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plus I want to be able to copy in MC and paste it in WE ... that is what now CTRL+C CTRL+V does and that's ok .... you only need to launch CTRL+V in a thread and not in MC directly so MC is blocked.

"You just press enter..."
that's the point I do not want to press enter ... I want to do CTRL+C then I navigate to folder where I want to paste and I do CTRL+V ... and I don't want questions, popups to hit enter or any other key.

"MC.Explorer.Copy NODIALOG ..."
I tried using that command but what it does is when I run it (using my shortcut) it copies whatever I selected directly into another explorer panel currently opened in MC. I certainly don't want that at all ... not at all, not ever ... I want to copy as in WE or any other WE alternative software ... I want to hit CTRL+V and paste it where I want it and not to auto-paste to other panel.

And of course it goes without saying that CTRL+V i.e. paste is launched into a separate thread so that it does not block MC so while pasting is happening I can continue to work in MC ... but it looks like it is such a big problem to launch shell command or whatever you're using to paste using WE ... I don't care if the copy is done using xcopy or your own copy or WE copy ... but isn't it simple to make just CTRL+C CTRL+V behavior as it is been for so long time just don't run it directly run it in thread and you're done ? Or I will use your copy but just give me the option that I chose later where I do paste i.e. don't auto-paste it immediately to other panel ?

ok  good. But how can I copy paste file(s)/folder(s) using keyboard shortcuts and not having any nagging window/popup asking me any question(s) i.e. I want to do copy paste same as in WE but not to block MC, please ?

yes sorry that wasn't clear.
one or more files idea was to have progress bar for some time so you can hit pause.

I am doing simple CTRL+C CTRL+V (simple copy no any special window asking me what I want ... I already know I want to copy files same as in Windows Explorer)

my configs are included I don't remember changing anything regarding copy (maybe I did) but it looks to me that copy is handled by Windows Explorer i.e. progress bar is identical as if I copy using WE.

win 8 MC x64 v6.0 build 2118
copy lot of files so that you get the progress bar
hit pause in progress bar

Problem is MC is blocked you can't do anything (even without pause if copy takes long time)

attached my settings/configs

awesome. thank you very much

in same folder I have files :
test.txt
test.tut

now I hit F2 and rename only test.txt into test_ANYTHING.txt

all goes fine but then MC pops up window telling me that there is a file with similar name in same folder so it is asking me do I want to rename that file too.

Wow it's nice but I don't want to have that popup in my face each time I rename my file(s).
I am renaming files quite often and it is very annoying to be forced to check what popup is saying, what is the problem now and after conclusion that it's just a nag I have to hit ESCAPE to get rid of it.

Please is there any way I can turn this OFF i.e. I don't want this popup to pop ever ?

(btw I tried disabling multi-rename and file utils plugin but it made no difference and in any way I like multi-rename feature even though it doesn't remember the last state I left it at and there is no way to associate a keyboard shortcut to it but it's still useful)

No, no, no you're not stealing focus from windows.
Your main app i.e. MC still has focus.
Do copy-paste file and then hit 'Alt' key ... you'll see that menu in MC will get underscored letters i.e. it'll act i.e. you can navigate and use your keyboard it's just that your child window of MC, which is in the end panel where the list of files, did lost focus. But you're still fine you're in MC so you can decide which window i.e. part of your UI you want to set focus to.
And as I said if you call SetFocus it is safe even if MC doesn't have focus and you call childOfMC->SetFocus(... then everything will still be fine Windows OS will not change focus, it will ignore you since your main app MC doesn't have focus. But in this copy-paste issue you're fine it will work.
It would take you only few minutes to call SetFocus inside you panel-list object that derives from CWnd (I guess it's the list UI element or something like that).
You don't have to call global windows ::SetFocus( but rather CWnd (parent) member i.e. this->SetFocus(

Yes that was not really a good idea but ... here is another idea
Your panel auto-refreshes and redraws on each new item i.e. pasted file. So when you get that notification that there is a new item and you need to refresh the list then can't you do SetFocus to this where 'this' is your panel-list window? It's a child of your main app window so it should be fine ?

Well then easier is to add setting but simply not expose it in UI so I'd manually edit config.xml file and add that ... I can't understand why you're afraid of someone turning that option on and blaming you ... if someone jumps over the bridge you can't blame a guy who built the bridge for that.
You can popup warning if someone changes that in UI and tell him not to blame you if he turns that nagging confirmation off.

Others do this. You can 'steal' focus again, use timer or thread. Copy is already launched in thread, I guess, so just refocus to your panel few milliseconds after start or when copy is finished select pasted files (keep list before starting).
I am guessing but there must be the way everybody else does it, no? (I just tried in freecommander XE and explorer++.
CTRL+C then CTRL+V then arrow-up (or down) on keyboard and selection changes ... i.e. focus is back on panel where I was.

ah that is great thank you so much !
The only problem is when I created command I can't associate "DELETE" key to that command.
I tried but it always defaults to the standard 'delete' not my command. Although if I do take some other key e.g. "CTRL+;" it then works
I am so used to delete hitting 'del' key :/

BTW is there a way to add 2nd command for delete immediately without moving it to recycle bin ?

portable multicommander v6.0 build 2118 x64
win 8.1

select any file and just hit CTRL+C then CTRL+V
current tab/panel becomes inactive (lost focus) and selected file is unchanged (except it is blue-pale i.e. as selected file in inactive panel).

I would really like to have newly pasted file as selected and other files that were selected before copy-paste to become deselected.
It would be perfect if this could be an option in settings.

I am using multicommander as portable x64 v6.0 build 2118
and here are attached my settings.

I was reading this topic
http://forum.multicommander.com/forum/index.php/topic,823.msg2411.html#msg2411

and I can't believe it is closed !?!? And explanation is 'we'll never do it because we have too many dumb users other" ... but what about other users that are not dumb ? Because they are minority you'll ignore them

Why don't let as be free to chose please please please ?
Why is it a problem to have an option simply let us chose to have confirmation or not. Of course make it by default whatever you want i.e. "Yes ask for confirmation for each delete".

I love multi commander. I tried 'Freecommander XE', explorer++, double commander, xyplorer and Multi Commander is the best to my taste and exactly because it leaves me the most liberty and choices comparing to others. But there is this small veeery anoying thing. I don't want to be asked each time I delete file(s)/folder(s) ... please please simple easy to do setting in 'explorer panel settings'.