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      Delete Duplicate Files
           Version: 5.9
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Copyright 2005 © By Brana Bujenovic
        All Rights Reserved
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Features
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Delete Duplicate Files is powerful tool for deleting duplicated files from the 
local hard drives and removable media.
Some of the key features are:

• Two major scanning methods: Standard & Light.
	Standard Method: Compare files by content (byte-for-byte or CRC32 matches).
	Light Method: Compare files by name and size.
• Variety of additional comparison criteria.
• Variety of additional actions.
• Scan sub-folders option.
• Cross-folders scan option.
• Lock-folders option.
• Filters.
• Originals-Detection Rules.
• Actions to perform on duplicates: Delete, Wipe & Move.
• Comprehensive results overview.
• User friendly and intuitive graphical interface.
• Powerful performances.
• Logging.

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Version History Legend
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+ --> New feature
- --> Removed/Disabled/Obsolete feature
* --> Bugfix
# --> Improvement
$ --> Tip/Comment

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What's New
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Filters Pane
# Multiple-item selection is supported now.
+ Filter/Stats menu item.
+ Hot-Keys:
Enter 					-> Edit first selected item.
Shift+Alt+Up 		-> Move selected filter(s) up the list.
Shift+Alt+Down	-> Move selected filter(s) down the list.
Delete					-> Delete selected filter(s).
- Removed filters-buttons.

Folders On-Display Filter
* Fixed "Encountered an improper argument" error.
+ Match Case switch.

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Version History
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Version 5.8
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Folders Pane
+ On-Display Filter.
$ Typed letter, word or phrase should match folder name, at least partially, in order for item to be displayed.
$ On-Display Filter is off when the field is empty.
+ Note image is displayed on the item, if note exist for the folder.
+ Folder images are now slightly scaled depending on displayed number of items.
$ It's 16 for above 100 items, 20 for above 10 items and 24 pixels for 10 items or less.

Version 5.7
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Graphical Interface
+ 3 GI Modes: Default, Compact and Stealth.
+ GI Modes tray pop-up menu.
$ Single click (on tray icon) restores to previous mode.
+ Balloon messages.
# Larger menu images. Added several new images. 
# Menu images are drawn now in full color palette (as available in OS).
# Menu images are drawn now regardless of themed/not themed Windows settings.
+ Menu images added to Results window and Compare Files tools.
* Fixed startup resizing bug.

Compare Text Files Keyboard Shortcuts
+ Vertical Layout: Ctrl+V.
+ Horizontal Layout: Ctrl+H.
+ Show Line Numbers: Ctrl+L.
+ Clear All Difference Marks: Ctrl+Shift+Delete.
+ Clear All Bookmarks: Ctrl+Delete.
+ Mark Different Lines: Ctrl+M.

General
+ Restricted User Mode.
$ Activate via "Settings/Misc/Super Settings" or by adding RUM=1 to the Settings section of DDF.cfg file.
$ If RUM is on, and current Windows user has no Administrator-privileges, following restrictions apply:
1. User Settings are not accessible.
2. GI Mode is Compact (Default is disabled).
3. Use the same settings for all users is off.
4. Use portable configuration files and Portable Mode are off.

DDF Shell Extension
* Resolved the compatibility issue encountered on some systems.
# Unicode build.

Version 5.6
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Light Comparison Additions - File Tags
+ Compare ID3v2 tags (mp3 files).
$ Supported fields: 
Track #, Disk #, Track Title, Lead Artist, Album Title, Year, Genre, Comment, Album Artist, Composer, Publisher, Original Artist, Copyright, URL, Encoded & BMP.
+ Compare image files tags (jpg, jpeg, jpe, jfif, tif & tiff files).
$ Supported fields: Authors & Subject.

Filters
+ "Size in Bytes" [conjunction option] [numeric value].
+ Stats button. Display matches count per scan, session, & total.
+ Create Filter/Match Case switch.

Results
+ Summary/Highlight/Set.
+ Summary/Highlight/Clear.
+ Select/Highlighted.
+ Selection Box: Match Status/Any.

Version 5.5
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General
# Improved performances in initial scanning phase (aka "Gathering required information...").

GUI
# Graphical elements that were painted disproportionally, on systems with Display Settings set above 100%, are scaled internally now.

Version 5.4
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External Applications
# All external applications are now launched from independent threads.
+ Web browser (full path) can be specified explicitly via "URLHelper" key inside the "Settings" section (of settings file/settings registry key).
+ "Use Internet Explorer to display Help" option. To enable this option set "HelpViaInternetExplorer" inside the "Settings" section to 1.
+ Press Help + Shift key to open particular Help topic in Internet Explorer (instead of chm-viewer).
# Folder/Browse will launch Windows Explorer and set open folder as root folder, when the Shift is down.
# "Results/[selection]/Browse Folder" will select same items in Windows Explorer.

