Duplicate folders

[dharmender]

Hi

How does duplicate folder functionality work? Here is an example of result of duplicate folders.

Folder1 : 13.6 GB, 1270 files, 25 sub folders
Folder2 : 13.6 GB, 1303 files, 25 sub folders

At the bottom, there is a note: Depending on your scan criteria and filters, these folders may contain other non-duplicate files.

Clearly, the folders folder1 and folder2 are not duplicates. Why is Duplicate cleaner tagging them as duplicates?

[DigitalVolcano]

Because the leftover files must be outside the scope of your scan - it depends what mode and settings you were running. They may also be system or hidden files that were skipped.

[dharmender]

No, they are not system files. They are all photos. Is there a way to run the scan so that the result shows me exact duplicate folders only?

Because the leftover files must be outside the scope of your scan - it depends what mode and settings you were running. They may also be system or hidden files that were skipped.

[DigitalVolcano]

They must have been skipped - check the log file. It's still possible they had a system or hidden flag on them.

For exact duplicate folders-
Uncheck the following:-
-Skip system folders
-Skip hidden folders
-Skip files in ignorelist
-Don't follow NTFS.
Run in:
-Regular Mode: Match by exact content.
-Don't have any other criteria set (you can check on the summary in the Scan tab)