Dialog box: Overwrite
This dialog box is shown when a file already exists in the target directory. You can choose whether you want to overwrite or skip the file, to overwrite only older files, or to overwrite or skip all already existing files.
Field Description
Overwrite: Shows details of the file to be overwritten
With file: Shows details of the source file
Thumbnails Allows you to show thumbnails of both the source and target file. Uses the same images as in thumbnails view. The thumbnails/icons support the normal right click context menu. This is especially useful when copying pictures.
Custom fields Allows you to show custom fields for the files. They can be defined via the "+" button. This also allows you to use content plugins.
Overwrite Overwrites just this file
Overwrite all Overwrites all target files in case of name collisions. Depending on current settings, you will be asked separately to overwrite files with "read only" or "hidden/system" attributes.
Skip Skips just this file, and continues with the next
Cancel Completely aborts the file operation
Overwrite all older Overwrites all older files, which means that only newer files will be copied. First, the files will be checked for an internal version number (EXEs, DLLs etc), and then the last modified date will be used.
Skip all Skips all files already present in the target directory
Rename Allows you to manually rename the copied file
Append Appends the source file to the target file
More Options >> Opens a popup menu with the following extended options:
Compare Compares the source file with the target file by content
Rename existing target file
Allows you to rename the existing target file manually before copying/moving the source file
Auto-rename copied
When a name collision occurs, the copied/moved files will be renamed automatically in the form filename(1).ext, filename(2).ext etc.
Auto-rename target files
When a name collision occurs, the existing target files will be renamed automatically before copying/moving the source files, in the form filename(1).ext, filename(2).ext etc.
Rename older target files, skip newer
When a name collision occurs, and the copied file is older, it will not be copied. If it is newer, the existing target file will be renamed so the source file can be copied without overwriting anything.
Overwrite all older and of the same age
Like "Overwrites all older", but additionally all files with the same age will be copied/moved too
Copy all larger (overwrite smaller)
Only files which are larger than the existing target files will be copied/moved
Copy all smaller (overwrite larger)
Only files which are smaller than the existing target files will be copied/moved
The overwrite dialog supports several hotkeys:
- Alt+Underlined letter for the buttons
- F3 to view the upper (target) file
- Shift+F3 to view the lower (source) file
- Alt+F3/Alt+Shift+F3 to view the file without plugins
- Ctrl+F3 to compare the two files by content
- Ctrl+Shift+F3 to use the internal compare tool if an external tool was defined via
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