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Mark by Location window

This window is shown from the Selection Assistant menu.
 
The Select By Location tool (also known as Select by Master Path) is used for marking files which duplicate the ones in your selected path. For example, you select the path you want to keep (eg D:\Photo), and the files in D:\Data\Temp which duplicate those in D:\Photo will be marked.
 
Mark by Location window
1

Folder Name

1. Folder Name
The name of the folder for marking / preserving.
2

Include Subfolders of this path check

2. Include Subfolders of this path check
This includes all subfolders of this path.
3

Mark files that duplicate this

folder elsewhere

3. Mark files that duplicate this folder elsewhere
This button will mark all files outside the selected folder/tree which are duplicates of the files in the selected folder.
 
If the 'Preserve' option is checked then any files in the selected folder/tree will be un-marked.
 
Example:
Selected folder name = C:\MyFiles\
 
Files in Group 1:
C:\MyFiles\file1.txt
D:\Backup\file1.txt
D:\Backup\copies\file1-copy.txt
 
Files in Group 2:
C:\MyFiles\Doc.txt
C:\MyFiles\Doc (2).txt
D:\Backup\Doc.txt
D:\Backup\copies\Doc.txt
 
After this operation the files in the Backup folder are marked:
 
Files in Group 1:
C:\MyFiles\file1.txt
D:\Backup\file1.txt - MARKED
D:\Backup\copies\file1-copy.txt - MARKED
 
Files in Group 2:
C:\MyFiles\Doc.txt
C:\MyFiles\Doc (2).txt
D:\Backup\Doc.txt - MARKED
D:\Backup\copies\Doc.txt - MARKED
 
4

Mark files in this folder that

have duplicates elsewhere

4. Mark files in this folder that have duplicates elsewhere
This button will mark all files inside the selected folder/tree which have duplicates outside the folder/tree.
 
If the 'Preserve' option is checked then duplicates of files inside the selected folder/tree which are outside will be un-marked.
 
Example:
Selected folder name = C:\MyFiles\
 
Files in Group 1:
C:\MyFiles\file1.txt
D:\Backup\file1.txt
D:\Backup\copies\file1-copy.txt
 
Files in Group 2:
C:\MyFiles\Doc.txt
C:\MyFiles\Doc (2).txt
D:\Backup\Doc.txt
D:\Backup\copies\Doc.txt
 
After this operation the files in the MyFiles (selected) folder are marked:
 
Files in Group 1:
C:\MyFiles\file1.txt - MARKED
D:\Backup\file1.txt
D:\Backup\copies\file1-copy.txt
 
Files in Group 2:
C:\MyFiles\Doc.txt - MARKED
C:\MyFiles\Doc (2).txt - MARKED
D:\Backup\Doc.txt
D:\Backup\copies\Doc.txt
5

Select Folder button

5. Select Folder button
Brings up a folder dialog box to allow you to to select the folder.
 
6

Select current folder button

6. Select current folder button
Selects the currently highlighted folder from the duplicate files list.