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[BillyBoyBlue]

I sometimes wish to change file names so they appear in better order for things like a slide show or also tweak them by adjusting things like levels in other programs like Photoshop. Either often results in MC not processing the changes.

Two examples. I just wasted 10 minutes TRYING to change file names on one of six files in a folder. I have both MC and Windows explorer open. If I change the file name in Windows Explorer it is not always updated in MC. I see the file order either remain unchanged in MC or the file I changed has an X indicating it is deleted, (it wasn't) in thumbnail view when it fact it just had it's name changed. If I switch to detail view I see the file name hasn't changed.

If view the list as thumbnails it shows the OLD file name but if I hover over the file it might show the changed file name but the thumnails don't update. This also happens if I just adjust the file, like in Photoshop and resave it with the same file name. I click on the refresh option in MC which has no effect.

How can I force MC to update both the actual file if I change names in another application and how do I force MC to update it's thumbnails to reflect current values?  What's curious is it works sometimes doing what I explained, but not other times. Like right now changed the file name of a simple .jpg file four times, no matter what I change it to, MC refuses to update it to it's new name. I'm using the latest version of version 18.

[kensn]

In the auto import settings you can set the check box for Update for external changes, then run the import.

[BillyBoyBlue]

Thanks! That seems to have been the problem.