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program to find duplicate files

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by jellyb, 2018/02/27.

  1. 2018/02/27
    jellyb

    jellyb Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Is there a program anyone can recommend that will search my computer for duplicate files, especially documents.
     
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    Bill

    Bill SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    CCleaner has a duplicate finder.

    However, I sure would be careful about deleting any duplicates found (regardless the duplicate finder you use). They may be in more than one place for a reason. CCleaner lets you save the list to a text file, which is good for reference.

    Instead of deleting the duplicate, you might just rename one first. For example, rename filename.123 to filename.123-dup-2-27-18.

    Then forget about it for awhile. If something breaks, you can easily rename it back. If weeks later, you stumble on it again, you can easily see that it was a duplicate and the date you renamed it, and then know it is now safe to delete.

    If you are doing this to free up space, if only a few MB in size, I would not worry about them unless you know for certain it is not needed.
     
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    jellyb

    jellyb Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Thanks Bill, I will give it a try and really be careful. Thanks again for the suggestion.
     

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