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To Display this Options Page
Use the Options | Program Options... command from the main menu (or click its command button  ) and select Copy Files from the list of option pages.
Options for Copying and Moving Files
Confirmation Message
These options control when you will be asked to confirm a copy or move operation The confirmation message is displayed after the OK button has been pressed on the Copy/Move dialog.
The purpose is to alert you to certain conditions that you may not want such as copying whole bunches of files that are below any selected folders or the number of items to copy is greater than normal.
Always
The confirmation message will always be displayed
When Sub-items will be copied
The confirmation message will be displayed whenever folders are selected and files or folders underneath the selected folders my be copied
# of Top Level Items Exceeds
The confirmation message will be displayed when the number of items to be copied, i.e. the number of items selected, exceeds the indicated amount to the box to the right.
Copy File Options
Clear Read-Only bit when copying files from CDs/DVDs
Clears all read-only settings for files when they are copied from a CD or DVD. (Does not affect files copied from a HD or network drive.)
Files on most CDs and DVDs are set to Read-Only, even when the original files that were copied to the CDs were not. This can be a real pain when copying those files back to a HD as many programs will refuse to modify a read-only file (such as Word Processors and Graphics programs).
(Please note that clearing the read-only file attribute does not allow copy protected CDs or DVDs to be duplicated or copied. FileBoss does not break copy protection schemes.)
Don't Change Access times of files being copied
Prevents the access time of the file being copied from being changed.
Some copy and backup programs change this time and some do not. FileBoss gives you the option. By default the times are not changed even though FileBoss technically accesses the program. There is a good reason not to change the Access time by a copy program: the time is intended to be an indication of when programs that actually use the file access it, not when utility programs make copies of it or back it up.
So why do some other programs change it? Because contrary to what would seem normal it actually takes extra work and care by the copy or backup program not to change it.
Automatically skip files that cannot be copied
Will automatically skip all files that cannot be copied and continue with the rest of the files. When this box is not checked and FileBoss cannot copy a file it will stop and ask you what you would like to do, skip, try again (giving you a chance to correct the problem) or to cancel all the rest of the files.
Logging Options
What to record
Determines what actions will be written to the Details result log. Depending on what you normally use FileBoss for you may want to have all or just some of the copied results logged.
This setting does not affect how errors are logged - they are always recorded in the error log - but rather it affects the results of normal operations.
Note that this setting does not affect the totals that are reported in the Summary results.
| All | All operations will be logged whether a file was copied or not copied. |
| Copied | Only files copied will be mentioned in the Details result log. Files that were not copied because the target was newer or you didn't want to overwrite any files will not be recorded. |
| Not Copied | Only files that were not copied will be mentioned in the Details result log (either because the target was newer or you didn't want to overwrite any files). Files that were copied successfully will not be recorded in the Details result log. |
Don't write when target does not exist
(when 'copy only if exist' option set)
Whether or not this box is checked controls if a log entry will be recorded when a file is not copied because the Copy Only If Exist option in the Copy Files dialog is set (or when using the Refresh Files function that implies Copy Only If Exist). This prevents a lot of unnecessary clutter in the details log.
Note that this setting does not affect the totals that are reported in the Summary results.
Copy File Options
Clear Read-Only bit when copying files from CDs/DVDs
Clears all read-only settings for files when they are copied from a CD or DVD. (Does not affect files copied from a HD or network drive.)
Files on most CDs and DVDs are set to Read-Only, even when the original files that were copied to the CDs were not. This can be a real pain when copying those files back to a HD as many programs will refuse to modify a read-only file (such as Word Processors and Graphics programs).
(Please note that clearing the read-only file attribute does not allow copy protected CDs or DVDs to be duplicated or copied. FileBoss does not break copy protection schemes.)
Don't Change Access times of files being copied
Prevents the access time of the file being copied from being changed.
Some copy and backup programs change this time and some do not. FileBoss gives you the option. By default the times are not changed even though FileBoss technically accesses the program. There is a good reason not to change the Access time by a copy program: the time is intended to be an indication of when programs that actually use the file access it, not when utility programs make copies of it or back it up.
So why do some other programs change it? Because contrary to what would seem normal it actually takes extra work and care by the copy or backup program not to change it.
Automatically skip files that cannot be copied
Will automatically skip all files that cannot be copied and continue with the rest of the files. When this box is not checked and FileBoss cannot copy a file it will stop and ask you what you would like to do, skip, try again (giving you a chance to correct the problem) or to cancel all the rest of the files.
Ref: HIDD_OPTIONS_COPY_FILES
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