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Support and Feedback / Force Rename via Keyboard Bypasses Read-Only Confirmation and Renames File

« on: June 20, 2025, 13:00:32 »

Bug Description:
When attempting to rename a read-only file, the system prompts for confirmation with an option to force rename. If the user navigates to "No, Do Not Rename" using the Down Arrow key and confirms with Enter, the file still gets renamed instead of cancelling the operation. This indicates that the confirmation dialog's response is not being correctly processed, allowing a force rename to proceed even when "No" is selected.

Notes:

• The bug persists across multiple versions/releases.
• Expected behavior is that selecting "No" should cancel the rename operation.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Implement Toggleable Locking For Sorting Columns In Explorer Panel

« on: June 09, 2025, 05:16:20 »

Please add functionality to lock sorting columns within the Explorer panel, preventing accidental resizing or reordering. The locking state should be toggleable via right-click context menu on the column headers. This feature aims to preserve the user-defined default column layout, reducing the need for repeated adjustments and enhancing stability during navigation.
P.S.: The sorting order doesn't require locking; only the resize functionality needs to be locked.
P.P.S: I see it's stored in "ColumnSets.xml" —made a backup of it ! False alarm; the data isn't stored at that path.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / "Pin To Taskbar" Option Is Missing In MC

« on: June 02, 2025, 09:11:30 »

I'am noticing that the "Pin to Taskbar" context menu option (accessible via right-click) for EXE or LNK files is missing in Multi Commander. However, I can add this option manually through Windows Explorer. Is there a chance you could perhaps implement the "Pin to Taskbar" functionality within Multi Commander? I'am running Windows 10 FYI.

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Support and Feedback / New Aliases Don't Retain Their Sorting Order

« on: May 24, 2025, 03:41:50 »

Following the implementation of the search filtering feature, I've noticed that the sorting state for the Aliases column does not persist. Specifically, when I set the Alias column to sort alphabetically, this order is lost upon subsequent Aliases Box launches interactions. Currently, I need to manually click the "Alias" column header each time to reapply the alphabetical sort.

Could you please fix persistent sorting for the Aliases column so that the alphabetical order remains consistent across sessions and re-opening Aliases Box?

In the screenshot, all the Aliases below "xxzeusct" lose their Sorting Order each time I open the Aliases Box !

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Support and Feedback / Aliases Launched Exe's Get Current Tab As Startup Folder Not Origin Root Folder

« on: May 22, 2025, 01:38:39 »

Issue Description:
When launching applications via Aliases, the active tab's path (representing the current working directory) is being assigned as the configuration or log file storage location instead of the application's actual startup directory. Specifically, the application’s startup folder, as defined in the executable’s properties (the "Startup Folder" in the Exe Properties), is not being used as the working directory upon launch.

Details:

• For example, launching Yahoo-8Ball-Pool-Clone.exe via an alias ("8ball") like:

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!"D:\Download\cpp-projekt\FuzenOp_SiloTest\Release\Yahoo-8Ball-Pool-Clone.exe"
results in the current tab being D:\Download\AutoHotkey\Compiler\, and the application writes its config/log files into this directory instead of its intended startup directory (in my case the "Pool-Settings.txt" config file was placed in here erroneously).

• The root cause appears to be that the application’s working directory is incorrectly set to the active tab (the current working directory in the shell or environment), rather than the "Startup Folder" as specified in the executable properties.

• This causes files that are supposed to be stored in the application's startup directory to instead be stored in the current tab's directory, leading to misplaced configuration files and logs.

Summary:
The launch mechanism via Aliases incorrectly assigns the current working directory (the open tab) as the application's working directory, instead of using the executable's designated startup folder. This behavior constitutes a bug in how the environment initializes the app's working context upon launch.

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Support and Feedback / Says Update Available But With Empty Content Details

« on: April 15, 2025, 16:52:34 »

Why is the update notification for MultiCommander displayed while the dialog box remains empty and does not provide details about the update contents ? Could this be indicative of a bug ? I conducted some research and would like to confirm whether this update is exclusively for Windows 11 users, as I am currently using Windows 10.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / MultiCommander Delete Count In Dialog Before Proceeding With The Deletion

« on: April 02, 2025, 17:51:27 »

Multi Commander does not explicitly mention displaying the count of items to be deleted in its Delete Dialog Box. Would be nice to view the Deleted Files/Folder Count beforehand ! Useful if say I accidentally selected another file/folder as well w/o realizing ! 

