how to delete duplicated songs all at one time?

turingtest2 wrote:

Oh, I see. It must be some feature of dbPoweramp. I've never seen a dialog box like that. It certainly isn't generated directly by my script.

tt2

Yes looks like that alas. I have tried changing the settings in the default program panel for iTunes but that doesn't work. Other than uninstall dBpoweramp I think I'm stuck with it.

Not being familiar with the software I'm clutching at straws too, but those "pop-up information tips" might be where the software offers to help if you add new media and warns when you try to delete it...

tt2

That would seem to confirm that dBpoweramp is in charge of the pop-up since changing the option changed the behaviour. You should be able to use task manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL) to shut down the dBpoweramp process so that it no longer interferes.

tt2

Thanks tt2. It looks like dBpoweramp is not even in the 'tasks' running - it's not there at all - so I assume when it's installed is where the problem lies and only uninstalling it, running the script, then reinstalling it will solve the problem.

The task might have a different name... Are you using the free version or, if not, do you have your registration information handy? It would be a shame to uninstall, then not be able to reinstall it properly.

tt2

Quick update 🙂. I couldn't use the link I had previously used to retrieve my registration details until I saw a link on their webpage which allowed 'registration retrieval' ! That's a new one to me so I'll try that. I also noticed they have a 'Perfect Tunes' software download which also removes duplicates. So, failing using your script I may try that...it is £23 though 😟.

Hmm, not sure what is happening there. I'm running 32 bit Windows 7 here and the script works fine if I create some duplicates for cleaning. If the file system object or shell objects hadn't been created there ought to have been problems earlier. The line in question reads:

Set Folder=SH.NameSpace(FolderName)

So at a guess there is something wrong with the value of FolderName such that nothing sensible comes back from the call SH.NameSpace(FolderName), but offhand I've no idea what might be the problem.

If the problem is repeatable then you could try inserting an extra line before the problem statement and using:

MsgBox FolderName

to display the value that causes the failure.

tt2

Thanks, tt2!! Your suggestion to work with smaller chunks of Exact Duplicates was the key! Appears that I had a corrupt file. By processing only a subset at a time, I was able to narrow it down to the offending file and delete it.

Thanks again!!!

Kent

Hmm. the script is designed to use the recycle bin so that in the unlikely event that it deletes more than intended there is a chance of recovering the deleted tracks. There is a part of the code that suppresses the normal warning before sending to the recycle bin, if enabled, then restores the user's preference once the file has been deleted. I don't have time to test it just now but I'm guessing that if the recycle bin is disabled that I'd have to change different registry keys to suppress the confirmation box.

I can probably cook up a tweak that either enables the recycle bin or allows unconfirmed deletions when the bin is disabled, but it won't be able to get to it today.

If you enable the recycle bin I think you'll find the script works as intended. Please let me know either way.

tt2

Windows 8 was my initial thought when I saw the screenshot, but I know that I haven't tested the script with the recycle bin disabled completely. Not really played with Windows 8 much, but recently installed it in boot camp on a Mac mini for my son. I'll have to book some time on it... I also have a vague recollection that some AV software caused another user to get additional confirmation boxes when deleting files which tripped things up for them, however the very blocky graphic hints it might Windows rather than anything else asking the question.

tt2

This is a link to the page that host my DeDuper script. Download instructions are there (right-click and Save as... usually does it). Double-click the downloaded script to run it and follow the prompts.

If you need more details please ask. 🙂

tt2

Hmm, someone else had this issue but we didn't get to the bottom of it before he managed to workaround it and clear up the dupes so I wan't able to work out the cause. Make sure you don't have cloud items visible, Edit > Preferences > Store untick Show iTunes in the coud purchases. And work with either the main Music source or a smart playlist. Regular playlists can have playlist dupes (same iTunes object repeated in the list) which the current build of the script doesn't identify properly. It may help to break down the task by, for example, selecting the dupes for artists beginning with A, then B etc.

tt2

Weird. I've just downloaded the live version of the script from my site, just to make sure I'm looking at the same thing as you (Version 1.0.1.8 - September 6th 2013), and tested it on a sample of 12 tracks that I created physical, alternate and logical dupes of. The script took the 72 tracks back down to 12 as designed without error.

The Object T is declared on line 350:

Set T=ObjectFromID(ID)

For test purposes I suppose you could change this to:

Set T=ObjectFromID(ID) : MsgBox T.Location,0,Title

just to see if it still fails when it gets to line 375, or now crashes out on line 350.

tt2

I'd recommend Notepad++ for editing my scripts. I've emailed the test version to you, but I asked the hosts to remove your email address just to cut down the chances of spam from bots harvesting this site.

tt2

Signing in quickly to say thank you so much for offering this script and for the patient explanations on this thread -- they saved much of my sanity as well as my time!

Also wanted to say that I ran the script on Windows 8 with no apparent problems.

Cheers and thanks again!