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Duplicate File Finder Plus Changelog

What's new in Duplicate File Finder Plus 21.0 Build 086

Dec 11, 2021
  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I) supports to customize the theme.
  • I greatly improved the speed of filtering result by size.
  • Optimized some prompt texts, more accurate.
  • Lets the "Specify" input box get focus if the specific extensions are not valid.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I if you exit program during scanning, the process has not been ended properly.
  • I in non-English languages, if you loaded the result from a saved .d2fp file, it will still ask you to save the result when close the UI.
  • I has not remembered the valid "Specify" extensions after changed the language.
  • Fixed some text errors for Russian.
  • If the computer uses a non-Gregorian calendar (such as Buddhist calendar, Islamic calendar, etc.), the valid license may be judged as expired.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 20.0 Build 085 (Oct 6, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): can do the smart checking again at anytime on the result interface.
  • I: can input your license key on the result interface directly, in order to avoid rescanning or reloading.
  • I: can automatically skip the Recycle Bin during scanning.
  • Fully supports native Spanish (Colombia).
  • Applied the selected theme to the mouse-over background color of all menu items.
  • Optimized the location of elements for Options UI, more beautiful and easier to use.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: the result is not sorted by [Size] in descending order if you loaded a result file from main interface.
  • I: the icons of hide/show buttons on the main interface are reversed.
  • The main interface is disabled after finished scanning, especially, the "Find Now" button is displayed as "Pause", you need to close the result interface to enable the main interface and restore all things well.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 19.0 Build 084 (Aug 28, 2021)

  • Important:
  • Supports automatic and scheduled scanning by /F startup argument.
  • The number of built-in "Videos" types has been increased from 265 to 481.
  • Can remember and expand the last visited location on "Folder(s)/file(s) selector" interface.
  • Supports drag-and-drop for "Only scan the following folders/files" list and "Folder(s)/file(s) selector" interface.
  • Supports to directly clear "Only scan the following folders/files" list.
  • Applied current theme to the mouse-over background color for all menu items.
  • Moved .md file type from "Compressed" category to "Documents", although it is also a compressed file type, but it's more common as a document type.
  • Bug fixes:
  • A little problem in the description of product executable file.
  • The Korean text has not been fully translated.
  • Has not applied current theme to the "Tips" and "Statistics" areas on the result interface.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 18.0 Build 083 (Jul 21, 2021)

  • Important (I): the number of built-in "Images" types has been increased from 138 to 1,022.
  • I: the result list no longer flickers when performing the time-consuming operations, such as deleting, moving, loading, checking, etc.
  • I: fully supports native Hungarian.
  • Optimized the texts of Options interface for DE, FR, IT, PL, PT_BR, SL, FI languages.
  • Optimized the appearance of all tree views: more beautiful and easier to use.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 17.1 Build 081 (May 9, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): fully supports native Turkish.
  • Optimized software text for German.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: piracy will be falsely reported on a very small number of computers.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 17.0 Build 080 (Apr 20, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): supports to find out the empty folders. In previous versions, only supports finding empty files.
  • I: supports to find and check paths by inputted text on the "Check item(s) by paths" interface.
  • I: supports to check/uncheck all paths on the "Check item(s) by paths" interface. In previous versions, only supports unchecking all paths.
  • I: greatly improved the speed of comparing files and loading result.
  • Optimized the text format of main interface (changed bold to green), more readable.
  • Optimized the Gray theme.
  • Optimized software text for Traditional Chinese.
  • Optimized the text format of license agreement for installer, more readable.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: if unchecked all paths and click <OK> on the "Check item(s) by paths" interface, there is no effect on the result interface, the right behavior should be unchecked all items for the result list.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 16.0 Build 078 (Dec 9, 2020)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): supports to start/pause/continue current finding job. In previous versions, only starting and stopping.
  • I: the number of built-in "Audio" types has been increased from 355 to 484.
  • Changed the default theme from Gray to Blue.
  • Optimized software text for all languages.
  • Can display the update history for Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: cannot accurately remember the scanning types(s).

