AllDup Version History

In the AllDup Version History, you will find all new features, improvements, and bug fixes for the current Version 4 – clearly and chronologically documented.

4.5.72

Date: 17.12.2025

UPD: The search method 'Find video and music files by audio track length' has been renamed to 'Find video and music files by duration' and duration detection has been optimized.
UPD: All language files were saved in a new file format. Older language files are no longer compatible.
UPD: Various components for the user interface display have been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations have been carried out.

4.5.70

Date: 14.07.2025

NEW: Search Result / 'Select' Menu: Added command 'Select all files that are outside the following folder'.
NEW: Search Result / 'Select' Menu: Added command 'Deselect all files that are outside the following folder'.
UPD: User interface translations have been updated for all languages.
UPD: Setup/Update file translations have been updated for all languages.
UPD: The language files for the 'MediaInfo' plugin have been updated and extended with a few new languages.
UPD: The component for the user interface display has been updated.
UPD: The external component '7-Zip' for unpacking archive files has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations have been carried out.

4.5.68

Date: 29.05.2025

NEW: Japanese translation of the user interface. (Translator: Masaki)
UPD: The component for the user interface display has been updated.
UPD: The external component for the 'Media Info Viewer' Plug-In has been updated.
UPD: The external component for unpacking RAR files has been updated.
UPD: The external component '7-Zip' for unpacking archive files has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been carried out.

4.5.66

Date: 14.02.2025

NEW: File Manager / 'Rename Files': With the new placeholder %FOLDER%, the folder name in which the file is located can be inserted into the new name of a file.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Czech translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The component for the user interface display has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been carried out.

4.5.64

Date: 24.10.2024

UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Korean translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The component for displaying the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The external '7-Zip' component for unpacking archive files has been updated.
UPD: The external component for the 'Media Info Viewer' plug-in has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.62

Date: 07/09/2024

NEW: Search method 'Find similar file names': Added comparison method 'Ignore characters at the start of a file name'.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Dutch translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The component for displaying the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The external component for unpacking RAR files has been updated.
UPD: The external '7-Zip' component for unpacking archive files has been updated.
UPD: The external component for the 'Media Info Viewer' plug-in has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.60

Date: 02/16/2024

NEW: Search Result / 'Select' menu: Added command 'Select all defective audio files'.
NEW: Search Result / 'Select files by name': Added option 'Case sensitive'.
NEW: Search Result / 'Select files by path': Added option 'Case sensitive'.
UPD: The search method 'Find video and music files by audio track length' now additionally supports the TS video format.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Korean translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
INFO: AllDup can no longer be used on the following Windows versions: XP, Vista, Server 2003/2008.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.58

Date: 12/13/2023

NEW: Options / General: File types and folders can now be excluded from monitoring by Windows Defender on Windows 10/11, thereby increasing the working speed of AllDup.
NEW: Search Result / 'Select' menu: Added command 'Select all corrupted image files'.
NEW: Search Result / 'Select' menu: Added command 'Select files by date'.
NEW: Search Result / 'Deselect' menu: Added command 'Deselect files by date'.
NEW: Search Result / 'Deselect' menu: Added command 'Deselect files by size'.
NEW: Search Result / Context menu 'Copy to clipboard': Added command 'File name without extension'.
UPD: Search Result: The input mask for the command 'Select/Deselect files by name' has been extended.
UPD: Search Result: The input mask for the command 'Select/Deselect files by path' has been extended.
UPD: Search Result: The input mask for the command 'Select/Deselect files by size' has been extended.
UPD: Search Result / Export: More than 1,048,576 rows can now be exported to an Excel file.
UPD: The external component for the 'Media Info Viewer' plug-in has been updated.
UPD: The component for displaying the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.56

Date: 11/25/2023

NEW: On Windows 64-bit, AllDup can now use up to 4 GB RAM for searching for duplicate files (previously max. 2 GB).
UPD: The logging of search statistics has been optimized.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The database component has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.54

Date: 11/12/2023

UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Italian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Search Result: When frequently switching the preview between groups and files, created GDI objects were not released, which could lead to a memory error.

4.5.52

Date: 11/03/2023

UPD: Search result: The position of the divider bar between the search result and the file preview is now saved and restored.
UPD: Search result / File preview / Internet Explorer: The aspect ratio is now additionally displayed below an image.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The component for displaying the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The external component for unpacking RAR files has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.50

Date: 09/26/2023

UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Traditional Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The component for displaying the search result has been updated.
UPD: The component for displaying the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The external component for the 'Media Info Viewer' plug-in has been updated.
UPD: The external component for unpacking RAR files has been updated.
UPD: The external component '7-Zip' for unpacking archive files has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.48

Date: 06/04/2023

NEW: File Manager / 'Rename files': The new placeholder %CDATE% can be used to insert the create date of the file into the new name.
NEW: File Manager / 'Rename files': The new placeholder %MDATE% can be used to insert the modified date of the file into the new name.
NEW: File Manager / 'Rename files': The new placeholder %PDATE% can be used to insert the create date of an image file (JPG, PNG, TIF) into the new name.
NEW: File Manager / 'Rename files': The new placeholder %GNAME% can be used to insert the group name into the new name of a file.
NEW: File Manager / 'Rename files': The new placeholder %FNAME% can be used to insert the name of the first file in a group into the new name of a file.
NEW: File Manager / 'Rename files': The new placeholder %LNAME% can be used to insert the name of the last file in a group into the new name of a file.
UPD: File Manager / 'Rename files': The placeholders must now be enclosed in a percent sign (%).
UPD: File Manager / 'Rename files': The placeholder %1 for the file name has been renamed to %NAME%.
UPD: File Manager / 'Rename files': The placeholder %2 for the file extension has been renamed to %EXT%.
UPD: The AllDup documentation has been revised.
UPD: The English translation of the user interface and the documentation has been revised.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.46

