Total Commander wiki

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Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox File Manager (OFM) for Windows. Some features include a built-in FTP client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool with regular expression support. From 1993 until 2002, Total Commander was called Windows Commander; the name was changed in 2002 out of fear of a lawsuit after the developers received a letter from Microsoft claiming that the word "windows" was trademarked by Microsoft.^[1] This application is written by Christian Ghisler in Delphi 2 (32-bit version) and Delphi 1 (16-bit version). The program is extensible by programmers via an open plugin-API and it has the ability to bind external programs for viewing or editing files. Many plugins are freely available for e.g. different packer formats or file viewer for special file formats. A freeware version of Total Commander also exists for Windows Mobile. Additionally, Total Commander can be made portable via a special installer for USB and U3 disks. ^[2] The main version is shareware – the user should register or delete it within 30 days. The unregistered version nags for registration every time it starts, but it retains full functionality, even after the 30-day trial period. One notable feature of Total Commander is that in addition to allowing access to Windows partitions, there is a plugin that allows users to access both EXT2/EXT3 and Reiser partitions on the same machine. Hence, for dual-boot machines with Windows and Linux, Total Commander allows access to files stored on the Linux partition while running Windows. The download is about 2MB; available in both 16- and 32-bit versions, for the various versions of Windows, and is compatible with Linux using Wine^[3].

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• Comparison of file managers
• Comparison of FTP client software