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Beta Releases / Re: v16.0 Beta

« Last post by total_annihilation00 on Today at 00:43:48 »

  Thanks to the Boolean Operators —my script got optimized by "Grok-AI 4.20 Reasoning" to less than a quarter of its original size ! 'Smart Open (Ctrl+F9)' MultiScript Went from 443 to just 103 lines of code (not discounting half of them being comments !), it's much more efficient & easier to maintain now ! I'am sure that /w Arrays & ForEach Loops it can be optimized even further.

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Support and Feedback / Re: “Rename” option missing for some folders

« Last post by dddima on Yesterday at 22:51:40 »

Thank you for your replies.

I found the cause of the problem: some folders had the **Read-only** attribute set, and because of that the **Rename** option did not appear.

After I reset/removed the attributes, the **Rename** option appeared again and now works correctly.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Right-click Menu not Fully Displaying

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on Yesterday at 10:12:37 »

How items are places in the Shell menu.. you have to take that with Microsoft.
Only customization MC do is to insert the "MultiCommander" submenu at the top, the rest of the items are added by Windows Explorer Shell system

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Support and Feedback / Re: “Rename” option missing for some folders

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on Yesterday at 10:03:26 »

Microsoft do lots of thing that is not fully supported when calling the offical API..  The only think MC can do it to send to shell menu system the flag CMF_CANRENAME  that say that the calling application (MC) supports rename so add that to the menu if you fell that it should be there

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Support and Feedback / Right-click Menu not Fully Displaying

« Last post by ivanskcheung on Yesterday at 09:42:32 »

The right-click menus of some files that are positioned at the bottom of my screen don't fully show up. Because this issue always happens, it is causing noticeable inconvenience. I would recommend that if particular options are unable to appear in the right-click menu as a row, make the right-click menu become automatically scrollable for these options. 

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Support and Feedback / Re: “Rename” option missing for some folders

« Last post by dddima on Yesterday at 05:16:22 »

But the Explorer itself has this menu and can rename files.

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Support and Feedback / Re: “Rename” option missing for some folders

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on May 01, 2026, 10:02:47 »

There is a option in Core Settings > FileSystem > "Ask for Confirmation before..."
Uncheck "Rename read-only files"

And you dont get a confirmation dialog window

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Support and Feedback / Re: “Rename” option missing for some folders

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on May 01, 2026, 09:25:46 »

In Multi Commander, the “Rename” command is missing from the right-click context menu for some folders.

Expected behavior:
The right-click context menu should always show the “Rename” option when a file or folder can be renamed.

Actual behavior:
For some folders, the “Rename” option is not shown in the context menu. However, the same folders can be renamed successfully in other file managers.

Additional information:
When using the rename shortcut in Multi Commander, the program may show a warning that the item is read-only. But renaming still works after confirmation, and other file managers show the Rename option normally.

It seems that Multi Commander hides the Rename command for some folders even though the rename operation

NO MC does not hide it.. Widows does. All option except under "MultiCommander" is populated by Windows Shell. And MC does not have much control over it.
But when does "Rename" not show ? I can't find a places where the rename in menu is not shown.. (You also have Rename command in Toolbar and Keyboard Shortcut that is not depending what Windows Shell will show in the menu )

It shows a warning because the file is ReadOnly. Normally rename is not allowed. But since we can just in most situation just remove the attribute. and then put it back. It can be preformed as a workaround. But the attribute is there for a reason. to protect the file.

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Support and Feedback / Re: “Rename” option missing for some folders

« Last post by total_annihilation00 on April 30, 2026, 17:35:26 »

A known issue is the "Set As Wallpaper" and "Pin To Taskbar" menu items don't appear when you're in 'Flat View' !

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Support and Feedback / “Rename” option missing for some folders

« Last post by dddima on April 30, 2026, 15:54:18 »

In Multi Commander, the “Rename” command is missing from the right-click context menu for some folders.

Expected behavior:
The right-click context menu should always show the “Rename” option when a file or folder can be renamed.

Actual behavior:
For some folders, the “Rename” option is not shown in the context menu. However, the same folders can be renamed successfully in other file managers.

Additional information:
When using the rename shortcut in Multi Commander, the program may show a warning that the item is read-only. But renaming still works after confirmation, and other file managers show the Rename option normally.

It seems that Multi Commander hides the Rename command for some folders even though the rename operation