The build is from 2007, but still works fine on Windows 10 and 11 and perfectly fitted my needs for finding some ~2500 duplicate files that Google Drive made with their “upgrade” from Google Backup and Sync to Google Drive File Sync (where syncing from shared content is sort of possible and impossible at the same time).
- [Wayback/Archive] DoubleKiller – find and remove duplicate files (Big Bang enterprises)
- [Wayback/Archive] DoubleKiller – Tour & Screenshots [english] (Big Bang enterprises)
- [Wayback/Archive] DoubleKiller – Download [english] (Big Bang enterprises) (actual download: [Wayback] doublekiller.zip or [Wayback] alternate).
Via [Wayback/Archive] Which duplicate files and folders finders exist for Windows? – Super User (thanks [Wayback/Archive] Chris Driver for answering and [Wayback/Archive] Andrija for asking) where I commented [Wayback/Archive]:
Thanks: still works fine in 2022. Download from … is a simple ZIP file which you can extract and just run the executable. No need for complicated installers or admin rights. Matches on (combinations of) name/size/date/CRC32, then intuitive GUI to select the files you don’t want any more, then either delete or move those selected files.
Via
- Blog post Research item: duplicate file finders
- Tweets
- [Wayback/Archive] Troy Hunt on Twitter: “What’s a good app for finding duplicate files on Windows? I want to point it at a drive and let it identify everything with the name name and file size, suggestions?”
- [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@troyhunt Bookmarked your Tweet just in case. Now needed it. Looked at a few then went for the portable app (no installer needed) DoubleKiller and commented a small review at …”
- [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@troyhunt These are the options you can set for duplicate checking: …”
–jeroen
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