Queries on duplicate file finding

[irish]

Hi.
(i) how can i get the everything rogram to find duplicate video files on different different drives that may have different extensions eg mp4 and mkv, same question with audio files,
(2) how can I exclude system files and files belonging to programs when searching for duplicate images.?

[void]

(i) how can i get the everything rogram to find duplicate video files on different different drives that may have different extensions eg mp4 and mkv, same question with audio files,

You'll need Everything 1.5.

Search for video files and look for duplicated stems (basename without extension):

ext:mp4;mkv dupe:stem

For audio files, please try:

audio: dupe:stem

You can also find duplicates by length:

dupe:length

Adjust your duplicate length tolerance under Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> length_dupe_tolerance
Try longer values (eg: 60000) for video files and short values (eg: 1000) for audio files.



Find duplicates in Everything 1.5.

(2) how can I exclude system files and files belonging to programs when searching for duplicate images.?

Exclude them from your search, for example:

!C:\Windows\ !"C:\Program Files\" !C:\ProgramData\ !\appdata\

To exclude system files/folders:
Index attributes under Tools -> Options -> Index -> Index file attributes and include the following in your search:

!attrib:s

[irish]

Thank you.
"Search for video files and look for duplicated stems (basename without extension)"
Okay so that would seem something like Christmas party and just search for that.
Sorry, stem in this context is a new word to me.

Looking at the page on finding duplicates, I guess what i want is dupe:size;sha256 option
That works. But i have some fat drives which Everything as far as I can see can't index.
So i add fat drives as folders.
If i search for something i know is on a fat drive, before i add that drive as a folder, everything will yield no results.
I have tried rescanning the drive, but nothing happens
When I add the drive as a folder and use ,dupe:size;sha256 it will (a) find the same file twice if as it seems there is only version of that file on the computer on a fat drive. It's like it is finding the file through Fat and through folder. (B) If i have same file located in a fat drve and ntfs drive, it will show two results ie one from fat and one from Ntfs.
So after all that , Is there to remove fat drives from everything searches?.

[void]

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Looking at the page on finding duplicates, I guess what i want is dupe:size;sha256 option

dupe:size

will be instant and give a good idea of possibly duplicated items.
Only use

dupe:size;sha256

if you want to make sure content is duplicated.

i have some fat drives which Everything as far as I can see can't index.

Add your FAT drives under Tools -> Options -> FAT or Tools -> Options -> Folders.
It sounds like your FAT drive has been added twice, under both the above.

To exclude FAT drives from your results, include the following in your search:

!index-type:FAT