Duplicate file find broken?

DO 11.17 x86, XPSP3 (yup). Duplicate file search - in MD5 mode only - finds no dupes, and won't abort - I have to shut DO down. I've tried a new folder with copies of files in it and MD5 search just goes into a loop or whatever. Anybody else having this? :slight_smile:

Please link your account, and post a screenshot showing how the duplicate finder is set up just before it starts.

That sounds exactly like what a member of the german forum reports with WinXP (dupes panel doesn't work and can't be closed). It must have been introduced with a change in one of the 11.16 betas. 11.16.0 works for him. Most probably in v11.16.2 because it made changes to the dupes panel.



Thank you both for the extra information, and for linking.

We've found the problem on Windows XP and have a fix coming in the next version. (Newer versions of Windows are unaffected, so upgrading your OS is also a viable solution since XP is very old and unsupported by Microsoft.)

Brilliant Leo - the upgrade means a new PC, as have custom sound hardware in the XP box :slight_smile:

This should be fixed now in beta 11.17.1.

Many thanks. Am looking at new PCs, honest.