Compare all files on drive, report duplicates

[Aaron]

Hello,

Thanks for the tips. A couple of notes:
- You can use the Shift+Arrow keys to slide the selection before right clicking, to select only one side before initiating the Delete command.
- BC4 does not support an Undo command, so be extra careful before committing a Delete.
- "Use the recycle bin" will attempt to send items to the bin, but there are scenarios where Windows does not allow this, such as deleting from a network source. There are cases where even when the option is selected, items will not end up in the Recycle Bin (similar to a delete in Windows Explorer, too). In addition to not supporting Undo, this is extra important to review the selection before committing the Delete command.

[jfkelley]

Aaron,
Count my fervent vote for real duplicate identification.

I used to use some freeware for finding and eliminating duplicate files, but, given all the security issues these days, I no longer feel so sanguine about downloading software. Even many formerly "trusted" sources no longer seem safe (think: CCLeaner).

I mean, I COULD write an Excel macro, maybe using some CRC command line tools, but it would take a week to run.

[bcdewul]

But eh .. how to mark these as duplicates?
the files are identical, only the ones on the left have a different names.

see atachment

thanks
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[Chris]

Beyond Compare can't align files based on criteria other than name (size, CRC). It's on our feature request list but doesn't have a scheduled release date.

The best you can do is manually align the names. Right click on a file on the left and select Align With, then left click on a file on the right side.

[bcdewul]

Thanks. Bad luck. In case of doing this for a number of files requires quite a lot of clicking and is not really an option, i.e one need to resort to a duplicate file finder of some sort.

Hopefully, one day, it will be included in Beyond Compare.

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[headfirst0600]

I just started using BC last week. I see this thread was created 18 years ago. Was this feature added to BC? I would like to scan an external drive and find any duplicates.

[Chris]

Sorry, Beyond Compare 4.4.7 (current version) and Beyond Compare 5 beta do not support searching for duplicate files.