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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Re: Make the process of packing files more straightforward and user friendly

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on December 07, 2025, 10:59:52 »

well MC is build around virtual filesystem,  Zip is a virtual file system for example
So the concept of packing a file does not exists in MC it is really just a copy to a file inside the Zip Virtual Filesystem.
You can turn off if you do not want to to try to keep incomplete files. it really depends on the target virtual filesystem if they are supported.  most archives does not support removing a file inside a archive just like that. (often require rewriting entire archive)
They are often use when copy from archive to normal (Unpack) and there are error in the archive. so that you can keep the incomplete file anyway. since sometimes a broken file is better then none.

Dark mode. yes not all dialog windows are fixed.. Since windows does not support darkmode for old style UI . All dialog need to be modified in code by hand..  and some UI controller does not support colors being changed. so they the style of them cant be overriden, so then the design of the entire dialog need to be redone.
The most common are modified in MC.. But changing all require lots of work. and why spend a lot of hours or days to fix one dialog when that dialog are very very rarly shown.  there are a over 100+ dialogs in MC. and to fully transform them to support darkmode would require A LOT of work. I would need to spend a year just doing that. and that are boring

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Make the process of packing files more straightforward and user friendly

« Last post by ags on December 07, 2025, 07:03:44 »

Using version 15.6.3119.
There are a few problems when the user interrupts the packing of files.

What MC does is send the users into a confusing labyrinth:
- asks the users if they want to abort the copy operation. Why copy, since the menu clearly says "Pack files..."
- asks the users if they want to keep or delete the current incomplete file. NB, this does not refer to the archive file, but the current file the process got to when creating the archive. Why would I want to keep a file in this step of the process?
- then another windows opens, announcing that it "Failed to remove the incomplete file". But this window appears underneath others, so it cannot be seen, so the whole process hangs until the user manages to catch on on what is happening
- however, the timer does not care about all these minor interruptions. It marches on into infinity
- the resulting archive is left incomplete on the disk
- last, but not least, when using a dark theme the process is like a chess board: some windows are dark, the next are light, then dark again... you get the point.

What is expected:
- MC asks one time for confirmation
- the process is dropped
- partially created archive is deleted

I made a video illustrating what I described above.

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Beta Releases / Re: 15.7 BETA

« Last post by Matthias515566 on December 05, 2025, 20:01:02 »

Might be that the soft disable state is not loaded. (enable/disable from menu and not from config)

Yes, the key

Code: [Select]

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MultiCommander\SessionConfig\Toolbarswill be saved when MultiCommander is closed.
It will not be loaded, but it will still be saved.

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Beta Releases / Re: 15.7 BETA

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on December 04, 2025, 22:13:06 »

MC does not remember the toolbar settings, and if you disable all toolbars in the settings – not under View – it does remember that, but the space where the toolbars would normally appear is still shown and not used for the explorer panels.

Might be that the soft disable state is not loaded. (enable/disable from menu and not from config)

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Beta Releases / Re: 15.7 BETA

« Last post by total_annihilation00 on December 04, 2025, 20:36:37 »

MC does not remember the toolbar settings, and if you disable all toolbars in the settings – not under View – it does remember that, but the space where the toolbars would normally appear is still shown and not used for the explorer panels.

In Explorer Panel Configuration > Layout, you can disable certain toolbar items there, like the Drive Commands & Virtual File System & Special/ Cloud Folders. For now that seems to be working. Perhaps the bug is because it is configured in both places (Explorer Panel Config & Right Click Menu on Toolbar) ?

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Beta Releases / Re: 15.7 BETA

« Last post by Matthias515566 on December 04, 2025, 19:14:46 »

MC does not remember the toolbar settings, and if you disable all toolbars in the settings – not under View – it does remember that, but the space where the toolbars would normally appear is still shown and not used for the explorer panels.

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Beta Releases / 15.7 BETA

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on December 04, 2025, 12:49:24 »

MAJOR RESTRUCTING OF CODE. IF SOME THAT WORKED BEFORE IS NOT WORKING, PLEASE REPORT IT

 
 Release Candidate

  v15.7 ( build 3128 ) - 2025-12-30

  FIXED - Error when unpacking rar that contains hardlinks
  ADDED - Audio can be be played in Loop. Setting in Audio Popupmenu and "Loop" Option added to MC.PlayAudio custom command
  ADDED - Workaround to make MultiCommander start on Windows 7. (Might be temorary until better solution is decided)
  ADDED - Increased the max number of UserDefinedCommands that can be registered for Menu/Toolbar from 600 to 950
  ADDED - Improved logging in FSSFTP when it fails to connect
  ADDED - Exteneded logging for drop file operation to be able to figure how why it does not work when it fails
  ADDED - Startup can now be configured to NOT load things in parallel. (Slower but might fix rare startup issues)
  ADDED - Extended column that show real filesize for compressed and spare files
  ADDED - Video properties from MCVideoTool extension will now refresh there cached value if force refresh is called for
  FIXED - FS-SFTP - Fixed issue removing proxy settings from a site profile
  FIXED - Drag/Drop of files using internal MC drop data now works again.
  FIXED - Saving of tabs to remember got deleted after they was saved during shutdown of MC.
  ADDED - Improved error logging to couple of places.
  CHANGE- Major code cleanup and restructing of codebase for core parts of MultiCommander
  FIXED - Issue when opening archive (zip/7z/rar) on network path ( eg \\Sever\Share\file.zip ), It was not always closed correctly after use
  FIXED - Alias editor did not save the filtered view after sorting columns.
  FIXED - 15+ possible stability issues


Know Issues
 * This version will not start on Windows 7 since Microsoft have dropped Win7 support for their new build tools.
   Might be able to create a workaround.

 Workaround added to make it temporary work on Windows 7 again

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Support and Feedback / Re: [CRITICAL BUG] All Aliases Filtered In Narrowed-Down Search Are Lost When Sorted

« Last post by total_annihilation00 on December 04, 2025, 06:27:00 »

Yes is fixed for next released

Thank you Mathias, I can finally rest knowing my Aliases are safe & sound !

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Support and Feedback / Re: [CRITICAL BUG] All Aliases Filtered In Narrowed-Down Search Are Lost When Sorted

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on December 04, 2025, 06:16:39 »

Yes is fixed for next released

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Support and Feedback / Re: [CRITICAL BUG] All Aliases Filtered In Narrowed-Down Search Are Lost When Sorted

« Last post by total_annihilation00 on December 04, 2025, 01:25:53 »

Hey Mathias can we fix this Alias bug please ? Sorting Search Results deletes all other Aliases on hitting Apply !