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_MACHINEThe
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