19-Jan-2012 - DupScout v3.6 adds the ability to copy lists of detected duplicate files to the clipboard, adds support for new file types and file categories to the built-in file classification plugins, improves the performance of duplicate files search operations, adds a number of visual improvements and fixes a number of bugs.

• Adds the ability to copy lists of detected duplicate files to the clipboard
• Adds support for new file types to the built-in file classification plugins
• Improves the performance of duplicate files search operations
• Adds a number of visual improvements
• Fixes a number of bugs

15-Dec-2011 - DupScout v3.5 improves the duplicate files search preview display, provides a number of visual improvements, improves the SQL database connectivity and fixes a number of minor bugs.

• Improves the duplicate files search preview display
• Provides a number of visual improvements
• Improves the SQL database connectivity
• Fixes a number of minor bugs

24-Nov-2011 - DupScout v3.4 is a major product update providing a large number of new features and visual improvements including a redesigned main GUI application, a duplicate files search preview display, the ability to search duplicate files in all servers on the network, the ability to customize HTML reports and an option to disable the Windows shell extension.

• Provides a redesigned main GUI application
• Adds a duplicate files search preview display
• Adds the ability to search duplicate files in all servers on the network
• Adds the ability to customize HTML reports
• Adds an option to disable the Windows shell extension

21-Sep-2011 - DupScout v3.3 significantly increases the number of files and the amount of disk space that may be processed for all product versions. In addition, the new product version provides the ability to detect duplicate files in all network shares in a server or a NAS storage device by specifying the server's host name or an IP address.

• Increases the number of files that may be processed
• Increases the amount of disk space that may be processed
• Adds the ability to detect duplicate files in all network shares in a server
• Fixes a number of minor bugs

30-Aug-2011 - DupScout v3.2 adds history charts showing how the number of duplicate files and the amount of wasted disk space are changing over time for one or more servers or desktop computers. In addition, the new product version improves the performance of duplicate files detection operations and fixes a number of bugs.

• Adds history charts showing the number of duplicate files over time
• Adds history charts showing the amount of wasted disk space over time
• Improves the performance of duplicate files detection operations
• Fixes a number of bugs

18-Jul-2011 - DupScout v3.1 adds the ability to keep a user-specified number of last reports in the reports directory or the reports SQL database automatically deleting old reports and freeing up the disk space. In addition, the new version allows one to save compressed reports and adds an option to control exporting of file categories to HTML, text, Excel CSV and XML reports.

• Adds the ability to keep a user-specified number of report files in the reports directory
• Adds the ability to keep a user-specified number of reports in the reports database
• Adds an option to enable/disable exporting of file categories
• Adds the ability to export compressed reports

16-Jun-2011 - DupScout v3.0 adds Windows shell integration capabilities allowing one to search duplicate files directly from the Windows Explorer application. In addition, the new product version adds the ability to save duplicate files reports to an XML-based format and allows one to export/import duplicate files search profiles.

• Adds Windows shell integration capabilities
• Adds the ability to export duplicate files reports to an XML-based format
• Adds the ability to export/import duplicate files search profiles
• Adds a number of visual improvements
• Fixes a number of bugs

14-Apr-2011 - DupScout v2.8 improves management of duplicate files detection operations, adds a number of visual improvements, improves protection against recursive directories, adds support for deep file systems and fixes a number of minor bugs.

• Improves management of duplicate files detection operations
• Improves protection against recursive directories
• Adds a number of visual improvements
• Adds support for deep file systems
• Fixes a number of minor bugs

17-Mar-2011 - DupScout v2.7 adds the ability to print pie charts and bars charts directly from the DupScout GUI application, adds protection against infinite recursive directories, improves the DupScout command line utility and fixes a number of bugs.

• Adds the ability to print pie charts and bars charts
• Adds protection against infinite recursive directories
• Improves the DupScout command line utility
• Fixes a number of bugs

18-Feb-2011 - DupScout v2.6 adds the ability to analyze duplicate files owned by multiple users and detected on one or more servers or desktop computers and display charts showing the amount of wasted disk space and the number of duplicate files per user. In addition, the new product version significantly improves performance of filtering and categorization capabilities and fixes a number of bugs.

• Adds the ability to analyze duplicate files per user
• Improves performance of categorization operations
• Improves performance of filtering operations
• Fixes a number of bugs

18-Jan-2011 - DupScout v2.5 adds the ability to analyze duplicate files detected on multiple servers and desktop computers and display various types of charts showing the amount of duplicate disk space and the number of duplicate files per host allowing one to gain an in-depth visibility into the amount of duplicate files across the entire enterprise.

