) 26.06.01 Fixed: Wincmd beeped when deleting a file while the quick view panel (Ctrl+Q) was shown 26.06.01 Fixed: Lister: Scroll up in UTF8 Unicode not always working 25.06.01 Fixed: Lister: Viewing Unicode file with motorola byte order in binary or text mode showed bytes flipped 25.06.01 Added: wcx_ftp.ini, [General], FtpShowHidden=1 always enable option "FTP show hidden files" from "Commands" menu 25.06.01 Fixed: Parallel port connection: Pressing Alt+F4 on server side closed log window, but Wincmd remained inactive 25.06.01 Fixed: Lister: Mouse cursor over bitmaps not arrow 25.06.01 Fixed: Pressing Ctrl+Backspace placed character 127 to the command line - removed. 25.06.01 Added: Typing \\ and ENTER on the command line now opens the desktop (same as cm_OpenDesktop in buttonbar) 25.06.01 Fixed: Files - Print - File list couldn't print file sizes>4 GB 25.06.01 Fixed: No volume label shown if selecting current dir from directory history 25.06.01 Fixed: Lister couldn't find some strings in word wrap mode 25.06.01 Fixed: Quick view (Ctrl+Q): jumping directly from an image file to [..] didn't always show the dir size 25.06.01 Fixed: Pressing Alt+F4 in compare by contents during comparison could crash Wincmd (note: press ESC to abort comparison!) 25.06.01 Fixed: Drop message from outlook on Wincmd -> no overwrite confirmation if file with same name exists 25.06.01 Added: wincmd.ini [Configuration] DriveisCD=FGH defines FGH as CD-ROM drives (e.g. on the net) -> Wincmd doesn't copy read-only attributes 25.06.01 Added: Support word wrap in UTF8 mode 25.06.01 Added: Checkbox in 'compare by contents' to switch between binary and text mode 25.06.01 Fixed: Append to file not working when using new copying modes (CopyHugeBlockSize in wincmd.ini) 25.06.01 Fixed: Copy to desktop was not working 25.06.01 Fixed: Installer: first mnu file unpacked may be corrupt 04.06.01 Fixed: Calculate occupied space shows wrong size in src/trg for files > 2 GB 31.05.01 Release Windows Commander 4.53 final 29.05.01 Fixed: Installer: Wait 2 seconds and retry if overwriting a file fails. 28.05.01 Fixed: Button bar: Drive shown as not connected after it was re-connected outside of Wincmd 22.05.01 Release Windows Commander 4.53 release canditate 1 22.05.01 Fixed: FTP download in background: Error message for each file if connection dropped <- removed, only one message at end 22.05.01 Fixed: Exception if no default printer is defined 21.05.01 Fixed: Workaround to bug in QuotaAdvisor software (right click menu crash) 21.05.01 Fixed: Small problem in multi-rename tool (search+replace) 17.05.01 Fixed: Delete error not always shown 16.05.01 Release Windows Commander 4.53 beta 7 15.05.01 Fixed: Wincmd didn't show last dot in a volume label (NTFS or CD) 15.05.01 Fixed: Main window could become active when clicking Apply in Configuration dialog while FTP connection was active 13.05.01 Fixed: Couldn't abort copying while files were only skipped. 11.05.01 Fixed: Selected file count not always updated when selecting files 11.05.01 Added: Support for environment variables like %user% in button bar+start menu (path entry) 11.05.01 Added: wincmd.ini [Configuration] IconsOnNet=0 turns off loading of EXE/LNK icons on a network drive (UNC or drive letter) 05.05.01 Fixed: Change tree in copy dialog didn't place cursor on target path 05.05.01 Fixed: Right click menu in 16-bit lister could show wrong items 02.05.01 Release Windows Commander 4.53 beta 6 02.05.01 Added: Show used settings files (.ini files) in about box (32-bit only) 02.05.01 Added: Installer allows to set location of settings files (32-bit only) 27.04.01 Fixed: detects CRC error in some GZIP files where there isn't one 27.04.01 Fixed: Multi-Rename-Tool not applying changes on reload 25.04.01 Release Windows Commander 4.53 beta 5 25.04.01 Fixed: On Win2k, the lpt port driver wasn't removed automatically from port manager after use as admin 25.04.01 Fixed: Print function can now also print the duplicate file list, but only the complete list (not just the selected files) because of the delimiters 25.04.01 Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration] 1hourdif=1 ignores 1 hour difference when comparing files (in compare directories and synchronize dirs) 25.04.01 Fixed: Parallel port connection retried indefinitely if file was unreadable - changed to 3 times 25.04.01 