file limit

The program doesn't start if I select more than about 285 files. As far as I have read the limit should be 25000. Any ideas?

Reply to #1:

Hi Jim,

I don't know what to tell you other than to check the setting for file limit ("Options / Settings / Program / Item limit: ). The default is 25000 but it might have been inadvertently set to some lower figure.

Beyond that I don't have a clue. I'm set for 25,000 files and it takes them, no problem. What version are you using?

Best,
DF

Reply to #1:
Same here, my limit is 260 items. They come from Windows Search and are added to ARen via the context menu.

Reply to #3:

Hi Styb, how's it going my friend!

That's so weird. What about if you drag from explorer to Aren? That's pretty much the only way I ever do it and I've never seen any limit but he 25000...

Cheers!
DF

Reply to #4:
Hi DF,
I have no problem adding the files by dragging and dropping or using the Add command within the program.
It is only when I add the files using the right-click menu that I experience the limitation.
Can you test your context menu?

Reply to #5:
Hi Styb and DF.
I haven´t had any problem. I have used dragging and droping and the Add command within the program without any problem. Also have used the right click without any problem.

Miguel

Reply to #6:

I don't have ARen in the context menu. A while back I installed a program that changed various look-and-feel things in Windows and now my context menus just do whatever they want. I also can't add, change or remove columns in Explorer. ?

Best,
DF

Reply to #7:
I think it's a limitation of the right-click. Kim will have the solution.

Reply to #8:

The more I think about it the more I believe I read somewhere that there was a problem with the context menu handler dealing with more than a small amount of files. I think that's your answer, just drag-and-bop! :)

Reply to #8:
Hi Styb.
You are right. I just ran another test, this time with 1,000 files, and indeed, it does not load the files. Not even Aren loads.
The previous test I conducted with 300 files worked perfectly. I tried loading the 1,000 files all at once, but it failed. Then, I attempted loading 100 at a time, and the error appeared when reaching 782 files. Quite a strange number.
However, if you load them directly from Aren or drag them into Aren from the explorer, it works.

Miguel

Reply to #8:
The right click "Add to Advanced Renamer" is rather limited. It will open the program with the path of each file as a parameter. I think there is a character limit of 32k or 64k. If the files are nested deep in a long path name, you will hit the limit quickly. Previous versions did have a better implementation, but I did not spend the necessary time needed to maintain this feature.

I have never been a fan of the "Add to PROGRAM NAME" or "Open with PROGRAM NAME" right click features. If you have a couple of programs installed with such features, your Explorer right click will get very long. I prefer drag and drop over custom Explorer right click menu items.