# Confirm File Replace Dialog when Extracting Archives

**URL:** <https://resource.dopus.com/t/confirm-file-replace-dialog-when-extracting-archives/42231>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Tags:** feature-request\
**Created:** [September 17, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/confirm-file-replace-dialog-when-extracting-archives/42231 "2022-09-17T16:26:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![MegMac](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/megmac/32/51564_2.png) [@MegMac](https://resource.dopus.com/u/MegMac)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/confirm-file-replace-dialog-when-extracting-archives/42231/1 "2022-09-17T16:26:36Z")

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If I extract from an archive, and the extracted archive includes files or folders with the same names, I get this dialog box, which does not give me the option of Renaming files when they exist in the destination folder:  
 ![image](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/b/fb16b1e5f4850e70b1308934dc6357e59470d756.png)

BUT, when not working with archives, if I copy or move a folder and there is a folder with the same name in the destination, I have the option to merge the folders and also to rename the files in the folder, so that works well.

I am requesting that options including "Rename New (All)" be added to this dialog box. I know that If I rename the archive or the folder that exists in the destination, everything will be fine, but that can add a lot of extra work to some projects.

For example, this past week I was working with a collection of over 200,000 files in over 2,000 folder. There were 60 archives in the collection. I used 'Flat View No Folders' and then used Filter to only show the archives. Using that method, is was quick to select all the archives, then extract to subfolders:

![image](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/5/75b5ac92fae705b3dda8e9c52a713e7a56c969b6.png)

Because some existing folders had the same name as some of the archives, The 'Confirm File Replace' dialog show above popped up. I skipped those archives, but then had to look for the archives that were not extracted, rename them, extract again, then merge the folder and the renamed folder.

If there is a way this can be changed in settings, please advise.

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**Author:** ![MegMac](https://resource.dopus.com/user_avatar/resource.dopus.com/megmac/32/51564_2.png) [@MegMac](https://resource.dopus.com/u/MegMac)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/confirm-file-replace-dialog-when-extracting-archives/42231/2 "2023-06-18T19:14:59Z")

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I have encountered this problem again!  
Please add this option:  
 ![image](https://resource.dopus.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/0/f0bc01356df7487d852b53b6f638ed0919de6db2.png)