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 15.1 Build 076 (Nov 3, 2020)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): can hide/show the buttons at the bottom of the main interface.
  • Optimized the license verifying module.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: if the file to be opened has no associated execution program, the system "How do you want to open this file?" dialog box will not be displayed on the Win8+ system.
  • Cannot display the & character at the "licensed to" area on the About interface if the licensed company or user name has the & character.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 15.0 Build 072 (Oct 10, 2020)

  • Important (I): added the switching theme feature, and elaborately designed 4 sets of beautiful preset color schemes.
  • I: can directly display the common locations such as Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Music, Videos and Pictures on the "Folder(s) / file(s) selector" interface.
  • I: the number of built-in "Documents" types has been increased from 90 to 1,160.
  • I: optimized many icons: more beautiful and easier to understand, made the uniform appearance and size.
  • I: can display specific size range for each filter on the result interface.
  • If the typed character is not allowed by OS when specifying the file extensions, a clear prompt will be given.
  • Optimized the background color of the selected duplicate group.
  • Moved the unimportant feature "Recommend to friends" to the drop-down menu of "More..." button on the main interface.
  • Optimized software text for Simplified Chinese.
  • Greatly optimized the product homepage.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 15.0 Build 071 (Oct 9, 2020)

  • Added the switching theme feature, and elaborately designed 4 sets of beautiful preset color schemes.
  • Can directly display the common locations such as Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Music, Videos and Pictures on the "Folder(s) / file(s) selector" interface.
  • The number of built-in "Documents" types has been increased from 90 to 1,160.
  • Optimized many icons: more beautiful and easier to understand, made the uniform appearance and size.
  • Can display specific size range for each filter on the result interface.
  • If the typed character is not allowed by OS when specifying the file extensions, a clear prompt will be given.
  • Optimized the background color of the selected duplicate group.
  • Moved the unimportant feature "Recommend to friends" to the drop-down menu of "More..." button on the main interface.
  • Optimized software text for Simplified Chinese.
  • Greatly optimized the product homepage.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 14.0 Build 064 (Aug 28, 2020)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): greatly improved the reloading speed after deleted / moved duplicate files.
  • I: the number of built-in "applications" types has been increased from 5 to 182.
  • I: fully supports native Ukrainian.
  • I: can manually add resources via inputting / pasting the full path when specify the folders / files to scan.
  • Optimized the efficiency for smart selection.
  • Optimized the data access algorithm for result list.
  • Keeps the value of "For the big files that reach this size..." option always to be displayed even you deleted it.
  • Optimized software text for Italian.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: fixed the issue of singular and plural units for many languages, such as "0 byte" should be "0 bytes".

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 11.0 Build 055 (Sep 20, 2019)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): fully supports native Suomi.
  • I: uses the different icon for system drive.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: in a few countries which use the period (".") as the digital grouping symbol, the [Size] may be displayed incorrectly, and has not sorted in descending order.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 10.1 Build 048 (Oct 26, 2018)

  • Important: uses the Windows 10 style icons for all resources (drives, folders and files).
  • Important: fully supports native Русский.
  • Important: can reset the search scope to the default settings.
  • Options: accurately adjusts the size and location of every UI element, let them display properly in all languages.
  • Optimized the hot keys of main interface - ensure each hot key is unique.
  • Removed the hot keys for "Only scan ... drive(s)" and "Only scan ... folders/files" due to they are no sense.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 10.0 (Oct 10, 2018)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): fully supports native Deutsch.
  • I: fully supports native Polski.
  • I: Result interface: optimized the shortcut keys.
  • I: Result interface: modified the [Spent] field of the statistics area, more fluent syntax and more concise.
  • Main interface: accurately adjusted the location of each UI element for all languages.
  • Removed some unused resources, compacted product size and improved efficiency.
  • Optimized the text of "Stop Finding" button.
  • Optimized official webpage and the texts of translation interface.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: some texts cannot be displayed in Deutsch.
  • Result interface: the icons of the context menu is still old style.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 9.0 Build 038 (Sep 28, 2017)

  • New features and improvements:
  • Important (I): can move the checked duplicate files to other place.
  • I: can copy the full path of the highlighted resource to the Clipboard.
  • I: fully supports native Slovenščina.
  • I: fully supports native Português (Portugal).
  • Added the tooltips to <Find Now> and <Stop Finding> icons.
  • Optimized the English texts of software (interfaces and message boxes), especially, standardized the initial capital.
  • Removed the "Add to Quick Launch Bar" option from the installer, because from Win Vista, it has no meaning.
  • Changed "Get/retrieve your license (free)" menu item to "Lost license key?" to eliminate ambiguity.
  • Added "Get free license key via translation" function to the ... drop-down button.
  • Bug fixes:
  • A text item has not been translated for all languages.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 8.0 Build 035 (Sep 7, 2017)

