Newbie question: search for specific files (exclude program type files)

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dcwul62
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Newbie question: search for specific files (exclude program type files)

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Yesterday I purchased Duplicate Cleaner Pro, so please bear with me when I asked a dumb question.

I vainly searched the forum for an answer on the below question.

When searching a entire drive or folders that contain both ’document’-type files and program files (.exe, .dll, .com, .ini etc), would there be a way to use some kind of preset(?) so as to have only have duplicate document* files listed?
(*like Office documents, PDF, image files, txt and text like files,and so on)
Or is there a way to have those types 'set' in some kind of preset or in options?

Thanks.

p.s. I know there the Tab Search Criteria offers a "Filter" - Probably one can enter file extensions there, but there are many...
One has to enter them one-by-one and accidentally forget one or two?
Last edited by dcwul62 on Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Newbie question: search for specific files (exclude program type files)

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You can change the filters for the search in the Criteria tab - Seach filters search.

https://www.duplicatecleaner.com/manual ... =&sct=MA==

Click the 'select' button for some presets (you can also make your own).
dcwul62
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Re: Newbie question: search for specific files (exclude program type files)

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Your reply crossed my p.s....
dcwul62
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Re: Newbie question: search for specific files (exclude program type files)

Post by dcwul62 »

Thank you!

Did some experimenting on this and it works out fine.
Added some of my 'own' extensions.
Also happy to see that some filters could be combined.
(Shift-Select)

Thanks again!
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