"Copy symbolic links" option in Copy/move window

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"Copy symbolic links" option in Copy/move window

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We have a key CopyLinks in wincmd.ini for change TC copy behaviour.
But if we want change copy method - we we must edit wincmd.ini file and restart Total Commander.
Sometimes it necessary to copy links as links, sometimes - change links to new file path...
Would be good to have option (checkbox) in Copy/move window for every single copy process.
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Indeed. Who edits wincmd.ini, restarts TC, copies the files/links, and after doing so, resets the CopyLinks key? Too much hassle to get work done. That's why I don't use CopyLinks at all, simply because the feature isn't usable in the current implementation.

BTW: This has been suggested a couple of times, but so far Ghisler thinks that adding this to the copy/move dialog would overload it even more than it already is.

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Recently I've got some problem because of CopyLinks key: I've forgot that it is enabled and got some identical folder backup copies (because TC have copied their links as links). So the key is not usable at all.
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Re: "Copy symbolic links" option in Copy/move window

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Maybe in TC 10.0 ?
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