Fixed: HTML viewer, support links with spaces around '=', e.g. 23.04.01 Added: Default button to Multi-Rename Tool, allows to reset to default settings 18.04.01 Fixed: F3 in search result not working correctly when searching in CAB files 10.04.01 Release Windows Commander 4.53 beta 4 10.04.01 Added: FTP via HTTP-Proxy: When user presses F2 (refresh), send "Pragma: no-cache" to bypass proxy-cache 10.04.01 Fixed: Lister: May copy 1 extra char to clipboard at file end 10.04.01 Fixed: Couldn't delete files containing non-English letters from RAR archive 10.04.01 Fixed: Read archives with names stored with UNC-path 10.04.01 Fixed: Problems with HTTP-Proxy Proxy+ (for FTP) 10.04.01 Fixed: Lister scroll problems with some Unix text files 02.04.01 Release Windows Commander 4.53 beta 3 02.04.01 Fixed: Removed 'New' submenu from right click menu of "F8-Delete" 02.04.01 Fixed: Display problems with faulty bitmap in 16-bit version 29.03.01 Fixed: Disconnect network drive didn't hide drive from drive button bar 28.03.01 Fixed: Split to floppy didn't work 26.03.01 Release Windows Commander 4.53 beta 2 26.03.01 Fixed: status line wasn't updated in single click start mode 26.03.01 Added: Alt+Left/Right in Lister switches to previous/next file 26.03.01 Fixed: Search function could find files in 'whole word' mode even if the found string wasn't a whole word (at block boundaries) 26.03.01 Fixed: Enter on .r00 files no longer opened them 22.03.01 Fixed: Network drives in Ctrl+D didn't work (drive letters only) 20.03.01 Release Windows Commander 4.53 beta 1 18.03.01 Added: Custom HTTP download timeout (default=30 seconds): wcx_ftp.ini [General] httptimeout=30 18.03.01 Added: Synchronize: When comparing by content, hide equal files when comparison is done and '=' button isn't down 18.03.01 Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration], autotreechange=1 -> putting cursor on dir in tree opens this dir in other window automatically 18.03.01 Added: Recognize extensions under key Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\ 18.03.01 Fixed: Double click on unassociated file on Windows 2000 didn't open 'open with' dialog 15.03.01 Fixed: Pass long name to editor on Shift+F4 if program is recognized as 32-bit (must be full path to program) 15.03.01 Added: Create self-extracting RAR and ACE archives by calling the packer with the -sfx parameter (RAR: also multi-volume sfx) 15.03.01 Fixed: Possible problems with multi-arc plugin search function (because of missing progress bar) 15.03.01 Fixed: Support for bad BMP files which report to have 0 palette entries, but 256 important entries -> palette is there! 13.03.01 Fixed: Lister: Can't copy text from Quick View of directories 08.03.01 Added: sleep() in lister to prevent extremely fast scrolling 25.02.01 Fixed: Press Ctrl+Q left left window while subdir in zip shown in right window -> subdir forgotten 25.02.01 Fixed: Support for bad BMP files which report to have 16 million palette entries... 25.02.01 Fixed: Double click on a word at the end of a document in lister didn't select the last letter 25.02.01 Fixed: FTP download from list: Download of whole subdirs no longer worked 24.02.01 Added: Split/Combine files: Support for files > 2 GB (up to 2^63 bytes) 24.02.01 Added: Lister: Display files > 2 GB (up to 2^63 bytes) 19.02.01 Added: Support for TAR files with faulty CRC checksum (offset 8x32) 19.02.01 Added: Internal ACE v 2.0 unpacker 14.02.01 Fixed: Wincmd could show too many items in 'FileNew' submenu in right click menu 13.02.01 Added: Show not connected persistent network drives with an 'x' and reconnect when clicked on them (not in mode 'quick logon') 13.02.01 Added: Multi-rename tool remembers last options until next restart of Windows Commander 11.02.01 Added: FTP: for security reasons, send RMD ./~ if user tries to delete directory ~ (otherwise the home dir may be deleted!) 11.02.01 Added: Directory print with subdirs: Print only files of certain types, e.g. *.txt *.doc for all texts, | *.bak to exclude backups 11.02.01 Added: Change date/time of folders also on Windows NT/2000 (requires backup privileges, which only the admin has) 11.02.01 Added: F2 reloads text document in Lister, also re-calculates HTML (useful e.g. for logfiles) 11.02.01 Added: FTP resume upload, with the following limitations: Partial file min. 32k, only binary files, using REST command, no HTTP proxy, uploaded file NOT verified! 11.02.01 Fixed: Dir open icon may stay open when changing to subdir 05.02.01 Fixed: Allow to upload files from directory branch command to ftp 05.02.01 Added: Show vertical bar cursor in lister to select text, and arrow only when over a link 05.02.01 Fixed: Handle CAB files containing forward slashes instead of backslashes as dir separators 05.02.01 Fixed: Workaround to error in file associations (e.g. if association was only partially deleted) 05.02.01 Fixed: Workaround to faulty html code with