  • New features and improvements:
  • Important (I): made the progress window for deleting duplicate files - lists the files to be deleted for confirmation, displays progress bar, dynamically updates list during deleting, prevents the UI to be not responded during deleting files. Also available for moving duplicate files to Recycle Bin.
  • I: gives you a report after deleted duplicates: number of files, released space, the files that cannot be deleted and reasons. Also available for moving duplicate files to Recycle Bin.
  • I: greatly improved the speed of loading result, for loading after scanned and direct loading from result file both.
  • I: fully supports native Slovenščina.
  • Use line break for the text of <Stop finding> button, more beautiful.
  • Added "Update history" function.
  • Optimized the "Lost license key?" feature - links to the related segment of company site directly, in order to avoid clicking the mouse twice and jumping the page again.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Optimized official website.
  • Optimized software texts for all languages.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 7.0 Build 034 (Aug 15, 2017)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): all interfaces are more perfectly displayed under different DPI settings for different systems.
  • I: supports to display file size as TB if the file size reaches 1 TB.
  • I: optimized the appearance for the resource trees or lists which have the check boxes with icons - increased the distance between the check box and the icon.
  • I: now can show the update history directly if the new version is available and you chose to view the updates (in previous versions, just only jump to the 'Update History' segment, but have not expanded it, you need to expand it manually to see the update history).
  • I: now can show the "Usage" directly after clicked the Help button (in previous versions, just only jump to the 'Usage' segment, but have not expanded it, you need to expand it manually to see the details).
  • Optimized the "Request remote support" feature - links to company site directly, in order to avoid clicking the mouse twice and jumping the page again.
  • Added the "Video tutorial" menu item to the "..." button.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Optimized software texts.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • The "byte" and "bytes" words are not multilingual.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 6.0 Build 033 (Jun 20, 2017)

  • Made the smart selection feature with the corresponding settings.
  • Added the comparing algorithm and corresponding setting for the large files.
  • Can scan and display the empty files.
  • Added the "Find" function for the result listing.
  • Displays the [Date created] field in the result listing. And more.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 6.0 Build 032 (Oct 24, 2016)

  • Important: made the smart selection feature with the corresponding settings: automatically checks the unwanted files and only keeps one for each duplicate group, in order to let you quickly delete them or move them to the Recycle Bin.
  • Important: added the comparing algorithm and corresponding setting for the large files, now you can specify do sampling or full comparing for the large files. And you can set what are the large files by size.
  • Important: can scan and display the empty files. That is: adds the "Empty (0 byte)" size condition, and can see & filter them on the result interface.
  • Important: added the "Find" function for the result listing, now you can find file by name or path.
  • Important: displays the [Date created] field in the result listing.
  • Important: supports multi-language.
  • Important: fully supports native 简体中文 & 繁體中文.
  • Important: now the installer supports multi-language also, and let you choose when install. Even, D2FP can directly use the language that selected during installing.
  • Groups the options by horizontal line, friendlier and easier to use.
  • Open translation interface for multi-language version.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 5.0 Build 031 (Aug 11, 2016)

  • Important: optimized the interface greatly: more beautiful, friendlier and easier to use
  • Important: uses the Segoe UI font which is used in Vista ~ Win10 and highly recommended by Microsoft for all interfaces, makes it to be more beautiful and friendlier greatly
  • Important: changed the screenshots (website) from GIF to PNG, in order to let you see the clear and original interfaces
  • Optimized internal efficiency
  • Optimized the text of product description
  • Optimized software texts
  • Optimized the color of license type and "license to..." labels for about interface
  • Changed the splitter color from black to gray for about interface to make it friendlier
  • Optimized the installer, simplified the installed steps

