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CNET Editors' review
Duplicate images can take up a lot of space on your hard drive, but it's not always easy to locate, compare, and delete the duplicates. DupeGuru Picture Edition is a search utility that's made especially for this purpose. It didn't work exactly as we expected it to, but in the end it seemed to be pretty effective.
The program's interface is plain and not particularly intuitive. We decided to test the program by intentionally creating some duplicate images in a particular folder, and once we figured out how to select the proper directory, we had DupeGuru scan it. It didn't turn up any results, which we thought was odd. We adjusted the filter hardness so that it would return more results, scanned again, and still didn't get any hits. We then decided to scan our entire hard drive for duplicates to see if the program worked at all. We had much more luck with this, and we liked the way that DupeGuru displayed the results; duplicates were grouped together, with a reference file shown in blue and potential duplicates indented and listed below. Selecting a duplicate file and clicking the Details button displayed a dialog with a side-by-side comparison of the two images, both visually and with their various attributes listed. Dealing with confirmed duplicates was as easy as checking the boxes next to them and choosing to delete, move, copy, or ignore them, or choose from several other actions. The program's HTML Help file could be more thorough, but it provides enough basic guidance. We're still not sure why DupeGuru couldn't handle searching a single folder but did manage to search our entire hard drive, but in the end it seemed to work pretty well.
DupeGuru Picture Edition installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend this program to all users.
Publisher's Description
From Hardcoded Software:
dupeGuru Picture Edition (PE for short) application was designed to help you find duplicate pictures on your computer. dupeGuru PE is efficient. Find your duplicate pictures in minutes. Not only can dupeGuru PE find exact matches, but it can also find duplicates among pictures of different kind and quality. dupeGuru PE is customizable. You can tweak its matching engine to find exactly the kind of duplicates you want to find. The Preference page of the help file lists all the scanning engine settings you can change.
dupeGuru PE is safe. Its engine has been especially designed with safety in mind. Its reference directory system as well as its grouping system prevents you from deleting pictures you didn't mean to delete. Compare any picture format. dupeGuru PE supports JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, BMP and PSD formats. All these formats can be compared together.
What's new in this version: Version 2.5 added a dialog to edit the Ignore List, ability to sort results by "marked" status, and fixed various localization glitches.
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"My Security Software Refused to Allow Install!"
Version: dupeGuru Picture Edition 2.2.1
Pros
Don't know, since I wasn't able to use the program.
Cons
As soon as the installation was complete, my Norton Security Suite (which I LOVE) identified this software as a threat and immediately uninstalled/removed all traces of the program from my computer. Dunno what it detected, but I won't try it again!
Summary
Beware! I don't know what sort of bug or malware was detected in this software, but you can be sure I won't be overriding my security software to attempt another install of a program which was so readily identified as dangerous!
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"Good Program Documentation Fair"
Version: dupeGuru Picture Edition 2.0
Pros
did what it said it would
Cons
a little complicated, but can be figured out if you're patient
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"Does very well exactly what it claims"
Version: dupeGuru Picture Edition 2.0
Pros
Installs perfectly with no restart (Vista) and works like magic. Easy to use. I didn't have the problems outlined in the Editor's review whereby it wouldn't process a folder, only the complete HD - it processed folders perfectly well for me.
Cons
The Help file is not very well written, and will be confusing until you've used the program once or twice. It's best to find your way around by investigating the drop-down menus and using common-sense.
Summary
First-rate piece of software, and I concur totally with the Editor's recommendation.
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