Like the "Name:" field the "Look in:" field needs an excluding mask after a vertical line character,
e.g. "|System Volume Information;$RECYCLE.BIN;recycler;NotMyDir".
The "Found Items" list has no deduplication function like "mark all duplicates except one" for easy deleting all duplicate files.
Deduplication option could be:
- Keep younger / older files and/or
- keep all files from same tree
Improving Find (duplicate) Files
Re: Improving Find (duplicate) Files
Try Options > Ignore Directory List... in the Find window.andydelor wrote:Like the "Name:" field the "Look in:" field needs an excluding mask after a vertical line character,
e.g. "|System Volume Information;$RECYCLE.BIN;recycler;NotMyDir".
Ελληνικά rulez.
Re: Improving Find (duplicate) Files
Ok, "|System Volume Information;$RECYCLE.BIN;recycler;NotMyDir" was a bad example.
The Ignore Directory List is fine but inflexible and the excluding syntax for "Named" will be finer at this point.
The Ignore Directory List is fine but inflexible and the excluding syntax for "Named" will be finer at this point.
Re: Improving Find (duplicate) Files
Same request: I would perform the following:
1) Move probable duplicate directories to their own drive 2
2) Compare drive 1 with drive 2, ignoring name (size+content)
3) Sort the found list by directory
4) Use the shift + down arrow to mark the duplicates
4) Del key to erase into the recycle bin
5) Check recycle to verify that all is ok
---- I currently use the compare pane with dir 1 on the left and
dir 2 on the right. However, unless the directories have the
exact same name and the exact same files, I need to go to
each and every subdirectory on its own. Compare. Delete dupes.
This is VERY time consuming if there is a complex directory tree.
Your found list handles the entire drive and all its subdirectories
and the list is great. Just need a quick way to delete.
THANKS
1) Move probable duplicate directories to their own drive 2
2) Compare drive 1 with drive 2, ignoring name (size+content)
3) Sort the found list by directory
4) Use the shift + down arrow to mark the duplicates
4) Del key to erase into the recycle bin
5) Check recycle to verify that all is ok
---- I currently use the compare pane with dir 1 on the left and
dir 2 on the right. However, unless the directories have the
exact same name and the exact same files, I need to go to
each and every subdirectory on its own. Compare. Delete dupes.
This is VERY time consuming if there is a complex directory tree.
Your found list handles the entire drive and all its subdirectories
and the list is great. Just need a quick way to delete.
THANKS