Files are locked when dragged from MailMate [CLOSED]

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robert_m_muench
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Files are locked when dragged from MailMate [CLOSED]

Post by robert_m_muench » Fri Jan 06, 2023 7:49 am

I don't know the root of the problem. However, when I drag files from my mail client (MailMate) to a folder, those files are now locked, which is super annoying because I can't do anything with the file.

That was not the case in NC 1.3

* Does NC apply the lock? If, how to avoid this?
* Is there a shortcut to unlock a file?

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mike
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Re: Files are locked when dragged from MailMate

Post by mike » Sat Jan 07, 2023 11:50 am

Hm, NC definitely doesn't do anything by itself to lock the files dragged into it.
IIRC nothing changed regarding dealing with locked files in v1.4, so not sure why there's a difference now.

You can unlock the files manually in NC of course: Ctrl+A -> uncheck "Immutable" -> Enter.
There's no specific hotkey to perform this operation in one go though.

robert_m_muench
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Re: Files are locked when dragged from MailMate

Post by robert_m_muench » Sat Jan 07, 2023 12:36 pm

Ok, that's what I expected. A shortcut would be nice ;-)

Asking the guys from the mail client to see if they set the *Immutable* flag.

tux0r
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Re: Files are locked when dragged from MailMate

Post by tux0r » Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:39 am

Did they reply? Just wondering, as I also use MailMate.

robert_m_muench
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Re: Files are locked when dragged from MailMate

Post by robert_m_muench » Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:50 am

Yes, seems to be a new feature to protect against accidentally changing attachments. I don't have any idea how someone can/wants to do this but anyway... You can set

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MmAttachmentsCacheImmutableStateDisabled
to true and things work as expected.

tux0r
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Re: Files are locked when dragged from MailMate

Post by tux0r » Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:21 am

Thank you. :)

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