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Beta Releases / Re: v16.0 Beta
« on: April 25, 2026, 09:29:26 »
This is a true BETA, lots of changes. if any of the new thing does not work or if you find new issues.. please report it.
If no body report issue they see, then it can't be fixed.

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If you edit the file correctly it should have restore the settings. might be that you missed some tags some places.. format is xml so it require correct structure to be read correctly.

But new version out.
It will try to recover corrupted MultiCommander.xml file when loading it.

The Error was that setting page was wrong so it could not be opened. and that resulted in it saving a multicommander.xml with a error value in it. and when reloading then new top level xml nodes started to be added to the file making it so it failed to load config.

From build 3154, it will remove all extra xml top level tags that should not be there and try to restore the config file.
Settings page  now works again.

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that file is your settings so it depends on you settings.. YOu just delete it. and it will be created with default settings

file should look like

<?xml version="1.0"?>
          <config global="0" Build="3151">
            <AskLanguage value="0"/>
            <appinfo>

at the beginning  only 1 "<config"  tag

and one </config> close tag

    <experimental>
      <darkmode value="0"/>
    </experimental>
</config>


then just search for "</config>" and make sure there is no one except at the end of the file



Hm if you run portable version it may say
 <config global="1" Build="3151">
at the top


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too fix it manually  you need to edit the config.  both Multicommander.xml and Multicommander_def.xml got corrupted..

Included is a correct MultiCommander_def.xml
the MultiCommander.xml (your settings.. got extract </config> tags..extra <config at the beging should be remove.. and all </config> except last one should be removed.

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Look like the build system got messed up. and it mixed new and old files. just revert to old backup for now.. I have to fix the build system

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v16 is very BETA so please keep issue that are unique for v16 in Beta forum..

Ok hmm I will look into that. worked before, Might be some corrupted settings def file.

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Beta Releases / v16.0 Beta
« on: April 24, 2026, 15:13:47 »
V16.0 - Lots of changes

Biggest change is an internal rewrite of the fileoperation engine (The thing that handles copy,move,delete,unpack,pack)
In Core settings under Filesystem > Tweaks. you can disable it if you got any issue.

The new rewrite will allow for new features for the copy engine. some of them already here.
Like Block cloning if you copy to/from same device that is using ReFS. (Copy files of any size in a second)

 

v16.0 BETA

  -- Build 3154 - 2026-04-25
  FIXED - If MultiCommander.xml got corrupted. Now it will detect that. and try to recover it.
  FIXED - If it fails to load MultiCommander.xml, it will turn on logging and show the logview, so user know why it failed to start.
  FIXED - Definition for Core settings page was wrong. so no setting was shown. This could then cause that MultiCommander.xml settings file got corrupted.

