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Windows Duplicate Files 1

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darkside100

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I have a 50GB collection of files that have repeated due to a previous management issue.

What I want to do is find all copies of a file (ie a word file), and replace all the duplicates with a shortcut to the original instance of the file

This will preserve the directory structure, but massively reduce the archive.

Automation would be a help

Any ideas
 
There are some freeware/shareware duplicate file removers downloadable from Internet. is an example.

Usually these utilities remove the dup files, but you may find one which replaces them.

Good luck,
Engin
 
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