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Support and Feedback / How to assign shortcuts for navigating through images?

« on: April 02, 2025, 15:29:27 »

After updating to the latest Beta (the latest one which reads long paths in Images in built-in DataViewer), by a stroke of genius I found out that running in a duplicate portable copy folder, I'am able to cycle through images in built-in DataViewer by pressing the blue Back & Forward Buttons in the Image DataViewer's Menu. I was wondering where the hotkeys for these reside, so I can try changing the keys for this & stop using JPEGView for images. When I press Spacebar it displays the next image in the foler, but the ArrowKeys & PageUp/Down don't work, perhaps re-customizing the hotkeys might fix this ?! (if I knew where they were in the Keyboard Customization)…
P.S: Please allow the Tab Forward/Backward cycling keys to be customized. I don't like Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab for cycling tabs, I would prefer Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown instead, if that means clearing the hotkey for the Image cycling (or whatever) Ctrl+PageUp/PageDown I will do that if I have to !

Please allow customizing/ setting hotkeys for back & forward cycling of images & Tabs !!

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Support and Feedback / Thumbnail Mode CustomIcons Not Skinned (Previews Issue?) Only Details View Icons

« on: January 17, 2025, 03:22:30 »

In my MC, the File Type Setup Icons only skins the "Details" view mode icons, not the icons in the "Thumbnail List" view mode. Wish it would skin the icons in the Thumbnails View as well, though I can understand that images etc. /w an associated Preview Handler capability would mean the Previews in the Thumbnails would stop working, & only the static custom Icons would display —that would be an issue ! Anyway, is this a known bug ?

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Support and Feedback / MultiTag for Opening Current Focus *FileName* Only /w a Program

« on: January 15, 2025, 14:30:13 »

I need the MultiTag to open the currently selected file (via Custom Menu) to the app, without the path, only the filename without the extension even, and certainly not the full filepath. When I enter this in MSDOS it works: "C:\Users\dell\Documents\fba64_029743\fba64.exe garou" (without quotes) but in MultiCommander I tried both variants of ${focusfilepath}: ${focusfilename} (returns only the name of the file that is currently in focus, without its path) and ${focusfile} (identifier to return the filename with its extension) but they both don't work (I'am entering these as a User Defined Command (External Command) into Custom Menu so I can right-click a file & open the game ROM selected in the FB Alpha program, as a command-line parameter (it accepts filenames only, w/o path and extension.) Please help me find the right MultiTag/identifier for this.

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Support and Feedback / File Type Setup Entries Lack Persistence (Get Randomly Missing)

« on: December 18, 2024, 16:11:43 »

Sorry for the trouble but I have a bunch of Entries in File Type Setup but they aren't persistent & randomly some Entries disappear, & I have to re-enter them constantly. If you could fix that in a future update that would be brilliant ! 😊

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Word Wrap not Working (MC Built-in TextViewer) !

« on: December 01, 2024, 11:22:42 »

I'am using the Word Wrap (MC TextViewer) together /w setting it Dynamically, but still the text overflows out of the Window. Perhaps this can be fixed in a future version please? Sometimes changing the Encoding on top helps fix this but usually it overflows out into the horizontal scrollbar ! 

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Support and Feedback / Custom Icons For File Extensions Not Working !

« on: November 23, 2024, 11:56:11 »

I tried adding Custom Icons (via Configuration menu > File Type Setup > Icons) for .txt .ahk .ini .pdf (they're .ico files), but it's not showing these new updated icon entries ! Even tried closing & relaunching MC. Is it working for anyone else ? Also wondered if you could make custom icons for Folders as well ?! I'am guessing not...

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Hover Preview Textfiles Support (On Mouse Over) !

« on: November 22, 2024, 11:34:57 »

Previewing Textfiles on Hover is currently unsupported am I right ? I would like to be able to preview a portion of a Textfile on Mouse Hover (in the Hover Box), if this can be done (right now my Text Preview Support is set to Video for some reason), I think I've messed it up. But do correct me if I'am wrong… Would be a c00 feature ! 
P.S: It should also support ".INI" & ".LOG" file extensions.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / PictureViewer ArrowKeys Perusal To Next Item

« on: November 07, 2024, 00:42:46 »

You should make it so that in PictureViewer, when you press the [Left/Right] Arrow Keys, it loads the Previous /Next image in the folder —that would be super useful! Kind of like a Slideshow but manually controlled. It would be a great idea to add the Left/Right Arrow Keys perusal functionality to the Hover Preview as well, would complement the PictureViewer perusal & make it much more powerful !

