File Manager
Which groups should be processed?
- All groups (ignore filter)
- Only groups displayed by the filter
Don't process any groups with all files selected
This option will ensure that you not accidentally delete all similar files from inside a group.What action is to be performed?
- Delete files
- Move files to the Windows Recycle Bin
Make sure that the Windows Recycle Bin hasn't been deactivated and that the Recycle Bin size is set to 100%. Windows enables only files and folders located on the machine on which AllDup is installed to be moved to the Recycle Bin. Files stored outside the local machine will be deleted permanently! - Copy files to a folder
- Move files to a folder
- Rename files
You can use the following wildcards:
%1 = file name without file extension
%2 = file extension with leading dot
%YYYY = Year (4-digit)
%YY = Year (2-digit)
%MM = Month
%DD = Day
%HH = Hour
%NN = Minute
%SS = Second
- The action 2, 3, 4 and 5 have no effect on files inside a ZIP or RAR archive.
- The first action cannot delete files from inside a RAR archive
Show file protection note
Don't show info dialog after the selected action is completed
This option disables the info dialog after the selected action is completed.Folder
Here you can specify the folder to copy or move the selected files.Create Subfolder(s)
This option causes a new subfolder to be created into which the files are copied. You can use placeholders for Date and Time and Windows variables.Examples:
Text: "Backup of" %USERNAME% "on" yyyy-mm-dd "at" hh_nn_ss
Folder: Backup of USER NAME on 2011-02-26 at 10_15_00
Text: "%USERNAME%\"YYYY-MM-DD HH-NN-SS
Folders: USER NAME\2011-02-26 10-15-00
Keep folder structure of the files
This option causes the files to be copied/moved with the complete folder structure into the specified folder. Disable this option to copy/move the selected files without their folder structure into the specified folder. Existing files will renamed to [filename]-001.[extension).Options
Create Shortcuts
This option enables you to create a shortcut at the place of all files that will be deleted or removed. The shortcut will be point to the first file that is not activated at the same group. See example at the end of this page.Create Hard Links
This option enables you to create a hard link at the place of all files that will be deleted or removed. The hard link will be point to the first file that is not activated at the same group. See example at the end of this page.Note: The maximum number of hard links that can be created is 1023 per file.
Remove files from the search result
This option causes to remove every processed file from the search result.Remove groups with only one file
This option causes to remove all groups with only one file.Check for groups with all files selected
This option show a warning if you try to delete all files at a group.Don't show cancel dialog if an error occurred
This option causes to continue the selected file action after an error occurred while processing a file.Delete folders which are empty after Move/Delete
This option causes to delete all empty folders after all files have been deleted inside the folder.Don't log any file actions (faster)
This option prevents the logging of the file actions.Example for the use of shortcuts or hard links
A group contain the following files:- C:\Windows\data.txt
- C:\Work\data.txt
- C:\User\data.txt