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Script / Re: Trying to make MC open automatically with single panel

« Last post by Tom L on September 12, 2025, 21:26:05 »

The script is a batch file, "MultiCommander.bat."
I've attached the log file. I changed its name from 2025-09-12-(7024)-MultiCommander.log to 2025-09-12-(7024)-MultiCommander.txt so that it would upload.

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Beta Releases / Re: 15.6 BETA

« Last post by User_99 on September 12, 2025, 16:57:44 »

Thanks for the new RC Mathias!

Audio-tool merge mp3 files is only available via MC menu/extra/auto tools - not via context menu?

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Support and Feedback / Re: New user: Folder size uses "size" and not "size on disk"

« Last post by whiskytechfred on September 12, 2025, 16:29:33 »

Thanks for the quick reply and my thanks for the app!  No big deal, I don't know much about OS and filesystems so I was mainly curious.  In this case, it's quite obvious there's such a sparse file there!

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Support and Feedback / Re: New user: Folder size uses "size" and not "size on disk"

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on September 12, 2025, 16:21:44 »

Currently I don't think so.

I think that image is a "sparse" file

A sparse file is a file that efficiently uses disk space by not allocating space for regions of zero-valued bytes. Instead, the file system keeps a record of these "holes," returning zeros on read operations without consuming physical disk space. This allows for the creation of very large files that take up minimal space.

Problem is that the normal way to scan the filesystem. it returns the reserved filesized. To get the actual size require a lot more work and is currently not supported.

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Support and Feedback / New user: Folder size uses "size" and not "size on disk"

« Last post by whiskytechfred on September 12, 2025, 14:45:48 »

Hi,
I just discovered MC this month and it's absolutely amazing, thanks for a great software (donations are well deserved!).
When computing folder sizes, I noticed one folder was much bigger than it should and found I have a file with a reported size of 512GB but with a size on disk of 186MB.
Is there a way to use the size on disk instead of the reported size?

Thanks!
Fred

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Script / Re: Trying to make MC open automatically with single panel

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on September 12, 2025, 08:57:01 »

The Log in MC..

And you script is named "SinglePanel" ?

(Also so you know, it is not recommended to always run in SinglePanel setup.. You do at own risk. . Program designed around two panel layout. )

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Script / Re: Trying to make MC open automatically with single panel

« Last post by Tom L on September 11, 2025, 23:58:53 »

I run the batch file from my desktop. It works, because it opens MC. But the "-AutoRun=SinglePanel" part doesn't happen. I don't get any error messages. I'm not sure what error log you're referring to. I went to the Microsoft Event Viewer and saw only two files there, Eventlog.dll and Eventlog.pdb neither of which I could open.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Strange work with archives.

« Last post by dddima on September 09, 2025, 13:24:56 »

I clicked delete and it still shows up

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Support and Feedback / Re: Strange work with archives.

« Last post by Mathias (Author) on September 09, 2025, 11:32:10 »

For me it updates automatically. I can't replicate that it is not updated.

If you look in fileoperation or filesystem log (Ctrl+L) you might see some error there for that.

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Support and Feedback / Re: Strange work with archives.

« Last post by dddima on September 09, 2025, 11:16:34 »

Maybe I need to enable some logging? So you can see the reason.
Because pressing F2 every time I update the archive is not very convenient...