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2/3. Yes you can set multiple tags.. the name of the tags are examples. Idea is that you modify the name to what you want to have. I just myself multiple tags on many files. But Sure Maybe an option to only allow 1 tag at the time. or maybe Tags should be able to be configured to not be allowed to be combined with others.

If you accidentally set it to Single Tags in options then you lose all your multi-tags-applied items (all wiped out) ! So it's a can of worms really !

Bug: Paste action unavailable on an empty USB drive

After formatting a USB drive, I couldn't paste files onto it because the drive was empty and the Paste action wouldn't trigger. I had Show hidden and system files disabled (Enabling the setting displayed the hidden 'System Volume Information' folder, after which copy/paste worked again —This seems like unexpected behavior: file operations on the drive shouldn't depend on whether hidden or system files are visible (thereby requiring a single file/folder to exist).)

The Paste action should be available when browsing an empty removable drive, regardless of whether hidden and system files are displayed.

Additional note: I use TeraCopy, which prompts me to choose between TeraCopy and File Explorer for transfers. This could be specific to my setup, but the transfer never starts because the "..." indicator doesn't appear in the file list's first column.

Strange.. Might be that it think the folder is invalid since it does not have anything there not even a "..", maybe .. or something
Anyway, I will investigate

Thank you, I think you will see having no files [in a Removable Media] removes the "..." column so no Paste is possible.

I think we shouldn't be able to set like and dislike together it doesn't make sense:-)

I've tagged thousands of files, using different tag combinations to represent various states. Losing these tags would be a serious problem, as creating them was extremely time-consuming. The current behavior works as expected, so I don't think its functionality needs to change.

P.S. You can uncheck any tags you don't want to include to keep the item's tagging clean and limited to a single tag.

When you say "like" and "dislike", it sounds like "good" and "bad". But a tag is basically just a text/color. I suppose, technically everything is possible, but I find implementing non-overlapping tag/groups unnecessarily complicated. What if you tagged a file with "like", but then decide to change it to "dislike", what should be done -- silent change or some warning? It would be a mess.

Yeah I agree completely.

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Hi,

Thanks total_annihilation00, my comments:

1. I was looking in settings, but I missed it :-)
2–3. I think we shouldn't be able to set like and dislike together it doesn't make sense:-) In other, mainly graphic apps, we can set one tag only (star rating, clasification) to the picture. Similarly, if I set a work tag I do not set it as personal
4. I know, but there is separate filter option which I showed on screenshot.

Anyway, tags are very good feature in MultiCommander. I'll keep testing it.

Actually, I often assign multiple tags to a single item (chaining them)—for example, using the white-flag tag to mark my favorite game ROMs and the dislike-flag tag to identify ROMs that have been AI-patched.

If you're wondering how to add a custom filter to the filter box's right-click menu:

1. Right-click the filter box and select Customize.
2. Click the green + button.
3. Create a filter with these settings:

Display name: Tagged Items Only

Filter:
$Important $Work $Personal $Review $Archive $Like $Dislike

Bug: Paste action unavailable on an empty USB drive

After formatting a USB drive, I couldn't paste files onto it because the drive was empty and the Paste action wouldn't trigger. I had Show hidden and system files disabled (Enabling the setting displayed the hidden 'System Volume Information' folder, after which copy/paste worked again —This seems like unexpected behavior: file operations on the drive shouldn't depend on whether hidden or system files are visible (thereby requiring a single file/folder to exist).)

The Paste action should be available when browsing an empty removable drive, regardless of whether hidden and system files are displayed.

Additional note: I use TeraCopy, which prompts me to choose between TeraCopy and File Explorer for transfers. This could be specific to my setup, but the transfer never starts because the "..." indicator doesn't appear in the file list's first column.

Maybe just use the emoji in the editor ,  I don't have control of how they built the forum system so I can't do much about it.

Yeah I need to make a mental note not to use emoji's —only the Forum smilies.

I couldn't post to the forum for a while because I kept getting a "Database error. Please retry." message. It turned out the post contained emoji, which the forum apparently doesn't support. After removing them, the post went through.

Thank you, Mathias—Christmas came early this year! I'm loving the new thumbnail support for custom file and folder icons, the status bar updates, and especially the ":" command-line autocomplete feature.

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Hi,

Issues which I found with tags:
1. Tags do not shows icons near file/folder names, just the colour.
2. I can set few tags simultaneously for example work & personal, it is strange for me
3. I can set simultaneously like it and dislike it (I think it should switch between both)
4. There is no possibility to filter files by tags (or didn't find such option yet)
5. No icons in context menu

1. Go to Configuration → Explorer Panel Settings. Under Tags/Labels, enable "Show tag icon instead of color marker."
2–3. Yes, you can assign multiple tags.
4. Right-click the tag in the toolbar and select "Filter view by this tag."