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Support and Feedback / MultiRename In Downloads Folder Resulted In MC Flagged As Cryptolocker By COMODO

« on: July 18, 2024, 13:41:05 »

Ohhh so I was copying some Images (changing PNGs to WebPs extensions using mass-MultiRename of some 23 files in User/Downloads/ subfolder) & COMODO AV flagged MultiCommander as "probably Cryptolocker @ 14.2" (without notifying) that's how the MultiCommander EXE got deleted (I thought it had crashed & ransomware blocked me from accessing User/Downloads in Explorer), I noticed it just now it's still in COMODO AV Quarantine ! Anyway I had downloaded the Portable Zip & replaced the MC EXE. It's working fine just had to update to latest Beta & also I didn't lose any config/ settings ! 🧞‍♂️ After checking Exclusions, MC is whitelisted; I don't know how it happened, gotta do MultiRenames outside these protected User/ folders (if you've got COMODO Internet Security Premium) ! 😌 P.S: I lost those Images during the conversion process dialog but I managed to re-download them.

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Allow Indexing Aliases By Keypress (Goto Item By Pressing A Letter) UDC Has This

« on: July 16, 2024, 04:23:26 »

Before you could click on an item in the Aliases dialog, and press a key and it would jump to that character in the list; I think (correct me if I'am wrong.) Could you bring back that functionality for Aliases, it would help navigate the huge number of Aliases I have ! Let's say an Alias item has focus and I press the "P" key it should jump to the first item that starts with "P". Just a minor feature but would help a lot. Similar to the  alphabeticized-jump-on-keydown User Defined Commands —it's already present for UDC, why not for Aliases ? 

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Is there a way to run an EXE as 32-bit while on 64-bit Multicommander?

« on: July 07, 2024, 09:09:51 »

I have this old app that's meant to be run as 32-bit (QREAD 95) —when run within MC it runs as 64-bit & gets redirected into not opening the proper files. I need to be able to emulate a 32-bit running environment when I open it from MC. Like in 32-bit via my Taskbar it opens all known files for me, but in 64-bit it opens a separate workspace (due to WOW64 redirect.) I tried some methods to run a file as 32-bit using command-line paramters but they didn't work. Any solution ?

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Support and Feedback / Quick Filter Borked When Entering Very Long Queries

« on: June 12, 2024, 03:29:21 »

If I enter an extensive filename in the Quick Filter on a folder with multiple files, the search does not return one single unique match, instead it lists a large number of inaccurate results. For instance in a folder with PDF's, I entered this into the Quick Filter and it didn't narrow it down to one match. The search query was "Sockets, Shellcode, Porting, & Coding. Reverse Engineering Exploits & Tool Coding For Sec Pro" —however when I deleted most of the Quick Filter title it showed the one match properly, just breaks on long searches. It works for short queries well, but needs to be fixed so long unique filenames are handled\ displayed properly. 

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / CommandBar Insta-RealTime Search Based On History

« on: May 21, 2024, 06:13:27 »

Here's some more ideas: instead of the command bar predicting subfolders only in paths how about it matching previous history folder names separate from the full path, kind of like instant hotlinking to most accessed directories ! 

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / Tabs Names Dropdown List Menu To Declutter Tab Strip

« on: May 11, 2024, 06:45:16 »

Sometimes I get into scenarios where I have 20+ Tabs easily. A Dropdown List Menu of all Tabs Names (with Paths) would be a good indicator when there's way too much Tab Strip clutter & you can't see what the Tab Names are —helping you navigate faster (most browsers have this feature (Edge has Vertical Tabs, Firefox always had a built-in Dropdown List Menu (which is why I had to use Firefox until Edge added this feature much later !)) P.S: Hovering over each name is too slow, & since MC doesn't have a Windows menu it could be added to the right of the Tab Strip perhaps.  P.P.S: This much-needed feature could be something rudimentary like the Alt+Down-ArrowKey History List (this would work fine for the Tabs List !)
Note: Clicking on a Tab Name Dropdown Menu location path item should take you to that Tab.

