Duplicate Cleaner

What's new in this version:

Duplicate Cleaner Free 5.0.13
- Image search - custom similarity setting
- Import CSV (with optional user added columns)
- Desktop added in folder tree
- Added-"drop folder tree" in Parent menu
- Added-"protect/unprotect" in Parent menu
- Smooth scrolling and updating added as option (on by default)
- Save scan - show last loaded name in save box
- Filter to selected rows
- Filter by protected files
- Fix-Checkbox doubleclick opens files
- Fix-Recalculate group shading when filtered
- Fix-Selection highlight colour changes depending on group background colour
- Fix-Image preview - keyboard F4 to close
- Fix-Text matching SelAsst operations fail on Numeric columns
- Fix-Re-filtering in tile mode doesnt work
- Installer DotNet framework >=4.7.2 check
- Hungarian and Slovak translations updated.
- Manual updated


Duplicate Cleaner Free 4.1.4
- Translation update and fixes
- Command line license key registration implemented for version 4.x installer (-register="00000-00000-00000-00000-000000" flag)
- Bugfix: Not matching first folders in root in 'Same folder name'


Duplicate Cleaner Free 4.1.2
- Move/Copy via Windows Shell now optional
- Improvements for users with High-Contrast themes
- A few other minor tweaks


Duplicate Cleaner Free 4.1.1
- Can now read metadata from Camera RAW Images (Scanning and preview)
- Option to use embedded preview when scanning Camera RAW Images [Faster]
- Improvements & fixes to Image Preview window
- New list filters: Addded file type groupings & improved file filter editor
- Added .jpe file extension support
- New Criteria - Ignore duplicate groups within same folder (Duplicates in different folders only)
- Thumbnail mode now supports RAW Images (Uses embedded JPG)
- Keyboard shortcut for Find window: 'Find next' [CTRL-N]
- Selected rows now retained upon sorting list
- Added option to turn off duplicate list tooltips
- Added command line switch to skip loading of folders from profile [/nf]
- Removed extra comma on end of CSV export
- Bug loading 4.0.5 and earlier profiles into 4.1.0
- Current line moves to top of list after marking with Image Preview
- Image mode - 'Exact match' not working for RAW Images


Duplicate Cleaner Free 4.1.0
- New comparison mode: Similar Audio
- View the Duplicate list by grouped and thumbnail views
- Unique mode improvements for drive/folder comparison projects
- Selection Assistant option: Work on unmarked groups only.
- Selection Assistant improvements for 'All but one in each group' (Utilize existing marks, prefer longer file names)
- Saved file filters can now be combined
- Improved checks to for initial folders mapping to the same location
- Duplicate folder list column widths saved
- Various other fixes

Duplicate Cleaner Free 4.0.5
- Alternative delete method added (Non-windows shell based)
- Bugfix: Crash if criteria date less than 2038 or greater than 1901
- Bugfix: Incorrect saving of font option in certain locales (Strikethru issue)
- Bugfix: Crash on some systems due to application instance checking in .NET Framework
- Bugfix: Copyitem error when attempting to move/copy deleted files
- Various other minor fixes
- Improvements made to installer/uninstaller

Duplicate Cleaner Free 4.0.4
- Image mode - 100% Exact pixels comparison mode added
- Image Preview - various improvements including selectable thumbnail size/ratio
- Overwrite/Rename option for Move/Copy function
- Improved 'Find in list' functionality : selectable search columns
- Improved layout for High-DPI/Large font/4K displays
- Improved group ordering
- Refresh list (check files) operation now background threaded
- Bugfix - Database not found when using network UNC based profile location
- Bufgix - Hard linking on read-only files leaves temp files
- Bufgix - slow down when cycling through files with Image Preview window open
- Bugfix - Removed group-related filters on unique tab
- Bugfix - List position changes when marking and current position >50000
- Other bugfixes

Duplicate Cleaner Free 4.0.3
- Drive group view in path scan list
- Hash cache improvements

Duplicate Cleaner Free 4.0.2
- Support for RAW camera image formats
- Support for High-DPI and large font displays
- Audio data only comparison mode
- Progress indicator when frontloading files to delete/move
- Bugfixes: Windows Vista crash, Windows 8/10 hardlinking, other minor fixes

Duplicate Cleaner Free 4.0.1
- Database issue fixes
- CSV import issue fixed
- Adding folders from command line issue resolved
- License issue fixes

Duplicate Cleaner Free 4.0.0
- Updated GUI
- Find unique files functionality
- Match by same file extension
- Match by same folder name (full path or to a specified depth)
- Size matching tolerance
- Date matching tolerance
- Exclude filter can now work on folder names
- Flag input folder(s) as a Master - Only files which duplicate the ones in the Master will be listed
- Flag input folder(s) as Protected - you can't mark or remove from a protected folder
- Image Mode - Match by tags (Digitised dates, comments, ImageUniqueID, etc)
- Image Mode - Match by closest distance (for geotagged images)
- Audio Mode - Match by more tags including TrackNo, year, genre, comment, AmazonID, MusicBrainzID, AcoustID, etc
- Selection Assistant - Undo last selection
- "Search within list" feature
- Hash Caching - speeds up repeat searches
- Now uses the windows file engine for deletion, etc - gives more feedback and is much faster
- NET Framework 4.5 support
- Many other fixes and optimizations

Duplicate Cleaner Free 3.2.7
- Scroll lock key support in main list.
- User-definable database location via ini file
- File discovery speed improved (Esp. NAS/Network drive)
- Send license to program via installer (-register="00000-00000-00000-00000-000000" flag)
- Bugfix: Arithmetic overflow error during scan.
- Bugfix: Crash when moving mouse over list [Tooltip]
- Bugfix: Move image preview window on back screen if outside bounds
- Bugfix: Splash screen exception if system busy.
- Other minor fixes