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# Help for Total Commander

- What's new
- Licenses (Total Commander and addons)
- Privacy policy
- User interface
- Selecting files/folders
- File operations
- Main menu
- Context menus
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Button bar
- TC Media Player
- TC Editor
- Plugins
- Problems+Troubleshooting

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 3.50:

- Context menu: Remember last "Open with"/"Send to" option chosen by the user, and show it in the context menu
- Editor: Let the user open text files of any size after showing a warning "Out of memory" with option "Retry"
- Media Player: New context menu items to share tracks (Send to)
- Show album covers for music files as thumbnails in main program (optional)
- File list: Show size with more digits where possible
- Context menu: The “Send to”/“Open with” dialogs now allow you to set bookmarks for frequently used apps (shown at the very top).
- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 3.42:

- Tap on current path to edit/copy/paste it.
- The search can now be started from the home folder
- Dark mode support in HTML help.
- Drag list down to reload.
- Home folder: New context menu item to eject or deactivate drive
- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 3.41:

- Shows message to confirm the privacy policy on first start.
- Asks for permission to get list of installed apps.
- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 3.40:

- Media player: Multiple taps on the left/right quarter of the screen jumps back/forward by x seconds
- Media player: Support for default media player notification (configurable)
- Quick search in bookmarks
- Android 13 support
- New languages: Catalan, Finnish
- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 3.31..3.33:

- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 3.30:

- Use new file manager permission on Android 11 and newer
- Search function: Use regular expressions
- Two panel mode now supports same size panels (for large screens)
- Support for Microsoft Surface Duo
- Media player: Track start positions and names are now loaded from .cue file with same name as audio file
- Media player: Quick search in media player: open keyboard via context menu
- Editor: Show * in front of file name when the file was changed
- Multi-rename tool: New field [T4] switches to EXIF time
- Thumbnails: RAW image support (starting with Android 7) for: .pef, .raw, .rw2, .raf, .dng, .crw, .cr2, .cr3, Android 8: .orf, .arw, .nef
- File picker (GET_CONTENT) can now return multiple files
- In search results, the "=" button will now open the first selected folder in the other file panel
- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 3.21..3.24:

- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 3.20:

- Install unencrypted app bundles with the .apkm extension
- Button bar: Command 115 "Calculate occupied space" now also works in archives (zip)
- Search function: Option to find only folders
- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 3.11:

- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 3.10:

- Android 11 support
- Better support for desktop (DeX) mode
- Install app files with extension .xapk and .apks
- Tap on file without association -> show context menu instead of app picker
- Context menu: Always show "Open as" and "Open with" menu items
- Enable logging within settings
- Media player:
  - Option to change playback speed
  - Support for vertical videos

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 3.0:

- Unpack rar5, 7z, tar, gz, z, bz2, arj, lzh, iso, img, cab in addition to zip and rar
- Multi-rename tool: To use it, select at least one file or folder
- Compare by content (via context menu): Select exactly 2 files
- Switch to API version 28
- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.91:

- Use fingerprint scanner to store password
- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.90:

- Editor: Simple Undo in long tap context menu
- Unload plugins when closing via main menu - Exit
- Let the user either hide or uninstall plugins directly in the home folder
- Android 8 Oreo support
- Better support for secondary storage like USB sticks
- Fix permissions when copying to /data/data folder
- Delete confirmation dialog: Show number of items to be deleted
- MediaPlayer:
  - Use headset button for next track
  - Don't show video window for files with audio extensions
  - Option to play videos in background

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.80:

- Unpack ZIP/RAR files >4GB
- Android 7 support
- New button commands for media player
- m4a+wav files in ringtone picker
- Better handling of external USB+SD-Cards
- Show warning about Purify, Greenify...
- Move files from/to external SD-Cards/USB drives
- Bugfixes: Media scanner, remount partitions on Android N
- MediaPlayer:
  - Remember last playlist
  - Sleep timer
  - Floating notifications (new track)
  - Load album art from cover.jpg/png/gif
  - Show current track nr+total in the notification

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.71-2.73 final:

- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.70:

- Android 6: External file system access using new "User-defined location" button
- Android 5: Remember the write rights for multiple SD cards/USB drives
- Help viewer: reload and exit buttons
- Media player: Support pre-buffering about 15 seconds before a track ends, reduces gap between tracks
- Media player: Pause when unplugging headset or disconnecting bluetooth headset, resume when reconnecting
- Use internal Web Browser and HttpUrlConnection for downloading and installing plugins (only if there is no play store installed)
- Hide plugins (via context menu) from the home folder without uninstalling them
- New languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Lithuanian