  -- Build 3151 - 2026-04-24
  FIXED -  MultiFieViewer - Fixed issue with grep tool and copy selected text to clipboard. Will now not include hidden lines
  FIXED -  MultiFieViewer - Better auto detection of UTF-8 Files
  ADDED  - MultiRename/InlineRename can now rename into a subpath. eg: MyFile.txt => SubFolder\MyFile.txt
  FIXED  - MultiRename - Fixed [N,-2] From 2nd-from-last char to end (was broken, returned empty)
  FIXED  - MultiRename - Fixed [N,5-] From char 5 to end using trailing-dash syntax (was misread as first 5 chars)
  ADDED  - MultiRename - New date/time tags using the file's write (W) or create (C) timestamp instead of today's date/time.
           [YW] / [YW2]  - Write year (4-digit / 2-digit)
           [YC] / [YC2]  - Create year (4-digit / 2-digit)
           [MW2] / [MC2] - Write/create month (zero-padded)
           [DW2] / [DC2] - Write/create day (zero-padded)
           [hW2] / [hC2] - Write/create hour
           [mW2] / [mC2] - Write/create minute
           [sW2] / [sC2] - Write/create second
  ADDED  - MultiRename - New multi-level parent folder name tags.
           [FL1]   - Immediate parent folder name (same as [F])
           [FL2]   - Grandparent folder
           [FL3]   - Great-grandparent folder
           [FL2,2] - Grandparent folder name, starting at char 2
           [FL22-] - Level 2, from char 2 to end
           [FL23]  - Level 2, first 3 chars
  ADDED  - MultiRename - New weekday tags.
           [WD]   - Abbreviated weekday in English (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun)
           [WDN]  - Full weekday name in English (Monday, Tuesday, ... Sunday)
           [WDL]  - Abbreviated weekday in the OS/user locale language
           [WDNL] - Full weekday name in the OS/user locale language
  ADDED  - MultiRename - New random number tag.
           [R]  - 6-digit random number (default)
           [R4] - 4-digit random number (any digit count)
  CHANGE - MultiRename - Code cleanup and minor fixes
  ADDED  - MultiScript supports the ternary operator (e.g. $a = $b ? $c : $d)
  ADDED  - MultiScript supports a "foreach" loop for iterating through arrays and collections. (e.g. foreach $item in $array { ... })
  ADDED  - MultiScript supports new functions: Pow, abs, clamp, IsNumeric, StrStartsWith, StrEndsWith, StrContains, StrFormat, StrPadLeft, StrPadRight, StrCount, StrRepeat, ArrayReverse, ArraySlice
  ADDED  - MultiScript supports boolean operators AND / OR / NOT.
  ADDED  - MultiScript now handles operator priorities correctly, so parentheses are not required for expressions like 2*3+2 to evaluate correctly. (Parentheses can still be used if desired)
  ADDED  - FolderTree now has a setting to show links (Symlinks/Junctions) either as links or resolved to the target they point to. (Default is to show them as links)
  ADDED  - Search field at the top of the Settings pages, allowing you to quickly find the setting you are looking for.
  FIXED  - Fixed issue with overwriting files whose name starts with a dot (e.g. ".file") when copying over a network to a Linux machine.
  ADDED  - Experimental read/write strategies for local file copy operations (opt-in in Core Settings).
           Uses Windows Overlapped IO or IOCP, letting the Windows kernel handle read/write operations and threading.
           Because the transfers are managed by Windows, separate Read/Write speed stats cannot be shown in the file operation progress window.
  ADDED  - Added support for copying file permissions (ACL) on NTFS/ReFS file systems.
  ADDED  - File copy on the same ReFS volume can now use the "Block Clone" method, making it possible to duplicate files of any size without using extra disk space.
  ADDED  - New file operation code path for Copy/Move/Delete/Unpack/Pack operations. Major restructuring of the code for better stability and future features.
           This is a significant change and may cause some issues, but it should be more stable, faster, and allow for better automated testing and future improvements.
           (It is possible to switch back to the old code path in Core Settings if issues arise, but this is not recommended as the old code path will be removed in a future version)
  CHANGE - Lots of code cleanup and restructuring for better stability and future features.
  FIXED  - 30+ stability issues


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Support and Feedback / Re: Video: Bit Rate Column Value
« on: April 24, 2026, 09:02:17 »
No settings.. There can't be a settings for everything..
Most thing in the computer world is divided by 1024. So I guess it is a bug.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Configuring TeraCopy
« on: April 12, 2026, 08:47:46 »
You should be able to create that using MultiScript.
I don't know what the list of file should look like. but there is a command to save all selected items to a file. and it can be scripted. maybe that can be used.
(the command in menu> Edit > Save selection to file) but with UserDefinedScript it can be automated

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I see now  It does "CWD / "  Strange.. I can't recreate that.
For me it stay at the location it last entered

Might be something that is special with how you do it or with the ftp server that works differently

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It does not show that you go into and list html folder and then goes out.
according to that log you are in / all the time

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You mean inline rename.  No but only filename part is preselected.. and pressing -> arrow will move cursor to last char in filename before extension.
you can also quick select extension with Ctrl+E

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I can't replicate that..  But problem is that lots of FTP Server behave very different.
If you watch the FTP log. Does it sends a new CWD <path> commands after the transfer ?

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Then maybe that phone is not connecting to windows using Windows Portable Device interface.

Some older phone was connected like remote device and got assigned a device letter by the Windows like  E: or something else..

Not sure what way your phone is connecting as. Maybe some other way that MC does not support

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Support and Feedback / Re: How can I hide link folders?
« on: April 04, 2026, 09:23:13 »
Explorer panel settings > Display (tab)
Under "sorting and columns" 
Uncheck
"Show link target in name column"

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Support and Feedback / Re: How can I hide link folders?
« on: April 04, 2026, 00:51:00 »
Well they are things in the file system. That are item in the filesystem that are file system links that are pointing to other places.