Date: 05/10/2023

NEW: Search Options / After search completion: The button for selecting the sound file has been extended with the command 'Select sound file from the Media system folder'.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Korean translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Italian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.44

Date: 05/05/2023

NEW: Options / General: Added button to register the AllDup context menu for Windows Explorer.
UPD: The files for the AllDup context menu in Windows Explorer are no longer registered on the Windows system when AllDup is started.
UPD: Search method 'Find similar images': The file extension ICO has been added to the list of supported image formats.
UPD: Search method 'Find file duplicates based on file properties': The selection of file properties is no longer reset when a different search method is selected.
UPD: The external component for unpacking RAR files has been updated.
UPD: The external component for the 'Media Info Viewer' plugin has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Czech translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.42

Date: 04/18/2023

UPD: Search result: The save dialog when closing the search result is now automatically closed after 10 seconds.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Ukrainian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.40

Date: 04/08/2023

NEW: Options / General: For the option 'Integrate AllDup into the Windows Explorer context menu', you can now choose between 'Context menu with Unicode support' or 'Context menu without Unicode support'.
UPD: The files for the AllDup context menu in Windows Explorer are now automatically registered on the Windows system every time AllDup is started.
UPD: Database: A message is now displayed in the log if the database cannot be used for the started search because it is already being used by another AllDup instance.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.38

Date: 03/23/2023

NEW: Vietnamese translation of the user interface. (Translator: Khoa Nguyen)
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.

4.5.37

Date: 03/11/2023

UPD: AllDup's Windows Explorer context menu now supports passing multiple folders.
UPD: The save dialog when closing the search result has been extended with the option 'Do not show this dialog again'.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Korean translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.35

Date: 03/08/2023

UPD: AllDup's Windows Explorer context menu now supports Unicode and is now also available on Windows 11.
UPD: The table with the saved search results can now be sorted via the column headers.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: Portuguese translation of the installation files.
UPD: Traditional Chinese translation of the installation files.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.33

Date: 03/01/2023

NEW: Search method 'Find similar pictures': PNG files with a 64-bit color palette are now supported.
NEW: Translation: The language file 'installer.txt' with the English texts for the installation files has been added to the subfolder 'lang'.
NEW: Main window / Toolbar / Language: The new command 'Open language file installer.txt' can be used to open the language file containing the English texts for the installation files.
UPD: Danish translation of the installation file. (Translator: Torben Skalshoej)
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.31

Date: 02/17/2023

UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Search method 'File content' / Comparison method 'Byte-for-Byte': Files with the same size were incorrectly identified as duplicates since version 4.5.30.

4.5.30

Date: 02/17/2023

NEW: Danish translation of the user interface. (Translator: Torben Skalshoej)
UPD: Search method 'File content': Files with 0 bytes are now displayed in the search result if the file filter 'Ignore files with 0 bytes' is deactivated.
UPD: Search result / Column 'Duration': The duration is now displayed without leading zeros when the length is more than one minute. (0:02:36 -> 2:36)
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Korean translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Traditional Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The external component 'MediaInfo' for the 'Media Info Viewer' plugin has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.28

Date: 02/03/2023

UPD: Source folder list / Column 'File protection': The file protection status of a source folder is now displayed in the list with a lock icon.
UPD: Source folder list / Column 'File protection': The notice when activating file protection for a source folder is now displayed only once after starting AllDup.
UPD: Source folder list / Column 'Subfolders': The status for searching subfolders of a source folder is now displayed in the list with a folder icon.
UPD: Search result / Menu bar / File protection: An active file protection is now displayed with a lock icon before the source folder.
UPD: File manager: An info message is now displayed in the log if files were not processed due to the option 'Do not process groups where all files are selected'.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Swedish translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.26

Date: 11/01/2022

NEW: Search result: The command 'Expand only groups that contain files with different names' can now be executed with and without considering the file extension.
UPD: The external component '7-Zip' for unpacking archive files has been updated.
UPD: The external component 'RAR' for unpacking RAR files has been updated.
UPD: The external component 'MediaInfo' for the 'Media Info Viewer' plugin has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Italian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Korean user interface translation has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.24

Date: 06.10.2022

NEW: Search method 'Find similar images': Comparison method 'mHash' added.
UPD: Command line: The -h option has been extended to include the comparison method 'mHash'.
UPD: Command line: The -d option has been extended to include the comparison sizes 128x128, 256x256, and 512x512 for the comparison method 'bHash'.
UPD: Search / progress indicator: Horizontal and vertical scroll bars are now automatically displayed for low screen resolutions.
UPD: Search / progress indicator: The protocol window can now be resized via a separator bar below the progress indicator.
UPD: Documentation / Search method 'Find similar images': The table showing the detection rate for the comparison methods has been extended to include the comparison methods 'aHash (64-bit)', 'mHash', and 'bHash (Precise)'.
UPD: The Portuguese user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese user interface translation has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.22

Date: 15.08.2022

NEW: The user interface is now also available in the Korean language.
UPD: Search result: When saving the search result, more information about the search method settings is now displayed in the comment. Example: "Find similar images (aHash) (80%) (16x16) (256-Bit)".

