Command Line Parameters (Pro)
Duplicate Cleaner has the ability to be called from the Windows command line shell, or a batch (.BAT) file.
The following command line parameters are supported:
/i [folder]
Specify a folder to include in the scan. Can be used more than once.
/e [folder]
Specify a folder to exclude from the scan. Can be used more than once.
/p [profile file name]
Load the named profile (.dc file) upon starting
/nf
If loading a profile, don't load the 'folders to scan' list from it.
/o [output file name]
Automatically create an export CSV file once the scan has completed
/a
Automatically begin the scan
/c
Automatically close Duplicate Cleaner once the scan has completed
Notes:
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Unless changed by specifying a profile, Duplicate Cleaner will start with the most recently used settings.
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File or folder names with spaces in should be surrounded by double-quote marks (")
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Folders specified with /i or /e are added
in addition to any loaded in the profile, unless the /pnf flag is used.
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In addition to the above, a folder name can be sent to Duplicate Cleaner with no switches, to enable usage with Windows features such as SendTo
Examples:
DuplicateCleaner.exe /i C:\Data\Docs /i C:\Data\Other
Starts Duplicate Cleaner with the two named folders added.
DuplicateCleaner.exe /i C:\Data\Docs /e C:\Data\Docs\Temp
Starts Duplicate Cleaner with the named folder added, and the temp folder excluded.
DuplicateCleaner.exe /p c:\profiles\checkdocs.dc /a /o c:\output\results.csv /c
This will load the profile called 'checkdocs.dc', run the scan, create an output results csv file and close the program.
