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Using DupScout Windows Shell Extension

DupScout provides a Windows shell extension allowing one to search duplicate files directly from the Windows Explorer application. In order to search duplicates in one or more disks or directories, select the required disks or directories in the Windows Explorer application, press the right mouse button and select the 'DupScout - Find Duplicates' menu.

In most cases, the Windows shell extension is a very useful feature, but sometimes, when the user have too many installed shell extensions, the Windows context menu may become too cluttered. In order to remove the DupScout entry from the Windows context menu, open the options dialog, select the 'General' tab and disable the Windows shell extension.

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12-May-2026

DupScout v18.1 adds a new, adaptive duplicate files search mode, adds support for new file types to the built-in file classification plug-ins allowing one to search specific types of duplicate files and improves the duplicate files search statistics pie charts. In addition, the new version improves the duplicate files search options dialog, improves the DupScout command line utility and fixes a number of bugs.

10-Apr-2026

DupScout v18.0 redesigns the duplicate files search results dialog, adds the ability to filter file search reports by the report ID and improves the file search reports dialog. In addition, the new product version improves the JSON, CSV and XML duplicate files search reports, improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.

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