• Adds the ability to analyze reports from multiple hosts
• Shows the amount of duplicate disk space per host
• Improves duplicate files pie and bars charts
• Fixes a number of minor bugs

9-Dec-2010 - DupScout v2.4 adds bars charts capable of showing the amount of wasted disk space and the number of duplicate files per file category, file size, extension, user name, etc. In addition, the new product version increases the maximum length of file names from 1024 to 4096 characters and fixes a number of minor bugs.

• Adds bars charts capable of showing the number of duplicates per category
• Increases the maximum length of file names from 1024 to 4096 characters
• Fixes a number of minor bugs

9-Nov-2010 - DupScout v2.3 adds pie charts capable of showing the amount of wasted disk space and the number of duplicates per file extension, category, file size, user name, last access, modification and creation times, etc. In addition, the new product version adds an option to control scanning of directory links and junctions.

• Adds pie charts showing the number of duplicate files per category
• Adds pie charts showing the number of duplicate files per extension
• Adds pie charts showing the number of duplicate files per user name
• Adds pie charts showing the number of duplicate files per file size
• Adds an option to control scanning of directory links and junctions

7-Oct-2010 - DupScout v2.2 adds the ability to exclude duplicate files by the location, extension and file name. In addition, the new product version analyzes selected duplicates removal actions and prevents the user from accidentally deleting important system files. Finally, DupScout v2.2 enables HTML reports in the freeware product version.

• Adds the ability to exclude duplicates by the location
• Adds the ability to exclude duplicates by the extension
• Adds the ability to exclude duplicates by the file name
• Prevents accidental deletion of critical system files
• Enables HTML reports in the freeware product version

6-Sep-2010 - DupScout v2.1 provides the user with the ability to select and cleanup duplicate files by location. In addition, the new product version enables multi-threaded duplicate files detection in the freeware product version and fixes a number of minor bugs.

• Adds the ability to select and cleanup duplicate files by location
• Enables multi-threaded duplicates detection in the freeware version
• Fixes a number of minor bugs

6-Aug-2010 - DupScout v2.0 adds the ability to export reports with lists of detected duplicate files to an SQL database through the ODBC database interface. In addition, the new product version enables performance control capabilities in the freeware product version and fixes a Windows 7 compatibility bug.

• Adds the ability to export reports to an SQL database
• Enables performance control options in the freeware version
• Fixes a Windows 7 compatibility bug

5-Jul-2010 - DupScout v1.7 adds the ability to save detected duplicate files to the disk allowing one to load and analyze previously saved report files and keep a history of reports showing what is changing over time. In addition, the new product version improves the HTML report generator and fixes a number of bugs.

• Adds save/load capabilities
• Improves the HTML report generator
• Fixes a number of bugs

26-May-2010 - DupScout v1.6 adds new duplicate files removal actions allowing one to compress duplicate files in place or compress duplicates and move compressed files to a user-specified backup directory. In addition, the new product version fixes minor bugs and introduces numerous visual improvements.

• Adds the ability to compress duplicate files in place
• Adds the ability to compress and move duplicates to a directory
• Introduces numerous visual improvements
• Fixes minor bugs

18-Mar-2010 - DupScout v1.5 enables all types of file filters in the freeware product version and adds additional file categories allowing one to filter files by the file size and user name. In addition, DupScout Ultimate adds rule-based duplicates removal actions and a command line utility.

• File Filters in the Freeware Version
• Filter Duplicates by File Size
• Filter Duplicates by User Name
• Rule-Based Duplicates Removal Actions
• Command Line Utility

28-Jan-2010 - DupScout Pro v1.4 is a major product update adding file categories and multiple types of file filters allowing one to categorize duplicate files by the file extension, file type, last assess time, last modification time and file creation time.

• Duplicate Files Categorization
• Filter Duplicates by File Extension
• Filter Duplicates by File Type
• Filter Duplicates by Last Access Time
• Filter Duplicates by Last Modification Time
• Filter Duplicates by Creation Time

24-Dec-2009 - DupScout Pro v1.3 is a major product update adding multi-threaded duplicate files detection operations, numerous performance tuning options and the ability to export lists of detected duplicate files to HTML, Excel CSV and ASCII text reports.

• Multi-Threaded Duplicate Files Detection
• Numerous Performance Tuning Options
• HTML, Excel CSV and ASCII Text Reports

20-Nov-2009 - DupScout v1.2 provides native 64-Bit product versions for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.

22-Oct-2009 - DupScout v1.1 adds customizable keyboard shortcuts, user-selectable GUI layouts and fixes numerous bugs and memory leaks. In addition, DupScout Pro v1.1 adds the ability to replace all duplicate files with links pointing to the original files.

14-Sep-2009 - DupScout v1.0 is available for download. The initial product version provides multiple duplicate files detection modes, numerous duplicates removal and cleanup actions, and user-defined profiles. In addition, DupScout Pro allows one to detect duplicate files among specific file types and provides the ability to create desktop shortcuts for user-defined profiles.