4.5.20

Date: 12.08.2022

NEW: Search method 'Find similar images' / Image formats / Context menu: Menu command 'BMP, JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIF, WEBP' added.
UPD: Search method 'Find similar images': Various optimizations have been implemented when loading and converting images. This results in fewer false-positive duplicates being displayed in the search result. If you have used the database for image searching, you should reset it, as the checksums have changed.
UPD: Documentation / Search method 'Find similar images': The table showing the detection rate for the comparison methods has been revised and extended to include the comparison method 'bHash'.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.18

Date: 11.07.2022

UPD: The French user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Ukrainian user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Czech user interface translation has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.16

Date: 08.03.2022

UPD: The Russian user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Simplified Chinese user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Traditional Chinese user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Dutch user interface translation has been updated.
UPD: The Polish user interface translation has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.14

Date: 22.02.2022

NEW: The search method 'Find similar images' now supports the following image formats: 3FR, ARW, BMP, CR2, CRW, CUT, DCR, DIB, DNG, EMF, ERF, GIF, HDP, ICO, IFF, J2C, J2K, JP2, JPE, JPG, JPEG, JPX, JFIF, KDC, MDC, MEF, MOS, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, PBM, PCX, PGM, PNG, PPM, PSD, RAF, RAS, RAW, RW2, SRW, TGA, TIF, TIFF, RAS, RLE, WBMP, WEBP, WMF, and X3F.
NEW: Search method 'Find similar images': The file extensions of the supported image formats can now be individually activated for searching.
NEW: File Manager / Action 'Delete files': With the new 'Secure Deletion' option, the content of a file is completely overwritten and the file size is set to 0 before the file is deleted.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Spanish translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.13

Date: 2022-01-25

NEW: File Manager / Action 'Rename files': Added option 'Overwrite files with the same name'.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface of the previous version has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface of the previous version has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface of the previous version has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface of the previous version has been updated.
UPD: The Italian translation of the user interface of the previous version has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.10

Date: 2021-12-23

NEW: Options / User Interface: The font and background color of the user interface can now be defined using the 'Standard', 'Dark Mode' and 'Custom' options.
NEW: Options / User Interface: The font size for the toolbar texts can now be changed.
NEW: Search Result / Menu Bar / Columns: Added option to show and hide the horizontal and vertical grid lines of the search result.
NEW: Search Result: A clear progress indicator is now displayed when loading the search result.
UPD: Search Result / Menu Bar / Options: The options for the color configuration of the search result have been removed. These can now be configured in the main window under Options.
UPD: Options / User Interface: The list of toolbar themes is now sorted from light to dark.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.5

Date: 2021-11-27

NEW: Search Result / Menu Bar / Select: Added command 'Mark all files'.
NEW: The search method 'Find similar music' now supports music files with the extensions AIF/AIFF.
UPD: The 7-Zip component has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.5.3

Date: 2021-11-12

NEW: Plugin 'Image Viewer': Image files with the extensions HEIC and HEIF can now be displayed in the preview. The prerequisite for this is that these file types are also displayed as a preview image in Windows Explorer. Otherwise, an additional image extension such as the freeware 'CopyTrans HEIC' must be installed.
UPD: The external component for the plugin 'Media Info Viewer' has been updated.
UPD: The external component for unpacking RAR files has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.5.1

Date: 20.10.2021

NEW: Database: The version and size of the database and the number of saved files and checksums are now displayed in the new "Database Info" section.
UPD: Database: The time required for the search when using checksums from the database has been significantly reduced.
UPD: Database Tool 'Clean Up': A progress indicator is now displayed when checking for non-existent files.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Dutch translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.5

Date: 13.10.2021

NEW: The checksums created during the search can now be saved in a database and reused, significantly reducing the time required for subsequent search operations.
NEW: Main window / Toolbar: Added 'Database' button.
NEW: Database: Checksum storage can now be activated individually for the search methods 'File content', 'similar pictures', and 'similar music'.
NEW: Database: Option 'Recalculate checksum if file size has changed'.
NEW: Database: Option 'Recalculate checksum if file modification date has changed'.
NEW: Database / Tools: The 'Clean Up' button removes all checksums of files that no longer exist from the database.
NEW: Database / Tools: The 'Reset' button removes all checksums from the database.
NEW: Database / Tools: The 'New' button deletes the database file and creates a new database.
NEW: Main window / source folder list: The 'Add special folder' menu item now additionally lists all network shares and folders of administrative shares (e.g., Admin$).
NEW: Main window / source folder list: Added 'Info' column to display drive names or Windows Library names. The information can be edited by double-clicking.
NEW: Main window / Filter lists / Context menu: The 'Add standard filter' command re-adds all filters displayed in the list when AllDup was first started.
NEW: Main window / Archive files: All file extensions can now be selected or deselected via a right-click on the 'Search archives with the following file extensions' option.
NEW: Search / progress indicator: The protocol window can now be enlarged and minimized again via an additional button if required.
NEW: Search result / Toolbar 'Search': In the options, it can now be specified whether groups and/or files should be searched.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
INFO: Windows 7 or higher is now required for the installation of AllDup. Please use the Portable Edition if you want to use AllDup under Windows XP or Windows Vista.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.4.56

NEW: Search result / File / Context menu: Added command 'Move to top of group'.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Turkish translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.4.54

NEU: Source folder list / Context menu: The command 'Add all folders' has been added to the menu item 'Add special folder'.
NEU: Search / Progress indicator / Archives: Added 'Cancel' button to stop searching the current archive file.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.4.52

NEU: Search result / File preview: Image files with the WEBP extension can now be displayed in the preview.
NEU: Search result / Options / Group preview: With the option 'Show file properties in one column', all file properties are listed underneath each other in a single column.
NEU: Search result / Group / Context menu: Added command 'Invert file selection'.
NEU: Search result / Files / Context menu: Added command 'Copy marked files'.
NEU: Search result / Files / Context menu: Added command 'Move marked files'.
NEU: Search result / File manager / Actions: Added option 'Delete file if no Recycle Bin is available'.
UPD: Search result / Group preview 'Images': Images can now be selected and deselected directly in the preview.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The external component for the plugin 'Media Info Viewer' has been updated.
UPD: The external component for unpacking RAR files has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.4.47

UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: The incorrect display of the beta status has been removed.

