Duplicates

Eliminate duplicate file names from the library.  Choose either [ROOT ONLY] or [WHOLE FILENAME].

[ROOT ONLY] will find these 3 file names to be duplicates:

myfile.txt
myfile;cDoe,John.txt
myfile;ro;zThis is my file, and it is only for personal use.txt

[WHOLE FILENAME] will find the above 3 file names to NOT be duplicates.

If you don't use embedded codes, both options should have the same results.

You can choose [WHOLE FILENAME].  Then, later, choose [ROOT ONLY] to do a more refined check for duplicates.

After clicking your option, a progress screen shows 2 progress bars giving an indication of progress.

Then, a screen displays duplicate file names in its top half.

Click the [Calc. Totals] button to see how many duplicates there are, and how much storage space they use.

Click the [Send Duplicate File Names To Dup Recycle Bin] button.  Then tag the [ ]Calc. Totals check box to confirm the numbers match those in the top half of the screen.

From here, you can tag rows and then click the [Restore Tagged Rows] button to return them to the top half of the screen.

Any rows not returned to the top will no longer be in the library.

Clicking [Empty Duplicates Recycle Bin] will send any remaining duplicate rows to a final place where they will await final deletion.