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.61/2.62 final:

- Bugfixes

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.60 final:

- Android 5: Write to external SD card with new functions
- Icon spacing now larger by default, configurable
- New flat icons for toolbar and file list, configurable
- Create new folder in "Save as" dialog
- Search only in selected folders (and files)
- MediaPlayer: Use new Android 5 functions for notifications
- MediaPlayer notifications: Small "x" button to directly close the player

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.50 final:

- Android 4.4: Show link to private writable folder on external SD card
- Direct plugin to plugin copy functions, also used to download files to locked external SD-Card
- Context menu item to hide items in home folder
- Context menu item "Unpack all selected" when selecting multiple files
- "Verify" button in "Unpack" and "Unpack all selected"
- UnRAR support for x86-based devices and emulators (like BlueStacks)
- Create desktop (launcher) icons with user-defined text, icon and even the target app
- Create links to plugins on Android Desktop (launcher)
- Create Bookmarks with both source and target path (for other panel)
- Support the "Share" button in other apps to send files to TC
- SFTP Plugin: New, stronger crypto methods
- MediaPlayer: New audio effects
- MediaPlayer: show album art on lock screen
- MediaPlayer: Option (in context menu) to repeat entire queue in a loop

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.04 final:

- MediaPlayer: Show controls on lock screen (Android 4.0 or newer)

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.03 final:

- Choose between Dark and Light background theme
- Support for holo theme on newer Android versions
- Copy timestamp as root when it fails with normal user rights
- Detect external SD-Cards+USB drives also on Android 4.3
- MediaPlayer: Permanently delete selected files via context menu
- MediaPlayer: Tap on video while controls are shown to pause/continue the video
- MediaPlayer: Swipe up or down on the left side of the video now adjusts the brightness

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.02 final:

- Support for more types of mount points (linking to SD cards and USB sticks)
- Internal associations: Support double extensions like .fb2.zip
- Support file associations without MIME type (only by extension)
- MediaPlayer: Handle headset buttons play/pause, next, previous
- MediaPlayer: Save last position in files longer than 10 minutes
- MediaPlayer: Show play/pause and next buttons directly in notification
- New language: Hebrew

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.01 final:

- Context menu now allows to add FLAC files to internal media player

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.0 final:

- Use a better method to avoid that background operations are aborted by the system
- Multi-Window support for Samsung Galaxy N7000, N7100 and N8000

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.0 beta 4:

- Select a range of files with a long tap on the file icon
- True full screen video on some Android 4 devices (no bottom bar)

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.0 beta 3:

- Drag&Drop in virtual 2 panel mode: Scroll to other panel to drop files to a subdir
- File properties: Enter permissions manually, in 3 or 4 digit format

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.0 beta 2:

- Trying to open a file without association will now open a context menu with options 'Open as' and 'Edit'
- Close TC on back button long press while the button is still down
- New internal command to turn hidden files (starting with a dot) on/off
- Properties dialog: Show UID and GID also on not rooted devices if available

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 2.0 beta 1:

- Audio/Video-Player, can stream from Internet and from (updated) plugins
- Drag&Drop in file lists (by holding down finger on file icon)
- Scroll thumb also in the editor
- Write to restricted external SD cards
- Set owner and group for a file or multiple files
- Root mode: Ask for permissions when copying, deleting, and saving file in the editor
- Custom date/time format
- Improved stability of background operations (file functions)
- Prevent operations from pausing when screen is turned off

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 final:

- Always show hint about how to select files when user taps on a command button without choosing anything

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 release candidate 7 (RC7):

- Copying while TC is in background: Start service to avoid that TC is closed
- Show USB host in home folder while a drive is connected
- Full screen mode also on Android 3 and 4
- Send via Bluetooth: big speedup

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 release candidate 6 (RC6):

- Support for MIPS processors
- Improved root function handling with internal root tool
- Background operations with icon in the Android notification bar
- New language: Vietnamese

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 release candidate 5 (RC5):

- New language: Japanese

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 release candidate 4 (RC4):

- New language: Croatian

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 release candidate 3 (RC3):

- New language: Portuguese

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 release candidate 2 (RC2):

- Button bar: Support parameters also in command type "Launch app (main function)"
- Moved thumbnail cache location to Android/data/... on SD-Card
- New language: Korean

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 release candidate 1 (RC1):

