Hello All
When using Dopus to rename files if you hold the Control button down and press the up down arrow buttons you can cycle through recently used file names. Is there any way to disable this feature? I don't know how many times I have been renaming files only to be told the filename already exists because I held the control button down a millisecond too long.
Could you explain more about how the problem arises? There may be a better way to do what you're trying to do.
I am guessing that you want to pasting over the names (excluding extensions) of several files, so you're pushing F2 to start renaming, then Ctrl-V, arrow, Ctrl-V, arrow, etc. to paste over several files, and sometimes not letting go of Ctrl before pushing the arrow key? (That can be done in a way which avoids the problem, if it's that.) Or is it something else?
Yes that is what is happening. What I have is sometimes up to twenty files that need renaming in a format that matches another file in the directory so I hit F2 of the master file, hit Control-C and then arrow down to the slave file and hit Control-V before using the arrow keys to move to the next file which could either be up or down. Quite often the workflow is interrupted because I was too fast in hitting the up or down keys (or too slow in releasing the Control key). Previously it was not a problem but now Opus tries to rename the file to one that already exists. Mp3 are the master file and a text file is the slave.
Sounds like you could create a script to improve your workflow. If you can post a sample file listing and what changes you make we might be able to help create a custom script or button.
So you're creating a bunch of empty files and then renaming them to match the MP3s that already exist?
If that's really your workflow then we could give you a button that makes those matching .txt files automatically, without you having to go down the list renaming them all by hand.
If a text file already exists it will still create a new one, with a sequentially increasing number added to the end of the name. You can delete these afterwards if desired.