Windows 8's built-in search function is pretty good at finding individual files and all the other files that share the same name. However, it does not do a good job of clearly flagging identical files ...

https://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,82847-order,3/description.html is a welcome app indeed. While other operating systems have commands to root out duplicate ...

As professionals, most of us have our digital work files well organized. Our personal files? Not so much. I am no exception. My “professional” files are very well organized, but with my personal files ...

Finding files swiftly and efficiently is essential for productivity, but Windows Search doesn't always cut it. Thankfully, there’s a variety of third-party tools that outperform Windows Search in ...

Note: Duplicate File Finder is not for the faint of heart.For a more manageable alternative, try the aptly named (and free ofcharge) EasyDuplicate File Finder. One big plus is you won’t haveto worry ...

The vxCrypter Ransomware could be the first ransomware infection that not only encrypts a victim's data, but also tidy's up their computer by deleting duplicate files. Last week I discovered a new ...

As much as we love feature-packed applications that perform countless tasks, there’s nothing wrong with an inexpensive utility that does the one thing we need without much fuss and bother. Such is ...

Copies of files sometimes represent a big waste of disk space and can cause confusion if you want to make updates. Here are six commands to help you identify these files. In a recent post, we looked ...

For a project, I have a set of "fork" directories which are duplicates of a "baseline" directory, but with some modified and some additional files. A large number of these files in these "fork" ...