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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: Find Archives (ZIP/RAR etc) with Duplicate Content in Folders
« on: April 17, 2009, 11:18 AM »
What I need is a utility to find Folders that have been extracted from a Archive file ie. ZIP. RAR, 7Z, TAR etc
and so are an exact duplicate - just that one is extracted and one is not.

Like many other downloaders, I have LOTS of these floating around!

There would need to be options to allow automated/prompted deletion of either the folder or the Archive,
plus other considerations - such is if the Folder contains Menu/Desktop shortcuts that would be broken
if it was to be deleted and so on,

If anyone know of such a utililty or want to take it on please lets talk!

Regards
Shayne


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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: Find FOLDER (not files) with Duplicate Content
« on: April 17, 2009, 11:13 AM »
I would love to find a utility for finding duplicate folders ie. folder with identical content), across multiple drives and nested at any level.

Having evaluated/used almost every File Duplicate tool app out there (my fav is DoubleKillerPro for simpilicity/power/speed)
but like all the others it cannot handle this task.

Yes there are lot of ways such as using a tree/folder size tool like TreeSize (http://www.jam-softw...freeware/index.shtml) or an explorer extensions like FolderSize ((http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/) and looking for folders of the same size - but this only work if folder are at the
same level and is cumbersome and tedious and really is just not practical.

Another way is to automate ZIP/RAR of all folders being tested (using same compression settings) and THEN use a File Dupe tool ..but
again this is a slow and clumsy workaround, and finding all the folder and automating batch files to do the zipping is daunting.

What is needed is a FOLDER DUPLICATE FINDER.

Does anyone know of such a product (freeware or commercial)?

I have some details notes on features/design issues I can post if anyone is interested in taking this on?

Thanks
shayne

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