duplicates files sorting by size

[Terka]

Hi,
my files are sorted by size, then I search for duplicates and feed the results to the listbox.
But the results (group of duplicates) are not sorted by size.
If I sort them after feeding to listbox, the duplicates are not grouped anymore.
Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong?
Thank you
Terka

[Horst.Epp]

The normal setting for finding duplicates is Same name and Same size.
So nothing to sort afterward.
If I remove the Same size condition duplicates are no longer real duplicates
and I don't see any benefit if I would sort the result by size.

[Usher]

2Horst.Epp
"Same name", "Same size", "same content" are grouping methods rather than sort order. In this case you have groups and you can sort them using two sorting orders - inside group and global, f.e. global sort groups by file size and sort files inside any group by date.

As you see, it looks like well known examples from finances/bookkeeping.

[Terka]

Thank you for replies.
If many duplicates are found and I would like to deal with those which are the largest, I would like to see the largest at the beginning.
So I'm speaking about what Usher is speaking - inside the group is not important for me now, I'm speaking about the global sort by size.

[tuska]

I'd do an action like that directly in "Everything".

Menu "Tools" - "Options..." - "Indexes":
☑ Index file size
☑ Index folder size
…

Examples - Duplicated Files:
Enter the following parameters directly into the input line of "Everything" (1 line = 1 example).

Code: Select all

sizedupe:
files:sizedupe:
size:>1gb sizedupe:
files:size:>1gb sizedupe:

Sorting:
- Right click on column headings
- ☑ Size
- Click on the column header of "Size" for descending/ascending sorting
Global sorting by size is guaranteed!

If you are interested in this solution with "Everything", you can have a look at some additional information here.