- Notify media library (e.g. for media player) about copied, moved, renamed, downloaded and unpacked files
- Open files as zip files even if they don't have the .zip extension (e.g. .jar)
- Parameter %M for first selected file in other panel
- Internal "Installed Apps" plugin: Show version number and SD-card status in name, show install date+time

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 beta 10:

- New internal commands (for buttons): "Go back", "Go forward", "Ignore list on/off", "Copy to clipboard", "Save to file" (with or without full path)
- Configuration option to always use root functions when reading directories (except on SD card)
- Going up from SD-Card root now jumps directory to home folder (except when root functions are always on)
- New language: Slovenian

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 beta 9:

- Menu item "Open as": New option "text"
- Enable logging to file: Just create file named log.txt in /mnt/sdcard/.TotalCommander
- Show icon of plugin in the button bar, only show txt/bin/auto if plugin supports it
- Show link targets (only works when directory is loaded in root mode)
- New language: Italian

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 beta 8:

- Send multiple selected files to one app via context menu, e.g. JPG to Picasa or anything to GMail as attachments
- Support root functions in links (on the Android home screen), browse dialogs in bookmarks and copy/move dialog
- New language: Romanian

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 beta 7:

- Show dialog box when user clicks on .apk file which shows version of this file and version of already installed program
- Keep cursor on current file in the following operations: copy, move, delete, set time
- New language: Danish
- New plugin: WebDAV (Web folders)

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 beta 6:

- Text editor: Faster scrolling (by embedding the text control in one or 2 scrollviews)
- Search with root function
- Create links to TC on home screen, with current directory for the active panel as a parameter
- Support "File open" dialog in other programs like GMail (GET_CONTENT intent)
- Support open intents for "pick file" and "pick folder"
- Third user-changeable button in the home folder, default is "download"
- Send shell command via button
- Option to ask user to save file when exiting editor with BACK button
- LAN plugin: Load directories in another thread, so the abort button reacts immediately
- New languages: Hellenic (Greek), Traditional Chinese, Spanish

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 beta 5:

- Root mode: Support for more devices (where toolbox program isn't installed)
- Allows to hide the title bar and notification bar (full screen mode)
- Use images instead of text for swap and equalize buttons (because the text wasn't shown at all on Android 3)
- Czech Help

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 beta 4:

- Internal associations to override system associations
- Root functions: browse protected folders like /data, copy files from/to these folders, new folder, delete (requires root rights)
- Re-mount drive as read/write or read only (requires root access)
- Browse button in "New bookmark" and "Copy target" dialogs
- New internal command to go up one level
- Thumbnails: Extract those first which are in the currently visible part of the list
- Button bar: Let the user choose any image file from SD-card
- Also load directories in background thread, show abort dialog for slow operations
- Change the locations of the two links "Photos" and "SD-Card" in the Home folder
- FTP Plugin: Support Microsoft IIS
- LAN Plugin: Workgroups can now also be browsed, use name: /workgroupname

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 beta 3:

- Move user button in button bar to the left/right
- Let the user choose the user interface language
- Edit file from plugin (e.g. FTP server) by temporarily downloading it
- Edit file from zip or rar, re-pack to zip only
- Command to calculate space occupied by the subfolders
- Support for external keyboard
- LAN plugin: Offer to turn WiFi on when connecting
- Keep screen on during file operations
- 2 Panels side by side: Ignore first click in inactive panel, just make it active
- Create new text file (in context menu of any folder or "..")
- New internal commands for "new file", "go to root", "refresh"
- "Open as" menu item for files which do not have any association

## What's new in Total Commander/Android 1.0 beta 2:

- This help file
- User-defined buttons
- Copy+Paste
- Show number of selected and total files/folders in title bar
- History button for "select files", "search"
- Select files: User can choose to select only files or only folders, or both
- Send to, Open With
- Show App icons for .apk files
- ZIP packer: UTF-8 for packing foreign names
- Acra crash report tool

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## User interface

The user interface is divided into the following elements:

- The title bar, showing the number of selected and total files/folders.
- The current path of the folder currently shown
- One or two file panels (configurable) showing the list of files/folders
- In virtual panel mode, three buttons at the edge of the screen:
  - Arrow button to swap panels
  - Equal sign button to set the same folder in the other panel as in the active panel
  - Arrow up button to scroll to the top, and then go up one level
- The top item in the list allows to go to the parent, root or reload the current directory
- A button bar (toolbar) which contains buttons for some internal commands, but also allows to add external programs.
- The main menu, which is shown when pressing the menu button.

