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Nov 8, 2013 5:36 AM in response to turingtest2by AuggieDoggies,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.
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Nov 8, 2013 9:38 AM in response to AuggieDoggiesby turingtest2,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.
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Nov 8, 2013 9:48 AM in response to turingtest2by AuggieDoggies,Yes I'm registered so I should be able to reinstall properly . I'll have another look at the task manager too, thanks.
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Nov 10, 2013 3:07 PM in response to AuggieDoggiesby AuggieDoggies,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 .
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Nov 18, 2013 8:03 AM in response to Perry.Bryantby turingtest2,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
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Nov 18, 2013 7:13 PM in response to Perry.Bryantby Perry.Bryant,I sort of fixed the script. I edited FilePath to exclude everything to the left of "\Shared" and added the drive "D:" It worked but is specific to me. It is not a universal solution.
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Nov 18, 2013 11:20 PM in response to Perry.Bryantby turingtest2,Well done, and interesting indeed. The constuction \,, in a file path means "parent of" the current folder, so having drilled down to Playlists the path then pops back up to D:\ before going down again into D:\Shared\Music\Etc. I wonder how iTunes managed to end up using this format rather than an absolute path?
You might want to take a look at my post make a split library portable at some point.
tt2
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Dec 4, 2013 4:40 AM in response to L-Kentby turingtest2,L-Kent wrote:
turingtest2,
I am amazed at your knowledge and your willingness to share it!!
I am encountering the error below when I run DeDuper. Any suggestions?
This looks like a problem someone else had back here. We never did get to the bottom of it, but it seemed that working with smaller chunks of the Exact Dupliactes enabled him to finish the task.
My apologies if you have addressed this already and I just missed it when going through the previous posts.
There are a few aren't there?
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Dec 4, 2013 8:41 PM in response to Suavecito69by L-Kent,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
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Dec 14, 2013 4:16 AM in response to Suavecito69by jpl2407,Hi Turingtest2, many many many thanks for this script, it is a lifesaver, however, can you tell me why I get prompted to delete each and every duplicate, I am running Windows 8 64bit, and, with 13867 duplicates it is going to take quite some time to aknowledge each and every deletion.
I have disabled UAC, I don't use the recycle bin, and, have selected not to be prompted upon file deletes. Your script identifies all my duplicates, and when pressing the yes button to delete all tracks automatically I am presented with a delete file confirmation dialogue box for every dupe:
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Dec 14, 2013 5:26 AM in response to jpl2407by turingtest2,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.
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Dec 14, 2013 8:50 AM in response to turingtest2by jpl2407,Hi thanks for the quick response....enabling the recycle bin has no effect on the prompting.....maybe its a Windows 8 thing...will try it on my XP machine.