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 4.0 Build 030 (Oct 12, 2015)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important: perfected UI effect for any system DPI setting, in any supported Operating Systems (system DPI setting: in Windows 7, it can be changed at "Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> Display -> Make text and other items larger or smaller").
  • Important: supports Windows 10.
  • Important: uses Golden Ratio for the start position of the main interface.
  • Beautified About interface.
  • Optimized software texts.
  • Optimized website texts.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Optimized the definition of some icons.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 3.2 Build 029 (Apr 5, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Displays the statistics of the checked files.
  • Supports to highlight the selected group.
  • Added .ico file extension to the "Images" type.
  • Supports to open/run the highlighted file by a friendlier way: double-click.
  • Optimized some tooltips.
  • Optimized some prompts.
  • Optimized some interface texts, especially, the singular and plural, e.g. file/files, folder/folders, byte/bytes, group/groups, second/seconds, minute/minutes, and so on.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Reloads the result and unchecks the checked items after clicked the or button on file deletion confirmation dialog box.
  • The hotkey of "Only Scan the Following Selected Drive(s)" option is invalid.
  • On "Folder(s) / File(s) Selector" interface, the button is dead (does not change the background color when the mouse over).
  • On the main interface, can input two or more same extensions for the "Specify" file types.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 3.1 Build 028 (Nov 15, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Supports to select folder(s) / file(s) to scan/compare.
  • Supports to save / load the result.
  • Supports to specify the file extensions for finding.
  • Added option: Scan all sub folders for a specified path (yes/no).
  • Added option: Anyway, do NOT scan the system files (yes/no).
  • Added option: Anyway, do NOT scan the hidden files (yes/no).
  • Added option: Anyway, do NOT scan the following system / special folders. The default setting contains Windows, Program Files and Application Data for All Users / Current User folders, and more.
  • Supports to invert checks. Now, you can only check one file for all groups, and then click button to check all other files (only retain one file for all groups).
  • Optimized the "Open/Run", "Open Location" and "Display Properties" actions: only for the highlighted file, not all checked files.
  • Optimized the prompt displaying algorithm to get the faster scanning and comparing speeds.
  • Prompts you to save the result when close the unsaved result window.
  • Moved all actions which need to run the default email client to the online webpages, in order to avoid the confusion if who has not a default email client.
  • Displays the selected resources type as bold, just for prominent displaying.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 3.0 (Nov 15, 2013)

  • New features:
  • 100% accurate files comparison.
  • Can find out more duplicate files.
  • The faster files comparison algorithm to make the speed increased a hundredfold and the lower CPU and memory usage.
  • New user interface, more beautiful and friendlier.
  • Can select the file type(s) to find, such as Audio, Videos, Images, Documents, Applications, Compressed and All Other Types with or without Extension.
  • Provides more statistics on the result interface, such as scanned files/folders/drives counts and size, the found files/groups counts and size, spent (seconds or minutes) and filtered files/groups counts and size.
  • Bug fixes:
  • A litter improper text in the size(s) selector.
  • Cannot identify the network drives on Vista+ systems.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 2.2 (Nov 15, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Can reset all search conditions to the suggested values.
  • Provides the more accurate icon for CD drives.
  • The more reasonable size(s) selector.
  • Uses the intelligent unit and decimal for file sizes and spent times.
  • Uses the thousands separator to display all numbers.
  • Can set whether to scan CD drives.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 2.1 (Nov 15, 2013)

  • New features:
  • The filter can automatically remove the nonexistent files (may be deleted/moved outside this program, such as you deleted them in Windows Explorer).
  • Adds the following prompt to the result interface: It sorts the result by file size in descending and displays the two adjacent groups in different color, in order to help you to locate the larger unwanted files. By default, it does not check any file, please manually check the unwanted duplicate files for deleting. Please retain one file for a group at least, unless you are sure that all files in this group are unwanted.

New in Duplicate File Finder Plus 2.0 (Nov 15, 2013)

  • New features:
  • Do not need to select the target path(s) again, only need to select the drive(s), because selecting the path(s) to find is unnecessary.
  • If it is finding duplicate files currently, it will show the prompt when you exit this program.
  • Does not allow you to change the search conditions during finding.
  • Adds "Find Us on facebook/Twitter/Google+" functions.
  • Adds "View All Duplicate File Finder Products" and "View Company Homepage" functions.
  • Activates the browser after opened a webpage.
  • Optimized the product logo.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Important design bug: there may be more than one duplicate file groups under a same size (before versions put all duplicate files that have the same size to one group).