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## Selecting files/folders

There are several ways to select files and folders in Total Commander:

1. Tap on the icons
2. Use the select button in the lower left corner
3. a. Long tap on icon to show selection menu
   b. Choose "Select files"
   c. Scroll to last item you want to select
   d. Tap on its ICON to select the entire range

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## File operations

You can perform the following file operations with Total Commander/Android:

- Copy/Move
- Rename
- Multi-Rename Tool: at least one file/folder selected
- Delete
- Edit as text
- New folder
- Pack with ZIP
- Unpack from an archive file
- Bluetooth send
- Send via Wifi

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## Main menu

The main menu contains the following commands:

- Directory history
- Bookmarks
- Search
- Exit
- New Folder
- Configure

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## Directory history

Shows the last visited directories.

Just tap on a directory to go there.

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## Bookmarks

Allows to save often used directories.

Just tap on a saved directory to go there.

To add a directory, don't come here via home screen! Instead, go to the directory first, then add it via main menu.

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## Search (Find files)

Allows to search for specific files:

Search for:
File name to search for, also partial names and wildcards *,? allowed
Also allows to exclude files/folders,
e.g. * | filename foldername/
D:2 search_string limits search to two levels below current directory.

RegEx:
Use regular expressions.
The specified expression is case-insensitive and finds text anywhere in the file name. Use ^ or $ to find the beginning/end of the name.

Search selected folders:
Only search in folders/files selected in Total commander

Containing text:
Search for text in files

Case sensitive:
Consider upper/lowercase

Unicode:
Search for text in Unicode files

Not older than:
Search only files younger than a certain time

Size:
Restrict results by size

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## Exit

Closes Total Commander for Android

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## New folder

Allows to create a new subfolder in the current directory.

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## Configuration

Allows to change Total Commander settings.

- About/Version Information: Shows about box
- Help / Licenses: Shows this help
- Language: Choose the language of the user interface independent from Android
- Date/time format: Choose the timestamp format for the file lists and properties
- Show hidden files/folders: Show files/folders where the name starts with a dot
- Hide files (ignore): Hide files depending on their name, either system-wide (only name given), or in specific folders only
- Fonts and colors: Choose font, foreground and background color for file lists. You can also increase the minimum line height if you have troubles to tap on files
- Sounds/Music: Configure sounds for background operations (message box and operation complete), and the context menu for the music player
- Internal associations: Define file associations bypassing the Android file associations
- Thumbnails: Turn thumbnails for jpg/gif/png/bmp files on/off. Choose to use a cache or not, clear the cache
- Full screen (no title): Turn off the title bar within TC
- Hide notification bar: Turn off the system's notification bar (android 2.3 or older)
- List window arrangement: Show two lists side by side, or two virtual panels. Show one or two button bars
- Side scroll: In the mode with just one visible file panel, you can use a wipe gesture to swap the two panels when this option is checked. Otherwise only the arrow button can be used
- Exit via BACK button: Determines whether the BACK button is used for going to the parent directory or for closing the program
- Root functions everywhere: Use root functions to read directory lists wherever possible

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## Copy/Move

To copy or move files, select them by tapping on their icons, or with the select button, then tap on the Copy/Move button.

In the copy dialog, you can now type a target directory. The default is the directory of the target panel.

To copy the file(s), click Copy, or to move them, click Move, or send them via Bluetooth or Wifi.

If the source window shows the contents of a ZIP or other archive file, the selected files are unpacked.

If the target window shows the contents of a ZIP file, the selected files are packed into that zip file.

If the source window lists the contents of a plugin, the selected files will be downloaded.

If the target window lists the contents of a plugin, the selected files will be uploaded.

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## Rename

Allows to rename a single file in place: Hold down the finger/pen on a file until the context menu appears, then tap on "Rename".

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## Multi-Rename Tool

Allows to rename all selected files with powerful rename options:
- Create a numbered file list
- Convert to upper-/lowercase via placeholders, e.g. [U][N][L]
- Replace a string in the name with a different string
- Add current date/time to file name
- Keep only certain characters of the file name
The results are shown immediately in the result box below the rename options, before the files are renamed.

Field descriptions

Name mask
With this field, you can create a definition for a new file name. The button [] allows to insert place holders for the previous name, parts of the name, a counter, or file date/time. The + button opens a list of older masks. Place holders are always in brackets [ ], while all other letters (without brackets) will be placed in the new name without a change.

See below for a description of all available placeholders!

Files can also be moved to other directories by specifying directory separators "/" (slashes) in the name. Directories which do not exist yet will be created automatically.