Hope that helps!

Could you add a built-in dark mode theme? My custom CSS user style isn't rendering some elements correctly in dark mode. A native dark theme would be helpful. I didn't encounter this issue in the previous version.
P.S. Never mind—I've updated my custom user script, and SMF topic titles now display using the custom theme's colors.

I noticed two issues with custom icons:

• Custom file icons (Configuration → File Type Setup) appear in Details View but not in Thumbnail View. Is this a known issue or expected behavior?
• Custom folder icons appear very small in Thumbnail View—the icon doesn't scale to fill the thumbnail area, so only a small portion is visible.

Could you clarify whether this is by design or a bug?

Thanks for fixing everything, Mathias—you've really brightened my day ! It's working brilliantly now. Custom file and folder icons make a huge difference when working with lots of items.
I tested Color Rules, and they're working well. I had to adjust the color selection a bit, but haven't encountered any issues with the rules themselves. Also Gridlines, Italics-clipped text, deselecting when clicking empty area; all flawlessly working now !
Hopefully we can move to a stable release soon, as I may not have internet access when Windows 10 Extended Security Updates end (I believe that's in 2028).
One minor issue: the file list occasionally became unsorted during file operations (I think), and I had to press F5 to refresh. Nothing serious, though.
P.S. In Thumbnail Mode, there's a slight delay when I first drag the scrollbar in a folder containing 391 files, most of them compressed images around 3 MB each (they're AI-generated wallpapers and I use an AutoHotkey script to control the mouse via the keyboard —there's no lag in Detailed Mode.)

Could you release an updated MC v17 build—perhaps an RC or beta—before Preview 3 expires tomorrow... ?
P.S. I hope settings from v17 Preview 3 are preserved and migrated when upgrading to the new v17 RC/beta build.

I really enjoy this app, especially for running DOS commands. However, I ran into a hard limit on the maximum number of entries. I initially thought it was unlimited, so it was surprising to hit the cap. Could the limit be increased or removed? I had also been using the app as a launcher, which may not be its intended use.
I use this app (named "Runner") for launching proggies and running commands (in tandem /w "Launchy"): Runner (freeware launcher)

Do you know the context menu key to the right of the right Windows key?

Yeah I could but the thing is, I have the AppMenu key (the right-click key) re-assigned to open Launchy (via an AutoHotkey script) so I would like to be able to use Shift+F10 key instead for right-clicking !

Shift+F10 work in MC. There is actually not a specific Shift+F10 connection in MC for context menu, Pressing Shift+F10 triggers a WM_CONTEXTMENU message to be sent, and MC will act on that.. it is the standard Windows keyboard shortcut to trigger this message. controlled by Windows.

Oh you're right, it does work ! I had accidentally set Shift+F10 to "Stop Playing Audio File", that's why it wasn't working !

Don't find any issue with color picker  But might be that the 'brightness' controller of the color is at the bottom or top. then color will always be black or white.

Oh I see. Yeah that makes sense. 👍

In many Windows applications, pressing Shift+F10 opens the context menu, just like right-clicking. Could this shortcut be added to MC ? It would also be helpful to allow users to customize the shortcut key for opening the context menu (MC V17).

#1 Incorrect Color Rule Display in Column Header
Clicking Color Rule in the file column header groups the items by their color rules, as expected. However, some groups appear with incorrect rule names, and others are missing their Color Rule names entirely. This may be related to the folder's size, as it contains a large number of files. In this particular case, additionally, sorting by Color Rule in descending order does not place the rules at the top as expected. In the attached screenshot the Color Rule title should be "Console ROM Emulators" not "AOM Precious Zip Bkps". I had some other issue with the Color Rules as well where I entered "Lunar IPS" as a Folder in "Filters' then even when I deleted that text-match it still was highlighting that folder ! (that could be the reason.)
P.S: Oops they're not on the top because I have all the files/folders Compressed, and those are defined as Color Rules as well !
P.P.S: Oh dear, the reason they're showing "AOM Precious Zip Bkps" as Color Rule is because they have overwritten that COlor Rule when Duplicating the Rule and Saving (in Color Rules Editor) ! Remember when I said when you Duplicate a Rule, they're inextricably linked to the parent, I think this bug is still prevalent. It was only switched in the Color Rules Editor, the Filter is still intact. I'll investigate the matter.

#2 Color Picker Selection Does Not Apply
In the Color Rules Editor, selecting a color from the color picker does not apply the chosen color. I had to enter the color manually using its HTML hex color code.

