Handle "file already exists" error: move to folder or recycle bin

[ohrenkino]

@nima

A button to move the conflicting files to a specific folder (

This will only work if there is just one duplicate - as soon as the naming pattern would lead to several files with the same name, it would move the problem only 1 file further.

IMHO, it is always a question of how accurate the tag data is. A name conflict would always lead to further investigations, as far as I am concerned:
Is it a real duplicate or do only the tags lead to the same name?
Is my naming pattern OK or should I add further information so that the names become unique?
Esp. if in a

@nima

large music collection

it would be a pity if suddenly numerous files would be moved away from the original location and the restauration would lead to added effort.

see also here:

Feature request: Add "Move to folder" and "Delete to Recycle Bin" buttons in the "file already exists" dialog when renaming

Hi everyone, When using the "Tag - Filename" feature (or actions that rename files based on tags), Mp3tag shows this dialog when multiple files would end up with the same name: ight now the only option is to click OK and then manually deal with all the duplicates afterward, which is very time-consuming with large libraries. Suggestion: It would be extremely helpful if this dialog had two additional buttons for the conflicting files: Move to Duplicates folder Moves the current conflicting …