Ext.
Definition string for extension. In principle, all placeholders can be added to either of the two definition boxes. The rename tool will create a rename string like this: Fields in name mask + "." + Fields in extension mask. The reason why the two fields are separated is to prevent the accidental removal of file extensions, which would remove the association of files with a certain program.

Search for & Replace with
The string entered in the field 'Search for' is replaced by the string in 'Replace with'. The text in 'search for' is NOT case sensitive! Both fields support the placeholders (wildcards) * and ?. A * stands for any number of characters, a ? for exactly one character.
This function is applied AFTER the rename mask!
You can search+replace multiple strings in one step! The strings need to be separated by the vertical line (Button to the right of the field).

Example: Replace Umlauts+Accents:
Search for: ä|ö|ü|é|è|ê|à
Replace with: ae|oe|ue|e|e|e|a

Checkboxes:
^ Respect upper-/lowercase. Can be used to replace uppercase characters with other characters than lowercase.
1x Only replace the first occurrence of the search string if it appears multiple times in the file name
[E] Also replace the search text within the extension.
RegEx Use regular expressions.
Subst. Substitution: The entire file name will be replaced by the characters entered in the "Replace" field. If this option isn't checked, only the found expression will be replaced. You can work with subexpressions, e.g. $1 first expression in (), $2 second expression etc.

Example: Replace Umlauts+Accents considering upper/lowercase (option ^):
Search for: ä|ö|ü|é|è|ê|à|Ä|Ö|Ü|É|È|Ê|À
Replace with: ae|oe|ue|e|e|e|a|AE|OE|UE|E|E|E|A

[...] Button
Opens a menu with the following options:
<Undo last operation>
Tries to undo the rename operation in reverse order (last renamed file first). This also works AFTER closing the Multi-Rename-Tool! Just re-open it with any file(s).
<Default>
Sets the default settings (no changes to the names)
<Save as...>
Allows to save the current settings
<Delete>
Deletes the last selected entry from the list
Entry names
Loads settings saved earlier

<File list>
Shows a list of all files being renamed. The modified names are shown below the original names. All changes to the above fields are immediately shown in this column, but the files are not actually renamed until the Start! button is pressed. If the rename mask contains an error, the string <Error!> is shown.

Individual items can be moved up/down with drag&drop of the icons. This is useful for changing the file order for the counter function.

START!
Starts to rename files. There will be a warning message if there are name conflicts.

Back button
Closes the dialog box without any further actions.

Here is a description of all available placeholders. IMPORTANT: Upper/lowercase is relevant!

[N] old file or directory name, WITHOUT extension

[N1] The first character of the original name

[N2-5] Characters 2 to 5 from the old name (totals to 4 characters). Double byte characters (e.g. Chinese, Japanese) are counted as 1 character! The first letter is accessed with '1'.

[N2,5] 5 characters starting at character 2

[N2-] All characters starting at character 2

[N02-9] Characters 2-9 of old name, filled from the left with zeroes if new name is shorter than requested (8 in this example): "abc" -> "bc" is shorter than 8 -> "000000bc"

[N 2-9] Characters 2-9, fill from left with spaces if name shorter than requested (8 in this example): "abc" -> " bc"

[N-8,5] 5 characters starting at the 8-last character (counted from the end of the name)

[N-8-5] Characters from the 8th-last to the 5th-last character

[N2--5] Characters from the 2nd to the 5th-last character

[N-5-] Characters from the 5th-last character to the end of the name

[A] Old file name, WITH extension (All characters of the name), without the path

[2-5] Characters 2-5 from the name INCLUDING path and extension (other numbers as in [N] definition)

[P] Paste name of the parent directory, e.g. when renaming /directory/file.txt -> pastes "directory".
Also working: [P2-5], [P2,5], [P-8,5], [P-8-5] and [P2-], see description of [N] above.

[G] Grandparent directory (usage: see [P]).

[E] Extension

[E1-2] Characters 1-2 from the extension (same ranges as in [N] definition)

[C] Paste counter with default settings (start by 1, increase by 1, no fixed width)

[C10+5:3] Paste counter, define counter settings directly. In this example, start at 10, step by 5, use 3 digits width.
Partial definitions like [C10] or [C+5] or [C:3] are also accepted.

[C+1/100] New: Fractional number: Paste counter, but increase it only every n files (in this example: every 100 files).
Can be used to move a specific number of files to a subdirectory,e.g. [C+1/100]/[N]

[Caa+1] Paste counter, define counter settings directly. In this example, start at aa, step 1 letter, use 2 digits (defined by 'aa' width)

[C:a] Paste counter, determine digits width automatically, depending on the number of files. Combinations like [C10+10:a] are also allowed.

