"Copy of" did something change?

[aurumdigitus]

Frequently files were replicated and yielded a "Copy of ...". When doing that now the clone comes up "... -01".

Has something been altered in XY (or possibly did a Configuration Setting get accidentally flipped)?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[nas8e9]

Frequently files were replicated and yielded a "Copy of ...". When doing that now the clone comes up "... -01".

Has something been altered in XY (or possibly did a Configuration Setting get accidentally flipped)?

Inquiring minds want to know.

I'm not sure, but "Copy of..." sounds like the result of the Windows Shell rather than XYplorer's routines.

Has there been any change in the way you access the copy commands and/or XYplorer's settings (Configuration > Extended > Context Menus, and File Operations, for example)?

[aurumdigitus]

Have no recollection of making changes but that certainly doesn't mean that it may not of happened.

The shopworn memory is of using File|Duplicate|Copy Here to wind up with the "Copy of XYZ" as opposed to the menu item immediately below "Copy here with increment".

A puzzlement

[nas8e9]

The shopworn memory is of using File|Duplicate|Copy Here to wind up with the "Copy of XYZ" as opposed to the menu item immediately below "Copy here with increment".

Both ways get me the "01"-version, which is as it should.

[aurumdigitus]

Thank you nas8e9 for your help with trouble shooting this dilemma!

Am looking at several files right now that definitively say "Copy of so-and-so" so this is not a hallucination. That said, I can neither remember how it was done nor reproduce it.

(Some days you ride the elevator other days you get the shaft.)

[GamaRex]

Am looking at several files right now that definitively say "Copy of so-and-so" so this is not a hallucination. That said, I can neither remember how it was done nor reproduce it.

I've had that same problem: I will copy (or drag?) a file to another folder or drive, and expect to receive an overwrite warning. When I don't get the warning, I check the target folder and find there there is a "Copy of" file in the location. Most of the time things work correctly, and I can never predict when this odd behavior will occur, and can't replicate it on demand. I don't know that it's a XYplorer or Windows problem. It's been happening for a year at least. In XYplorer I typically use "Copy To..." which I've added as a toolbar button.

[zer0]

Guys, could it have something to do with this?

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v9.90.1113 - 2011-06-28 15:46
   * Drag and drop right-click menu: Dropped the "(Copy of...)" part in 
      the Copy Here command caption. It does not make sense anymore (sic) 
      since with Custom Copy all kind of renaming schemes can take 
      place, even none in the case of copied folders where just the 
      contents are overwritten or rename-copied. Actually it never was 
      very clever in the first place since the actual renaming was 
      conntrolled (sic) by the OS locale (e.g. "Kopie von..." in German).

[aurumdigitus]

Guys, could it have something to do with this?
Code:
v9.90.1113 - 2011-06-28 15:46
* Drag and drop right-click menu: Dropped the "(Copy of...)" part in
the Copy Here command caption. It does not make sense anymore (sic)
since with Custom Copy all kind of renaming schemes can take
place, even none in the case of copied folders where just the
contents are overwritten or rename-copied. Actually it never was
very clever in the first place since the actual renaming was
conntrolled (sic) by the OS locale (e.g. "Kopie von..." in German).

Invoking Lex Parsimoniae let' go with that!

[admin]

Yes, Shell copy does a "Copy of..." (in Germany "Kopie von...") when duplicating a file in its location, whereas Custom Copy applies the user-defined on-collision rules. The Shell copy behavior cannot be altered, it seems to be hard-coded in Windows.

[aurumdigitus]

Thanks guys for the clarification.

It is exactly this kind of subtlety and nuance why some people dislike and even mistrust computers.