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Hi I am new to here so sorry if this has been asked or is in the wrong place.

I have tried a few download managers but wanted a free one and this one seemed to be recommended on a few sites. I have been using on and off for a little bit now and like the simple interface however there is something that seems to be missing that other managers have/use.

Basically when a download opens with FDM and you click the 3 dots to change the location - all you can see is folders. In other download managers I have used, they use the same window but allow you to see files - that way I can find a specific folder and if a file is in with the same name I can save it with a prompt appearing asking if I want to overwrite the current file with the new file.

Both ways use the standard windows file browsing window - so this should be easy to do. Is there a current way to do this or will this be considered? If you are unsure what I mean I can send some screenshots showing it working in another download manager to show the difference.

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Thanks for the suggestion, it's a small, but interesting fix you've mentioned.

Clive Sorensson wrote:Thanks for the suggestion, it's a small, but interesting fix you've mentioned.

Do you have any plans to add this. The one simple feature I feel is missing.

peteyt wrote:

Clive Sorensson wrote:Thanks for the suggestion, it's a small, but interesting fix you've mentioned.

Do you have any plans to add this. The one simple feature I feel is missing.

Due ti the works on FDM 6, there are lots and lots of new features the devs are working with.

Clive Sorensson wrote:

peteyt wrote:

Clive Sorensson wrote:Thanks for the suggestion, it's a small, but interesting fix you've mentioned.

Do you have any plans to add this. The one simple feature I feel is missing.

Due ti the works on FDM 6, there are lots and lots of new features the devs are working with.

Sorry to bump an old post, just wondering if this is still a possibility being considered

Hello,
This feature will be added in the next update.

Nice. This will help me tremendously, as I rename files a lot while downloading so I know what they are (too many #$%#$@%^#$% "setup.exe" naming conventions amongst a variety of different developers gets old, fast).

Doing this will allow me to rename once and then select the file for over writing when a new version is out - keeping my naming scheme intact.

Thank you, @Alex and @devs!

Alex wrote:Hello,
This feature will be added in the next update.

Thanks. Glad to hear it

johnlgalt wrote:(too many #$%#$@%^#$% setup.exe naming conventions amongst a variety of different developers gets old, fast).

Using setup or install in any installer name is recommended by Microsoft. When you run such a file, the system may automatically open UAC alert and ask if you want to run installer as Administrator (to install program for all users).

That recommendation is both old (from the days of WinVista) and no longer really applicable - because I have literally thousands of installers NOT named setup.exe that call up UAC automatically perfectly fine.

And several that I have that are not named setup.exe still work perfectly fine in Windows 7. Even FDM's installer is not "setup.exe".

johnlgalt wrote:That recommendation is both old (from the days of WinVista) and no longer really applicable - because I have literally thousands of installers NOT named setup.exe that call up UAC automatically perfectly fine.

I didn't write "ALL installers".

johnlgalt wrote:And several that I have that are not named setup.exe still work perfectly fine in Windows 7. Even FDM's installer is not "setup.exe".

And I didn't write "setup AS a name".

But I was talking about setup as a name, thanks.

johnlgalt wrote:But I was talking about setup as a name, thanks.

Setup as a name is EXACTLY ONE convention, but you used plural "too many naming conventions".

but I specifically said setup.exe, also. Sorry it wasn't clear, I'll add quotation marks to make it clearer.

It's still as FUBAR as it's been earlier. You should better use proper quantifiers.