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Hey folks - it's been awhile!

I have a question which I have been unable to find any reference to, anywhere.

I edit a lot of files, but before I do, I like to make a backup. To easily create a backup, I select a file, choose Copy, then immediately paste it by choosing Paste. This works with the toolbar or hot-keys.

If I select a file called SomeFile.txt and Copy\Paste it, I end up with another file called SomeFile - Copy.txt.

For the pasted file (SomeFile - Copy.txt), is there a way to change the text appended to the file name portion? Say, for example, I want the pasted file to be SomeFile - ORG.txt or ORG_SomeFile.txt?

I know I can do this with a script, but I would like to perform this task using the default Copy\Paste operations.

Any help will be greatly appreciated! BTW, I thought I saw a way to do this at some point, but I'll be damned if I can find it again (or, it could have been some other program in another OS).

You can set what you want pre/suffixed here:

Configuration | Colors and Styles | Templates | Filename Affixes

but I think it only works with Custom Copy enabled:

Configuration | File Operations | File Operations | Custom Copy Operations | Use Custom Copy

or when you use Ctrl+D (Duplicate/Copy with increment) instead of what you are using currently (Copy+Paste), if done that way then it works with custom copy disabled too.

jupe wrote: ↑16 Jan 2019 06:06 You can set what you want pre/suffixed here:

Configuration | Colors and Styles | Templates | Filename Affixes

but I think it only works with Custom Copy enabled:

Configuration | File Operations | File Operations | Custom Copy Operations | Use Custom Copy

or when you use Ctrl+D (Duplicate/Copy with increment) instead of what you are using currently (Copy+Paste), if done that way then it works with custom copy disabled too.

I'll keep poking around and see if I can come up with something. I'll probably just write a script and assign it its own hotkey. I just have to set aside a couple hours to do it (maybe less, as I already have a script to append file and directory names with the current date and I can modify it).

Thanks.