[S] Paste file size, in bytes

[T1] After this position, use last modification date/time from renamed file for all date/time fields (default).
Note: These are just switches! Use them with the other time placeholders, e.g. [T1][YMD] [hms]

[T2] After this position, use current date/time (when rename dialog was opened)

[T3] After this position, use current date/time (when rename options were last changed)

[T4] After this position, use EXIF date/time

[d] Paste date as defined in current country settings. / is replaced by a dash '-'

[Y] Paste year in 4 digit form

[y] Paste year in 2 digit form

[M] Paste month, always 2 digit

[D] Paste day, always 2 digit

[t] Paste time, as defined in current country settings. : is replaced by a dot.

[h] Paste hours, always in 24 hour 2 digit format (00-23)

[H] Paste hours, always in 12 hour 2 digit format (01-12)

[i] am/pm indicator in English, e.g. for time format 10.30pm. Use [i1] for just a or p, e.g. 10.30p.

[m] Paste minutes, always in 2 digit format

[s] Paste seconds, always in 2 digit format

[U] All characters after this position in uppercase

[L] All characters after this position in lowercase

[F] First letter of each word uppercase after this position, all others lowercase

[f] Like [F], but using rules for English in titles (certain words like a, in, the, ... lowercase)

[n] All characters after this position again as in original name (upper/lowercase unchanged)

[R] Random number, 1..6 digits

[R5] Random number, 5 digits (1..9 supported)

[%x%] Inserts environment variable "x". Also supports parts, e.g. [%x%1-5]

[[] Insert square bracket: open

[]] Insert square bracket: close (cannot be combined with other commands inside the square bracket!)

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## Edit

Hold down the finger/pen on a file until the context menu appears, then tap on "Edit file". This loads the file under the cursor into the default file editor, or shows a list of available editors.

Internal editor help

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## Delete

With the X button you can delete the selected files.

Important note: The files will NOT be moved to some kind of Recycle bin, they will be deleted immediately!

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## Pack with ZIP

Allows to pack the selected files and/or subdirectories with the built-in ZIP packer.

ZIP files created this way are fully ZIP-compatible and can be unzipped on the PC or also on the device. To unzip, open the file with ENTER (or tap) and then copy the files to any directory you want.

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## Unpack files from an archive file

To unpack files from an archive file, open the archive with a tap, then select the files which you want to unpack and press the Copy button.

Total Commander can unpack the following file types:
zip, rar, 7z, tar, gz, z, bz2, arj, lzh, iso, img, cab
It uses the free open source 7zip library. The source code is available via Licenses page.

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## Properties

Shows the properties of the selected file(s) and allows to change the date/time.
For folders, the occupied disk space is shown.

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## Reload dir

Reloads the current directory to reflect any changes made in other programs.

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## Send via Bluetooth

Allows to send the selected files via Bluetooth (OBEX standard protocol).

The OBEX standard is used by devices like PocketPCs, Palm(TM), and many mobile phones.

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## Send via Wifi

Allows to send the selected files via Wifi by creating a local WebDAV server. Needs the Wifi plugin.

The server URL will also be shown as a QR code. As a target, it's possible to use the Wifi plugin on other Android devices, or any QR-Code reader together with a Web browser.

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## Select/unselect files

Allows to select or unselect files of specific types, e.g. all html files by using the wildcards *.htm *.html .

Type the wildcards you want or select previously used wildcards from the dropdown list, and click on "select" or "unselect". The files will be selected in addition to the already selected files!

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## Context menus

Context menus are invoked by holding down the finger/pen for about 1 second. They exist for the files in the file list, and for some buttons in the button bar:

The local file menu contains the commands Rename, Properties, Copy/Move to clipboard, Paste here.

For audio and video files, there are additional menu items for the internal player.

All user-defined buttons also have context menus to change or delete them

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## Keyboard shortcuts

On devices with a keyboard, or when using a Bluetooth keyboard, Total Commander supports the following keyboard shortcuts:

1 | PageUp
2 | Rename
4 | Edit
5/6 | Copy/Move
7 | New folder
8 | Delete
9 | Sort list
0 | PageDown
SPACE | Select single file
+/- | Select dialog
* | Reverse selection (files+folders)
ENTER | Open file/folder
# / @ | Properties
ESC/Backspace | Up one level

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## Button bar

The button bar contains some predefined buttons, like Copy and Delete, and also allows to add your own buttons by tapping on the "add" button (the last one behind all user buttons). The button will always be added at the end of the button bar, but just before the "add" button.