Results
# Scan Info Pane. Scan info is no longer displayed on Preview Pane.
+ Stats (for particular scan) are displayed on Scan Info Pane (if stats are defined).

Logging & Stats
+ Now we can log stats (individual scan level). (Settings/Logging -> Log Stats.)
+ We can now assign colors to stats duplicates criteria (Settings/Logging and Stats).
$ Those colors are used on the chart (on Results Scan Info Pane) and in HTML Stats Report (table cells background color).
+ Settings/Stats -> Edit selected item.

Folder-Selection Dialog
# Wider current-path text field.
# Selection is disabled when places bar shortcut is selected / there is no current path.

Version 5.3
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Comparison
+ Additional hash method: SHA-2 (256, 384 & 512 bits flavors).
# Improved performances for direct comparison.
# Files with invalid names are now automatically excluded from comparison and logged (folder level).

Graphical Interface
-# Reverted back to platform toolset MFC 90 (from MFC 100), due certain stability issues.

Version 5.2
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General
# DDF now supports Windows 7 Preinstall Environment (i.e. "new DOS" or "recovery console").
# Plain folder-selection dialog replaced with Advanced folder-selection dialog.

Results - Preview Pane
#+- Internet Explorer viewer completely removed from the program. There are new internal plain text and image viewers, used for corresponding file types.
$ Note, internal image-viewer does know support entire gamma of image sub-types (as Internet Explorer), for now.
# All printing is now handled internally.
# Plain text files are now displayed in source format (HTML or other tags displayed).
- Multiple (selected files) preview removed, for now.

Version 5.1
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General
+ DDF Portable Edition.
+ DDF Shell Extension.
+ New Wizard Step - Comparison Criteria.
# Misc graphical interface enhancements.
# Portable configuration files can be used now on user accounts without administrative privileges, if write-access is enabled for program folder.

Results
+ Customizable toolbar (Settings/Results/Toolbar).
+ Preview Pane: Image-files sub-types list can be customized now.
+ Preview Pane: Text-files extensions list can be customized now.
+ Extra Original/Duplicate-status images.
$ Drawn only when originals are displayed, Results are not grouped by the originals and Status column not shown.

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Demo-Mode Restrictions
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Action-feature is disabled in demo-mode.

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Purchasing & Registration
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This program is shareware. The registration price is US$ 18.

To make a payment please go to "http://www.shareit.com/product.html?productid=300057100", 
and follow Quickbuy link from there.
Soon after you make a payment you will receive your registration information via e-mail.
Registration information consists of user name and serial number.

When you register the program, this is what you get for your money:

(a) A registration code and instructions on how to input this code to register your copy of Delete Duplicate Files. 
This process will get rid of demo-mode restrictions.
(b) Free upgrades to all future versions of the same series.
(c) Technical support, via e-mail.

Supporting shareware development will result in better programs.

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Feedback
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Please direct your feedback to support.egadgets@gmail.com.

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System Requirements
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To use Delete Duplicate Files you must have the following:
• IBM PC or compatible.
• Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7.
• Administrator privileges for the installation and registration.

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Installation
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To install Delete Duplicate Files:
1. Download the installation program.
2. Exit running applications.
3. Click Win+E to open Windows Explorer.
4. Browse to the folder where you saved the installation program.
5. Select installation program file, right-click and select "Run as administrator".
6. Follow installation wizard steps, and read the description for every
step.
   (Click the Next button to go on to the next step, or click the Back
button to return to the previous step.)
7. Specify a folder in which to install Delete Duplicate Files, then click "Next".
8. Delete Duplicate Files is installed in the destination directory.
9. The installer will offer to place a shortcut to Delete Duplicate Files 
on your desktop and Quick Launch bar.

To uninstall Delete Duplicate Files:
1. Close Delete Duplicate Files and other running applications.
2. Click Windows start button, select Control Panel, then click "Programs and Features" (on Windows XP it's "Add or
Remove Programs").
3. Find and select "Delete Duplicate Files" from the list, and click "Uninstall" (on Windows XP it's "Remove").

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Enable HTML Help
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To open the Help file, start Delete Duplicate Files, and press F1. If Help displays "This
page cannot be displayed", do the following:
1. Close Help.
2. Locate DDF.chm file, inside the folder where Delete Duplicate Files is installed.
3. Select and right-click the chm-file.
4. Select "Unblock" from the pop-up menu.
5. Return to Delete Duplicate Files, and press F1 again.

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Disclaimer of Warranty
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This software is provided on an "As Is" and "As Available" basis without warranties of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of title, noninfringement merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. I do not warrant that the software will be - uninterrupted, timely, reliable, secure or error-free and expressly disclaim any warranties as to the program contained herewith.

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Release Date
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December 5th 2013
