TreeSize Professional - File Search (English Version)

Scan your hard disk with TreeSize Professional and analyze disk space usage.

The TreeSize File Search finds unwanted or duplicate files and helps you free up disk space.

The File Search finds:

- Large files
- Old files
- Temporary files
- Internet files (cookies or cached files)
- Duplicate files

You can also create your very own search.

The TreeSize File Search can be used to remove duplicate files and replace them with NTFS hardlinks.

Learn more:
http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/...

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the tree size file search is a very
versatile tool it enables its user to
find elements according to different
search criteria and process them
afterwards start the file search from
the windows start menu or use the tree
size ribbon interface the file search
will open its own window the ribbon
interface helps you access all file
search features
use the left menu to access predefined
searches or create your own search tax
the middle or main window shows the
search results
to the right you'll find detailed
information on the file selected in the
main window take a look at the status
bar for an overview of all found
elements define which hard drives or
servers shall be searched in the search
options simply mark one or more drives
in the list or enter a path use exclude
filters to define files and folders that
she'll never researched we recommend
excluding system folders and system
files to make sure no important files
are deleted by mistake
the predefined searches cover the usual
causes of wasted disk space
it goes without saying that you can
combine searches for example to search
for old and large files
enter the size you want to search for
under biggest files now resize will mark
all the files bigger than 50 megabytes
this search finds files that have not
been accessed or changed for some time
enter either a fixed date or selected
timeframe
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temporary files are files not meant to
be stored indefinitely
select which files are to be included in
the search internet browsers store
different kinds of files on your system
the internet file search will find those
files
toggle cookie detection here duplicate
files tend to accumulate over time and
can block huge amounts of disk space the
tree size file search helps you combat
the flood
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you can choose between different
comparison methods compare size name and
date matches files according to these
attributes this is the fastest search
variant but also the least accurate if
you select md5 checksum tree size uses
the file content to calculate the unique
checks up also called hash value
duplicate files will have the same hash
value in virtually all cases this search
is slower than comparing name sighs and
date but will yield more precise results
the sha-256 checksum search method works
just like the md5 method but employees a
different algorithm for its calculations
making it even more accurate this is the
most precise and by far slowest search
mode the least precise search is
comparing files using only the filename
once you have found duplicate files you
can use the tree size file search to
deduplicate them d duplicating files
means replacing all but one file with
ntfs hard links ntfs hard links can be
used just like the original files users
actually won't be able to tell the
difference
the custom search enables you to define
your own search criteria with the
following regular expression you'll find
all files containing at least two
numbers followed by the character string
PNG regular expressions are a mighty but
complex tool and require practice take a
look at the tree size help to get
started back to our search we can define
additional search criteria via the tabs
filter patterns date sighs attributes
and other filters let's create a new
filter click on the green plus symbol in
the column pad a new filter is created
defined under action whether the filters
shall include or exclude objects now
let's define the filters pattern
in the next step will have to select the
search time we can choose between file
and folder named wild cards or regular
expression the file search also needs to
know what to match our pattern against
select one of the options use the tab
date to limit the files we want to find
to a certain time frame you can also set
a minimum or maximum file size
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other filters offers additional
filtering options the tree size file
search will not only find files it can
also help you process them files can be
archived moved or deleted automatically
you can also decide to pass them to a
program or script for further processing
after a very short training . the
intuitive tree size file search will
help you run the most complex searches
and even automate them
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