4.4.46

NEU: File filter: Files can now be excluded from the search based on their modification or creation date.
NEU: Search result / Menu 'Select': Added command 'Select all files without hard links'.
NEU: Search result / Menu bar / Options: Added command 'Select font'.
UPD: File manager: With the option 'Create hard links', more than 1024 hard links can now be created in a group. See new description in the help file.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.4.44

NEU: Search method 'Find similar images': Added comparison method 'bHash' (Blockhash).
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.4.42

NEU: Search result / Menu bar / Remove: Added command 'Remove all groups that only contain files from archives'.
UPD: The Ukrainian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.4.40

UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: Various external components have been updated.

4.4.38

NEW: Search method 'Find similar pictures' / 'Comparison method': The new comparison methods 'MD5 (128-Bit)', 'SHA-1 (160-Bit)', 'SHA-2 (256-Bit)', 'SHA-2 (384-Bit)', and 'SHA-2 (512-Bit)' enable searching for exactly identical pictures.
NEW: Search method 'Find similar pictures': The checksum can now optionally be created from the complete image or a partial area. This enables damaged or incomplete images to be identified as duplicates.
NEW: Search method 'Find similar pictures': With the new 'Image Area' option, you can specify from which image area the checksum should be created.
NEW: A "Splash Screen" is now displayed when starting AllDup.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Ukrainian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.4.34

NEW: Folder Selection dialog: Added 'Refresh folder view' button.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: The context menu in Windows Explorer was always activated when AllDup started.

4.4.32

NEW: Search result / Menu bar / Columns: Added option 'Ignore column header when optimizing column width'.
UPD: The display of the user interface has been optimized for high-contrast Windows themes.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.4.30

NEW: The selection of the search method has been optimized and restructured.
NEW: With the new search method 'Find video and music files by sound track length', you can search for video and music files where the sound track has the same or almost the same length.
NEW: Search method 'Find similar pictures': It can now be specified that only pictures with the same file name are checked.
NEW: Search result: All marked files and groups can now be deleted from the search result using the Delete key.
NEW: Command line: With the new parameter -sb you can search for video and music files with the same sound track length.
NEW: Command line: With the new parameter -sc you can search for files with similar names.
NEW: Command line: With the new parameter -f you can specify the comparison method for searching similar file names.
UPD: The AllDup context menu in Windows Explorer has been revised.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.4.28

NEW: Search Result / Menu Bar / Remove: Added command 'Remove all groups where some files are selected'.
NEW: Search Result / Menu Bar / Options: Added option 'Show minimized window in the notification area of the taskbar'.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar 'Search': Added option 'Do not search group names'.
UPD: File Manager: The option 'Exit File Manager after action completion' was renamed to 'After action completion:' and now also allows exiting AllDup.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Czech translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.4.26

NEW: Search Result / Menu Bar / Remove: Added command 'Remove all hard links from the search result'.
UPD: The external component for unpacking RAR files has been updated.
UPD: The external component for the plugin 'Media Info Viewer' has been updated.
UPD: The external component for comparing audio files has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.4.24

UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.4.22

UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Ukrainian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.4.20

UPD: Search Result / Keyboard Shortcuts: The context menu for groups was added.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.4.18

UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Ukrainian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations have been performed.

4.4.16

NEW: Comparison criterion 'File Name': Added option 'Only compare characters at the end of a file name'.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar 'Search': Added option 'Ignore selected files'.
NEW: Search Result / File Manager: Added option 'Close File Manager after action completion'.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar 'Selection': Added command 'Select files by size' with the search options 'smaller than', 'exactly equal' and 'larger than'.
UPD: Search Method / File Content: The function for detecting metadata in JPEG/CR2 files has been optimized.
UPD: The Czech translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Italian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.4.14

NEW: The user interface is now additionally available in Turkish.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were carried out.

4.4.12

UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.

4.4.10

NEW: Search Options: Added option 'Determine duration, bitrate, and sampling rate of files with the following extensions (slower)'.
NEW: Search Result: Added columns 'Duration', 'Bitrate', and 'Sampling Rate'.
UPD: Search Method 'File content': The option 'Ignore Exif data of JPEG files' was renamed to 'Ignore metadata of JPEG/CR2 files'.
UPD: Search Method 'File content' / Option 'Ignore metadata of JPEG/CR2 files': Now only the image data between the SOS and EOI markers is compared.
UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Polish translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were carried out.

4.4.8

NEW: Search Result / File context menu: The new command "Swap file names" allows swapping the file names of two marked files.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were carried out.

4.4.6

NEW: Source folder list: All folders or folder options can now be selected and deselected with a mouse click on the column header.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were carried out.

4.4.3

UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were carried out.

