It offers multiple language support, search, file comparison, directory synchronization, quick view panel with bitmap display. I would vote for an optimization for newer Windows version standard themes, where the old Windows version looks acceptably if possible but never do compromises on the current Windows version standard theme.Total Commander is a file manager replacement for Windows, Windows Mobile and Android. This is the downside when supporting very old Windows versions. For some things required for TC, there is just no standard solution foreseen by the OS, so custom solutions are required, which of course leave some space for good or not so good solutions.Ĥ) The example illustrated by bckp is to my knowledge due to compatibility problems between different themes and also themes in different Windows versions. So it matters which control is used from the available ones.ģ) TC indeed uses some custom controls (and custom drawing). Apps designed for the latest Windows version mainly use those new controls. It matters how they are used.Ģ) Microsoft provides controls mainly used in older Windows versions also in newer Windows versions. My four cents.ġ) The overall appearance of an app is more than just a collection of controls. I don't understand why people claim that again and again.Īll in all TCs appearance has advanced over the years, but I also still see room for improvement. TC uses the regular Windows controls of the current Windows version, not those of Windows 95.

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