HELP -Duplicated Files - HELP

[Autumn]

I need some SERIOUS help for some bad problems. Somehow,
since I am a "newbie", I have duplicated the directory
tree on my hard drive. There is a lot of repeat listings
under different folder and file locations. I can tell
that this is taking up a lot of my memory, plus slowing
down the pc when it tries to find the right pathway. Does
anyone know of a freeware or shareware that will, first
of all, print out what all is in the directory and where
it is located, and also show which folders and
directories are duplications of each program and listing,
and what they should be under. Do you know of any
software that will "cure" the duplication and reset the
directory tree to its correct pathway? I have
tried "Kellys-Korner" nor did the 'help' section for XP
and did not find anything that refers to this directly.
Any help and assistance will be GREATLY appreciated.
Autumn

Try http://www.david-
taylor.myby.co.uk/software/disk.html#FindDuplicates
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Thanks for responding, UG On that program do I just
choose the "wildcard" of *.* that is already shown in the
option window?
Thanks again
Autumn
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UG ... thanks for responding. I did run that program, and
as I suspected there is a HUGE amount of duplication ...
numerous folders and files that are in duplicated
listings .. a lot of it Does that program allow deleting
the duplications or to highlight the duplicate file and
delete it. Or would it just be best to print out the
listings and then go through manually and either delete
them or try to 'drag and drop' to the correct location in
the directory tree? Problem with that is that I am not
really sure where the correct pathway would be for each
category. Please, forgive my stupidity, but I am new to
the computer and really frustrated at myself for screwing
up. AAAAARRRRRHHHHH ! ! ! What is that famous
quote .... "to err is but human, but to really ____
things up, you need a computer" Thanks again .. will
check back later for a response
Autumn

[René]

Autumn wrote:
> Does
> anyone know of a freeware or shareware that will, first
> of all, print out what all is in the directory and where
> it is located,

There's TreePrint. Available for free at
<http://www.filelibrary.com:8080/cgi-bin/freedownload/Multi-Platform/n
/105/treeprt.zip>

Other than that, can't think of a solution right away.

[John A]

This duplication can happen if you move the mouse a tiny bit while
holding the left mouse button over a folder name - you are effectively
copying the entire folder to somewhere else.

John A

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 11:34:38 -0800, "Autumn"
> wrote:

>I need some SERIOUS help for some bad problems. Somehow,
>since I am a "newbie", I have duplicated the directory
>tree on my hard drive. There is a lot of repeat listings
>under different folder and file locations. I can tell
>that this is taking up a lot of my memory, plus slowing
>down the pc when it tries to find the right pathway. Does
>anyone know of a freeware or shareware that will, first
>of all, print out what all is in the directory and where
>it is located, and also show which folders and
>directories are duplications of each program and listing,
>and what they should be under. Do you know of any
>software that will "cure" the duplication and reset the
>directory tree to its correct pathway? I have
>tried "Kellys-Korner" nor did the 'help' section for XP
>and did not find anything that refers to this directly.
>Any help and assistance will be GREATLY appreciated.
>Autumn
>
>Try http://www.david-
>taylor.myby.co.uk/software/disk.html#FindDuplicates
>----------------------------------------------------------
>------------
> Thanks for responding, UG On that program do I just
>choose the "wildcard" of *.* that is already shown in the
>option window?
> Thanks again
>Autumn
>----------------------------------------------------------
>-----------------
>UG ... thanks for responding. I did run that program, and
>as I suspected there is a HUGE amount of duplication ...
>numerous folders and files that are in duplicated
>listings .. a lot of it Does that program allow deleting
>the duplications or to highlight the duplicate file and
>delete it. Or would it just be best to print out the
>listings and then go through manually and either delete
>them or try to 'drag and drop' to the correct location in
>the directory tree? Problem with that is that I am not
>really sure where the correct pathway would be for each
>category. Please, forgive my stupidity, but I am new to
>the computer and really frustrated at myself for screwing
>up. AAAAARRRRRHHHHH ! ! ! What is that famous
>quote .... "to err is but human, but to really ____
>things up, you need a computer" Thanks again .. will
>check back later for a response
>Autumn