Create Shortcuts to Moved (or Removed) Duplicate Files
Duplicate File Detective v3.0 contains a large number of new features that are the direct result of user feedback.
One of the most important of these is the ability to create shell shortcuts when moving or removing (deleting) duplicate files. The idea here is quite simple - if you have (for example) a group of four duplicate files, it should be possible to move or delete three of them and create shell shortcuts in their place - those shell shortcuts will then resolve (or point) to the first unmarked file in the same duplicate group.
You can also create shell shortcuts when archiving duplicate files (e.g. adding them to a zip file), as long as you elect to remove the original duplicate files as they are added to the archive (the original file must no longer exist in order for its replacement with a shell shortcut to make sense).
Let's take a look at how these options are presented within Duplicate File Detective v3.0. Please click the screen shot below for a slightly larger image.
When creating shell shortcuts to moved or deleted duplicate files, the prerequisites are as follows:
The benefit of this approach is clear - if you're working to dedupe a large document repository, for example, you can archive a series of duplicate files into a single large zip file and still allow users to access those files through (newly created) shell shortcuts.
In future releases of Duplicate File Detective, we'll be expanding upon this concept even further. Please stay tuned for details.
One of the most important of these is the ability to create shell shortcuts when moving or removing (deleting) duplicate files. The idea here is quite simple - if you have (for example) a group of four duplicate files, it should be possible to move or delete three of them and create shell shortcuts in their place - those shell shortcuts will then resolve (or point) to the first unmarked file in the same duplicate group.
You can also create shell shortcuts when archiving duplicate files (e.g. adding them to a zip file), as long as you elect to remove the original duplicate files as they are added to the archive (the original file must no longer exist in order for its replacement with a shell shortcut to make sense).
Let's take a look at how these options are presented within Duplicate File Detective v3.0. Please click the screen shot below for a slightly larger image.
When creating shell shortcuts to moved or deleted duplicate files, the prerequisites are as follows:
- Duplicate files must be moved or deleted to make room for their replacement with shell shortcuts.
- At least one member of each duplicate group being processed must be unmarked. This is the target file to which duplicate shortcuts will resolve.
- If any of the above requirements are not met, shell shortcut creation will not be attempted for that duplicate group.
The benefit of this approach is clear - if you're working to dedupe a large document repository, for example, you can archive a series of duplicate files into a single large zip file and still allow users to access those files through (newly created) shell shortcuts.
In future releases of Duplicate File Detective, we'll be expanding upon this concept even further. Please stay tuned for details.
posted by Mark Richards at
10:18 AM
