AllDup 4 release candidate

[therube]

> *.jpg|*.bmp|*.png

Will this be ok for you?

Sure, anything that will allow you to efficiently enable/disable related groups of file types would be a big help.

[therube]

> Do you use the latest beta version?

Eh, no, I was at 3.9.1 - oops.
I'll give 3.9.8 a run tomorrow.

> Is your "bad" drive connected with a network computer?

No, it's local.
I don't know that its necessarily that that cause the slowness.
The computer itself is old, doesn't run bad, but is certainly no powerhouse. Intel E4300 with 2GB RAM.
And I believe I've got at least two mapped drive letters, will check in the morning.

[therube]

Eoow.

I see 398 adds "special folders".
And looks like it adds both "direct" & UNC paths & both /public/ & /{username}/ at that.

Definitely do not like that.
(Because I typically keep nothing in "special folders", preferring to keep stuff in places where I know where it is & where its easy for me to access).

[therube]

On a faster computer, 391 & 398 load the drives much better.
Lacks the "snap" of AllDup 3, but it suffices.

I'll let you know about the older computer, later.

[therube]

398, I've got either some font corruption or there's a spacing (layout) issue:

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[Administrator]

398, I've got either some font corruption or there's a spacing (layout) issue:

fixed!

Lacks the "snap" of AllDup 3

Sorry, i dont understand...

I see 398 adds "special folders".

Just delete all special folders u dont need.

Eh, no, I was at 3.9.1 - oops.
I'll give 3.9.8 a run tomorrow.

Please use always the latest beta version before sending any feedback!

[therube]

Lacks the "snap" of AllDup 3

The GUI of 3 pops up & is just "there", where there is a little "drawing" going on in 4.
So the (at the least) appearance that 3 is quicker to start up.

Just delete all special folders u dont need.

That worked.

always the latest beta version before sending any feedback!

Well, sure.
I just didn't realize there was anything later.

[therube]

> Is your "bad" drive connected with a network computer?

No, it's local.
I don't know that its necessarily that that cause the slowness.

Well 3.9.8 makes it apparent (which was not the case with 3.9.1) that it is drive A: where the hangup occurs.

"Checking drive A:\..."

There a good 5 second delay with that.

And then I have two mapped drive (letters); G: & Z:, G: which points back to my computer & Z: which points to a networked computer.

Seems that "Fixed Drive Letters"; like A: C: E: ... G: Z: cannot be "Removed" from the drive list.
I imagine that I can work-around A: by disabling the "floppy" in the BIOS.
From the looks of it, G: & Z: would have to be unmapped to "disappear".
(That G: & Z: display isn't a problem, other then I simply don't need them to show up - at all.)

[therube]

399 won't run.
All I get is a beep when I click on it.

Process Monitor:

