Hi.
Would it be possible and feasible to add a "Claim ownership of file to IMCE" option?

Currently if you upload a file through the Remote URL option in one node,
and afterwards try to select the same file using IMCE File Browser, on saving it says
"Referencing to the file used in the x field is not allowed."
It does that because the filefield_sources module has a reference to it, and there is none in imce_files.

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Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

I finally just said "screw it" in #877452: Enable uploading and deletion through IMCE and you can simply enable IMCE on all files if you want to (though it defaults to the normal "restricted" mode). In Drupal 7, these files are managed safely through the new "file_usage" table, but in D6 you can still end up deleting files if you delete the content associated with it.