aCommander v5.0 Release Notes

RELEASE

aCommander v5.0

The perfect dual-pane file explorer: an installer, tool updates from inside the app, drag and drop, safer file operations, and more than 50 fixes.

October 13, 2026

Features

Bug Fixes

Other

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New Features & Enhancements

Installer #123

A per-user setup with a Start Menu entry and an uninstaller; no admin rights needed, and upgrading keeps your settings.

Check Tool Updates #94 #98 #136

See every bundled tool’s name, link, installed and newest version, and update them from the app.

FFmpeg for All Media Work #135

One tool now converts audio and video, trims, joins and shows Media Info.

Remove Metadata #114

Strip tags and metadata from audio, video and image files.

Sort by Extension #139

Groups all files of one type together.

Linked Navigation #143

Navigate both panes together, and turn it off again.

Ctrl+R Refreshes the Drive List #142

New and removed drives show up in the drive box.

Drag and Drop #186

Drag files to other apps, between the panes and onto folder rows.

Ask Before Overwriting #184

Copy, move and paste ask what to do with files that already exist.

Insert Marks Files #203

Total Commander style marking.

Help and About #181 #182

F1 help in collapsible sections, and an About popup with version and license.

qpdf for PDF Work #191

Faster, more reliable PDF merge and page extraction.

Delete Locked Files #192

Ends the programs holding a file, using File Locksmith.

Games #194 #195

Minesweeper (Mines-Perfect), Puzzle Collection and an Arkanoid clone, from the Command Palette.

Report Bug Labels #144

Reports are labelled by type on GitHub.

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Bug Fixes

Security #162 #163 #164 #165 #166 #167

FTP passwords are encrypted and never logged; FTPS/SFTP check the server; downloads can’t write outside the target folder; folder and file names can’t run hidden commands.

Archives #140 #141 #145 #147 #148 #152 #157 #158 #189

Enter opens a zip as a folder; edits are never lost when repacking fails; pack and unpack work without 7-Zip installed and for more archive types.

FTP #154 #161 #171 #174

Folder copy, create, delete and rename work on FTP and SFTP; Save for Next Time is respected.

Safer File Operations #169 #172 #173 #175 #200 #201

Delete goes to the Recycle Bin and Wipe asks first; nothing is overwritten without asking; Stop stops the whole batch; moving a folder to another drive moves the folder.

No More Freezes #170 #176 #177

Large or remote folders list and sort in the background; large PDF page ranges no longer hang.

Errors Are Shown #150 #153 #159 #160 #188

Failed tool runs, PDF jobs, searches and image conversions report what went wrong.

Keys and Selection #146 #155 #179 #193 #196 #198 #202

F-key buttons follow the same rules as their shortcuts; the Command Palette offers the right actions after Select All; focus stays in the source pane.

Language and Locale #156 #178 #197

Hebrew names show the right way round; Turkish and comma-decimal systems work.

Look and Text #180 #187 #199 #204

Styled F1 help, a readable drag menu, Title Case labels.

Other Fixes #149 #151 #168 #183 #185 #190

The right version in Report Bug and the title; a bad settings file no longer stops startup; Ant Renamer opens with the selected files; File Properties no longer leaves processes running.

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Other

Tool Update Check #205

The tool update check ignores FFmpeg test builds.

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