(list definiton) without

list items 05.02.01 Fixed: WinME, Win2k: Support for shortcuts (e.g. to "e on machinexy") in "My Network Places" 31.01.01 Release Windows Commander 4.52a Hotfix 31.01.01 Fixed: Directory hotlist can now contain up to 200 entries 29.01.01 Fixed: No EXE icons shown in directory branch mode (Ctrl+B) 29.01.01 Fixed: Use *.htm *.html instead of *.htm* as definition string to detect text files 29.01.01 Added: Cause a refresh after closing parallel port server 29.01.01 Added: Giving .\wincmd.ini as ini location looks for the ini in the Wincmd directory (location of Wincmd32.exe) 28.01.01 Added: Location of Wincmd.ini can now be set in the registry: \SOFTWARE\Ghisler\Windows Commander, new text values IniFileName and FtpIniName 28.01.01 Added: Registry: The above key is searched under HKEY_CURRENT_USER AND HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, The first is used if both are there 28.01.01 Fixed: Print margins dialog in file list printer was resizeable 28.01.01 Fixed: MIME-Decode: If possible, don't include boundary in decoded text file 28.01.01 Fixed: LNG file: Interpret \ (backslash) as normal backslash if not followed by 'n' (newline), 'r' (return), 't' (tab), second '\', or octal number 28.01.01 Added: When invoking context menu with Shift+F10 or Windows-keyboard key, don't select file under cursor except if no file is selected 28.01.01 Fixed: wcmd_eng.mnu still contained 'Version info' instead of 'Properties' 28.01.01 Fixed: Disallow right mouse button drag&drop from archives (which doesn't work anyway) 28.01.01 Fixed: Pressing 'W' in HTML mode jumped to beginning of file 28.01.01 Fixed: Lister: Switching between display modes could switch to next file if multiple selected 28.01.01 Fixed: Search function allowed to check both Unicode and ASCII, although the two together make no sense 28.01.01 Fixed: Ctrl+D menu shown above left window even if cursor in right window, when file windows above each other 25.01.01 Fixed: Selection with Gray-"+": Double quotes around wildcards not saved in history 25.01.01 Fixed: Double quotes around name or parameter in start menu not saved 25.01.01 Fixed: Panel size wrong (no sorting header) when starting Wincmd with one tree panel and one file panel 25.01.01 Fixed: Double click on text in lister: only select true name 25.01.01 Fixed: Double click on space in lister -> wrong selection 25.01.01 Fixed: Alt+F3 didn't work with long names when they contained spaces 15.01.01 Release Windows Commander 4.52 10.01.01 Fixed: Enlarged search dialog 07.01.01 Fixed: Close print dir dialog when pressing ESC also when cursor on a combobox or button 05.01.01 Release Windows Commander 4.52 RC3 03.01.01 Fixed: Drag&Drop didn't work correctly with two file windows above each other 02.01.01 Fixed: FTP upload/download in background: don't put Wincmd in foreground for every file when user has selected overwrite all or skip all 02.01.01 Fixed: Click on item, then select with Spacebar didn't update footer (total size display) 02.01.01 Fixed: Compare by contents, problems with files having more than 32'768 lines (Win9x) 02.01.01 Added: Mirror lister menu in Hebrew version 29.12.00 Fixed: Error message when no printer installed 28.12.00 Release Windows Commander 4.52 RC2 28.12.00 Fixed: Problems resizing drive buttonbar when changing display resolution 23.12.00 Fixed: 16 bit: Problems in HTML viewer with external links and images 21.12.00 Fixed: Disabled loading of system-default drive icons, because of problems with CD-ROMs (auto-run may cause other icon) 21.12.00 Fixed: Lister: Update percent also when scrolling with mouse tracking 20.12.00 Release Windows Commander 4.52 RC1 20.12.00 Fixed: Rename in ZIP: Changing only upper-/lowercase didn't work 20.12.00 Fixed: 16 bit: Removed 'Unicode' from search