Request: copy between panes when one pane is a zip file
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Request: copy between panes when one pane is a zip file
Would this be possible? I would like to be able to copy a standalone file in one pane directly into a zip file expanded in the other pane.
- FrizzleFry
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That's what I thought, but it's not working for me. I get the dialog box, but when I click on the Copy button, nothing happens.nikos wrote:it is possible, just press F5
I can copy FROM a zip TO a folder, but I can't copy TO a zip FROM a folder.
Edit: The problem seems to be with the zip file, not xplorer2. I can't add files to zips I have made myself (I'm using 7z software), but other zips seem OK. I'll do some experimenting and let you know the outcome.
Nope. I have uninstalled 7-Zip, leaving me reliant on Windows (Vista) internal Zip software. The xplorer2 two pane copy still isn't working.
I have just noticed that I am getting a warning message in xplorer2 which says "The target folder does not accept this file operation".
I shall have to reinstall 7-Zip, as I now have no way whatsoever of adding files to an existing archive.
I have just noticed that I am getting a warning message in xplorer2 which says "The target folder does not accept this file operation".
I shall have to reinstall 7-Zip, as I now have no way whatsoever of adding files to an existing archive.
- FrizzleFry
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Believe me, I've tried them all. F5, Drag & Drop, Ctrl+C~Ctrl+V, File>Copy~File>Paste. You name it, I've tried it.nikos wrote:try drag drop instead of f5
Here's a twist. If I just make a compressed (zip) folder out of a number of files, I can't use xplorer2 to add more files to it. If however I put the files I want to zip into a normal folder, then send THAT FOLDER to a zip folder, I can then use xplorer2 to add files to the folder within the zip folder (Does that make sense?)
- FrizzleFry
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Run as admin - all behaviour exactly the same. My user has admin privileges, but I have just tried it using Run as Admin as well (which resulted in me losing all my bookmarks, by the way)
And over the last couple of days I have established that it doesn't matter whether the zips are created with 7-Zip or the native Windows zip function (with 7-Zip uninstalled)
And I've opened up security as much as my admittedly imperfect knowledge will allow.
And over the last couple of days I have established that it doesn't matter whether the zips are created with 7-Zip or the native Windows zip function (with 7-Zip uninstalled)
And I've opened up security as much as my admittedly imperfect knowledge will allow.