4.4

NEW: Search Result: The file preview can now be displayed in a separate window.
NEW: Search Result: Added column 'Hard link ID'.
NEW: Search Result / Menu 'Remove': Added command 'Remove all groups containing only hard links with the same ID'.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar 'File': Added option 'Show file preview in a separate window' to the 'File preview' button.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar 'File': Added option 'Always show file preview window in foreground' to the 'File preview' button.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar 'File': Added option 'Show file preview window in the Windows taskbar' to the 'File preview' button.
NEW: Search Result / Keyboard Shortcuts: The new real-time filter function now allows you to limit the display of the command list.
NEW: Search Result / Keyboard Shortcuts: The new button 'Show only commands with keyboard shortcut' provides a quick overview of all defined keyboard shortcuts.
NEW: Search Result / Keyboard Shortcuts: Keyboard shortcuts can now be defined for the commands of the 'Marked files' context menu.
NEW: Search Result / File Preview: The new status bar below the file preview now displays information about the opened file, such as file name, file size, image dimensions, or video/music duration.
NEW: Search Result / File Preview / VLC Player: Added button 'Fit video to window size'.
NEW: PlugIn Lists / Context Menu: Added commands 'Select all' and 'Deselect all'.
NEW: File Manager: Added protocol window.
UPD: File Manager: If the maximum Windows number of 1024 hard links per file has been reached, the remaining files in this group will no longer be processed.
UPD: File Manager: When creating hard links, the 'Hard links' and 'Hard link ID' columns in the search result are now automatically updated.
UPD: Plugin 'VLC Media Player': The file axvlc.dll is now automatically registered by AllDup if the VLC Media Player has been integrated into the AllDup folder. See instructions in the help file (Main window -> File Preview -> Plugin 'VLC Media Player').
UPD: The Internet Explorer PlugIn list has been extended by the following file extensions: bmp, cab, dib, emf, ico, jpeg, svg, txt, wmf, zip.
UPD: The VLC Media Player PlugIn list has been extended by the following file extensions: 3g2, 3gp2, 3gpp, 669, a52, adt, adts, amv, aob, ape, asx, au, bik, caf, divx, drc, dv, dvr-ms, evo, f4v, flac, gvi, gxf, it, m2t, m2ts, m2v, m4a, m4p, m4v, mka, mlp, mod, mp1, mp2v, mp4v, mpc, mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, mpga, mpv2, mts, mtv, mxf, nsv, nuv, oga, ogv, ogx, oma, opus, qcp, ra, rec, rm, rmvb, rpl, s3m, sdp, spx, thp, tod, tp, ts, tta, tts, vob, voc, vqf, vro, w64, webm, wtv, wv, xa, xesc and xm.
UPD: The 'Image Viewer' plug-in can now additionally display RAW image files from cameras with the following file extensions: 3FR, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, ERF, KDC, MDC, MEF, MOS, MRW, NEF, ORF, PEF, RAF, RAW, RW2, SRW and X3F.
UPD: Multi-monitor support: The positions of the windows are now correctly saved and restored when using multiple monitors.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.3.2

NEW: File Manager / Options: Added option 'Show protocol after operation is finished'.
UPD: Search Result / Search Toolbar: The search field has been supplemented with an icon indicating whether the search was successful or nothing was found.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Ukrainian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.3.1

UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been implemented.

4.3

Main Window

NEW: Source folder list: You can now activate file protection for each individual folder, which prevents files from being deleted, moved, or renamed in that folder.
NEW: Profile list: Added column 'Comment'.
NEW: Toolbar: The 'Protocol' button now displays the protocol of the last search directly in the program.
NEW: Options / General: Added option 'Check for new beta versions once a day at startup'.
NEW: Options / General / Updates: The new 'Check now' button allows you to check for new updates at any time.
NEW: Saved Search Results / Context Menu: Added menu item 'Open protocol file'.
UPD: Saved Search Results: The 'Comparison criteria' column has been renamed to 'Comment' and can now be edited.

Search Method

NEW: Search Method: The new comparison criterion 'Similar music' now allows you to search for similar audio files with the file extensions MP3, FLAC, WMA, WAV, OGG, APE, AAC, MKA, M4A, M4R, and MP2.
NEW: Search Method / Comparison criterion 'File name': The new option 'Ignore the following texts in the file name' allows you to ignore various text patterns in the file name.
UPD: Search Method / Comparison criterion 'File content': With the option 'Ignore ID3 tags of MP3 files', duplicate ID3v2.x tags at the beginning of the MP3 file and duplicate ID3v1 tags at the end of the file are now also ignored.

Search Options

NEW: Search Options / Archive files: Archives with the extensions ARJ, CB7, CBR, CBT, CBZ, EPUB, LZH, LHA, and NRG can now additionally be searched for duplicates.
NEW: Search Options / Archive files: Split archives with the following file extensions are now searched: '.zip', '.zip.001', '.rar', '.part1.rar', '.7z.001' and '.tar.001'.
NEW: Search Options / Archive files: Added option 'Search the following archive types'.
NEW: Search Options / Archive files: Added option 'Delete temporary files after creating their checksum'.
NEW: Search Options / Archive files: Added option 'Log password-protected files'.
NEW: Search Options / After search completion: Added option 'Play sound file'.
UPD: The archive option 'Temporary folder for unpacking archive files:' has been renamed to 'Folder for creating temporary files' and moved to the general options.

Search Progress Indicator

NEW: Search Result / Progress Indicator: The new 'Options' button allows the following actions to be performed when the search ends: "Play sound file", "Save search result", 'Put PC into standby mode', and 'Put PC into hibernation mode'.