dialog (not supported) 20.12.00 Fixed: 16 bit: Removed 'Unicode' from Lister menu in 16 bit version (not supported) 17.12.00 Fixed: Alt+F10 Tree dialog not resizable in 16 bit version (same for change start menu dialog) 17.12.00 Fixed: 'Save position' in vertical alignment mode 15.12.00 Fixed: Print dialog: 'Duplex' not translated 15.12.00 Fixed: Tree dialog (Alt+F10): Print button not translated 15.12.00 Fixed: Tree dialog (Alt+F10): Quick search no longer worked 14.12.00 Release Windows Commander 4.52 beta 3 13.12.00 Added: Lister: Select double byte characters (e.g. Chinese) only as a whole 13.12.00 Added: Lister: Copy text of other code pages to the clipboard, also on Windows 2000 13.12.00 Added: Alt+F10 tree dialog: Dialog box now resizable, size stored automatically 13.12.00 Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration], spacemovesdown=1 when selecting with , move cursor to next file (as when selecting with Insert) 13.12.00 Added: Backspace to go to previous document (e.g. in HTML viewer after clicking on a link) 10.12.00 Added: Copy files: set custom block size (default=32k): wincmd.ini [Configuration] copyblocksize=32 (size given in kbytes) 10.12.00 Fixed: Synchronize dirs: Call message loop during compare by contents 10.12.00 Fixed: Synchronize dirs crash when deleting file during 'compare by contents' 08.12.00 Added: Support for transparent proxy servers without proxy name for FTP 06.12.00 Added: Support HTML files containing chr(0) characters (end of string) 06.12.00 Fixed: Follow internal links pointing to the same document, e.g. test.htm#link1 without reloading the page 05.12.00 Fixed: Installer (32 bit): Allow to overwrite read-only files (ask user first) 05.12.00 Added: Synchronize dirs: Asymmetric mode: Copy only from left to right, files only on right are deleted -> new icon [x] 05.12.00 Fixed: Files - Associate: Auto-add "%1" with double quotes for 32-bit apps 05.12.00 Fixed: FTP: Edit remote file with F4 - if file modified and connection lost, reconnect AND re-upload file 05.12.00 Fixed: HTML in Lister: Turn off HTML display immediately if user unchecks HTML option in config dialog 05.12.00 Fixed: Lister: Switch from HTML to other mode -> file may not be displayed until the end 03.12.00 Added: Dir Branch mode (Ctrl+B) Ctrl+Side arrow key transfers directory of file under the cursor to other window (file may be in subdir) 03.12.00 Added: Print file list: use same file size representation as in main window (e.g. 5 k) 03.12.00 Added: ZIP packer: Try to open a ZIP for writing before creating new ZIP. Prevents problems with write-protected ZIPs 01.12.00 Added: Line break before image map bitmap 29.11.00 Release Windows Commander 4.52 beta 2 29.11.00 Fixed: Split to floppy disk no longer worked on NT 29.11.00 Added: FTP via HTTP proxy: added more proxy support 29.11.00 Added: Lister should now be able to show first 2 GB of files larger than 2GB (untested) 29.11.00 Added: Show special cursor in lister for external links (which open the default browser) 29.11.00 Fixed: Rounding error when showing file size in k: 1023 byte file was shown as 1k instead of 0 k. 28.11.00 Fixed: 16 bit version: Started external HTML viewer also when clicking on internal link 28.11.00 Fixed: Parallel port connection: Didn't detect disk full error. 28.11.00 Fixed: FTP client may show wrong year when file has date in the future and no year is sent by server 28.11.00 Fixed: Dynamic file size display: use decimal separator as set in registry 27.11.00 Fixed: Bug in Windows NT SP6: Wrong icons shown in file list. Reason: RegQueryValue() returns error 13 even if function succeeds! 26.11.00 Fixed: 16 bit version: System-info dialog not working (Reason: not enough local heap space!) 26.11.00 Added: Support for client-side image maps 26.11.00 Fixed: Config dialog, switch from Tabstops page to other page back to Tabstops page -> settings in size display box lost 26.11.00 Added: Ctrl+B now toggles branch view on/off 26.11.00 Added: Lister configuration: Show html files without { } around links 26.11.00 Added: HTML viewer: Support for bad html files, e.g. link without trailing or internal bookmarks with # at start. 