Total Commander (formerly known as Windows Commander) is an old software (introduced at 1996), I cannot live without. I’m using it for many years on every Windows OS I ever had without any problem at all.
This is a “one on everything” solution for file management, based on the old “classic” Norton Commander of the “hard to remember” DOS years.

It’s main features are:
- Two file windows side by side. The two windows are displaying every drive of the system. Copy/Move/Delete/Rename of files between them is just as easy as counting 1..2..3! You can mark files as selected/unselected from the windows using wildcards.
- Enhanced search function. Light Speed searches by filename wildcards and string matching inside the files. The results can be displayed at one of the two windows and work with them as a normal file list of a drive.
- Quick View panel with bitmap display. You don’t like the internal viewer? Just set it up, to use your favorites viewers/editors.
- ZIP, ARJ, LZH, RAR, UC2, TAR, GZ, CAB, ACE archive handling + plugins. Yes all of them! Some of the compression types are built-in, for the others you have to define your external packer/unpacker. You’re able to work with compressed files, just as a regular drive of your system. Copy/Move/Delete/Rename of files contained inside the compressed files is just to easy to describe!
- Built-in FTP client with FXP (server to server) and HTTP proxy support. Yes! Exactly this! Nothing more powerful than this. Setup your server connection list. Login as a regular or anonymous user. Copy files of a compressed file at the remote FTP location. Resume is fully supported, but FXP must be supported by the remote servers in order to work. Multi server connections are fully supported and the server is listed as a remote drive! FTP Server download list and background transfers with speed limit are fully supported.
- Tabbed interface. In case you need more that two file windows, the tabbing is there to help you. Create new tabs at any file window and list at them any other drive, FTP server, directory.
- Full Windows share support.
- Regular expressions, in case you need more powerful searches.
- Encode, Decode, Split, Combine, Compare, Multi Rename files.
- Directory Synchronization.
- Thumnbails view.
- Parallel port transfer function (direct cable connection), works between Win95/98/NT/2000/3.1 and DOS!
- Custom columns view allow to show additional file details.
- Direct access to Network Neighbourhood.
- Multiple language support

If you’re not satisfied with this features list, then you can use addons to enchance Total Commander with anything from email readers/composers and CD/DVD burners to mp3 taggers and System services/registry/events/processes listers/editors!

Total Commander comes in four versions:
- 32 bit version
- 16 bit version
- Pocket version for Pocket PC, Windows CE and Smartphone
- USB stick installer

This is a shareware software, sold at 34 euros. The shareware version is working for 30 days. After the 30 days trial period is still fully functional, but everytime you run it, you must press one random buttom out of the three available. So, you can continue using it after these 30 days, but this brilliant software worths every cent.

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