Problem with setting "External only+Master"

[StefanDE]

Bug or my mistake?

Test setup

2 main folders

Folder 1 contains 4 subfolders

• A

• B

• C

• D

Folder 2 contains only one subfolder

• A

Folders A, B, C, D contain 100 files each

Scan location settings:

• Folder 1
  Find duplicates: Yes

- When I set this to "No", no dupes are found at all, even though there are dupes in folders A

• Folder 2
  Find duplicates: External only+Master

Scan criteria:

• Same Folder name
  Match depths from top: 1

When I start scanning for duplicates, I would expect that in folder 1 only subfolder A would be scanned.
But actually, also folders B,C,and D are being scanned for duplicates.

Did I make a mistake, or is this behavior a bug?

[StefanDE]

Bug or my mistake?
...

No answer so far

James, can you help?
Thanks for any efforts taken!

[DigitalVolcano]

"- When I set this to "No", no dupes are found at all, even though there are dupes in folders A"

- This is correct - you are saying you don't want to find duplicates in folder 1, and folder 2 is External only.


"When I start scanning for duplicates, I would expect that in folder 1 only subfolder A would be scanned.
But actually, also folders B,C,and D are being scanned for duplicates."

The results are correct for me - only duplicates found in subfolder A.