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move files and overwrite existing?

Many apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer yet: is it possible to force foobar to overwrite existing files during a move/copy files operation, instead of generating an error list?

If the issue is unclear here is my usage scenario: recently-obtained files sit in a holding folder until gain/tag info has been adjusted, then I send them to my main music folder with a set naming scheme. I have some updated files with which I want to replace older copies via the "move" command, but upon so doing I get an error that "object already exists" for the files that I want to replace. Rather than use Explorer to manually delete the extant files I'm hoping foobar can do it automatically.

Thanks for any input.

Re: move files and overwrite existing?

Reply #1 –
After almost 20 years of using this component i'm still wondering if there's an answer to this question...!? ;)

Re: move files and overwrite existing?

Reply #2 –
This would definitley be nice to have as a feature: being able to replace files in place, i.e. overwrite existing files with the same name.

Re: move files and overwrite existing?

Reply #3 –
This would be really useful, the inability to overwrite existing files has been an issue for me for a long time in the otherwise awesome tool that is File Operations.
Is there any chance this gets added in a future update ?