Comments on: Clear duplicate files from Outlook the free and easy way

Outlook Duplicate Items Remover automates the task of removing copies of e-mail, contacts, tasks, and calendar entries.

[Abraxasxyz]

Not so automatic, not so transparent, not so good.

Need to find a duplicate file remover that is in the middle ground. I moved to a new laptop, from XP to Vista. It seems to have several copies of backup and archive files.

Tried a few including Duplicate File remover and Depuper. One is too simple and slow, the other too detailed and overwhelming.

Since most Outlook users are business people and it has a strange illogical archive system which is not intuitive for average computer user, I just pounded away PST files and backup files just to unjem the computer. Now I have moved to a new laptop with more HD space, I would like to sort things out.

Unfortunately, I cannot find a duplicate file cleaner that is in the middle ground.

Any suggestions?

[wonn1377]

My suggestion is Duplicate Finder 2009. It's fast in findind duplicate files and does a superb job of not only finding duplicate file NAMES, but duplicate files with identical CONTENT (i.e. if you renamed a file from picture.jpg to picture1.jpg, but they were copies of the same picture, they would be listed as duplicates), depending on the options you choose.

[edstory]

I'd like just to find a removal system for duplicate Outlook contacts (not files, as I have many duplicate files that I want to keep).

Even on the duplicate Outlook contacts, I'd like to be able to confirm the choice on each duplicate removal as I've found some duplicate contacts are slightly different -- as in I may have updated on but on the other and until I gain confidence that whatever the system is that is eliminating duplicates is eliminating the ones I want eliminated, then I'd like to have a function that allows me to see how the automatic element (if there) would work and confirm (or reverse) at least a certain amount of duplicate operations.

Dennis, if you can recommend software that you folks have tested that would be best. Next best would be guidance or experience from anyone else on this site.

thank you in advance ~
Ed

[jsyep]

Me too!

I've been syncing Outlook with my Blackberry for a while now. In the process, it seems that duplicate contacts have been created. I'd love to be able to keep only one contact on both Outlook and the Blackberry.

Thanks for y'all's help.

JS

[1ziggie1]

In that this duplicator is great for 'outlook' most of the rest of the world runs outlook express. Is there a program that does the same for OE6 ?