Search Result

NEW: Search Result / Menu bar: The new menu item 'File Protection' allows you to individually specify for each source folder that no files may be deleted, moved, or renamed in that folder.
NEW: Search Result / Menu bar 'Search Result': Added menu item 'File Preview'.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbars: The new 'File Preview' toolbar allows you to activate a plugin to display files in the preview.
NEW: Search Result / 'Selection' toolbar: The new button 'Undo selection or deselection action' allows you to always undo the last performed selection or deselection action of files.
NEW: Search Result / File Context Menu: Added command 'Remove file extension from plugin lists'.
NEW: Search Result / File Context Menu: Added menu item 'File Actions'. You can also call up the menu item separately for a file using the key combination CTRL + right mouse button.
NEW: Search Result / File Context Menu: The new file actions 'Copy file' and 'Move file' have been added to the new menu item 'File Actions'.
UPD: Search Result / File Context Menu: Various file actions such as 'Rename file', 'Delete file', etc., have been grouped under the new menu item 'File Actions'.

File Preview

NEW: Search Result / File Preview: With the new plugin 'VLC Media Player' you can play all common audio and video formats.
NEW: Search Result / File Preview: With the new plugin 'MediaInfo', technical information and tags of audio, video, and graphic files are displayed in the preview.
NEW: Search Result / File Preview: With the new plugin 'EXIF Data Viewer', the EXIF data of files with the extensions JPEG, JPG, TIF, TIFF, PNG, GIF, and WAV can be displayed in the preview.
UPD: The 'Image Viewer' plugin can now display files with the following extensions: BMP, CUT, DIB, DNG, EMF, GIF, HDP, ICO, IFF, J2C, J2K, JP2, JPE, JPG, JPEG, JPX, JFIF, PBM, PCX, PGM, PNG, PPM, PSD, RAS, TGA, TIF, TIFF, RAS, RLE, WBMP, and WMF.

File Manager

NEW: File Manager / Delete: Files can now be deleted in 7z archives.
NEW: File Manager / Delete: If a file is to be deleted from an archive file and only this file is present in the archive file, then the archive file is deleted.

Command Line

NEW: Command Line: Added command -sa for the comparison criterion 'Similar Music'.
NEW: Command Line: Added command -l for specifying the measurement duration for the comparison criterion 'Similar Music'.
NEW: Command Line: Added command -a for specifying the comparison method for the comparison criterion 'Similar Music'.

4.2

NEW: Source folder / Comparison method: Added 'Only compare files located in the same source and subfolder'.
NEW: Search Options 'Search Archive Files': Additional archive files with the following file extensions can now be searched: 7Z, ISO, CAB, TAR, and GZ.
NEW: Search Method 'Similar Images': With the new option "Detect image changes" you can find similar or identical images that have been rotated or mirrored.
NEW: Search Method 'Similar Images': Added option 'Only compare images with the same file extension'.
NEW: Search Method 'Similar Images': Added option 'Only compare images with the same width and height'.
NEW: Search Method 'Similar Images': Added option 'Only compare images with the same image orientation'.
NEW: Search Method 'Similar Images': Added option 'Only compare images with the same aspect ratio'.
NEW: Search Method: For the comparison criteria creation and modification date, seconds can now be ignored.
NEW: Options / Search Result: Added option 'External program for opening files:'.
NEW: Search Result: Groups can now be shown and hidden based on their selected content.
NEW: Search Result / 'Filter' menu bar: Added 'Show groups without selected files'.
NEW: Search Result / 'Filter' menu bar: Added 'Show groups where all files are selected'.
NEW: Search Result / 'Filter' menu bar: Added 'Show groups where some files are selected'.
NEW: Search Result / File Manager: You can now specify which groups from the search result should be processed: 'All groups (ignore filter)' or 'Only groups displayed by the filter'.
NEW: Search Result / File Manager: Added option 'Do not process groups where all files are selected'.
NEW: Search Result / 'Select' menu bar: Added action 'Select all files with a match greater than or equal to a certain percentage'.
NEW: Search Result / 'Select' menu bar: Added action 'Select all files with a match less than or equal to a certain percentage'.
NEW: Search Result / 'Select' menu bar: Added action 'Select all files except the file with the most megapixels'.
NEW: Search Result / File(s) & Group Context Menu: Added menu item 'Open file(s) with external program'.
NEW: Search Options / 'During search': Added option 'Determine width and height of image files (slower)'.
NEW: Search Result: The new columns 'Width' and 'Height' display the image size in pixels.
NEW: Search Result / 'Search Result' menu bar: Added menu item 'Export search result'.
NEW: Search Result / Export: The search result can now also be exported to a Microsoft Excel file.
NEW: Search Result / Export: When exporting, you can now specify whether all files, only selected files, or only unselected files should be saved.
NEW: Search Result / Export: The data separator can now be freely selected.
NEW: Search Result / Export 'TXT': With the 'Create file list' option, a list (file path+name) of all files can now be saved.
UPD: Search Result / Menu bar 'Select': All menu items for deselecting files have been moved to the menu bar under 'Deselect'.
UPD: Search Result / Menu bar 'Select': The menu item 'Selection mode' has been moved to the menu bar under 'Mode'.
UPD: Search Result / Menu bar 'Options': The menu items 'Optimize column width automatically' and 'Optimize column width of all rows (slower)' have been moved to the menu bar under 'Columns'.
UPD: Search Result / File Preview / Plugin 'Internet Explorer': For images, the file size and image dimensions are now displayed below the file name.
UPD: Options / Search Result: The option 'Compare the following file types with Microsoft Word:' can now be deactivated if necessary.
UPD: Various user interface translations have been updated
(!!!): The language files have been moved to the new subfolder 'lang'.
(!!!): The search results are now saved in the new subfolder 'data'. If needed, please copy the files of your existing search results to the new subfolder (Files: {Suchergebnisname}.asr4a + {Suchergebnisname}.ini4a + {Suchergebnisname}.txt).
(!!!): The profiles are now saved in the new subfolder 'profile'. If needed, please copy your existing profile files ({Profilname}.pro4) to the new subfolder.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been carried out.

