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Need a safe duplicate file finding app
Can anybody recommend one? I just don't want to end up with one
containing malware. |
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Need a safe duplicate file finding app
On 12/15/2018 7:23 PM, cameo wrote:
Can anybody recommend one? I just don't want to end up with one containing malware. Duplicate Cleaner https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecleaner.html |
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Need a safe duplicate file finding app
"Yousuf Khan" wrote
| Duplicate Cleaner | | https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecleaner.html I've tried that and thought it worked OK, but with one caveat: Be careful not to let it make decisions. I had some duplicates that I assumed it would delete from data drives and instead it deleted the copy on C drive. |
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Need a safe duplicate file finding app
On 12/15/2018 5:18 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 12/15/2018 7:23 PM, cameo wrote: Can anybody recommend one? I just don't want to end up with one containing malware. Duplicate Cleaner https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecleaner.html Thanks. How much it costs? |
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In message , cameo
writes: On 12/15/2018 5:18 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote: On 12/15/2018 7:23 PM, cameo wrote: Can anybody recommend one? I just don't want to end up with one containing malware. Duplicate Cleaner https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecleaner.html Thanks. How much it costs? There's a free version. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. -Robert Maynard Hutchins, educator (1899-1977) |
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cameo wrote:
On 12/15/2018 5:18 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote: On 12/15/2018 7:23 PM, cameo wrote: Can anybody recommend one? I just don't want to end up with one containing malware. Duplicate Cleaner https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecleaner.html Thanks. How much it costs? https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/dcdownloads.html Download Pro v3.2.7 Download Pro v4.1.1 ... IMPORTANT! If you are using Windows XP you will need to download Duplicate Cleaner Free 3.2.7. Download Free v3.2.7 Download Free v4.1.0 The Free versions are near to the bottom of the page. Expect a Free version to have fewer features than the paid Pro version. You'll only know how Free it is, when you test it. Some free softwares I've downloaded here, were trial versions and they would expire. And that means they're not really Free. You will have to see whether this one expires or not... Paul |
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 23:39:03 -0500, Paul wrote:
cameo wrote: On 12/15/2018 5:18 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote: On 12/15/2018 7:23 PM, cameo wrote: Can anybody recommend one? I just don't want to end up with one containing malware. Duplicate Cleaner https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecleaner.html Thanks. How much it costs? https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/dcdownloads.html Download Pro v3.2.7 Download Pro v4.1.1 ... IMPORTANT! If you are using Windows XP you will need to download Duplicate Cleaner Free 3.2.7. Download Free v3.2.7 Download Free v4.1.0 The Free versions are near to the bottom of the page. Expect a Free version to have fewer features than the paid Pro version. You'll only know how Free it is, when you test it. Some free softwares I've downloaded here, were trial versions and they would expire. And that means they're not really Free. You will have to see whether this one expires or not... The free version is truly free. I've been using it for many years. |
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Need a safe duplicate file finding app
On 16/12/2018 00:23, cameo wrote:
Can anybody recommend one? I just don't want to end up with one containing malware. 'CCleaner' (Free) has a 'Duplicate finder' (At'Tools' menu). https://www.ccleaner.com/ |
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Need a safe duplicate file finding app
On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 23:37:25 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:
The free version is truly free. I've been using it for many years. Have a lot of duplicate files do you? That's rather careless. |
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Need a safe duplicate file finding app
On 12/15/2018 11:24 PM, cameo wrote:
On 12/15/2018 5:18 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote: On 12/15/2018 7:23 PM, cameo wrote: Can anybody recommend one? I just don't want to end up with one containing malware. Duplicate Cleaner https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecleaner.html Thanks. How much it costs? There's a free version, as others have said. The free version is missing a few features, as others have said too. However, I'm using an older free version 2.1.0, which was at that time, the only version so it is not restricted in any way whatsoever. So I've set my version perpetually to that version, and I don't let it upgrade. I don't see much improvement in the newer versions, last I checked. I might one day pay for one of the newer versions, but I don't really use duplicate finders enough to justify it yet. Yousuf Khan |
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 20:18:26 -0500, Yousuf Khan
wrote: On 12/15/2018 7:23 PM, cameo wrote: Can anybody recommend one? I just don't want to end up with one containing malware. Duplicate Cleaner https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/duplicatecleaner.html +1 I use the free version, and also Wise Duplicate Cleaner, which has evolved a lot in the last 6 months or so. (bugs fixed). Block with your firewall, they both phone home. http://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-duplicate-finder.html I seem to have the "pro" version. Must have been a giveaway, I don't recall paying for it. Maybe from here ? https://www.techno360.in/wise-duplic...-windows-free/ []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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"mechanic" wrote
Char Jackson wrote: | | The free version is truly free. I've been using it for many years. | | Have a lot of duplicate files do you? That's rather careless. I wondered about why he's so enthusiastic, too. It was recommended here before. I tried it. It works like a sledgehammer. Not to fault Duplicate Cleaner. It did what it said it would. But after one use I decided an automated program was not the best way to organize and do housecleaning. Better to spend a couple of hours once in awhile and do it right. |
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cameo on Sat, 15 Dec 2018 16:23:37 -0800 typed
in alt.windows7.general the following: Can anybody recommend one? I just don't want to end up with one containing malware. CCleaner has one as part of its tool collection. -- pyotr filipivich Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing? |
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 10:29:29 -0200, Shadow wrote:
I seem to have the "pro" version. Must have been a giveaway, I don't recall paying for it. Maybe from here ? https://www.techno360.in/wise-duplic...-windows-free/ Thanks for that pointer to WDF which I just tested, logging the following. Version: Wise Duplicate Finder version 1.2.5.27 (copyright 2006 to 2016) Webaddr: https://www.techno360.in/wise-duplic...-windows-free/ Exeaddr: http://downloads.wisecleaner.com/giv...regiveaway.exe Archive: \\mynetwork\software\cleaner\wdf\ Default: C:\Program Files (x86)\Wise\Wise Duplicate Finder Install: C:\app\cleaner\wdf Symlink: C:\app\cleaner\wdf\WiseDuplicateFinder.exe Depends: No software dependencies known Warning: The first time it comes up it says "Your license key has expired" But it still works if you "X" away that warning box The warning only came up once but it may be time dependent Setting: Turn off Check for Updates, Turn off Auto Backup, Change default from "Match Name and Size (Fastest)" to "Exact match (Slow)" Updates: Settings Check for Updates (set to) Never Caveats: *You can't hit the "Keep One" button!* (this is a severe limitation) After a search has found duplicates, you want to just "keep one". It won't allow you to do that on the unlicensed version. It also doesn't have any sub-selection (oldest, newest, etc.) Manually check the boxes before pressing "Delete Selected" After a couple of manufactured tests, I don't recommend the "free" version simply because of two reasons: 1. You have to manually select the duplicates to delete, and, 2. Even with a paid license, it doesn't appear have multiple selection criteria |
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Need a safe duplicate file finding app
In message , arlen holder
writes: [] After a couple of manufactured tests, I don't recommend the "free" version simply because of two reasons: 1. You have to manually select the duplicates to delete, and, [] How would you automate the selection? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf While no one was paying attention, weather reports became accurate and the news became fiction. Did not see that coming. - Scott Adams, 2015 |
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