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How to Display this Dialog The only way to get to this dialog is to use the Options | Program Options... command from the main menu (or click on its command button. When in Options select the Drop Zone panel, and then select FileBoss as the Copy/Move Engine and click on the Setup FileBoss Copy button as shown below.
Note: The options in this dialog are the same as those in the general purpose Copy File Dialog. Configure Copy Engine for Drop Zones
Purpose This dialog configures how FileBoss will copy / move files when they are dropped on a Drop Zone. This dialog is almost exactly the same as the one for Drag & Drop Copy Options. Actions when Destination Entry Already Exists
No / Yes / Ask / Only if Newer The first four options determine whether or not files can be overwritten by the files being copied. When Only if Newer is selected the times the files were last modified are used for comparison. Rename Rather than overwriting files that exist, you can instruct FileBoss to rename either the new or the existing files. Select New File to rename the file that is being copied (the existing file will not be changed). Select Existing File to rename the existing file, the new file will then be copied using the old name. Whether you choose to rename the existing file or the new file depends only on what you are doing and your personal preference.
Click on Set... to specify how the files - either new or existing - will be renamed. You can add text and/or sequential numbers to the new filenames. Setting When FileBoss will Ask for Confirmation
These options determine when FileBoss will alert you that a file is going to be overwritten by the copy or move process. The warnings are fired when an existing file has one of the checked attributes. For instance if the EXE box is checked FileBoss will ask you what to do before copying a source file over an existing target file that has an extension of .EXE, .COM, .DLL, .DRV, .OCX or .BAT. When asked what to do your options will be to skip that one file, cancel all remaining files, overwrite that one file, overwrite all remaining files or even rename the file.
This option is only present when the warnings are being used for copy or move operations (i.e. not for deleting or touching as there is no 'source' file). Setting New File Attributes
These options affect files created or overwritten by the copy or move operation. (Note that a file is considered new even if it overwrites an existing file of the same name.) You can add, remove or leave the four attributes unchanged. If an attribute is marked as No Change it will be set to the same setting on the source file or folder. Specifying Dates and Times of New Files
These options affect files created or overwritten by a copy or move operation. (Note that a file is considered new even if it overwrites an existing file of the same name.)
There are three options:
Special Notes:
Removing the Archive Flag from Original File
Remove Archive Bit from Source Files Clears the Archive flag from the source file. When the Archive flag is cleared it indicates to some programs that the file has not changed since it was last backed up. More about Archive Bits The archive bit indicates that a file has been changed. This attribute for a file is set by Windows whenever a file is modified by either Windows or a program such as a Word processor or paint program. Backup programs often use this attribute to determine what files need to be backup and, after backing up the file reset (clear) the Archive bit.
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