Windows 10: DupeGuru

I have downloaded this program and its found my duplicate photos very quickly.

It has put check boxes next to what it considers duplicates. Unfortunately its not the so-called duplicates I want to delete but the ones highlighted in blue - presumably the photos it considers originals.

The ones marked duplicate, I have in the correct folders already so I dont want to delete them.
I cant find anything in the Help file.

is there a way of reversing the checked boxes or will I have to find another program?

Thanks

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finding and deleting duplicate files

Download and install DupeGuru from
http://www.hardcoded.net/dupeguru. Be sure to use the correct version for your operating system, including 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Windows.

Proceed to install it...

Step 2: Select a folder to scan

Launch DupeGuru and you’ll be asked to select which folders to scan. It’s worth limiting this scan so that it completes quickly while you familiarise yourself with the program, so click the + button and select your My Documents folder, then click the Scan button.

Step 3: Check the list of found files

DupeGuru will then scan the selected folder and display a list of files that it thinks are identical, based on their content, with the ‘original’ file highlighted in blue. The list also shows the size of each file for a quick manual comparison and a Match column
that shows how confident DupeGuru is that the files are the same.

Step 4: Delete or move the duplicate files

Once you’re satisfied that the duplicate files have been correctly identified, select Mark All from the Mark menu to select the duplicates. Then, using the Actions menu, you can delete the duplicates or move them all to another folder, regardless of where they
are currently. This is often a better option, since you can delete the files later, when you’re completely sure you don’t need them.

Step 5: Find duplicate files in other ways

Select Preferences from the View menu to see DupeGuru's various options. Here you can select whether to compare files by Filename, Contents or Folders (duplicate folders). If you use the Filenames option, you can also select the Filter Hardness to match similar
filenames, as well as identical ones — the ‘harder’ this setting, the more exact the match.

Finding duplicate images

Finding duplicate images is rather more involved, since a computer can’t compare the content of an image file in the same way as a document. So this requires a separate application — DupeGuru Picture Edition. This is also a free download for Windows, Mac and
Linux and works in almost the same way.

Step 1: Download and install DupeGuru

Download and install DupeGuru as before. It used to have a separate version called DupeGuru PE (Picture Edition), but now all the features are rolled into the standard edition. Again, be sure to use the correct version for your operating system, including 32-bit
or 64-bit versions of Windows.

Step 2: Scan for duplicate photos

Launch the program and select one or more folders to scan. This might take longer than scanning for documents, as images are generally bigger file sizes. When it’s complete, be sure to use the Details view to compare the duplicate images to check they’ve been
correctly identified before moving or deleting them. Though DupeGuru is remarkably accurate.

Step 3: Find photos that are almost idenitcal

DupeGuru can also identify images that are not quite duplicates, such as two photos of the same subject where you moved the camera slightly. You may not want to keep these near-duplicates, so select Preferences from the View menu and reduce the Filter Hardness
slider to match more images.

You’ll need to experiment with this to get the best results and be sure to only delete the files you no longer want — DupeGuru has no idea which ‘original’ you want to keep.

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Duplicate File Detection

Dupeguru is good little program (free).

Scans specific folders, and a list of results lets you choose whether or not to delete the duplicates, (and which one).

dupeGuru

 

How can I find duplicate files on a disk and in a folder and isolate them for deletion in a folder.

Check out dupeGuru

dupeGuru - finds duplicate files - Hardcoded Software

dupeGuru - finds duplicate files

Platform: Windows

Price: Free

Download Page

Features:

“Fuzzy matching” algorithms can find files with identical or similar file names.

Matches across file type (i.e. matching a JPEG to an identical PNG).

Customizable filtering allows you to adjust the rules and strictness of matching.

Automatically remove empty folders during file deletion.

One-button selection to delete dupes.

Move dupes to separate folder.

Perform custom terminal commands on originals or dupes.

Specialty versions for music and picture cleanup.

Where It Excels

Of all the duplicate finders we tried out, dupeFinder was the simplest that still packed an impressive punch. To start a scan, you simply add a folder to the main window and hit “Scan.” Easy peasy. After a minute or two, you’ll get a list of all the files the
app found duplicates of. The original file will be highlighted in blue, while the rest will be in black, making it easy to read the list.

Another option, also free:

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free

https://www.easeus.com/resource/find-and-remove...