Duplicate File Detective Help

Right-clicking within the Duplicate File Detective result report will cause a context-specific menu to appear. Different context menus will appear depending upon whether you click a duplicate file group, or one of the duplicate files within a group.

Context menu functions include:

•SmartMark - These are extensions to our powerful SmartMark technology that are duplicate file specific. These provide a broad range of marking capabilities such as marking all files in the same group, marking files in the same (or other) folder(s), and more.

•Open file - Opens the currently selected file with the default Windows associated file.

•Rename file - Allows the selected file to be renamed.

•Explore folder - Opens Windows explorer and shows the folder containing the currently selected file.

•Exclude parent folder from future searches - Adds the parent folder to the search exclusions listing.

•Move marked item(s) - Provides a facility for moving any currently marked files.

•Zip marked item(s) - Provides a facility for zipping (e.g. compressing) any currently marked files.

•Delete marked item(s) - Provides a facility for deleting any currently marked files.

•Remove selected item(s) from report - Prunes selected file entries from the report without removing them from the file system.

•Cmd prompt here - Opens a command prompt window within the containing folder.

•Copy path(s) to clipboard - Copies the full duplicate file path to the Windows clipboard.

•Copy marked path(s) to clipboard - Copies all marked paths to the Windows clipboard.

•Compute file hash - Starts the file hash calculator with the selected duplicate file paths.

•Properties - Displays Windows file properties window.

•Filter search results by - Allows search results to be filtered by various duplicate file properties.

Tip: Multiple duplicate files can be selected by holding down the Ctrl or Shift keys while clicking.