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Support and Feedback / Re: can't update

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on Today at 18:09:55 »

Something is blocking MultiUpdate from replacing the file. saying that is access denied when trying to overwrite the file (error 5 is windows error code for access denied )
If you installed into Program files. then MultiUpdate should request to start update process as admin. if it does not, then make sure you starts as admin.

Do you still get same error.. then something is blocking MultiUpdate from replacing the file.  it can be special security software that you might have that have extra protection for files in program files or something.
Anyway the error is that Windows does not allow for the file to be overwritten
 

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Support and Feedback / can't update

« Last post by JeanneMarie on Today at 16:44:38 »

Every time I try to update MultiCommander, the process fails. The heart of it seems to be:
Failed to replace C:\Program Files\MultiCommander (x64)\MultiCommander.exe due to error 5...

I see an old thread that talks about running as administrator, but don't see how to do that.

I see the instructions at https://multicommander.com/docs/Upgrading 
regarding updating from the installation folder. 
I ran MultiUpdate.exe from C:\Program Files\MultiCommander (x64)
Am I looking in the right place?
MultiCommander was not running and isn't in the system tray.
Here's that transcript, which seems to cite the same error:

Updating Multi Commander Located in : "C:\Program Files\MultiCommander (x64)"
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You are running on a 64 bit platform.
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Make sure you do not already have Multi Commander running.
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Press start to begin update process.

Checking if newer version exists.
Version information received.
Current installed version is 15.8.0.3135
==> Newer version found.
Downloading update for Multi Commander...
Downloaded completed...
Unpacking Multi Commander Update...
Updating Multi Commander...
Updating to version 16.2.0.3213
Failed to replace C:\Program Files\MultiCommander (x64)\MultiCommander.exe due to error 5...
Update script error at line 22 (COPY=%UPDATE%\MultiCommander.exe,%INSTALL%\MultiCommander.exe)
Update FAILED.

What am I missing here? Do I have to simply re-install?
Thanks for any advice,
Jeanne
(using Windows 11pro, ver. 10.0.26200)

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Support and Feedback / Re: WebView problem

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on Today at 09:50:55 »

In FileType configuration you can add external viewers for pdf. then it will open in that viewer instead.

Also if you remove WebView2Loader.dll from MC will fail to load webview and will fall back to old way and open it binary. (unless you have it already installed in the search path by another app)
<install dir>\Extensions\MultiFileViewer\WebView2Loader.dll

There is no error in the app log ?

Might in future version add option to enabled what filetype webview will load for so they can be easily disbaled.

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Support and Feedback / WebView problem

« Last post by nietrupek on Today at 02:04:18 »

Is there any way to tell MC *not* to use WebView?

When I click "Web View" button in MultiDataViewer, it freezes. I have to close and re-open it to bring it to live.
When I press View (F3) on PDF file, it is even worse: I get error message telling that WebView controller (whatever it is) is not found. I can't see PDF as bytes, ASCII, nothing at all, because WebView is apparently default viewer in this case.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Focus when coming out of Flat View

« Last post by ags on Yesterday at 16:09:11 »

Description
Flat view mode can be entered or exited with Ctrl+Shift+B.

Actual behavior
When exiting Flat View the cursor is always above the directories, on [..]

Proposed behavior
The cursor should be placed on the file it was when Flat View was exited, in that file's respective directory.

Benefits
This helps user navigate more easily to the file of interest that was found in Flat View mode.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: searching text inside PDFs

« Last post by kctech on September 04, 2026, 02:52:07 »

I recommend Agent Ransack / FileLocator Pro for searching folders of PDFs.
IMHO it doesn't make sense for Matthias to put development effort into a feature that other specialised tools have invested years of effort into and therefore can perform that function much better.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: searching text inside PDFs

« Last post by Matthias515566 on September 03, 2026, 19:35:12 »

You can do this with PDF software such as Adobe Reader or PDF-XChange Editor using the advanced search or folder search feature. This allows you to perform a full-text search across all files in a folder.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / searching text inside PDFs

« Last post by JeanneMarie on September 01, 2026, 18:40:38 »

I think this is a pretty big ask, but I've got a whole lot of PDFs and would love to be able to search contents. As it is, you can't help with those that are just scans, but still a lot have text or could be converted.

I have nothing more intelligent to say about this. But if a question comes to mind, I'll try to answer.

Thanks for listening.

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Support and Feedback / Re: File Verifier start of calculation

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on September 01, 2026, 10:10:03 »

Strange.
Not sure why the behavior is different.

Anyway.. I got it on my list to look over how that extension works.

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Support and Feedback / Re: File Verifier start of calculation

« Last post by SwissKnife64 on September 01, 2026, 08:08:16 »

When I double click a checksum file, the "File Verifier" opens and the entry is ready for running the check.
When I double click a second checksum file, the second entry is added, but the firs entry gets calculated and shows green the success of verification.

I have to start only the verify of the newest entry by hand.