Version History of Easy Duplicate Finder

Version 3.0  19-Feb-2010

New Release!

1. Increased the scanning speed for duplicate file detection.
2. Added search filters for photo, audio, video, productivity, and many other file types!
3. Enhanced the User Interface for a cleaner and better ease of use.
4. Added an Auto Selection feature to assist in choosing duplicate files automatically.
5. Added an automatic online Update feature.
6. Added ability to reset settings to factory defaults.
7. Enhanced the preferences Settings menu and its options.
8. Modified and improved the reporting functionality.
9. Added ability to exclude folders and drives during scanning, as well as the recycle bin.
10. Added new functionality to scan for duplicate files across any connected network.
11. Added the ability to more easily browse and select specific folders for scanning.
12. Added the ability to type in (or cut and paste) folder paths to be scanned.
13. Added new online Help, Tutorials and Support features
14. Added 64-bit support (Vista, Windows 7)

Version 2.4  17-Dec-2009

1. Added: Option to exclude unwanted folders from the search
   
2. Added: Option to avoid scan of Recycle Bin
   
3. Also: see additions in version 2.3 (released a couple of days ago)
   

Version 2.3  15-Dec-2009

1. Added: Option to scan network drives
   Finally, it's back!
   
2. Added: Option to exclude file types from the search
   Requested by many users
   
3. Added: Option to enable/disable subdirectory scanning
   Requested by many users
   
4. Fixed: Work in Vista and Windows 7 under a normal user (non Administrator)
   Thanks to Andy and other users
   
5. Fixed: a bug with scanning of resembling folders ("Directory name bug")
   Thanks to Ady Cuatroum and J
   
6. Fixed: a few minor bugs
   Thanks to J
   
7. Fixed: Ignore multiple errors, for example, when application is unable to delete a bunch of files
   Thanks to Johny Why
   

Version 2.2.1  19-Dec-2008

1. Fixed: Incorrect colouring of dup.groups after using the option 'Clean the list from resolved duplicates'
   Thanks to Antoine Bajard
   

Version 2.2  28-Nov-2008

1. Added: Picture Preview
   Available from contextual menu.
   

Version 2.1  13-May-2008

1. New: Option: Clean the list from resolved duplicates
   Available from contextual menu.
   Requested by Max Alberti
   
2. Fixed: Issue with selection of all files in directory
   Thanks to Max Alberti
   

Version 2.0  01-May-2008

1. New: Option to select a file comparison mode.
   Now, in the program's settings, you can choose the way to compare files:
   · Full binary (byte-by-byte) comparison
   · CRC32 checksum + file size
   
2. New: Drag & Drop Folder objects to "directories list" from Windows Explorer and from Directory Tree
   Requested by sdi wu (don't know real name)
   
3. New: Now you can define Multiple File Masks using handy mask editor
   Requested by Jean-Frederic Loiseau and Kieran Mullen
   
4. New: Option to select all duplicates in branch of subdirectories
   Requested by Martin Pokorny
   
5. New: Option to save/restore program's state
   Requested by Tony
   
6. New: Additional shortcut keys are added:
   · Ctrl + P - to view File properties
   · Ctrl + R - to Open selected file with associated program
   · Ctrl + O - to Open folder containing selected filer
   · Ctrl + S - to Select all duplicates in this folder
   · Ctrl + Shift + S - to Select all duplicates in branch of subdirectories
   · Ctrl + Backspace (instead of Shift + Backspace) - to Deselect all files
   Requested by Chris Horton
   
7. New: Export list of duplicates to TXT file
   Requested by Raden Kurniawan and Fabrice Laborie
   
8. New: Max File Size option is added
   
9. Fixed: Error "Invalid argument to date encode"
   Thanks to all users who reported about this problem
   
10. Fixed: The program is now not blink when you checks/selects a file
    Thanks to Mike for reporting
    

Version 1.5.1  21-Nov-2007

1. New feature: Export list of duplicates to HTML document
   Many people asked this feature. Thanks to all!
   

Version 1.5  12-Oct-2007

1. Unicode support
   Wow, can't believe: I did it!
   Japanese, Chinese and other users, You are welcome!
   Thanks to JC for helping in testing
   
2. New function: "Rename duplicate files with prefix/postfix"
   It's the safest way to test which files are truly safe to delete
   Thanks to Jamez for suggestion
   
3. New function: "Open file with associated program"
   

Version 1.4.4  26-August-2007

1. Added shortcut keys to manage the duplicate files:
   · Space - to check/uncheck file
   · Del - to delete a current file (one)
   · Shift + Backspace - to uncheck (deselect) all files
   Use arrow-up and arrow-down keys to move from one record to another.
   All these keys works when the list of files is in focus (click on the list if it's not in focus)
   Requested by Carl J Nesset
   

Version 1.4.3  23-August-2007

1. Skip files that are locked
   Thanks to Jeff Leyser for reporting and testing
   
2. Fixed errors with "Access violation.." on some systems
   Thanks to Craig Utley, Nikhil Karkare for reporting and testing
   

Version 1.4.2  07-August-2007

1. Fixed a bug when a search determine that there are no duplicates
   Thanks to Frank Lin for reporting and testing
   

Version 1.4  28-July-2007

1. Fixed "Select all duplicates in this folder" function - now it keeps one file of each Dup.Group
   Thanks to Mario W. and others for reporting
   
2. Added useful selection options:
   » Leave only oldest version in each Dup.Group
   » Leave only newest version in each Dup.Group
   Thanks to Beso I. Parlagashvili for idea
   
3. Selected file now remains selected after sorting
   Thanks to David J Hughes for suggestion
   
4. Added "Move files to Folder" function
   Thanks to Jamez for suggestion and explanation
   
5. Some changes in displaying of the number of duplicates.
   Now the number of original files is splitted from the number of duplicates
   Thanks to Beso I. Parlagashvili for suggestion
   
6. Displaying results after each operation (searching duplicates, deleting, moving to folder..)
   Thanks to Ravindra Chandrashekhar for suggestion

Version 1.3  18-June-2007

1. Added "Move files to Recycle Bin" option
   
2. Added a sort by columns feature
   
3. Added multiple selection with "Shift" key
   
4. File compare is now more faster
   
5. Fixed a bug with deletion of some files
   Thanks to Sahab for reporting and testing
   
6. Fixed a bug when some folders doesn't appear in directory list
   Thanks to Oleg K. for reporting and testing

Version 1.2  05-June-2007

1. "Select all copies" replaced with more useful function "Select all duplicates in this folder" (available via contextual menu)
   Thanks to Bill Finigan for idea
   
2. Fixed a bug when some drives on some systems doesn't appear in "selection of directories/drives" section
   Thanks to W.A. van der Lugt for reporting
   
3. Fixed a bug when the program is unable to find folders starting with "!"
   Thanks to Massimo (Italy) for reporting

Version 1.1.1  02-June-2007

1. Fixed a bug when right buttons aren't available on systems where controls are resized
   Thanks to Robin & Cheryl Browne for reporting
   
2. Fixed a type mistake in GUI form
   Thanks to Michael Heath for reporting
   

Version 1.1  30-May-2007

1. Online help is available
   
2. Added contextual menu with some functions
   
3. Added some scan options: protect system files, protect system folders etc.

Version 1.0  23-May-2007

Initial version.