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Support and Feedback / Cannot Goto Lengthy FilePaths in Button Panel (Works in CommandBar Directly)

« on: April 29, 2024, 04:30:46 »

There's a bug in MC when opening a really lengthy path with a huge-length filename via the Button Panel. I mean I can access "D:\Download\DL Dir\pendrive\web content\cyberpunk ebooks\backups\USB\Computer Graphics\" directly but not via the Button Panel, it also contains a filename which is really long: "Mathematics for Computer Graphics and Game Programming A Self-Teaching Introduction (D. P. Kothari, G. Awari, D. Shrimankar etc.) (z-lib.org).pdf" so that might also be contributing towards it ! Can you fix it so that MC "Command Type > External" "MC.Explorer.Goto SOURCE="D:\Download\DL Dir\pendrive\web content\cyberpunk ebooks\backups\USB\Computer Graphics\" long paths like this can be accessed again ?! I get the error "Failed to launch program | The system cannot find the file specified."

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Feature Requests and Suggestions / "Open file location" for Links Needed for MultiCommander

« on: April 27, 2024, 11:35:46 »

What does "Show HotPath" (Ctrl+,) do ? I want a feature to Goto the the actual file path of an link (.lnk). Windows Explorer has a function for this ("Open file location") in Right-click menu, but it opens it in Explorer, wish MC had a similar function !! Is there a workaround to add this functionality ? Otherwise thrilled /w the new features & options ! 
P.S: I would like to add the "Open file location" command to MC's "Custom Context Menu".

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Support and Feedback / Right-Click ContextMenu Key Broken In 64x64 Mode + Tab Navigate Hotkeys Unlisted

« on: April 17, 2024, 13:19:09 »

Bug #1
When using 64x64 Thumbnail Mode, the 'Right-Click Menu Keyboard Key' (I have that as a special key on my Dell keyboard next to the Function Key (it's a laptop)) doesn't open the Right-Click Menu sometimes. On 96x96 Thumbnail Mode it's functional & works always in Detailed List Mode though . If you could fix this in a future update that'd be great !
P.S: I was able to pinpoint+replicate the issue:: It happens when the caret is on the first item 'Move To Upper (Empty Arrow) Directory' thumbnail, if you move the caret to an actual File\ Folder & then switch between Tabs, the Right-Click Menu appears ! So there's a prob /w the caret being on the first item 'Move To Upper (Empty Arrow) Directory' box initially. If you want a screenshot to demonstrate I can do so … 
P.P.S: It works sometimes, doesn't work other times !  :'( <~~ Nvm I fixed this by checking 'Show Context Menu on '..' Item" !!

Bug #2
I don't see the 'Keyboard Customization' hotkey for 'Switching Tabs': that is, I don't see the Ctrl+Tab and the Ctrl+Shift+Tab for moving backwards and forwards between Tabs listed there. I want to change the hotkey to Ctrl+Page Down and Ctrl+Page Up that's why. 

Bug #3
When I use the " -AutoRun=AutorunCmd" command-line parameter in the MC shortcut (to View the Full Pane), my Tabs get reset and there's only 1 tab !!  I have the shortcut running as Admin, maybe that has something to do with it ? <~~ Nvm this is working too, I accidentally wrapped the [Shortcut Properties] path within double quotes —that's why it reset the Tabs !! 

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Support and Feedback / Creating An OpenWith User-Defined Command To Be Used In Custom Context Menu

« on: February 03, 2024, 09:57:17 »

I'am trying to create a User-Defined Command (named "Open PDF In Edge") to open the Selected File in Microsoft Edge Browser. It's to be added to a Custom Context Menu which I have it listed in no prob there. But when I enter the following Custom Command, the Edge Browser opens with lots of tabs for each of the folder paths. This is what I'am using (Edge opens but the PDF file doesn't, I even tried /w another PDF Viewer but that doesn't Open it either)::

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MC.Run CMD="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" ARG="${focusfilepath}"ALSO TRIED::

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MC.Run CMD="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" ARG="${sourcefilepath}"
Could I have this script rectified\ fixed please ?

Nvm, I got it to work via External !!::

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" "${focusfilepath}"