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FreeCommander PortableApp 2007.10
Vista Home Premium x64
NC-Mode Not Selected
numerous drives, from 750Gig drive with 100s of 1000s of files to several USB Thumbs at 4-gig
Display drives in Bar

* Assume a folder view of files and folders in a directory that isn't being changed in the background by another process
* Note that some folders have specific file icons that are NOT normally associated with a window's folder (assume in this case, the icon displayed is JPG)
* Select such a folder with name TEMP (just an example; occurs regardless of name)

upon making the selection, the "folder's name" changes from TEMP to a filename that would be using that icon (in this example, X.JPG). at this point, the filesize and date/timestamps report the size of the folder and the folder's date/timestamp, but everything else about the selection says you have just selected a file named X.JPG.

close FreeCommander completely, return: this won't change.

the danger: you can select files thinking you have made correct selections, find out you deleted / moved / copied files or folders you did not expect. this will occur on my home desktop (hp high-end quadproc with lots of memory) several times a day. once it happens, it is consistent for that folder.

while FC has some quirks, it is by and large remarkably-stable. this, however, makes selection something dangerous and unusable.

thank you...

00 caren

Could you describe exactly step by step how we can reproduce your problem? Could you try the current version?

there is no specific step-by-step. the only consistency is that there are sub-folders and files displayed in any one particular displayed folder structure, and a suspect folder will NOT display the windows icon for folder; it will display an icon for another file (as in the example, a JPG icon if there are JPG files in the folder).

i've installed the june 2008 version, and will report back if i see (or don't see) the problem.

thinking about this further: what i will also do is take screenshots of "before" and "after". do you have a place where i can upload images, or would you prefer a web link?

Thank you for getting back to me

00 caren

You can send the screenshots per email to me.

keeping you notified: i installed the latest build and have not seen the behaviour since. should i do so, i will provide screenshots and get back to you...

thanks!