Using Everything to Help Remove DUPLICATES? September 2022

[Rhag]

would be great if in the future everything made this easier
my version is Version 1.4.1.1018 (x64)

1 what does those commands in the filter ? | OR : ; can someone explain 1 by 1 for me ?

I found 2 answer to this problem but im struggling to use it

Note: Everything dupe functions should be used as a guide only.
Two files with the same size does not indicate a duplicated file, but it should give you a very quick idea of what may be duplicated.

Please try searching for:
sizedupe:

and sorting by size descending.

This will find files with the same size.

-or-

Please try searching for:
ext:mp3 dupe:

and sorting by name ascending.

This will find files with the same filename.


Notes: dupe: and sizedupe: find duplicates in the ENTIRE index, not the current results.

If you wish to apply a filter with dupe: and sizedupe:, please apply the filter first, export results as an EFU file list and perform the dupe: search on the filelist, for example, to search your L: drive, N: drive and O: drive, for mp3 files only, to later perform a sizedupe: search:
In Everything, type in the following search:
l:|n:|o: ext:mp3
From the File menu, click Export...
Change Save as type to: EFU Everything File List
Choose a file name and click Save.
From the File menu, click Open File List
Select the filelist you saved from earlier and click OK.
Type in the following search:
sizedupe:
Sort by size descending for the best results.
When you are finished finding duplicates, close the opened file list:
From the File menu, click Close File List.

For Everything 1.4
sizedupe: Sort results by size descending.

For Everything 1.5 [Where i can found Everything 1.5 ? why my version is 1.4.1.1018 (x64)]
dupe:size To find files with the same size, including the following in your search:
dupe:name To find files with the same name, include the following in your search:
dupe:size;name For Everything 1.5, to find files with the same size and name, including the following in your search:
dupe:dm To find files with the same date modified, include the following in your search:
file: To find files only, include the following in your search:
folder: To find folders only, include the following in your search:
size: To find files with a non-zero size, include the following in your search:

dupe:name;size;dm will only show results where all 3 properties (name, size and date modified) match another single file.

the comand ; does work ? i try put dupe:name;size;dm and nothing is showing

[void]

1 what does those commands in the filter ? | OR : ; can someone explain 1 by 1 for me ?

| = OR

Everything sees:
l:|n:|o:
as:
(L: drive) OR (N: drive) OR (O: drive )

the comand ; does work ? i try put dupe:name;size;dm and nothing is showing

The dupe:name;size;dm command requires Everything 1.5.
Everything 1.5 is still in alpha.
Everything 1.5 will make searching for duplicates easier.

[Rhag]

how you recomend i aproach duplicate files in the 1.4 version ?

i wanna search files only if possible i wanna specify the extension .mp4
i wanna search for all duplicate video files only, what is the best way to do it in 1.4 ?

[void]

In Everything, type in the following search:
video:
From the File menu, click Export...
Change Save as type to: EFU Everything File List
Choose a file name and click Save.
From the File menu, click Open File List
Select the filelist you saved from above and click Open.
Type in the following search:
sizedupe:
Sort by size descending for the best results.
When you are finished finding duplicates, close the opened file list:
From the File menu, click Close File List.

[Rhag]

Thanks so much for the fast reply, i love this program so much but I'm not that tech savvy enough to use in his full potential
i really appreciate your effort and patient on help me.
Huge THANKS