[REQ] Find duplicate files. Select first files

[Motorocker]

If I search full duplicates (size&content), Total shows me very big file list. Any section can have 2–3–4 and more files. So hard select this files manually – I must select only first files in each group.
Will be good add command "Select first files in groups". After this command I can press * and invert selection and delete not needed files.

FileName1.txt
FileName2.txt
FileName3.txt
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FileName1.txt
FileName2.txt
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FileName1.txt
FileName2.txt
FileName3.txt
FileName4.txt

[TLis]

No, this would not work. How could you be sure, which of your duplicates would be listed first??? You might delete by mistake the wrong file ...

[Clo]

2Motorocker

Hello !

• Indeed an interesting idea ! I support. It needs improvements, though.

• A bit aside - but still about the management of found duplicates- I proposed a mock-up LIKE THIS three years ago…
No effect, no feedback, in French we say “A strike of sword in water” (It was a complete waste of effort).

 KR
Claude
Clo

[Motorocker]

You might delete by mistake the wrong file ...

I can't delete wrong file, because it is FULL duplicates.

[Samuel]

Similar Thread is also there:
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=15803

I don't understand some people here:
Why everyone say you could delete wrong files? This preselection could perhaps bring a noob to waste his OS by searching his C:\ for files with same name (not size and content) and afterwards delete them. But what could prevent a noob to do so, if he just selects the files manually. Mh he would destroy his system slower.

I support this idea! It should be implemented, because it takes very much time to select all duplicates manually in a very very long list.

If I would make an error, then I also would make it without this improvement, it just would take me longer to do it

Mr. Ghisler please implement something like this.

[TLis]

You might delete by mistake the wrong file ...

I can't delete wrong file, because it is FULL duplicates.

Yes, you can. Usually, you want the file in the particular folder, don't you? By deleting one of the duplicates 'by position' in the result list you are quite likely to delete the one, that you have actually wanted to keep, which would force you then to move the remaining files to the right folders. Example:

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C:\Photos\Poland\a1.jpg
C:\Poland\a1.jpg
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C:\Germany\a2.jpg
C:\Photos\Germany\a2.jpg
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Of course, I would like the photos in C:\Photos subfolders to remain, but here I would definitely delete the wrong one, if I follow your suggestion.

This preselection could perhaps bring a noob to waste his OS by searching his C:\ for files with same name (not size and content) and afterwards delete them. But what could prevent a noob to do so, if he just selects the files manually. Mh he would destroy his system slower.

Implementation of this feature is just a direct invitation leading to serious problems. Probably, a noob would never destroy his OS like that, if he had not had this feature in TC

Such a long list needs to be scanned thoroughly, before proceeding. Usually, you analyse it in chunks, deleting the duplicates, which aren't necessary.

If this feature is implemented, I would expect, that a serious warning is displayed about the automatic way, in which the files were marked, and the consequences of removing wrong files.

[Samuel]

As I told...

With this feature the world war 3 wouldn't be far away, because thousands of users destroyed their files, and don't see sense in their live anymore...

[Motorocker]

feature request; select 1 file of each grup(find dub. files)