In configuration you can turn off the translation so it does not show where it actually are redirecting to.
But you can turn off so they are not shown at all. because the idea of MC is to show you what the Filesystem really looks like without lying to you..

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Look under portable. Devices that connect to WPD (Windows Portable device) can be found there

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Support and Feedback / Re: New user with questions
« on: March 27, 2026, 07:22:58 »
Might be, Portable saves everything to a file.. so it recreates everything each time..  while the installed saves to registry and overwrite values.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Transfer speeds to USB
« on: March 25, 2026, 18:26:05 »
Are you sure it used the Read/write tweaks you changed ? You can in log see what settings is used.
When writing data there is not much to play with.. it is bypass cache or not and write chunck size (how many bytes to write in each write operation) and if writes should be threaded or not.
There are so many external factor that affect the speed.

Also you cant just compare the number from Windows.. since that number say nothing. That is not a real speed.

But getting really slow speed in MC then I suspect something is preventing MC from going full speed and checking the data before it sends it to the device.


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Support and Feedback / Re: New user with questions
« on: March 24, 2026, 19:47:27 »
If you want same setup all the time.. Just exist MC as you want it. then turn off that MC should remember and save setup on exit.

This didn't work.  Turning off the 'remember and save setup' options result in both panes opening to the root of C: even though MC had previously been exited with C:\ in one pane and \Documents in the other.  A startup while the 'remember' options were enabled opened to the saved locations but that failed once the 'remember' options were unticked.

We can drop this discussion because I intend to stick with what works which is to specify a tab session on the command line in conjunction with the "Set focus at startup to" option. 

IMHO, focus is not being recorded in tab sessions, and the remembered and saved setup items are not maintained once those options are turned off.

Please understand that my intention is only to report what I find isn't working that way I think it should.  I do not mean to be hyper-critical nor do I mean to disparage MC.  I have not used it very much yet, but so far, I prefer it to three other files explorers that I have been using (Q-Dir, Nexusfile, and Windows File Explorer).

That is strange.. works for me. If You have at least one save in the registry it should keep them. turning of Save option should just prevent them from being overwritten



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Support and Feedback / Re: Transfer speeds to USB
« on: March 22, 2026, 10:21:53 »
In Read/Write stratergy settings you can enable to MC also buffer all the writes so you get extra fast write.. (It will do the same as windows. report that it is done before it actually is since the data only have gone to the buffers and not disk. and not wait for windows to say it has written everything)
Make sure the Write process uses both System And Drive cache in that settings for that R/W profile

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Support and Feedback / Re: New user with questions
« on: March 22, 2026, 10:09:45 »
Focus is set for the active tab that are the "source" panel.

TabSessions and "Set focus at startup to" settings kind of collides with each other. now you got two thing trying to control it

If you want same setup all the time.. Just exist MC as you want it. then turn off that MC should remember and save setup on exit.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Filename displaying issues
« on: March 20, 2026, 15:07:08 »
Packing filename with strange characters with zip is not good.  zip does not support UTF16. standard zip only support 7bit.,  But  modern zip will support UTF8..  and when unpacking they get converted to UTF16. but then conversion between different things are being done and if there are something specially strange with the filename. it might be lost..
I think 7z store names as UTF16

However. I can't replicate it.
Are you running any 3rd party Windows theme tool in windows ? or something else that hook it self deep into Windows that you know about ?
Something else that is special with your setup ?

In Windows 10/11. There is a new hidden settings.. Make sure it is not on. (maybe some other app have activated it, even if you have not done it maually)
In region settings dialog (the old one..) There is a "Administrative" page.
Clicking in "Change system locale.."
There is a checkbox that say

"Beta: Use Unicode UTf-8 worldwide language support"

Make sure this is NOT check.  This is a new Win10/11 thing that is buggy.. (They say that this will only affect Store apps. but some people are reporting issues in other old desktop apps)




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Support and Feedback / Re: Filename displaying issues
« on: March 20, 2026, 15:03:09 »
MC don't do any special processing.
Then maybe it should ? Personally, I don't experience any problem, but this is not the first report. Since other programs are not affected, this is most probably indeed MC-related.

I don't think so. There is nothing MC can do. ALL text in MC are UTF16. all APIs in Windows are UTF16. It should just work. No conversions are needed.
BUT there are lots of things in Windows that affect rendering of some apps. Like 3rd party theme things and combability settings or app that mess with scim settings (stuff for accessibility stuff)

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