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#61

Beta Releases / Re: MC V17 Early Access PREVIE...

Last post by total_annihilation00 - September 28, 2026, 15:53:54

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

#62

Beta Releases / Re: MC V17 Early Access PREVIE...

Last post by Mathias (Author) - September 28, 2026, 15:18:20

Preview #3 is out.   Download and test
https://forum.multicommander.com/forum/index.php/topic,5246.0.html

(Locking this forum. use new forum topic for Preview #3 stuff

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#63

Beta Releases / MC V17 Early Access PREVIEW 3

Last post by Mathias (Author) - September 28, 2026, 15:17:43

Preview #2

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Version 17 is not ready for stable release anytime soon, But it already has a lot of new things that need testing

Not everything added to v17 might be included in the final release.
v17 contain many MAJOR rewrites and new addition.

• File Tags/Labels and comments system
• Folder Specific settings
• New Keyboard customization system
• Total rewrite of List/Grid UI component used for File List view, FolderTree view, Most List/Grid UI componets. Without this rewrite all the 3 items above would not be possible
• MultiFileViewer can now show CSV/Parquet files as data in a grid. and if it is CSV it can be edited and modified and saved backed
• Some extension in MC can now be developed using .Net/C#
• Checksum extension now support Blake3 checksum algorithm

This is a early preview. Since it is a early preview it is time locked. and will stop to work after sep-30. (but a new updated version will be out.. )
However it will not be possible to auto update this version until in reached beta. there might be more 16.x releases with fixes before this is officially out

Since this is early preview. NOW is the time to come with feedback you want something to change. How a features with file tags or folder specific settings works or something like that.

Since this preview is developed separately from v16.x, When a new preview is released, it might not have all the fixes or addition that 16.x has. Right not V17 Preview has everything 16.2 build 3205 has. (I think)

Read more and see images here
https://multicommander.com/Articles/multicommander-v17-preview-1

Download portable version here (64bit only) (Preview 3)
https://multicommander.com/files/updates/preview/MultiCommander_x64_Portable_(17.0.0.3415).zip






Test and leave feedback
Please do testing specially on Tags.. 
How does tags work for you,  What missing with tag.. How can it be improved.  What does not work with tags. and so on.

Changes
v17 PREVIEW 3 (Build 3415) - 2026-09-28

Around 25+ Changes since Preview 2

  FIXED - Folder specific settings dialog changes
  ADDED - MultiFileViewer - Can now specify number of rows to skip when reading CSV data.
  ADDED - Shortcuts can now be assigned to Edit comment and Clear Comment
  FIXED - CSV Data grid now handle many columns better.
  ADDED - Shortcuts can now be assigned to Tags, Tags  popup
  FIXED - Rendering of file tags, Will not overwrite entire filename
  FIXED - Range selection (shift+click) issue.
  ADDED - Some new icons to be used in file tags
  ADDED - Support for converting and saving images into WebP format
  FIXED - Many other minor fixes.
  + All fixes in v16.5 up to build 3222

#64

Beta Releases / Re: MC V17 Early Access PREVIE...

Last post by total_annihilation00 - September 28, 2026, 15:14:27

however there are some changes around the column layout already added to the preview.. I thought that was already added to preview2. maybe it was not.  Maybe should release a preview3

Thank you so much, Mathias ! You are truly a godsend !!

#65

Beta Releases / Re: MC V17 Early Access PREVIE...

Last post by Mathias (Author) - September 28, 2026, 14:17:34

It is still impossible for me to fix something I can't reproduce, All I can do is write done a note about it and keep and eye out for it when/If I see it happening.

Can't you add an option to permanently lock the columns into a fixed [current] size please, that would make my life a whole lot easier ! It's so hard to make adjustments to every tab I open all the time... Because I can't use MC in its current state, it's too cumbersome & painstaking to re-adjust the columns when they spontaneously change size in every tab !

I don't understand why you need to do that. I have no issue with it. I set column setup once. save as default and then it is that when I reopen it.

however there are some changes around the column layout already added to the preview.. I thought that was already added to preview2. maybe it was not.  Maybe should release a preview3

#66

Beta Releases / Re: MC V17 Early Access PREVIE...

Last post by total_annihilation00 - September 28, 2026, 14:13:21

It is still impossible for me to fix something I can't reproduce, All I can do is write done a note about it and keep and eye out for it when/If I see it happening.

Can't you add an option to permanently lock the columns into a fixed [current] size please, that would make my life a whole lot easier ! It's so hard to make adjustments to every tab I open all the time... Because I can't use MC in its current state, it's too cumbersome & painstaking to re-adjust the columns when they spontaneously change size in every tab ! Please Mathias, I humbly beseech you to do this !

#67

Support and Feedback / Re: MC shuts down when copy pa...

Last post by Mathias (Author) - September 25, 2026, 08:45:58

that is not a issue that has been reported before. Sound like something keeps a hold on the files before they let MC continue with them.. Maybe the security software is checking the files.
When it crash, Does it sends a crash report.. and if it does , tell me the crash Id and I can investigte the crash manually..
if it hangs..
Do this to create a dump of MC when it hang.
https://multicommander.com/Docs/troubleshooting-hang#creating-dump

and upload at https://multicommander.com/support/upload

Then I might see in the dump file what MC is waiting for

#68

Support and Feedback / MC shuts down when copy pastin...

Last post by Schoenend00s - September 25, 2026, 08:19:12

Dear reader. I'm using MC for a long time, but since half a year I discover problems when I copy files of maps from one map to another. MC freezes and shuts down eventually. When I restart MC, the files have always been copied succesfully.

Does anyone know what the problem here could be? Thanks in advance.

#69

Support and Feedback / Re: Linked Navigation

Last post by Mathias (Author) - September 24, 2026, 22:32:08

You link panel 1 with panel 2
you enter folder MyFolder in panel 1.
if Panel 2 has that folder.. It will also enter it

#70

Support and Feedback / Re: Linked Navigation

Last post by Lukasz S. - September 24, 2026, 20:44:08

Hi, could you explain how Linked Navigation works? I'm trying te set two different folders in 2 different locations and nothing happens when I change the folders. When I come back to the folder in left panel, second one (right) is  not changed to  the one which I set as linked one.

Is this something like scrolling both folders (left & right) simultaneously or this is only function to open remembered folders in both panels (linked  together)? Can we create few pairs of linked folders?