How do I find my personal folders for duplicate files so I can delete them?

Over the years, I have tramsfered files work on my home computer.  I know there are several doublonnait the folders and files that I should be able to remove.  I'm looking for an easy way to do so without bringing each individual foler/files to the top and mannualy their review.  Please notify. E-mail address is removed from the privacy *.

Be careful when you remove the duplicate files.  Some files are duplicated INTENTIONALLY in Windows Vista a lot unlike earlier versions of Windows (including your personal data) using things called junction points: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb968829 (VS.85) .aspx.  If you delete these files duplicated, some of your programs will stop working (and some of your data will be lost and other files will refuse to open).  The winsxs folder keeps track of system duplicate files and the different versions of the files in the system and if you delete these files, it will mess up the connections and could cause programs to stop working or system crash.

I mean, it's be very careful that you delete TRUE duplicate files from your located in C:\Users\\Documents or... \Music or ...\Pictures or... \Videos.  Do NOT delete anything in the Documents and settings folder (stay away from this junction point).  Do not delete the system twice in different folders files because they may be needed for the work programmes which are looking for files in a specific location.  Also remember that downloaded music you paid for requires a key (which has been put in the registry when you bought the song) and if you have two copies to ensure that you do not delete the one for which the key applies (or save it on another machine or give it a slightly different name, unless you are sure you want to delete it).

These programs will look for exact replica - no drafts of a final copy that you is no longer necessary (it won't find them because they are of different sizes, different dates and different names).  Those who will have to be done manually and I guess that's the vast majority of "duplicates" you have on your system (except if you have done some copy and paste files into different folders, until you've lost track of how many copies you did and where they were all - then programs will help.

Good luck and I hope this helps. Lorien - a - MCSE/MCSA/network + / A +.

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