Automatically finds duplicate files in any user-defined drive or directory, featuring support for multiple checking options and exclusions. #Manage duplicate #Duplicate finder #Delete duplicate #Duplicate #Search #Finder
This is the portable edition Duplicate Commander, a tiny application designed to automatically identify duplicate files on the computer and remove them to free up some space.
As there is no setup pack involved, you can drop the executable file in any part of the hard disk and just click it to run.
Another option is to save a copy of Duplicate Commander to a pen drive or similar storage unit, in order to run it on any PC with minimum effort, as long as it has .NET Framework installed.
More importantly, the tool does not create new entries in the Windows registry or Start menu, leaving the disk clean after removal.
The interface has a regular window but its buttons are cluttered, making it difficult to figure out what each one ones. Luckily, hovering the mouse cursor over them shows descriptions.
It is possible to specify a target drive or directory for scanning, create hard and soft links, delete checked items or move them to another location, as well as to check all items from a group of duplicated, expect for the original one.
Other checking options are available as well, like by date or string. Duplicate Commander lets users execute byte-by-byte comparison on any checked group. The file list can be saved and resumed at a later time, while scripts can be run to undo any mistakes.
As far as program settings are concerned, Duplicate Commander can be asked to delete any false duplicate group from the list, hide confirmation windows, silently check for updated on startup, decrease the icon size, exclude user-defined directories and file types from scanning, and more.
Duplicate Commander has a good response time and finishes a scanning job in reasonable time, depending on the target size and file type exclusions (if any). We have not come across any stability issues in our tests, as it did not hang, crash or pop up error messages. Unfortunately, Duplicate Commander is not very intuitive, especially for less experienced users.
What's new in Portable Duplicate Commander 3.0:
- From a user suggestion, made the toolbar icons in the Search pane more descriptive
- Changed the look and feel of the main window and of the Searching dialog on Windows XP
- Fixed some bugs with the Check by Cross Reference function
- Corrected some errors in the user’s manual
Portable Duplicate Commander 3.0
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- Windows All
- file size:
- 236 KB
- filename:
- dcportable.zip
- main category:
- Portable Software
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