I've recovered files from a formatted drive, but there are a bazillion (only
slight exageration) files that are duplicated into various folders. It's an
arduous task to find the duplicates for deletion. They are all on the same
drive at this time.
Any tricks or utilities out there, that will do a check for dups ... same
size and name (date might be different?).
Re: OT - Vista Search and Recursive GetFiles ... To ensure that the process goes ok I went to delete all the xml files to force a rescan of the tags. ... Since I had changed the folder structure not all were duplicated just the ones where folders were left the same. ... Phone MS support.... I asked if a search which is correct would contain files that were not there or duplicates and of course the answer is yes. ... (microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb)
Re: OT - Vista Search and Recursive GetFiles ... To ensure that the process goes ok I went to delete all the xml files to force a rescan of the tags. ... Since I had changed the folder structure not all were duplicated just the ones where folders were left the same. ... Oh it is the search indexer.... I asked if a search which is correct would contain files that were not there or duplicates and of course the answer is yes. ... (microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb)
Re: OT - Vista Search and Recursive GetFiles ... To ensure that the process goes ok I went to delete all the xml files to force a rescan of the tags. ... Since I had changed the folder structure not all were duplicated just the ones where folders were left the same. ... Oh it is the search indexer.... I asked if a search which is correct would contain files that were not there or duplicates and of course the answer is yes. ... (microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb)
Re: Consolidating? files ... files spread across several folders and subfolders in my home ... with no duplicates and no overwriting files that have the same name. ... Now tempfile2 will all the files with the same name clustere. ... (linux.redhat)
Re: OT - Vista Search and Recursive GetFiles ... To ensure that the process goes ok I went to delete all the xml files to force a rescan of the tags. ... Since I had changed the folder structure not all were duplicated just the ones where folders were left the same. ... Go to CMD window and check with an old DOS command.... I asked if a search which is correct would contain files that were not there or duplicates and of course the answer is yes. ... (microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb)
