Search Options

Before the search starts
During the search process
After the search is complete

Before the search starts

Confirm use of file and folder filter

With this option, the use of the file and folder filters must be confirmed before the search process.

Set the CPU priority for AllDup to 'low'

This option sets AllDup's CPU priority to Low during the scan process.

During the search process

Determine the file owner (slower)

With this option, the owner of a file is determined and displayed in the Owner column in the search result. If you do not activate this option, you can subsequently determine and display the file owner in the search result by clicking on a file or by moving the mouse over the Owner column.

Determine number of hard links per file (slower)

With this option, the number of hard links in a file is determined and displayed in the Hard links column in the search result. If you do not activate this option, you can subsequently determine and display the number of hard links in the search result by clicking on a file or by moving the mouse over the Hard links column.

Determine width and height of image files (slower)

With this option, the width & height of image files is determined during the search and displayed in the search result in the columns Width and Height. If you do not activate this option, you can subsequently determine and display the width and height in the search result by clicking on a file or by moving the mouse over the Width or Height columns.

Determine duration, bit rate and sample rate of files with the following extensions (slower)'

With this option, the duration, bit rate and sampling rate of audio files are determined using the MediaInfo plugin and displayed in the search result in the columns Duration, Bitrate and Sampling Rate. If you do not activate this option, you can subsequently determine and display the information in the search result by clicking on a file or by moving the mouse over the Duration, Bitrate or Sampling Rate columns.

Log search statistics of the displayed progress info

With this option, the search statistics displayed in the progress info are written to the log at regular intervals. The logging interval can be set in minutes.

Cancel search when certain number of duplicates are found

This option stops the search after a specified number of duplicate files was found.

After the search is complete

Expand all groups in the search result

With this option, all groups in the search result are expanded after the search process.

Remove all groups where the files in a group do not exist in all source folders

This option will remove all groups after the search where the files in a group are not present in all source folders.

Log all files without duplicates (slower)

This option lists all files with no duplicates in the log.

Show only files without duplicates at the search result

With this option only files without duplicates will be shown at the search result.

Play sound file

Here you can specify a sound file (MP3/WAV) to be played after the search process.