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Fufurro

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Copy: rename and append greyed out
« on: July 07, 2025, 17:15:52 »
Hello! I'm using multicommander for quite a while now, and I just noticed that in the copy/overwrite popup the options to rename and append files are greyed out.
Is there a setting that I can change to enable these functions?

I'm using the latest version on Windows 10.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Copy: rename and append greyed out
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2025, 22:20:45 »
Normally they are enabled. But depends on device type of source and target volume

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Re: Copy: rename and append greyed out
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2025, 23:23:29 »
After additional testing, I report the following:

when moving a file in another location of the same partition and in the destination folder the same file is already present, the options to rename and append are greyed out.


Is there anything I might change in the settings or is it something you will investigate?
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Re: Copy: rename and append greyed out
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2025, 00:02:50 »
Bump

The previous message might have been lost in summertime :-)

As mentioned, the behaviour appears when moving files on the same partition (not a copy, a move). Anything I should check or it is something that you might look into at some point?
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Re: Copy: rename and append greyed out
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2025, 13:25:29 »
No there is no setting for that.
I think it is because it is a move on same disk it already entered into a rename operation so data is never copied. so then it cant append

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Re: Copy: rename and append greyed out
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2025, 18:06:13 »
Thanks for the clarification Mathias!
Do you think that at some point at least the rename option can be enabled?

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Re: Copy: rename and append greyed out
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2025, 19:42:31 »
Yes