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12:31:59.9573280 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	Process Start		SUCCESS	Parent PID: 2076, Command line: "C:\DEV\DUPLICATE\AllDup_beta_399\AllDupPortable.exe" , Current directory: C:\DEV\DUPLICATE\AllDup_beta_399, Environment: 
	=c:=C:\DEV\DUPLICATE\AllDup_beta_399
	=l:=L:\XFER\NETT\Mozilla
	ALLUSERSPROFILE=E:\Documents and Settings\All Users
	APPDATA=E:\Documents and Settings\RUBEN\Application Data
	CommonProgramFiles=E:\Program Files\Common Files
	COMPUTERNAME=RUBENXP43
	ComSpec=E:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
	FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
	HOMEDRIVE=E:
	HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\RUBEN
	LOGONSERVER=\\RUBENXP43
	NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
	OS=Windows_NT
	Path=E:\WINDOWS\system32;E:\WINDOWS;E:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\BIN\BIN2;C:\BIN;C:\BIN\UNIX;C:\NC
	PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
	PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
	PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 2, GenuineIntel
	PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
	PROCESSOR_REVISION=0f02
	ProgramFiles=E:\Program Files
	SESSIONNAME=Console
	SystemDrive=E:
	SystemRoot=E:\WINDOWS
	TEMP=C:\Local\RUBEN\Temp
	TMP=C:\Local\RUBEN\Temp
	USERDOMAIN=RUBENXP43
	USERNAME=RUBEN
	USERPROFILE=E:\Documents and Settings\RUBEN
	windir=E:\WINDOWS
12:31:59.9573299 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	Thread Create		SUCCESS	Thread ID: 1532
12:31:59.9799244 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	CreateFile	C:	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Read Attributes, Write Attributes, Synchronize, Disposition: Open, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
12:31:59.9799549 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	QueryInformationVolume	C:	BUFFER OVERFLOW	VolumeCreationTime: 11/03/2007 08:43:38 AM, VolumeSerialNumber: B029-EB3A, SupportsObjects: True, VolumeLabel: ZAR¤
12:31:59.9802015 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	CreateFile	E:	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Read Attributes, Write Attributes, Synchronize, Disposition: Open, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
12:31:59.9802253 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	QueryInformationVolume	E:	BUFFER OVERFLOW	VolumeCreationTime: 05/10/2008 12:27:45 PM, VolumeSerialNumber: C4C8-2BD2, SupportsObjects: True, VolumeLabel: FLA¤
12:31:59.9802371 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	FileSystemControl	C:	SUCCESS	Control: FSCTL_FILE_PREFETCH
12:31:59.9814742 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	FileSystemControl	E:	SUCCESS	Control: FSCTL_FILE_PREFETCH
12:32:00.0152062 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	CloseFile	C:	SUCCESS	
12:32:00.0152298 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	CloseFile	E:	SUCCESS	
12:32:00.0251197 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegOpenKey	HKLM	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Maximum Allowed
12:32:00.0266863 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegOpenKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Maximum Allowed
12:32:00.0267539 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegCloseKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	
12:32:00.0348475 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegOpenKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Maximum Allowed
12:32:00.0410102 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegOpenKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Maximum Allowed
12:32:00.0410793 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegCloseKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	
12:32:00.0507212 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegOpenKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Read
12:32:00.0509290 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegCloseKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	
12:32:00.0566290 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegOpenKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Maximum Allowed
12:32:00.0567090 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegCloseKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	
12:32:00.0691786 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegOpenKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Read
12:32:00.0693435 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	RegCloseKey	HKCU	SUCCESS	
12:32:00.0757354 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	Thread Exit		SUCCESS	Thread ID: 1532, User Time: 0.0000000, Kernel Time: 0.0625000
12:32:00.0767431 PM	AllDupPortable.exe	2456	Process Exit		SUCCESS	Exit Status: 0, User Time: 0.0156250 seconds, Kernel Time: 0.0156250 seconds, Private Bytes: 520,192, Peak Private Bytes: 770,048, Working Set: 2,703,360, Peak Working Set: 3,551,232

[Administrator]

399 won't run.
All I get is a beep when I click on it.

Please copy the content of the zip file into a folder with a existing portable edition of AllDup 3.9.8.

[therube]

Ah, how silly of me to not even realize that.
(But then I am switch back & forth between 3 really good, just updated programs...)

Working .
(I'll check the Filters later...)

[therube]

I dont want to revamp the complete filter GUI but i think we can extend it and allow a special separator for each filter text so you can provide more than one filter: *.jpg|*.bmp|*.png

Will this be ok for you?

Nice.
Makes Filtering much more usable.
Works very well .

[Administrator]

Seems that "Fixed Drive Letters"; like A: C: E: ... G: Z: cannot be "Removed" from the drive list.

Currently AllDup checks for all available drive letters when starting the app.
I have changed this approach now.
AllDup only checks for available drive letters at the very first start of the app after installing.
This should fix the speed issue when starting the app and checking for drive letters.
Now you can add and remove drive letters by yourself.
The changes will be available with the upcoming v3.9.12 or higher.

[therube]

Date/Time:

You have

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MM/dd/yyyy h:n:s

but not

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MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss

Which would be nice, because it would allow the listing would be better justified.


As it is now dates can look quite awkward

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10/31/2015 12:59:59
     1/2/2015 1:2:1

Or even instead of certain fixed formats, allow free-form definition of date/time.
So give us: MM & dd & YY & YYYY & hh & mm & ss & AM & also allow literal characters

And with that we can then do something like: MM-dd-YY hh:mm.ss.


PS:

Abreviation of 'minute', vs :n:.

[therube]

Select Mode icon.


Some method to show when a method other then 'All' has been chosen.
Perhaps All, remains as it is, just the icon.

But with all other modes, the icon changes, made smaller, & an abbreviated text of the chosen mode displays.

So if 'Expanded groups' is set, you get a smaller icon with the word (be it actual text or just part of the icon itself), Expanded underneath.


As it is now, if somewhere along the line you may have made a change to 'Select Mode', but forgotten you did so, that can greatly affect any Select all/Unselect all operations.

So some sort of differentiation would help to point that out.