Christian Ghisler Windows Commander - is now called Total Commander v7.04 - is a file manager replacement for Windows.

Total Commander supports ZIP, ARJ, LHA, RAR, UC2, TAR, GZ, CAB, ACE, internal ZIP packer, enhanced search, quick view, drag & drop from & to explorer/desktop, ftp-client, direct access to the Network Neighbor-hood, directory history + hotlist, UUencode/decode, split/combine, compare files, synchronize dirs, copy and pack in background, image viewer, parallel port PC to PC connection, multi - rename tool.

Features of Total Commander:

- Two file windows side by side

- Multiple language support

- Enhanced search function

- Compare files / synchronize directories

- Quick View panel with bitmap display

- ZIP, ARJ, LZH, RAR, UC2, TAR, GZ, CAB, ACE archive handling + plugins

- Built-in FTP client with FXP (server to server) and HTTP proxy support

- Parallel port link, multi-rename tool

- Tabbed interface, regular expressions, history + favorites buttons

- Both 32 bit and 16 bit versions available!

- Long filenames in Windows 95/98 and Windows NT (16 and 32-bit version)!

- Direct access to Network Neighbourhood

- Supports Drag & Drop with Explorer/the Desktop etc.

- Command line for starting of programs with parameters, simply by typing the program name or by pressing CTRL+ENTER or CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER.

- Configurable button bar and Start menu (User-defined commands) to place your frequently used DOS or - Windows programs into a drop-down menu. The actual directory and/or the file under the cursor can be delivered to the application.

- Configurable main menu.

- Built in file viewer (Lister) to view files of ANY SIZE in hex, binary or text format, using either the ASCII- (DOS) or the ANSI- (Windows) character set. The line width and font size can now be changed. You can even view files inside archives! New: Support for Unicode UTF-8 format.

- Bitmap viewer in Lister, additional formats through Irfanview (see addons).

- HTML- and Unicode-Viewer in Lister.

- Parallel port transfer function (direct cable connection), works between Win95/98/NT/2000/3.1 and DOS!

- Thumbnails view, custom columns, enhanced search

Total Commander comes in the following languages: English, German, French, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, and now also Hebrew, Greek, Afrikaans, Catalan, Turkish and Ukrainian! The help is available in English, German and French (separately).

Changes in Total Commander 7.04 (July 31, 2008):

- This update mainly adds support for ZIP encryption, both the old ZIP2.0 format, and the new AES (advanced encryption standard) format.

- It also fixes errors found after the release of Total Commander 7.03, and adds some improvements to existing functions.