Take Command Console (was 4NT) - now free and portable

[tsachy]

TCC (Take Command Console) is the new name for 4NT, which is now free in its basic (LE) version. I used 4NT for years, and it's a great console replacement for CMD, but until now it wasn't free.
See home page at http://jpsoft.com/tccledes.htm
and the direct download link is at http://jpsoft.com/downloads/v9/tccle.exe
To install, I ran the exe installer, then copied all files and uninstalled it.
By default it writes its settings to C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\JPSoft\TCMD.INI, but copying this file to the application's directory made it use the local copy exclusively.
I tested with procmon, and couldn't find any other reason to suspect it's not portable.

--ts

[alanbcohen]

That this great app is now free is great news. I was a registered 4DOS user back in the day... I hope it is as portable as you think; I'm just not capable of making the determination. But, I'm putting it on my one remaining Win desktop anyway!

[Tempus3]

This really brought back some fond memories, a really great find. Now if I can only find what I did with my old btm files....

[Midas]

Old topic update: TCC/LE (Take Command Console/Light Edition) 32/64-bit is free and latest release is currently v13.06 build 77 (latest changelog is at http://jpsoft.com/forums/threads/4728/).

TCC/LE is our free Windows command shell (formerly known as 4NT). TCC/LE is a replacement for the CMD command line (the default Windows command prompt). TCC/LE is a superset of CMD, with 111 internal commands (CMD has fewer than 40), 240 internal variables and functions, and hundreds of enhancements to existing CMD commands. TCC/LE works with your existing command line applications and batch files, but offers major improvements in command line and batch file capabilities, and adds thousands of new features to your command prompt windows.

TCC/LE is portable (extract and by create 'TCMD.INI' in program folder) and can be freely downloaded from http://jpsoft.com/all-downloads/downloads.html.

BTW, JP Soft preceding 4DOS (and 4NT?) shareware command shell replacement (which won't run on 64-bit Windows on account of being a 16-bit executable) has versions that are now freeware, after being open-sourced in contribution to the FreeDOS project (http://www.freedos.org/). For further info, check http://www.4dos.info/ and http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stu ... user/4dos/...

@webfork: this topic is about a command shell replacement which is basically a CLI tool. As such I reckon it should be moved to "Resources & Links". Thanks.