SuperJediMedia Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 I know I have a TONS of Redundant files on my computer, and need to delete them. But I don't know a good redundant file finder/remover... so can you help me? I loved the old Cleansweep in the old days that do this, now days this kind of software is not widely popular at all. So what's a good one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kev64 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Auslogics Duplicate File Finder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Xinok Subscriber² Posted December 13, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted December 13, 2010 I prefer Duplicate Cleaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Aasum Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/finddupe/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cybertimber2008 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Do any of those work for pictures? Like... same picture (unmodified) but in multiple folders or with a different file name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Xinok Subscriber² Posted December 13, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted December 13, 2010 Do any of those work for pictures? Like... same picture (unmodified) but in multiple folders or with a different file name? These programs search for 100% exact files. That's fine if the pictures themselves are exact copies, but if even a single bit in the picture has changed, they will not be marked as duplicates. There are programs made especially for photos, which can find duplicates even if the photos are slightly modified, resized, etc. VisiPics is a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SuperJediMedia Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 Alright, Thanks!!! Let's see... I only have 1.79GB before the operation right now. Tell you how much I can get back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SuperJediMedia Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 WOW really? I only have 292MB in duplicated files(Says Auglogics)? I thought there would be a lot more!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SuperJediMedia Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 I noticed the second program is SO slow at looking for folders compared to the 1st one which was very fast... but will it find more Duplicated files than the 1st program...? UPDATE: The 1st one is conservative look for less, the 2nd one is better as it will look for DLLs and Exes, picture etc. I have quite A LOT in C:\Windows\winsxs I am hesitate to remove, but some other places are easier decisions. I believe it said 6GB can be freed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 FiB3R Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 It's been over 30mins, I think he's flat-lined his PC :laugh: I'm guessing you really shouldn't delete certain files weather they have duplicates or not :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 SuperJediMedia Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 No I did not remove any files from winsxs... I know they are important files... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 remus_lupin Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 These programs search for 100% exact files. That's fine if the pictures themselves are exact copies, but if even a single bit in the picture has changed, they will not be marked as duplicates. There are programs made especially for photos, which can find duplicates even if the photos are slightly modified, resized, etc. VisiPics is a good one. I'm actually interested in this as well, but does it only search for standard image types such as .jpg, or will it also recognize formats such as .NEF (raw) image files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 FiB3R Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 No I did not remove any files from winsxs... I know they are important files... lol, glad to see you are alive and well. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Xinok Subscriber² Posted December 17, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted December 17, 2010 I'm actually interested in this as well, but does it only search for standard image types such as .jpg, or will it also recognize formats such as .NEF (raw) image files? I think VisiPics only supports standard formats. You might try XnView instead, it's an image viewer which supports hundreds of formats and can search for duplicate images. Open the thumbnails view, select a folder and click Tools -> Find similar files. To the OP, deleting files in the Windows folder is dangerous. You're probably best leaving those files alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 nub Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 No I did not remove any files from winsxs... I know they are important files... If you don't mind losing the ability to uninstall Service Pack 1 you can run (as administrator) dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded to reduce the size of winsxs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 M V E Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 BitFinder http://diacreations.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 garwin Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Do any of those work for pictures? Like... same picture (unmodified) but in multiple folders or with a different file name? Try visipics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cork1958 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I know I have a TONS of Redundant files on my computer, and need to delete them. But I don't know a good redundant file finder/remover... so can you help me? I loved the old Cleansweep in the old days that do this, now days this kind of software is not widely popular at all. So what's a good one? Hmm? Haven't used any type program for finding duplicates since about Windows 98! I tried that CleanSweep way back then and that thing is/was a TOTAL POS!! One of the most dangerous programs you could've ever used, unless you were TRYING to wreck your machine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Barney T. Administrators Posted January 26, 2013 Administrators Share Posted January 26, 2013 Resurrection of old thread. Thread closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I know I have a TONS of Redundant files on my computer, and need to delete them.
But I don't know a good redundant file finder/remover... so can you help me?
I loved the old Cleansweep in the old days that do this, now days this kind of software is not widely popular at all. So what's a good one?
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