Duplicate file handling

[bob]

When you already have a file in the destination folder that has the same name as one you are about to download, Flashgot adds a (1) (2, etc) to the file name.

I wish there was an option to instead pop up a dialog with:

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This file already exists in the destination folder.
[Download anyway] [Cancel]
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I know there are sites where the file name always appears the same, so the current handling works well. But for my purposes, I rarely want to download the same file name again. I did a search on "duplicate" here in the forum, and looked through the setup before creating this post. Thanks!

[therube]

FlashGot does nothing in that regard (I don't think).
It is going to be your download manager (or Built-in) that does that.

FlashGot simply sends a list of files to your download manager.
Up to your download manager how it handles things from there.

If you are using Built-in & if you have it defaulting to a particular directory, I believe you'll see the situation you mention.
If you change it to prompt each time, I believe it will then prompt to overwrite, giving you an option at that point to abort the save.