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Context menu when searching dups in 1 folder only
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 6:24 am
by dcwul62
Up front: I am very sorry should this have been asked before. Most probably there are threads about it, but I vainly tried to find them.
I just recently started using Duplicate Cleaner.
I wanted to r-click a folder and run Duplicate Cleaner on that specific folder from the context menu, but noticed there was no context menu entry.
AFAIK it is not available under options either.
Will this be considered in future releases?
Thanks!
Re: Context menu when searching dups in 1 folder only
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 11:23 am
by DigitalVolcano
You can add this yourself using a registry hack
Save the following into a .reg file and run it-
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\duplicatecleaner]
@="Scan with Duplicate Cleaner"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shell\duplicatecleaner\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Duplicate Cleaner Pro\\DuplicateCleaner.exe\" \"%1\" /a"
Note it'll use whatever your last scan settings were and may throw a confirmation prompt if you already have a scan loaded.
This can probably be improved using a profile link in the parameters for clean settings.
https://www.duplicatecleaner.com/manual ... =&sct=MzU2
Probably need to add this to the installer!
Re: Context menu when searching dups in 1 folder only
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 5:36 am
by dcwul62
Many thanks indeed!
It worked out fine.
In my case, I had to change the registry a little bit as I have Duplicate Cleaner installed on a different partition.
Yes, I do think it would be a great enhancement to at least optionally enable the context menu.
Maybe under Options > More Options > General (?)
Just a positive meant suggestion.
Again, thanks anyway for the registry solution.