<![CDATA[Drag and Drop files to existing archive - overwrite prompt]]>Dragging and dropping files in explorer onto an existing archive file(PA not open) brings up the “Add” dialogue box showing the archive file and the files to be added.

After clicking the Finish button to complete the archiving, a dialogue box appears saying:
“Cannot create [filename]. File already exists. Update existing file?” with Yes and No buttons.

Is it possible to default to adding/moving the files to the archive without this prompt? The prompt seems redundant given the “Add” dialogue can only mean one thing for the selected archive file. This is a change in behaviour from PA2016 which added or moved files without any permission being sought.
Edit: spelling

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5844/drag-and-drop-files-to-existing-archive-overwrite-promptRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 01:29:06 GMTSun, 24 Sep 2017 05:46:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Drag and Drop files to existing archive - overwrite prompt on Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:19:51 GMT]]>@south37 Please check latest build and confirm that this issue has been fixed. Thank you!

https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5848/fast-ring-powerarchiver-2017-17-01-04/7

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35557https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35557Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:19:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Drag and Drop files to existing archive - overwrite prompt on Thu, 05 Oct 2017 22:52:15 GMT]]>Given that there are more users than developers, perhaps the Shift+ method should be used to enable the dialogue box with the default being no overwrite query. Just my opinion. Look forward to a resolution.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35583https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35583Thu, 05 Oct 2017 22:52:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Drag and Drop files to existing archive - overwrite prompt on Thu, 05 Oct 2017 13:00:49 GMT]]>@south37 said in Drag and Drop files to existing archive - overwrite prompt:

No, just installed ver 17.01.04 and the behaviour is still the same.

Ah, yes. We have removed the update/overwrite dialogue when you are drag and droping onto archive opened in main window.

But we have left it here - since many of us internally use this to overwite archive, not update.

Maybe solution in the future would be to detect hold shift for instance when drag and drop, to use it for update? Or ctrl for overwrite? Or? @Mili @Alpha-Testers

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35571https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35571Thu, 05 Oct 2017 13:00:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Drag and Drop files to existing archive - overwrite prompt on Thu, 05 Oct 2017 01:40:59 GMT]]>No, just installed ver 17.01.04 and the behaviour is still the same.

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35560https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35560Thu, 05 Oct 2017 01:40:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Drag and Drop files to existing archive - overwrite prompt on Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:19:51 GMT]]>@south37 Please check latest build and confirm that this issue has been fixed. Thank you!

https://forums.powerarchiver.com/topic/5848/fast-ring-powerarchiver-2017-17-01-04/7

]]>https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35557https://forums.powerarchiver.com/post/35557Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:19:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Drag and Drop files to existing archive - overwrite prompt on Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:40:06 GMT]]>@south37 thanks, wrote it in… will update the thread once solution is in place.

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