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Useful External Tools
Viewers
| Name | Description |
| Irfanview | A fast and easy to use graphics viewer, supporting many formats. |
| XNView | Another powerful graphics viewer. Both Irfanview and XNView can be used as a viewer plugin in Total Commander's built-in viewer (Lister). |
| Uniview | Another graphics viewer which works as a viewer plugin (Shareware). |
| DBView (134k) | Freeware DBF (database) file viewer by Jens Richter |
| DBFRead | Freeware DBF viewer, by ALXsoft |
| Acrobat reader | By Adobe, to view PDF files (portable Postscript files) |
| Lister | External version of Total Commander's built-in viewer. New: 32-bit version now available! |
| Notetab | An excellent multiple-document text editor which (like Total Commander) also comes from Switzerland. |
External packers
| Name | Description |
| Info-ZIP (ZIP-NT) | 32 bit command line ZIP-compatible packer, recommended packer for use with Total Commander |
| pkzip | pkzip 2.04g and 2.50 for DOS (16 bit) work as external packers in Total Commander. Pkzip 2.5 for Windows and NT console are currently NOT supported (different command line parameters!). |
| ARJ | The ARJ packer. Please note: Total Commander doesn't support the new JAR format, because the file names are NOT readable by other programs like in ARJ files. You may use the multi-arc plugin above for JAR files. |
| LHA for Win32 | 32-bit-Version of LHA, direct
download. Packer Homepage (in Japanese, download-link in English) |
| RAR | Packer homepage |
| UC2 | Packer download page on Simtelnet (development was stopped) |
| ACE | Packer homepage |
Other useful addons
| Name | Description |
| AddTime 1.03 | Used to change the time and date of multiple files by a specified amount, eg change the time of each file by + 1 hour 30 minutes (useful for misset internal clocks of digital cameras, etc.). Author: Roman Korcek |
| Backup4All | Powerful backup program which creates normal ZIP files for the backup, so they can be browsed with Total Commander (one file per backup, or user-defined size). Like Total Commander, it supports many different languages through addon language files. |
| CombineCRC 1.0 | Small tool to recombine files created by the File Split function in Total Commander. The tool will check the integrity of the created file with the CRC file created by Total Commander. Author: Andreas Kromke |
| Compare It! | Very good file compare program (if the internal compare isn't enough for you). Can also edit the compared files. |
| Examdiff | Other very good file compare program. |
| GRBackPro | Windows professional backup and copy utilities - creates ZIP-compatible backups (one file per directory) |
| Inireloc | Tool to set the locations of the settings files wincmd.ini and wcx_ftp.ini. This works only with the 32-bit version of Commander 4.53 and later. |
| JBCat | Disk catalog tool, which uses the same file format as the diskdir plugin (see above). Links to Torry's Delphi pages, the original page (http://www.jbsoft.myweb.nl/) seems to be dead. |
| Kryptel | Strong encryption software invoked through the right click menu. Produced in New Zealand, it doesn't have to follow US export restrictions. |
| lptdos | Standalone parallel port server for DOS. Allows to transfer files from/to a machine without an installed Windows. Does NOT support long filenames! |
| lst2multi 1.3 | List to multi-instance converter. This tool can be used together with the button bar in Total Commander to open all selected files with a specific program, with the click of a single button (direct download). |
| lst2str 1.20 | Similar to lst2multi, but instead of calling the program multiple times as lst2multi, it calls it only once, and passes all names on a single command line. Direct download. |
| Microsoft Power Toys | For Microsoft Windows 9x are very useful extensions. Especially the 'Send to X' tool, which also works with Total Commander's right click menu (32 bit version only). |
| RaidenFTPd FTP server | A powerful FTP server for Windows which works well with Total Commander. |
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Redate 1.04 | A tool similar to the counter [C] in Total Commander's Multi-Rename Tool, but for changing file dates and times. Using ReDate you can change the dates of multiple files incrementally, see screenshot. Author:Roman Korcek (click for sources) |
| TCMenu 1.7 | Add drop-down menu functionality to Total Commander's button bar. Uses standard *.bar files. Author: MGP Software Ltd. |
| Update: TC Plugins manager 2.0.2 | TC PlugMan is an external plugins manager for Total Commander. It allows to: - View list of installed LS/FS/Packer/Content plugins; - Add/remove/Configure plugins; - Temporary disable/enable plugins; - Run/restart Total Commander. Author: Alexey Torgashin |
| New:
Ultra TC Editors | Editor package to edit Main Menu, Start Menu, Directory Menu, Extended Commands, History, Configuration and Hotkeys |
| USB installer | Tool to install/copy Total Commander to an USB stick, including all plugins and settings files. A separate installer for U3-compatible sticks is available too. |
| wcicolib | Sample replacement icon library (replaces internal file list icons like folders etc.). Feel free to create your own with a resource editor. |