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De-Dup - Dual (or more) directory view
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Having just completed finding and removing approximately 2,000 files from a 44,000 file collection, I found that many of the duplicates were full albums. Having realized that, where there were only two instances, I clicked on the upper folder icon, copied the URL from the address bar and pasted that into the left pane of a two-pane Directory Opus lister. I then closed the upper folder's list and did the same thing with the lower folder icon into the right Directory Opus pane. There were then a left and right view of the folders containing the duplicate files. Frequently the files listed in the left and right panes were the same album.
From there it was easy to see if this was a case of an entire album duplicate, and if so, I selected one directory and deleted it within Directory Opus. It still took LOTs of time.
Someone will probably tell me there is means to do this within De-Dup and that I wasted lots of time with the copy and paste. If not, I suggest that De-Dup allow two or more instances of the directory display to be on screen at the same time. Ideally, rather than two instances, this display could be on a multi-pane directory display, as Directory Opus provides.
Having just completed finding and removing approximately 2,000 files from a 44,000 file collection, I found that many of the duplicates were full albums. Having realized that, where there were only two instances, I clicked on the upper folder icon, copied the URL from the address bar and pasted that into the left pane of a two-pane Directory Opus lister. I then closed the upper folder's list and did the same thing with the lower folder icon into the right Directory Opus pane. There were then a left and right view of the folders containing the duplicate files. Frequently the files listed in the left and right panes were the same album.
From there it was easy to see if this was a case of an entire album duplicate, and if so, I selected one directory and deleted it within Directory Opus. It still took LOTs of time.
Someone will probably tell me there is means to do this within De-Dup and that I wasted lots of time with the copy and paste. If not, I suggest that De-Dup allow two or more instances of the directory display to be on screen at the same time. Ideally, rather than two instances, this display could be on a multi-pane directory display, as Directory Opus provides.
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