Minor bug in PSP X4 copy to clipboard of duplicates list

[JRosenfeld]

Running on XP pro SP3, all updates.

I purchased and installed PSP X4 ultimate (14.0.0.332), having first removed all traces of previous versions.
Install went fine and everything I've tried so far works as expected but I found one minor, if irritating bug:

I had retained in My PSP files a number of picture tubes, some of which, it turned out, were duplicates of those provided in PSP X4 and the Ultimate contents pack. So when I first checked the picture tubes, the usual window popped up listing the duplicates it had found, with the button to copy the list to the clipboard. However clicking on that button, the only thing that was copied to the clipboard was the first letter of the first entry in the list, not the whole list, as worked properly in X3 and earlier.

I then manually searched for and deleted the duplicates (which a copy of the list would have made much less time consuming, of course). To test that this was a reproducible bug, I then deliberately crated a new set of duplicates (simply by copying one of the subfolders in C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel PaintShop Pro X4\Corel_10 to a subfolder in My PSP files picture tubes folder). Again the list of new duplicates showed up, but clicking copy to clipboard again only the first letter in the first item on the list was copied.

[mesmith322]

I had this same problem but forgot all about the bug once I found the real source of the problem.

I moved all of my brushes, etc from the X3 default folders to the X4 default folders and then went to preferences > reset preferences > and then chose reset file locations. I haven't had a duplicate error message since.

[JRosenfeld]

Perhaps I did not explain very well or misunderstand your reply.

The duplicates message only comes up when there are indeed new duplicates (as in previous versions it only comes up the once for any given duplicate detected, hence, in my tests the need to artificially create new duplicates). That is all exactly as expected.

The problem is with copying the list of duplicates to clipboard, which is a useful feature if there are duplicates, as it gives the full paths, so they are easy to delete.

[mesmith322]

Perhaps I did not explain very well or misunderstand your reply.

The duplicates message only comes up when there are indeed new duplicates (as in previous versions it only comes up the once for any given duplicate detected, hence, in my tests the need to artificially create new duplicates). That is all exactly as expected.

The problem is with copying the list of duplicates to clipboard, which is a useful feature if there are duplicates, as it gives the full paths, so they are easy to delete.

My answer was 2 fold. First, I was getting the same thing where it said I had duplicates. I clicked to save the list of duplicates to my clipboard but when I tried to paste it into Notepad or Word like I used to do with X3, I was just getting a single letter. I was getting the letter B.

After doing a lot of searching for duplicates on my own, I only found 1 true duplicate. However, I continued to get the duplicates error message at times. I don't remember if it was after relaunching X4 or restarting my computer but the duplicates message would reappear. I might have tried to find brushes under the X3 folders from within X4 the first time I tried to use them, I don't really remember. Anyway, the point of what I was trying to say was that instead of searching for duplicates in and across folders, it might be quicker and easier to just reset the file locations first to see if the duplicates message goes away.