Duplicate File Finder Pro 2.21 Setup Free
Solveig Lichtenberg
DiskBoss includes a built-in duplicate files finder allowing one to search duplicate files, generate various types of charts showing duplicate disk space,remove duplicate files and save reports into a number of different formats. In order to search duplicate files in one or more disks or directories,select the required directories in the DiskBoss file navigator and press the 'Duplicates' button located on the main toolbar. DiskBoss will scanthe selected disks and directories and display a dialog showing the list of detected duplicate files.
For each duplicate file set, DiskBoss shows the name of the original file, the number of duplicate files in the set, the size of each file in the set,the amount of wasted disk space and the currently selected duplicates removal action. In order to see all duplicate files related to a set,click on the set item in the set list.
The duplicate set dialog shows all duplicate files related to the set and allows one to select the original file, the duplicate files and the duplicatesremoval action. In order to select a file as the original, select the file item, press the right mouse button and select the 'Set as Original File' menuitem. In order to see more information about a file, just click on the file item in the file list. Once finished selecting the duplicate files,use the removal actions combo box located in the bottom-left corner of the dialog to select an appropriate duplicates removal action.
The DiskBoss duplicate files finder allows one to categorize and filter duplicate files by the file type, extension, category, size, user name, etc.In order to change the current duplicate files categorization mode, click on the file categories combo box located in the top-left corner of the categories view.The user is provided with the ability to apply multiple file filters, display specific types of duplicate files and apply duplicate files removal actionsto or export reports showing filtered duplicate files only.
In order to set one or more file filters, select an appropriate type of file categories in the categories combo box, select one or more file filtersin the filters view, press the right mouse button and select the 'Apply Selected Filters' menu item.
With active file filters, DiskBoss shows duplicate files matching the selected filters, exports reports showing matching files only and significantlysimplifies selection of duplicates removal actions for specific file types or file categories. In order to clear the selected file filters, just pressthe 'Clear' button located on the right side of the categories selector.
In addition to the built-in file filters, DiskBoss provides the ability to pre-configure one or more custom file filters according to user-specific needsand requirements and then categorize and filter the duplicate files search results using to the user-custom file filters. In order to add a custom file filter,select the custom file filters view, press the right mouse button over the filters view and select the 'Edit Custom Rules' menu item.
In order to add a new custom file filter, press the 'Add' button, enter a unique filter name and configure one or more file matching rules specifying whichtypes or groups of files to display. In order to edit a custom file filter, select the filter in the custom file filters dialog and press the 'Edit' button.
Once finished configuring custom file filters, close the filters dialog and DiskBoss will categorize the currently displayed duplicate files search resultsand show the list of user-specified custom file filters sorted by the amount of data and the number of files matching the specified file filters. In orderto filter the currently displayed duplicate files search results by one or more custom file filters, select the required custom file filters in the filtersview, press the right mouse button and select the 'Apply Selected Filters' menu item. DiskBoss will filter the duplicate files search results accordingto the selected custom file filters and display the amount of data and the number of files matching the selected file filters.
The DiskBoss duplicate files finder provides multiple types of statistical pie charts and timeline charts capable of showing the amount of duplicate diskspace and the number of duplicate files per directory, file extension, file type, file size, file owner, creation, modification and last access time.In order to open the charts dialog, press the 'Charts' button located on the duplicate files search results dialog and select an appropriate chart type.
For example, in order to open a chart showing the duplicate disk space and the number of duplicate files per file category, press the 'Charts' buttonlocated on the duplicate files search results dialog and select the 'Duplicate Files Per Category' chart type.
In addition, the charts dialog provides the user with the ability to export the chart data to a number of different formats, export the chart image to the BMP,JPG and PNG image formats and copy the displayed chart image to the clipboard allowing one to easily integrate DiskBoss charts into user's documentsand presentations. In order to customize the chart's description, press the 'Options' button and specify a custom chart title, host name, date or time.
One of the most powerful features of the DiskBoss duplicate files finder is the ability to filter duplicate files search results using one or more user-specifiedfilters and then categorize filtered results and display statistical pie charts. For example, in order to display a pie chart showing the amount of duplicatedisk space per file extension for duplicate files that were modified during the last two years, set the file categorization mode to 'Categorize By Modification Year',select one or more years to show the information for, press the right mouse button over the file filters view and select the 'Apply Selected Filters' menu item.
DiskBoss will filter the duplicate files search results and display duplicate files that were modified during the selected years. Now, press the 'Charts' buttonlocated on the duplicate files search results dialog and select the 'Duplicate Files Per Extension' menu item. DiskBoss will categorize the filtered duplicatefiles search results and display a pie chart showing the amount of duplicate disk space per file extension for duplicate files that were modified during the selected years.In a similar way, the user can filter duplicate files search results by the file type, size, user name, file attributes, creation, modification and last accessdates and then display various types of charts showing the duplicate disk space or the number of duplicate files according to user-specific needs.
Another powerful capability is the ability to display the duplicate disk space timeline charts for all or filtered duplicate files search results.In the simplest case, press the 'Charts' button located on the duplicate files search results dialog and select the 'Duplicate Files Per Modification Year' menu item.DiskBoss will display a time line chart showing how much duplicate data was modified per year. In order to display how many duplicate files were modified per year,set the chart mode to 'Number Of Duplicates Per Modification Year'.
In addition, the user is provided with the ability to display timeline charts for filtered duplicate files search results. For example, in order to display how manyduplicate documents were created per year, set the file categorization mode to 'Categorize By File Type', select the 'Documents, Books and Help Files' file category,press the right mouse button and select the 'Apply Selected Filters' menu item. Now, press the 'Charts' button located on the duplicate files search results dialog,and select the 'Duplicate Files Per Creation Year' menu item.
DiskBoss provides the ability to search files in duplicate files results by the file name, extension, full path, file category, file size, file attributes,creation, last modification and last access dates. In order to start a file search operation, search duplicate files in one or more disks or directoriesand press the 'Search' button located on the main toolbar.
By default, DiskBoss will search duplicate files matching the user-specified rules in all duplicate file sets in the current duplicate files report.Once the file search operation is completed, DiskBoss will display the search results dialog showing all duplicate files matching the rules.
The search results dialog allows one to filter and categorize file search results, display various types of pie charts, copy, move and/or delete files,export file search results to a number of standard report formats including PDF, HTML, text, Excel CSV and XML. In addition, advanced users are providedwith the ability to export file search results to an SQL database.
The DiskBoss duplicate files finder allows one to delete duplicate files, move duplicate files to another directory, replace duplicate files withshortcuts pointing to the original file, replace duplicate files with hard links, compress duplicate files, compress and move duplicate files to another directory.
In order to select a specific duplicates removal action for one or more sets of duplicate files, select the sets in the set list, press the right mouse buttonand select an appropriate duplicate files removal action.
By default, DiskBoss selects the oldest file in each set as the original file and all other files in the set as duplicates. In order to change that, select oneor more sets, press the right mouse button and select the 'Select Oldest Files as Duplicates' menu item.
Alternatively, open the duplicate files set dialog, select any arbitrary duplicate file in the set as the original file, select an appropriate duplicate filesremoval action that should be executed for this specific duplicate files set and select one or more duplicate files in the set that the removal action should be applied to.
Once finished selecting duplicates and removal actions, press the 'Execute' button to see the duplicate files removal actions preview dialog. The duplicates removalactions preview dialog shows the selected duplicate files and removal actions that will be executed and allows one to review and manually confirm each specific action before execution.
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