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Hi,

it is possible to open a zip or 7z as if it was a directory. From that view, it's possible to Ctrl+C a file and copy it into another directory.
For a password protected archive, FC asks for the password and opens the archive as a directory as it does with "normal" archives. However, it is *not ...

Build 928 now has the encoding selection field always visible (the value is saved and restored).

@Marek: Thanks for changing this!

Thanks for the workaround, but please also change this in the program itself.
Also, I still need to have the advanced mode enabled, which I prefer not to.
Main problem I see is that many users might be surprised or not even notice that the search dialog doesn't return what the user expects.

btw ...

As you didn't state a reason why this should be necessary, I can only guess that you mean downloading the file would change the encoding or something else.
Doesn't make a difference. Just tested it.

Came upon this problem again and noticed my old thread.
FreeCommander XE 2025 Build 927 64-bit donor

UltraEdit doesn't store a BOM. Notepad++ (8.7.8 ) shows UTF-8, but apparently saves the file with the Little-Endian-Notation "FF FE" BOM.

It works in FC when I manually configure the encoding to ...

Probably wouldn't have tried this with Win XP

As yesterday was patchday, I have rebooted my laptop and now the dialog opens in 2-3 seconds (doesn't matter if using the default settings instance). Didn't think that this could be influenced by this so I didn't test before.

Normally, I only reboot on patchday and use hibernation mode to shutdown ...

This is not the newest laptop, but still, opening the search dialog shouldn't take 7 seconds.
Doesn't matter in which directory I try this. General use of FC is as expected without any delays.

What might cause this?

FreeCommander XE 2024 Build 904 64-bit donor
Win 10 Pro, 22H2
Intel Core i5-3210M ...

That was quick, thanks!

FC doesn't open "shell:startup" using "Go to folder" (nothing happens). Should open the "Current User" Startup folder (C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup).

Should also work for "shell:common startup" to open the "All Users" Startup folder (C:\ProgramData ...

Got it: Renaming works on NTFS file system, but not on FAT32 or exFAT (neither in Windows Explorer).

Just to verify: You ONLY changed upper/lower case WITHOUT changing any other part of the filename?

It's true that those files normally cannot exist in one directory. Didn't knew about the flag.

However, there is a difference in those names and each one can exist on its own (just not in the same directory).
Also, Windows Explorer is able to do such a rename without a workaround.

My smartphone is available via this path:
"This PC\SM-J320F\SD-Card from Transcend\DCIM\"

I'd like to be able to go to that folder directly ("Go to folder" dialog or "Paste address from clipboard and reload" function).
It works in Windows Explorer, but fails in FC (jumps to Desktop).

Copying the ...

I thought I had already posted this, but couldn't find it, so maybe this is a duplicate.

Steps to reproduce:
- Start renaming a file "This is a test"
- Change "test" to "Test" and press Enter

The file will still be named "This is a test" instead of "This is a Test".

Workaround:
- Rename to "This ...