24.11.00 Fixed: Rename in place of subdirs no longer worked if only upper/lowercase was changed 24.11.00 Fixed: HTML viewer: Resolve updir links like ../otherfile.htm 24.11.00 Added: Lister config dialog: Option to turn off HTML viewer (can still be activated with '5' key) 24.11.00 Added: HTML viewer: Right click on absolute URL (http:) - added option "Download target as..." 24.11.00 Added: HTML viewer: support in links for bookmarks in other files, e.g. file.htm#bookmark 24.11.00 Fixed: Search dialog, moved options 'Hex' and 'Unicode' a bit to the left 24.11.00 Added: PageDown goes to next page when end of page reached, analogous with PageUp 24.11.00 Added: ESC closes print preview window 24.11.00 Fixed: Recursive printing not working if directory contained only 1 item 24.11.00 Fixed: Access violation in HTML viewer when switching through pages while tooltip with link name shown 24.11.00 Fixed: Display of HTML files with bad syntax, e.g. with missing or tags. 24.11.00 Fixed: Relaxed detection of HTML files. Detect also files which do not contain in the first few bytes 24.11.00 Fixed: Lister: F7 search bad default string on NT or Win2k 23.11.00 Fixed: Ctrl+D menu didn't work to switch to remote drive 22.11.00 Release Windows Commander 4.52 beta 1 20.11.00 Added: wincmd.ini, [Configuration], longnamestodos=1 passes long names to DOS box (Noclose.pif Shift+Enter on exe, com or bat files) 19.11.00 Fixed: Right click on F8, select properties twice without closing dialog could cause a crash 15.11.00 Fixed: Connect to FTP with Ctrl+D menu -> password shown in Alt+F1 if saved in Ctrl+D menu 15.11.00 Added: Quick search in file list with search dialog: If same letter is typed multiple times, cycle through names starting with that letter 15.11.00 Fixed: 16 bit version: Limit number of items in parport server history to 1000 to avoid overflow 15.11.00 Added: cm_ContextMenu to open context menu (e.g. to define a shortcut for it) 15.11.00 Fixed: Don't warn when user tries to add files to subdir of packer plugin (warning: Plugin may not support it!) 15.11.00 Fixed: Correctly detect multiple nested archives in SFX, e.g. LHA inside self extracting RAR -> show contents of RAR 15.11.00 Fixed: Couldn't enter empty FTP directories using a HTTP proxy 18.10.00 Fixed: Workaround to bug in Windows 2000 (function FindExecutable): double click on files with 4 letter extension (e.g. *.html) didn't work 18.10.00 Added: When using left mouse button for selection, right button drag&drop shows a context menu (copy, move or create shortcut) 18.10.00 Fixed: Alt+Shift+Return (calc dir sizes) now also works when cursor on a file 18.10.00 Added: Lister: View multiple multimedia files with F3 -> jump to next file when file played to end (virtual playlist function) 17.10.00 Added: 'Skip all' to delete function (to skip all locked files) 17.10.00 Added: File size display configurable: bytes, kbytes or dynamic (bytes, kB, MB, depending on size) - configuration - tabstops 17.10.00 Added: Support for Win2k mount points: Show current disk size depending on mount point 17.10.00 Fixed: Internal ZIP: File name display not updated during verify 17.10.00 Fixed: Tab order in lister configuration dialog 06.10.00 Fixed: When switching to network drive with Ctrl+D, reconnect if connection was lost 06.10.00 Fixed: When clicking button with parameter %L (or other list file buttons) and cursor is on [..], call program without any parameters 06.10.00 Fixed: Faster reaction if changing to network drive fails (e.g. because the server is down) 06.10.00 Fixed: When downloading with HTTP and giving only file name (no dir), the file was downloaded to the Wincmd dir instead of the current dir 25.09.00 Added: Search for Unicode and Hex in the search function 25.09.00 Added: Cursor up/down does NOT close in place edit (rename) 25.09.00 Added: Make start menu change dialog resizeable 25.09.00 Added: Show selected files inverse (configurable) 25.09.00 Added: Extract drive icons from operating system 20.09.00 Added: Show the two file windows above each other instead of side by side 19.09.00 Added: 'New' submenu in right click menu 19.09.00 Fixed: Problem with Alt+F3 (external viewer) when viewed file on remote Win2k machine 19.09.00 Fixed: Problem with archives and accented characters 19.09.00 Added: EMF extension (enhanced metafile) to lister's supported multimedia formats 19.09.00 Added: Find files now also searches in *.jar files (Java archives, which are just zip files) 17.09.00 Fixed: No file tooltips in brief view 17.09.00 Added: Don't extract icons from EXE or BMP if it's 0 bytes small (may cause problems on Netware drives) 15.09.00 Added: Search for files max nn minutes old 12.09.00 Added: Increased dir menu and start menu to 200 entries - WARNING: Don't use if you use >100 an older version of Wincmd in parallel! 06.09.00 Fixed: Workaround to bug in some TAR files: Symbolic link, but size field not set to 0 06.09.00 Added: Print button in tree dialog box (Alt+F10) 06.09.00 Added: Parsing of
