Result Report
The Duplicate File Detective result report provides a group-based listing of duplicate files found on the scanned file system(s).
The result report has a number of powerful features, including:
- Exporting - Export the duplicate file report in a range of formats, including XML (which can be re-imported).
- Printing - Printing, print preview, and printer setup.
- Groups - Duplicate files are separated into groups to facilitate comparison and management.
- Sorting - Sort duplicate files (and groups) by any search result report column.
- Context menu - Right-click to access numerous file and group level functions.
- Customization capabilities - Used to make the duplicate report work the way you want.
- File marking - Used to mark files for further processing.
- Moving, Zipping & Deleting - Built-in duplicate file processing assistance.
Click one of the links above to further explore the capabilities of the Duplicate File Detective result report window.
Note: Many aspects of the duplicate results report display can be customized. See the Customization section of this help file for additional information.
Results Report Settings
The Results Report tab of the global Settings window controls how the report presents its data:
- Color report rows based upon file attributes - Colors rows for read-only, hidden, compressed, and system files; each color can be customized, and a Restore Default Colors link is provided. See File Attribute Colors.
- Show filename of marked items with strikethrough font
- Set the color of marked duplicate search result report items text to - Renders marked item text in a color of your choosing.
- Lighten the color of marked item rows by - Fades marked rows by the selected amount, making unmarked (surviving) files stand out.
- Show time (along with date) in date-based report columns
- Show tooltips when hovering over report fields
- Automatically mark all but the first of each duplicate file group - Pre-marks each group as soon as search results are produced, leaving the first entry of each group unmarked.
- Keep duplicate group entries together when sorting - Strongly recommended; when disabled, sorting can separate the members of a duplicate group.
- When filtering duplicate search results, show siblings of matching items - When enabled, filtering items within the duplicate search result view will also cause all members of the same duplicate file group to be shown.
- Hash encoding - Determines the encoding used to display file hash values in the hash report column.
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