4.1.8

NEW: The user interface is now also available in the Czech language.
NEW: source folder List: With the menu item 'Add non-existent drives', all drives that are not present in the source folder list are added.
UPD: The filter lists for file and folder can now be sorted via the column header.
UPD: The various context menus in the program have been extended with icons.
UPD: The Finnish translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been carried out.

4.1.5

NEW: The user interface is now also available in the Greek language.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: Files can now also be deleted from a ZIP file using the File Manager.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been carried out.

4.1.2

UPD: The Portuguese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been carried out.

4.1.0

NEW: Search criterion File name: For the option 'Find similar file names', the algorithms 'SmartMatch', 'FuzzyMatch', 'Levenshtein', 'Ratcliff', 'MatchDiff', 'WordMatch', 'FuzzyPercent' or 'Simil' can now be used. See examples in the help file.
NEW: Search Options / 'During search': Added option 'Abort search if more than x duplicates are found'.
UPD: Search criterion File name: The option 'Partial match of file names' has been renamed to 'Find similar file names'.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been carried out.

4.0.47

NEW: The user interface is now also available in the Finnish language.
UPD: The Traditional Chinese translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The Slovenian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been carried out.

4.0.44

NEW: The user interface is now also available in the Portuguese language.
NEW: The user interface is now also available in the Slovenian language.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.42

NEW: The storage location of AllDup application data is now displayed in the options.
UPD: The French translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.40

NEW: Comparison criterion file content: The 'Byte-for-byte' comparison method has been extended with the 'Percentage match' option, enabling the search for files with similar content.
NEW: The user interface is now additionally available in Arabic.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.35

UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.32

NEW: The user interface is now additionally available in Swedish.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.28

NEW: The user interface and the help file are now additionally available in Italian.
NEW: The user interface is now additionally available in Polish.
NEW: Search method / Comparison criterion 'File name': Added option 'Ignore characters at the end of a file name'.
UPD: File filter / Option "Ignore files of a certain size": Added size units GB and TB.
UPD: File filter / Option "Ignore files of a certain size": A 6-digit value can now be specified for each size unit.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.23

NEW: The user interface is now additionally available in Hungarian.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.20

NEW: The user interface is now additionally available in Traditional Chinese.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.18

NEW: The user interface and the help file are now additionally available in French.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.14

NEW: Search result / Menu bar / Options: Added option "Ask whether to save the search result when exiting".
UPD: Saving the search result has been optimized and is now significantly faster for large amounts of data.
UPD: File and folder filter list: The F2 key allows editing a filter.
UPD: Operating the user interface via the keyboard has been optimized.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.12

NEW: General Options: Added option 'Check for new updates once a day upon startup'.
NEW: Search result / Toolbars: Individual buttons can now be shown and hidden via the context menu of a toolbar.
NEW: Search result / Toolbar: Added buttons "Show previous selected file" and "Show next selected file".
NEW: Search result / Menu bar / Remove: Added 'Remove all groups in which all files are selected'.
NEW: Search result / Menu bar / Select: Added 'Select files based on path' and 'Deselect files based on path'.
NEW: The search progress is now additionally displayed as an animated progress indicator on the AllDup button in the Windows taskbar. (Requires Windows 7 or higher)
NEW: The Internet update is now also available for the Portable Edition.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.10

NEW: Source folder: Added comparison methods 'Compare files from all source folders' and 'Compare files only from different source folders'.
UPD: The progress indicator during the search has been revised.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.

4.0.8

UPD: Search result: When saving and loading a search result and when expanding or collapsing many groups, the progress in percent and the estimated remaining time are now shown in the window title.
UPD: Search options: The option 'Determine file attributes (slower)' has been removed.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.0.7

NEW: Search method / Options: With the option 'Do not compare hard links', files that are hard links of themselves will not be compared when using the comparison criteria 'File content' and 'Similar images'.
NEW: Search options: Option 'Remove all groups where duplicates are not present in all source folders' added.
NEW: Search result / Menu bar / Options: With the option 'Display info symbols', special symbols for hard links and files from archives are displayed on the left edge of the search result.
NEW: Search result / Menu bar / Options / Colors: Option 'Text color of reference files' added.
NEW: Search result / Menu bar / Options / Colors: Option 'Text color of compressed files' added.
NEW: Search result / Menu bar / Options / Colors: Option 'Text color of hard links' added.
NEW: Search result / Menu bar / Options / Colors: Option 'Background color of groups' added.
NEW: Search result / Menu bar / Options / Colors: Option 'Text color of groups' added.
UPD: The options for filtering by file size have been moved from the search options to the file filter.
UPD: Search options: The display of options has been made clearer.
UPD: Search result: Right-clicking on a column header now allows the contents of the groups to be sorted separately.
UPD: Search result: The F2 key can now be used to rename files.
UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.0.5

