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BitFinder

Duplicated Files Finder

BitFinder

Ever had a large amount of files on your computer that you needed to organize, look for duplicated files and clean them up? Or simply can’t afford the time to look for duplicated files on your computer, or even have wasted space, that you need so bad, and that its been occupied by duplicated files that you may not even know about?

Well, BitFinder is just the tool designed to make that monotonous work into a very easy and fast job.

How does it work?
All the user has to do is open BitFinder, specify where to look for duplicated files and hit search. Once the search is done, it will display all the duplicated files it found, if any.

What to do after a search?
Once a search is done the duplicated files will be displayed allowing the user to manipulate those same files. Once displayed the user will be able to select which files to manipulate by checking them on the list. That same list will be organized by the group number that a file belongs to.

What is the group number?BitFinder 1.16b - 100% Clean
When two or more copies of the same file are found, a specific unique number is given to all those files, for example if three copies of the same picture are found, when displayed on the list, all and only those three pictures will be in the group one (for example). On the same search the same music file was found four times, which will make all those four files to be displayed on the list on group two (since group one was already taken by the pictures).

What to do with the selected files?
Once the user selected all the files to be modified, there will be three options available for those files. The user will be able to copy them to a specific location, and once copied those same copied files will also be displayed on the list in a blue color (by default). The user will also be able to move those files to a specific location, and again, those moved files will be displayed on the list, but this time in an orange color (by default). The user will also be able to delete the files, which once delete they will simply be removed from the list.
All those three options will be available on the top menu under “Duplicated“.

BitFinder features:

  • Shell context menu integration.
  • Fast search mode increasing search speed by 85%.
  • Search results export.
  • Supports both SHA1 and MD5 hash.
  • Full UAC support.
  • File filtering.

OS requirements for BitFinder:

  • Window 2000/NT/XP/Vista/7.
  • BitFinder was not tested on Windows 95/98/98SE/Me.

Latest changes in BitFinder:

  • File type removed (replaced by the implementation of file filter).
  • The user can now double click the search path to bring up the directory browser.
  • The user can now customize the file list colors: file group, copied files and moved files.
  • Fixed minor bug, caused by UAC, when using a limited account under Windows XP.
  • Added file filter functionally. The user can now choose exactly what file types to be displayed.
  • Main menu improved. Empty-clicking buttons issue fixed; main menu usage improved/made easier.
  • Added a “select all but one” option for the duplicated files.
  • Fixed minor UAC bug when running the application from shell context menu.
  • Fixed minor Windows XP options display bug.
  • Added full support for Windows Vista/7 UAC.
    The application will now request for admin privileges when such is needed.
    The user no longer has to manually run the application with admin privileges.

Latest release:

  • Version: 1.16b (1809)
  • Date: 2010-07-14

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Alpha notes:

UAC (User Account Control) is still been implemented, therefore to use shell integration on Windows 7/Vista, BitFinder will have run BitFinder with administrator privileges. On Windows XP and previews, to use shell integration on a limited account the user will have to use the “Run As” option and run BitFinder with administrator privileges or simply use an account with administrator privileges.

To search inside system folders/partitions on Windows 7/Vista BitFinder will once again have to be run with administrator privileges.

Search presets such has “Computer”, “Local drives”, “Removable media”, and all the file types are still to be implemented, therefore they will not work. On a search make sure you specify correctly a search path by typing it or by using the “Other” option. Also make sure you have “All files” is selected.

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