Description of the buttons:

| Select/unselect files. You can also directly tap on the file icons to select them.
| Copy or move selected files, send via Bluetooth.
| Pack files with ZIP packer.
| Delete selected file(s).
| Sort active panel by name, extension, size, or timestamp.
| Open secondary bar with user-defined buttons.
| Add current directory to button bar (default), or let the user choose an internal command or external application. Edit via Tap+Hold.

To modify a user-defined button, tap on it for more than 1 second. This will open the context menu, which allows to change or delete the button.

See Dialog box - change button

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## Button change dialog

This dialog allows to change the settings of a button.

Fields:

- Function type: Choose what the button should do:
  - Change directory: Go to directory inside of Total Commander
  - Internal command: Start command inside of Total Commander
  - Launch app: Starts other program, usually without parameters
  - View file with app: Uses the VIEW option to launch a program, pass first selected file to it
  - Send to app: Uses the SEND option to launch a program, pass first selected file to it
  - Send shell command: Send command to the operating system. Command must be either sh or su (for rooted devices), or Comment:sh / Comment:su, parameter the actual command(s).
    A ? as the first character of the parameters opens a dialog to change the shell command.
    An * as the first character (or behind the ?) shows the results in a dialog box, and allows to copy them to the clipboard. The command *10* sets the font size to 10.
    An & as the first character (or behind the ?) re-reads current directory after executing command.
- Command: Tap on the >> button to select an appropriate command for the chosen function type
- Parameters: Parameter(s) passed to the program. See below for a list of supported parameters
- Icon: Icon to be shown in the button bar

## Available parameters:

(Multiple lines allowed, one parameter per line!)
file:/path/name
Send file name as URL
url:https://www.server.com/
Send any URL to app
stream:/path/name
Send name as STREAM extra field
type:text/plain
Set explicit MIME type
extra:NAME:data
Set extra field of name android.intent.extra.NAME with value data
extra0:NAME:data
Set extra field of name NAME with value data
extra2:NAME:data
Extra field requiring string list
action:action name
Set explicit action, e.g. action:android.intent.action.MAIN
broadcast:action name
Send a broadcast instead of launching an activity, with explicit action name, e.g. broadcast:android.intent.action.MEDIA_BUTTON
permission:permission name
Used with parameter broadcast: Send a broadcast requesting a broadcast receiver with a specific permission, e.g. permssion:com.myapp.MYPERMISSION
category:category name
Set explicit category, e.g. category:android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
list:
Send the list of selected files as URL list via putParcelableArrayListExtra.
Automatically sets MIME type to type common to all files, e.g. audio/mp3, audio/*, */*
Uses content: URLs on android 10 or newer.
Also changes ACTION_SEND to ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE
list:content:
Like list:, but forces content: URLs.
list:file:
Like list:, but forces file: URLs.
list:NAME
Like list:, but sets name used by putParcelableArrayListExtra.
Special parameters:
%% single percent sign
%P current path name (with trailing slash)
%N name of first selected file
%T current path in other panel
%M name of first selected file in other panel
%C content://url of first selected file
%S All selected file names without path, surrounded with "" if they contain spaces, e.g. name.txt "second name.txt"
%P%S Like %S, but with full path, e.g. /storage/emulated/0/name.txt
Note: Surround with ' to always add single quotes, " for double quotes
Example: Send a mail with attachment to 2 recipients:
Function type: Send to app
Command: >> GMail
Parameters:
stream:%P%N
extra2:EMAIL:x@y.com
extra2:EMAIL:z@y.com
extra:SUBJECT:File for you
extra:TEXT:Here is the file %N

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## Internal editor

The internal editor allows to edit small files in ANSI and Unicode format.

Main menu:

- Save: Save current file
- Save as: Save with different name
- Close: Close editor without saving
- Settings: Choose font, colors, and word wrap
- Find: Find text
- Find next: Continue search

Note: Copy/Paste can be performed via the context menu

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## TC Media Player

The internal media player allows to play audio and video files supported by Android itself, using the built-in MediaPlayer control.
It can stream music and video from the Internet and from (updated) plugins.

