TFC.EXE... by Kim Henkel

TFC.EXE [Release]

By: Kim Henkel Riverview, FL
Date: Mar 04,2011 at 06:28
In Response to: TFC.EXE (Ian Binnie)

> > On related topic, according to Ian, we should used TFC.EXE rather
>> than TFC.BAT by default. What's best practice considering that I haven't
> > worked on any Windows system below XP for half a decade?
> >
> > http://www.ztw3.com/forum/forum_entry.php?id=111151
>
> The main reason for using TFC.EXE is to support Unicode filenames.
>
> Kim explained why he did not make this default in:-
> http://www.ztw3.com/forum/forum_entry.php?id=97054

I want to just reiterate the point from that post that if you do use a 1 line TFC.BAT like the default that invokes TFC.EXE, it does so directly _without_ spawning a command shell, therefore unicode names are preserved.

Kim

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[Release] v2.2 Now available! (1,687) - Kim Henkel - Mar 04,2011 at 03:13 [Release]
- [Release] v2.2 Now available! (1,296) - Colin Liebenrood - Mar 04,2011 at 03:20
- [Query] v2.2 Now available! (1,288) - Neil Clough - Mar 04,2011 at 03:49
  - [Query] v2.2 Now available! (1,372) - Kim Henkel - Mar 04,2011 at 04:17
- [Cosmetic] ZTW123.ICO (1,364) - Laurent Duchastel - Mar 04,2011 at 05:53
- [Cosmetic] TFC8.EXE (1,314) - Laurent Duchastel - Mar 04,2011 at 06:08
  - TFC.EXE (1,398) - Ian Binnie - Mar 04,2011 at 06:16
    - TFC.EXE (2,032) - Kim Henkel - Mar 04,2011 at 06:28
- [Bug] File description with ? wildcard at end (1,291) - Chester Kemp - Mar 08,2011 at 01:10
  - As designed (1,472) - Kim Henkel - Mar 08,2011 at 01:15
    - As designed (1,464) - Chester Kemp - Mar 08,2011 at 02:00
      - As designed (1,421) - Ian Binnie - Mar 08,2011 at 04:11
        However . . . (1,311) - Chester Kemp - Mar 08,2011 at 05:42
        However . . . (1,265) - Kim Henkel - Mar 08,2011 at 06:23
        BUT . . . (1,319) - Chester Kemp - Mar 08,2011 at 06:42
        However . . . (1,275) - Ian Binnie - Mar 08,2011 at 07:12
        Regex for the file selection mask (1,359) - Robert Baguley - Mar 08,2011 at 17:56
        However . . . (1,275) - Kim Henkel - Mar 08,2011 at 18:17
        another new thing learnt! (1,231) - Chester Kemp - Mar 08,2011 at 20:39
        another new thing learnt! (1,246) - Ben Kent - Mar 08,2011 at 21:46
        UK invisible or Help incorrect (1,262) - Chester Kemp - Mar 09,2011 at 01:16
        Why? Because it gives more flexibility (1,277) - Antti - Mar 08,2011 at 20:11
        Why? Because it gives more flexibility (1,219) - Juergen Hestermann - Mar 08,2011 at 20:27
        Why? Because it gives more flexibility (1,226) - Chester Kemp - Mar 08,2011 at 21:09
        [ZEP] A configuration option to have trailing ? equal exactly one character. (1,231) - Oliver Pretzel - Mar 09,2011 at 01:52
        [ZEP] A configuration option to have trailing ? equal exactly one character. (1,276) - Chester Kemp - Mar 09,2011 at 05:39
        Fine, someone please add it to the Wiki wishlist (nomsg) (1,229) - Kim Henkel - Mar 09,2011 at 07:32
        Done (nomsg) (1,189) - Oliver Pretzel - Mar 12,2011 at 17:55