NEW: Search result / Context menu 'File': 'Rename file' added.
UPD: Command line: Directory paths can now also be specified without quotation marks.
UPD: Table 'Saved search results': Columns 'Duplicates' and 'Comparison criteria' added.
UPD: The search can now additionally be started using the F4 key.
UPD: Profile list, folder list, saved search results list: The F2 key can now be used for renaming.
UPD: Search result: The created image preview of a group is now kept in memory until a new group is selected.
(!!!): Saved search results from previous program versions can no longer be loaded.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.0.3

UPD: The Russian translation of the user interface has been updated.
UPD: Search method 'Similar images': The column 'Match' is now also displayed in the file preview of a group.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.0.2

NEW: Command line: The command -s9 can now be used to search for similar images.
NEW: Command line: The command -h[0-2] can be used to set the search method aHash, dHash, or pHash for searching for similar images.
NEW: Command line: The command -m[1-100] can be used to set the match percentage for searching for similar images.
NEW: Command line: The command -d[0-2] can be used to set the comparison size for the search method aHash, dHash, or pHash.
NEW: Search result / Menu bar: The columns of the table can now additionally be shown and hidden via the menu item 'Columns'.
UPD: Search result / Menu bar / Options: The option 'Display files selected by the user in bold' has been replaced by the option 'Background color for files selected by the user'.
UPD: Search result / Menu bar / Options: An individual color can now be specified for the color selection of selected files.
UPD: Search method 'Similar images': Checksum comparison has been optimized and is now significantly faster for many comparisons.
UPD: Search method 'Similar images': Files with 0 bytes are now automatically excluded from the search.
UPD: Filter Files/Folders: The number of excluded files and folders is now displayed in the log after the search.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes have been performed.

4.0

NEW: The user interface has been revised and optimized in all areas.
NEW: Unicode compatibility: Text containing Unicode characters from languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Russian are now displayed correctly.
NEW: Searching by file content is now up to 50% faster than in the previous version.
NEW: With the new search method 'Similar Images' you can now search for similar or almost identical images, which may exist in the various graphic formats BMP, JPG/JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIF.
NEW: Search Method / File Content: The search by file content has been extended with the options MD5 (128-bit), SHA1 (160-bit), SHA2 (256-bit), SHA2 (384-bit), SHA2 (512-bit).
NEW: Search Method / File Content: Added option 'Ignore metadata of FLAC files'.
NEW: Search Method / File Content: The option 'Ignore ID3 tags of MP3 files' now additionally ignores the tags 'Lyrics3 v2' and 'APE v2'.
NEW: Search Method / File Name: Added option 'Partial match of file names of at least x percent'.
NEW: Search Method / File Name: Added option 'Compare only characters at the beginning of a file name'.
NEW: Source Folder List / Options: Added option 'Compare only files that are in the same source folder'.
NEW: Search Options: Added option 'Display only files without duplicates in the search result'.
NEW: Search Options: Added option 'Log the search statistics of the progress indicator every x minutes'.
NEW: Options / General: Added option 'Unicode Text Support'.
NEW: Options / General: 19 different themes can now be selected for the user interface.
NEW: Options / Log: Added option 'List files without duplicates in the log'.
NEW: Options / Search Result: Added option 'External program for opening folders'.
NEW: File and Folder Filter: Multiple filters can now be combined using the separator '|'. Example: *.bmp|*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.png
NEW: Search Result: With the new 'Selection Mode' option you can specify which groups are processed during a selection or deselection action.
NEW: Search Result: The position of the columns can now be individually adjusted via Drag&Drop.
NEW: Search Result / Menu Bar / Select: Added action 'Expand all groups containing files with different names'.
NEW: Search Result / Menu Bar / Select: The selection action 'Select all files except the newest/oldest' has been extended with the options Modification Date and Creation Date.
NEW: Search Result / Menu Bar / Options: Added 'Optimize column width of all rows'.
NEW: Search Result / Menu Bar / Options: Added 'Hide all toolbars'.
NEW: Search Result / Menu Bar / Remove': Added 'Remove all groups with x file(s)'.
NEW: Search Result / Menu Bar / Remove': Added 'Remove all groups where the duplicates are not present in all source folders'.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbars: The toolbars can now be individually hidden via the context menu.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar: Added 'Display next/previous non-selected file'.
NEW: Search Result / File Context Menu: The new menu item 'To Clipboard' allows copying the file name and/or file path to the clipboard.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar / Search: Added button 'Search Options'.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar / Search: Added option 'Case sensitive'.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar / Search: Added option 'Use wildcards'.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar / Search: Added option 'Search all columns'.
NEW: Search Result / Toolbar / Search: Added option 'Continue search when the beginning or end of the search result is reached'.
NEW: Search Result: The search log is displayed in the file preview window when clicking on 'Search Result'.
NEW: During the search, a log window with all messages is now displayed.
NEW: Filter List for Files and Folders / Context Menu: With the menu item 'Bracket wildcards', the wildcard characters '[*?#' can now automatically be enclosed in square brackets so that they are treated as normal characters during text comparison.
NEW: Command Line: The command -c can be used to set the comparison method for the file content search criterion.
NEW: Command Line: The command -n prevents the passed folders from being added to the source folder list.
UPD: Source Folder List: The user can now add and remove drives from the list.
UPD: Source Folder List: All existing system drives are now only added to the list during the first start of AllDup.
UPD: Search Result / Toolbar: The search within the search result can now be performed forwards and backwards.
(!!!): The saved search results, profiles, and program settings of Version 3 are not adopted.
(!!!): The operating system Windows 2000 is no longer supported.
FIX: Various optimizations and bug fixes were performed.