Reviewer, 2008-01-18 06:07:00
Often while downloading the files or copying files to your PC you may have doubts that you already have the same file present on your system. Then if you go on to install the files again, it takes up a lot of space at your PC. But now you can know if the same files are there at your system without much effort on your part. With the help of the Duplicate File Detector 4.0 software you can detect the same files and delete them to save valuable storage space on your system.
Duplicate File Detector 4.0 opens with a screen that has a neat outlook with appealing colors. The program shows the folder/drive adding feature on ten left side panel of the screen. When you’re done with making the selections then you can also change the settings for the search. You can enable to match the file by contents, filename, etc and for the media files you can match the files by particular format or artist, song title, etc details.
Choose the presets, set the filter on date, size of the file, select the attributes and even you can enable to search dupes only for files. When you’re done then click on the ‘Search Files Duplicates Now’ option. A small box shows up with the process gong on for the duplicate file search. When the search for the duplicate files is gets completed then it shows the files on the screen with the ‘Result’ option. The original files and the duplicate files are shown in the partitions. You can also have the preview of the different files, or delete, move or copy the files to new folder. You can manage the duplicate files in the way you prefer. Change the look of the program with the themes, export the file having the details of the found files, and also you can open the explorer window of the concerned file.
The Duplicate File Detector 4.0 receives a decent score of 3.5 rating points owing to its effective performance in tracking down duplicate files and the interesting themes that it presents. This software does deserve a place in our utility box for its effective search function.