and tags to HTML converter (in lister) 03.09.00 Added: Print function for file panel (supports brief, full and tree modes) 29.08.00 Added: Web folders (Win2k): Create directory 29.08.00 Added: New command internal cm_DirBranch and Shortcut Ctrl+B shows all files in current dir and all subdirs 28.08.00 Fixed: When connecting to FTP while tree is shown, switch window to brief or full view 28.08.00 Fixed: FTP download from list: only ask for target path if not stored in list file 28.08.00 Fixed: Wincmd went to background if background download failed 28.08.00 Fixed: Lister: with very long lines, last line sometimes not displayed 28.08.00 Fixed: Do not update tree view when CD ejected 28.08.00 Fixed: Wincmd showed 'not enough memory' when comparing a 0 byte file with another file 28.08.00 Fixed: FTP download in background: directories were downloaded in alphabetical order -> changed to order as in list file 23.08.00 Fixed: Buttonbar: Parameter %l (small L) causes problems with long path names 23.08.00 Added: Lister, double click selects word under cursor 23.08.00 Added: wcx_ftp.ini, section [General] FtpInBackground=1 puts all ftp transfers in the background (unless the user unchecks the option before starting the download) 23.08.00 Fixed: Download in background: When asking for user input give focus to input dialog 23.08.00 Added: FTP download later: Allow to save the download directory in the list file 23.08.00 Fixed: Search results: listbox could show wrong item with more than 16'000 files found (bug in standard windows listbox) 23.08.00 Fixed: System information: On all systems except WinNT, get number of COM and LPT ports from the BIOS data area instead of opening the ports 23.08.00 Added: Multi-rename-tool: Counter definition [C] now accepts paramteters like [C10+5:3] (start at 10, step by 5, width 3 digits) 22.08.00 Added: Show file size and date in Network Neighborhood (if this data is available) 22.08.00 Fixed: Lister: Problems with scrollback with certain paragraph lengths (if approx. multiple of line length) 22.08.00 Fixed: Ignore space in list and redirect to command line if command line contains characters 22.08.00 Added: Unicode-Viewer in Lister (32-bit version only) - Intel byte order, text files with header (#254 #255) also other byte order 20.08.00 Added: Show html as plain text with links in Lister 16.08.00 Fixed: Multi-Rename-Tool: Rename could fail if numbering changed, e.g. a1.txt..a8.txt -> a2.txt..a8.txt 16.08.00 Fixed: FTP download in background, better detection of user abort 16.08.00 Fixed: FTP new connection: when entering URL, convert hex strings like %20 to characters (e.g. %20 -> ' ') 16.08.00 Fixed: Lister crash when renaming deleted file name, then switching to different display mode 16.08.00 Added: Rename in place: if name of a subdir is given, Wincmd moves the file to that subdir 16.08.00 Fixed: Wincmd 16 bit may crash when trying to look in unrecognized self extracting EXE files 16.08.00 Fixed: If search result shown in both windows, click on \ button in non-active window changes to root in active window 16.08.00 Added: FTP: Rename multiple files across dirs by Shift+F6, then new dir+name (e.g. subdir/newname.txt) 16.08.00 Fixed: When aborting to open a new connection in the same window, the FTP panel wasn't removed 16.08.00 Fixed: Bug in 16 bit version when unzipping whole subdirs 15.08.00 Fixed: Rename of subdir in ZIP modifies accented characters of files in this subdir 23.07.00 Fixed: Compare by content accessed some unrelated files before comparing the selected files 23.07.00 Fixed: Remapped hotkeys didn't work with all functions, e.g. cm_DirectoryHotlist 23.07.00 Fixed: External viewers (Alt+F3): Only enclose long names in double quotes if they contain a space 23.07.00 Fixed: "cd directory" in command line during search result now works correctly 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