duplicatesNuker

File transfer, especially done from an external device, like a camera, can leave behind multiple duplicate files, which can end up taking a considerable amount of disk space. On the bright side of things, this quickly becomes less of a hassle when relying on specialized applications like duplicatesNuker to identify, and remove them.

A neat advantage here is you can carry it around on a USB flash drive along with other utilities, since it requires no installation in order to function. However, you do need to make sure that .NET Framework is installed on the target PC, but without worrying that registries get affected, because they’re not a dependency.

The application doesn’t just scan your entire folder, and doesn’t start a thing unless you configure the what and how. Dragging a folder over the main window has no effect, but the browse dialog isn’t difficult to use either. It’s possible to select folders from both fixed and removable drives, but only one folder at a time.

For a bit more efficiency, you can make the process recursive, just in case the first attempt might have missed a pair, and enable SHA1 comparison. Needless to say that all these options cost more time during the scan. Moreover, folder names can be checked too, for a thorough scrub.

It doesn’t usually take a lot of time for the application to find files, showing them in an organized table. Colors make it easy to tell original files from duplicates, and these are also automatically selected. Info fields let you view file size, name, path, and hash code. You can take the time to mark only those files you want to remove, or quickly select and delete all duplicates.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that duplicatesNuker can help you clean your computer from leftovers duplicates. Although you only get to scan one folder at a time, it takes a little while to get results. Telling which is which is enhanced by color differentiation, and pre-selected duplicates makes removal a one click process.