Main menu:

- Add files: Switches to TC and enables a special mode to add files with a single tap to the queue
- Load playlist: Loads playlist in pls, m3u, m3u8 or xspf format
- Save playlist: Save playlist in m3u or m3u8 (Unicode) format
- Configure...:Allows to change TC Media Player settings
- Exit: Close player

Description of the buttons:

Note: Some buttons are deactivated by default and can be displayed via the player settings.

| Only during full screen video playback: Allows to zoom the video. It can be zoomed as follows: 1:1 Square pixels are assumed 100% Full screen (no borders) 16:9 Zoomed to 16:9 format 4:3 Zoomed to 4:3 format
| Opens the equalizer. The icon is green when the equalizer is enabled. Requires Android 2.3 or newer.
| Skips playback backward by configured time (default: 30 seconds).
| Skips playback forward by configured time (default: 30 seconds).
| Pauses playing after x minutes (default: 30 minutes).
| Play previous file in queue.
| Play/resume playing current file.
| Pause currently playing file.
| Play next file in queue.
| Indicates queue playback speed and allows to change by a button tap. Requires Android 6.0 or newer.
| Close player and delete queue.

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## Plugins

Plugins can be accessed via the home screen.

Passwords for connections can be stored with the built-in password manager. You set a master password which protects the passwords with AES256 encryption. To change the master password, try to connect as usual. In the master password dialog, enter the old password, then click on the button CHANGE MASTER PASSWORD.

The following plugins are currently available:

- Installed apps (preinstalled)
- ftp
- LAN
- SFTP
- Cloud: (Google) Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive
- WebDAV
- WiFi (WLAN)
- USB-Stick

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## Installed Apps Plugin

The Installed Apps plugin lists all the installed third party applications

You can perform the following operations on them:

- Uninstall by selecting some apps and tapping on the delete button
- View application settings by tapping on an app
- Backup apps to SD-Card with the Copy button
- Add apps from SD-Card with the Copy button

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## FTP Plugin

The ftp plugin allows to make connections to ftp servers.

Tap on <New connection> to create a new connection. Then enter a connection name.
You can now specify server name and port, user, password, remote directory, commands to send on connect (separate multiple commands by a ;), server type, firewall, passive mode and file name encoding.

Connection name:
Tap on a connection name to connect. After connecting, the packer icon will change to a connection icon. Use this icon to change the transfer mode (binary, text or automatic), and to disconnect. Only a single connection is supported at the same time per panel.

Server type:
If your server isn't detected, you can define a server type in Total Commander for Windows and import it into the Android version. To do this, open your wcx_ftp.ini, and look for a section like this:
[Unix1]
Template1=pppppppppp !S* TTT DDDDDDDD n*

Save this to a file called (in this example) Unix1.ini, transfer it to the SD-Card of your Android device, and then use the option "load detect string".

Firewall:
This opens another dialog for the configuration of your firewall. All firewall types of the desktop Total Commander are supported, except for the HTTP type. Leave the user name and password fields empty if your firewall doesn't support them. The first type is the most common, so try this first.

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## LAN plugin

The LAN plugin allows to access often accessed servers in the LAN (local area network) via smb (Windows file sharing).

1. Tap on <new server>
2. Enter a name for the list, e.g. Server1
3. Enter the server name in the network

To be able to connect, you need a real LAN connection to your network (e.g. via WLAN).

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## SFTP plugin

The SFTP plugin allows to connect to SFTP servers (file transfers over SSH). For FTPS (FTP over SSL) you need to use the FTP plugin.

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## Cloud plugins

The following plugins for cloud services are currently available:

- Drive (Google Drive): Uses the Google account stored on the device
- Dropbox
- OneDrive (Windows Live): Access to the Microsoft cloud

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## WebDAV plugin

Connect to WebDAV servers, e.g. by GMX, OwnCloud or CPanel servers (port 2078).

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## WiFi (WLAN) plugin

Allows to send files and URLs between two Android devices, or from one Android device to any PC, tablet or smartphone with a web browser.

Send: Select some files, tap on and then on "via WiFi".

Receive: Tap on "WiFi Transfer" in the Home folder. Then scan the QR code, or enter the URL manually.

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## USB-stick plugin

Access to USB sticks via USB on the go on devices which normally don't allow the access, like the Nexus 7 and 10.

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## Problems+Troubleshooting

Here are some known problems and possible solutions:

Q: Total Commander for Android fails to access some network shares.
A: Try to use the numeric IP address instead of the server name

Q: Total Commander for Android fails to send a file via Bluetooth on my custom ROM.
A: Some custom ROMs (e.g. Villarom 12.0.0 on HTC Hero) do not implement Bluetooth correctly. Try with a different Bluetooth program like Blueobex whether this is the case. Please contact us if other Bluetooth tools work but Total Commander doesn't.

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