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Non-exact duplicates marked as dupes
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:22 am
by sarralev
I downloaded the free version today to see if I want to download the pro. I like the interface a lot, BUT - I have some files that the program marked as duplicates that are not exact duplicates. I searched by content only, but the content is not identical. Did I do something wrong? Is there a stricter algorithm? I'm now worried I deleted hundreds of docs that weren't really duplicates!
Please help!
Thanks,
SL
Re: Non-exact duplicates marked as dupes
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:59 am
by DigitalVolcano
Are you sure you ran using 'Same Content' and not 'Similar' or 'Ignore content' - you can check the Duplicate Cleaner log file to see what the scan was and what you had removed. It should be pretty much impossible to group non-duplicates using the default MD5 hashing.
Re: Non-exact duplicates marked as dupes
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 1:12 pm
by therube
On the Search Criteria page, the tabs there:
Regular mode | Image mode | Audio mode
are independent of one another.
As in selecting 'Same content' in 'Regular mode' has no effect on an 'Image mode' search.
'Same content' only applies to a 'Regular mode' search.