open files are copied instead of moved

[GammelBert]

If you move a file to another folder on the same drive while it is opened (for example by a media player), TC copies the file. This is a good feature for moving files to other drives because it has to be physically copied anyway. But I don't see how this is useful on the same drive. It just puts unnecsessary load on the cpu und harddrive. For flash drives write operations are even harmful.

[Balderstrom]

Not a bug. The file can't be deleted while it has open handles to it.

[GammelBert]

I know. TC then should display the access denied dialog first instead of copying the file and showing it after. This way the user has the chance to close the file.

[ghisler(Author)]

I prefer to copy the file and later try to delete the original.

[GammelBert]

you could show the access denied dialog first and add a copy button to it for those users who prefer to keep the original file.
For me it is annoying that TC copies a 700MB movie file just because I forgot to close it. If I wanted to keep it, I would have used the copy operation and not the move operation.

[abraham]

+1

I would also like to be alerted if a file can not be moved e.g. "3 files could not be moved because they were locked. 1. Retry? 2. Copy?"

With maybe an option to "Always copy locked files"