In script.. No. filtering can filter on color, but color can be defined from defined filters. and you can filter on defined filters..

Is there something like "label:" or something in Filter Box I can use to filter out all the 'Color Rules' items for example ?
So there's no Filter Box command syntax to narrow down to only Color Rules ? This would be very convenient for me to list every Color Rule by filter.
P.S: I found out how to do it by selecting a single Color Rule file, pressing Ctrl+Shift+Num+ (Select by Color) then pressing Ctrl+G (Ghost Filter.)
P.P.S: Never I figured out how to display only Color Rules, I was getting white noise from the vanilla Color Rules that's why I didn't see only my custom Color Rules taking effect.

Is there a Filter Box command syntax to only show all items that are 'Color Rules' please ?

[Additional issues in v17:]

Don't find any issue with selection and checkboxes.. they are unselected.. Make sure you have configured it correctly.. that behavior is depending on Explorer Panel settings

Additional issues in v17:

• Selection isn't cleared when clicking empty space: In v16, clicking an empty area of the file pane (for example, the area below the items in a folder with only a few files, as indicated by the red circle in the screenshot) deselects the checked items and the focused item. In v17, they remain selected.
• Back/Forward navigation is inconsistent: The Toolbar's Back and Forward buttons sometimes navigate to an unrelated folder instead of the previous or next folder. I've encountered this a few times and will try to find a reproducible scenario.

**P.S.** The Column Layout is working flawlessly—thank you so much for implementing it! 😄

[Minor UI issues in v17]

Minor UI issues in v17
I've noticed three possible UI regressions in v17:

• The italicized text in the Size field for space-ani.gif appears slightly clipped or extends beyond its bounds. It displays correctly in v16.
• Clicking an empty area doesn't deselect the checkboxes. If this is intentional, please disregard—but I'd prefer the previous behavior.
• Bug: Gridlines missing in Thumbnail view in v17
  In MultiCommander v17, gridlines are not displayed in Thumbnail (64×64) view; they appear only in Details view. Gridlines display correctly in Thumbnail view in v16. Additional issue: The FileName text is also clipped in Thumbnail view, as shown in the attached screenshot.

Otherwise, v17 is great. I love it!

[Bug: Sorting Column Resets When Reopening a Panel]

Bug: Sorting Column Resets When Reopening a Panel

Can you serialize the Sorting Column so it remembers which column (in my case Date Descending) even when all Tabs are closed ? Wasn't an issue in V16, V17 has a glitch where reverts the Sorting Column to Name when all Tabs in the Panel are closed and you open 1 new Explorer Panel. Please fix this minor issue so the Sorting Column stays persistent across Tabs Panel complete closing & then re-opening from scratch!

Could the active sort column and direction be persisted across panel sessions? In my case, I use Date (Descending).

This worked as expected in v16, but in v17 the sort order resets to Name if I close all tabs in a panel and then open a new Explorer panel. Please fix this so the selected sort column and direction remain persistent after all tabs are closed and the panel is reopened.

Update: I found the relevant setting under Explorer Panel Settings → Default Settings for New Tabs → Date/Time (Descending). After setting it, new tabs use the correct sort order.
Sorry for the confusion—please disregard my previous report. It's working as expected now. Thanks !

You running 3rd party app that replaces windows theme ? Because that does not look like what MC drawn by default, Guess that the font you use are to small.. You can tweak and add extra height to a row in Explorer panel settings under Tweaking

Yeah it was due to the fonts, sorry for the false report... Everything is working properly. I'll let you know if I run into any issues once I've customized it... I use WindowBlinds 10 on Windows 10 (for the dark theme.)
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I noticed something, when I close all Tabs in the Panel, then open an Explorer Panel, my Column Layout Sorting gets reverted to "Name" when it's always been "Date" (Descending). This doesn't happen in V16 though, it remembers the Column Layout Sorting. Could you fix this maybe, (it's a little annoying) ? Otherwise Column Layout is working brilliantly without a hitch. Can you make the Sorting Column persistent across when all tabs have been closed and reopening a Tab ?
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As for the Color Rules Editor, that is fixed now too, but the first time I made a Rule, when I was picking a color it wasn't selecting/ picking a new color (from the Color Picker), I had to edit the Hex Color editbox & then close and re-open it but now it's working (doesn't get link to parent and is a separate entity; all good)...

Thank you Mathias, I'am happy to announce the Column Layout seems to be fixed —I'am ecstatic !!! Also there's a glitchy Gridlines that need to be fixed, it's drawing on top of the Checkboxes & folder items.
P.S: It could be because I didn't customize the font yet...
P.P.S: It's looking normal after customizing the fonts, but I don't know if it should draw over the Checkboxes like that