+ENTER on archive with un-common extension)
06.02.97 Added TAR support (archives ending with .tar), only unpacking
06.02.97 Fixed: crash when temp= variable not set in autoexec.bat
04.02.97 Added GZIP support (archives ending with .gz), only unpacking
02.02.97 Added parameter keypath= to wincmd.ini, to give a different location for the wincmd key (in case of LAN problems)
02.02.97 Right clicking on empty space in file list now shows name of directory in context menu
02.02.97 Some problems with right click menu fixed (when default action is NOT 'open')
02.02.97 Added command cm_Switch83Names to button bar commands: Allows to turn off lowercase of 8.3 names on and off
02.02.97 Added command cm_SwitchDirSort to button bar commands: Allows to sort directories by name <-> like the files
02.02.97 Added command cm_SwitchHidSys to button bar commands: Allows to switch display of hidden/system files on and off
02.02.97 Added command cm_SwitchLongNames to button bar commands: Allows to switch long names on and off
02.02.97 Right mouse button mode: selecting a second file with CTRL also keeps the first selected (as in explorer)
02.02.97 Added parameter deletedelay= to wincmd.ini (wait after each delete to avoid cleansweep crash)
02.02.97 Drive combobox width is adjusted to size of font used for the drives
02.02.97 Delete directory starting with a dot in subdir now works
23.01.97 Listbox header now works more like the one in Win95
18.01.97 Tree (ALT+F10) now uses same font as file panels
18.01.97 Problems reading key file and language file on read-only network drive fixed
18.01.97 ALT+Double click again shows properties/version info
18.01.97 Open large ZIP SFX in 16 bit version now works correctly
12.01.97 Search result now shows date/time and size of file in status panel
12.01.97 New switch [configuration] AlwaysToRoot=1 always opens the root directory when changing drives
12.01.97 New internal command cm_50percent sets Window separator to the center position
12.01.97 Drag&drop to buttonbar buttons cm_list, cm_edit and cm_delete allowed
12.01.97 Testing encrypted ARJ files now works correctly - ARJ will ask for the password
08.01.97 Font problem in Quick View fixed
08.01.97 Target path when unpacking now uses long names for internal unpackers
08.01.97 [Configuration] InplaceRename=0 disables inplace renaming on selection (SHIFT+F6 still works)
08.01.97 SHIFT+Click on F6 button now works correctly
New in version 3.01 (31.12.1996)
30.12.96 Problems opening UC2 archive in long name directory fixed.
30.12.96 Problems reading LHA 2.55 files fixed
28.12.96 Expiration date removed from 16 bit version (was left in by mistake from beta test)
28.12.96 Remove volume label and root/parent buttons behind drive bar when the drive combobox is also enabled
28.12.96 Volume label tooltip updated when volume label changed
28.12.96 Cursor now positioned correctly after a 'move' action
28.12.96 File access bug with SUBST'd drives fixed
28.12.96 New flag [Configuration] 'Testifshareddir=0' allows to turn off checking for shared directories
28.12.96 Bug in multi-volume ZIP fixed (affected 16 bit version in Windows 3.1 only)
28.12.96 Shell function re-inserted in 16-bit version (executing load= and run=, and closing windows when Wincmd is closed)
27.12.96 Exception when right clicking on empty file list fixed
27.12.96 Right mouse button drag&drop added
27.12.96 Corrected: detection of incomplete archive files.
Version 3.0 was a completely new version, written in Delphi. The previous version was
written in Turbo Pascal for Windows, which was not ported to 32-bit by Borland.
New features 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
