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[rodm177]

I have several (tons actually) of folders in my D: drive. And several files in each folder.

For example I have a folder named Admuncher and in that folder I have several copies of the Admuncher exe file (like version admunch.exe v1.42, v1.48, v1.52, v1.56, v1.59, and v 2.0...

Now sometimes the version number is not even visible until you go to install it, so sometimes the files might just be visible as admunch, but I have several of them in the folder, all different versions of course.

Now imagine that in hundreds of folders with different software applications, accumulated over the years.

I do not want to go thru all those folders manually.

There must be a way to have the D: drive scanned and have the newest version (exe) left in the folder and all the old ones deleted.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[ald4]

Search for Admuncher on D using Windows search, once you get results sort it by date/name(whatever will make sense in your case) ctrl+a then deselect the one you want to leave and press delete.

 

[rodm177]

Ald4 thanks for the reply.

I know where admuncher is on D:

BUT as I said in the post I have hundreds of folders that are full of exe's that are the same, yet different versions.

It's not that I can't find them...

It's that I don't want to open each one and select 4 of the oldest and leave the 5th one which is newest (this is just an example).

That would take forever...

There must be software that will do this kind of thing, right?

 

[juhful]

Delete them all and download the latest version.

 

[ald4]

That's why you should sort the search results by date of creation/modification.
This will show you most recent files and usually most recent one is the newest version.

 

[rodm177]

search results by date of creation/modification.
This will show you most recent files and usually most recent one is the newest version.

But do I have to scan each folder or can I scan the whole drive at once?

 

[MalwareT]

Y u no use AdGuard (extension) ? It doesn't leave any traces on pc .

 

[jamescv7]

Well actually you need to research the programs that are current version and delete the older version.

AFAIK there is no such a software exist on that type.

 

[rodm177]

Delete them all and download the latest version.

Laugh out loud. So a I am going to do this manually one file at a time? That is what I am trying to avoid.

 

[rodm177]

Y u no use AdGuard (extension) ? It doesn't leave any traces on pc .

Adguard was just an example of what a person may have in a folder...

 

[rodm177]

Well actually you need to research the programs that are current version and delete the older version.

AFAIK there is no such a software exist on that type.

AFAIK....None? Great....

 

[Šovelén]

I iittle wonder, what's solved here ...

Yes, if you have a mess and duplicity on your computer, explore it some software to find duplicate files and delete them. CCleaner for example...
Personally, i recommend (if you got there that waste years) back up essential and subsequently ...

Format d: /q

 

[jamescv7]

AFAIK....None? Great....

Do you need those .exe especially the older version to be retained?

Actually I just make a brief research, seems nothing as implemented these type of thing. (unless I miss something)

 

[rodm177]

Do you need those .exe especially the older version to be retained?

Actually I just make a brief research, seems nothing as implemented these type of thing. (unless I miss something)

NO I'm only interested in the newest one

 

[juhful]

Laugh out loud. So a I am going to do this manually one file at a time? That is what I am trying to avoid.

You said you just wanted the newest version, so delete everything in the folder and get the latest. It seems pretty simple to me. Some things you may actually have to do them yourself. So delete all is one click and download is one click, two clicks should do it per folder lol

 

[rodm177]

Here is a visual using directory opus that shows the problem I'm describing above.


Files

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=14c4l6v&s=8


Folders

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=w7ye6b&s=8

 

[rodm177]

Not sure a duplicate finder would accomplish what I want...

 

[rodm177]

IF anyone else wonders about doing this. It looks like the following software will function to find older files:

The Read me file says: "
CloneSpy can help you free up hard drive space by detecting and removing
duplicate files. Duplicate files have exactly the same contents regardless of
their name, date, time and location. Also, CloneSpy is able to find files that
are not exactly identical, but have the same file name. Perhaps you have
different versions of a file and you want to find all of them and remove the
older versions."

I haven't used it yet, so I am not sure how to make the software do this, but it makes the claim, and it's free software, so I assume they are being honest.

 

[rodm177]

That's why you should sort the search results by date of creation/modification.
This will show you most recent files and usually most recent one is the newest version.

Going to see if the options offer your advice....

 

[jamescv7]

I haven't used it yet, so I am not sure how to make the software do this, but it makes the claim, and it's free software, so I assume they are being honest.

Tested this briefly, perhaps may solve to your problem but again there's an option to view those files which need to conduct a research to delete the older versions.