Total Commander is niks anders dan Windows Commander maar dan met een nieuwe naam. Hoe dit gekomen is kun je hier lezen. De nieuwste release is versie 5.5 en kent de volgende veranderingen:
File system plugins allow to access PocketPC devices, other file systems etc. Descriptions can be created for files, and will be copied with the files NTFS file streams will now be copied with the files RTF-Viewer in Lister Open partially downloaded ZIP archives (while a download is still in progress) Improvements to Synchronize dirs, multi-rename tool, ftp client and many other parts of the program