[Why search all of drive C:\*.* when I only want to search for .mp4's]

I'm sure I did tell it to search subfolders, but I will double check.

It ran perfectly on my external drive that I use for backups.

Exact same folder structure. I'm thinking I actually did not choose subfolders on my C drive but did choose it on the external drive.

[Why search all of drive C:\*.* when I only want to search for .mp4's]

Interesting. I also had a few duplicates on my external drive and it worked perfectly.

I tried it on c:\ and it still didn't find any.

 

[Why search all of drive C:\*.* when I only want to search for .mp4's]

It's working!

Thank a He** of a lot!

[Why search all of drive C:\*.* when I only want to search for .mp4's]

LI had them under music because my wife and I share the same computer. I did not want her to find them because I want it to be a surprise.

I noticed she was making playlists, and was afraid she would stumble on them anyway, so I created an account for her and moved them to the videos folder where they belong.

Regarding downloading the originals the answer is no.

Last monday, I noticed that there was a subfolder under the "to be edited" with some but not all of the same folders and files.

I'll try *,* tomorrow and let you know how it goes. Does sound logical.

And thank you for your help, it is much appreciated.

[Why search all of drive C:\*.* when I only want to search for .mp4's]

On 03/01/2024 at 14:08, nukecad said:

So say I'm searching songs, that will find the same song that's been saved more than once or copied to a different place and/or renamed - no matter what it has been named when saving it, or what date it was saved - if the contents are the same the files are duplicates.

I'm not sure what you mean by "content".

That makes me think - the contents of a book.

[Why search all of drive C:\*.* when I only want to search for .mp4's]

I have a lot of movies of family events that I am making one movie out of.

As I edit them, I keep the originals in case I want to edit more. Somehow, I ended up with a complete sub-folder with the same folder names. Worse yet, the sub-folder has SOME of the same file names, but not all of them. 

There is a difference in size of 39.4 Gb. The top level shows a total of 64.9 GB, while the sub-folder shows 25.5 GB.

See what I mean, Jellybean.

 

[Why search all of drive C:\*.* when I only want to search for .mp4's]

Wait a minute! I thought I found the answer but it's not giving the results I expect.

Please see attached.

[Why search all of drive C:\*.* when I only want to search for .mp4's]

When I load the file duplicate finder I see c:\*.*

I only want to search for .mp4's. I cannot delete c:\*.*

Why is there an option to add file names or extensions when it searches for every thing anyway?

Am I doing something wrong or is this a suggestion for the next release?