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DupScout News
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3-Jun-2026 - DupScout v18.2 improves the performance and the fault tolerance of the duplicate files search operations and improves the duplicate files search progress dialog. In addition, the new product version improves support for Unicode characters in file search rules and regular expressions, improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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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.
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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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12-Mar-2026 - DupScout v17.9 adds unique duplicate files report IDs and a hash signature of searched input directories for compliance purposes. In addition, the new product version improves the PDF and HTML duplicate files search reports, improves the performance of the duplicate files search operations, improves the DupScout Server product version and fixes a number of bugs.
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10-Feb-2026 - DupScout v17.8 improves the side-bar disk space monitoring and disk performance monitoring tool views, improves the duplicate files search results dialog, improves all types of HTML duplicate file search reports. In addition, the new product version improves the main DupScout GUI application, improves the DupScout Server product version and fixes a number of bugs.
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21-Jan-2026 - DupScout v17.7 adds pie charts to the consolidated PDF duplicate files search reports and adds the ability to set custom true-type fonts for all types of PDF reports allowing one to better support international character sets. In addition, the new version improves the main DupScout GUI application, improves the options dialog and fixes a number of bugs.
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23-Dec-2025 - DupScout v17.6 redesigns the summary HTML duplicate files search reports, compact HTML duplicate files search reports and detailed HTML duplicate files search reports. In addition, the new product version adds support for new file types to the default file classification plug-in, improves the file matching rules, improves the DupScout command line utility and fixes a number of bugs.
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24-Nov-2025 - DupScout v17.5 adds the disk activity monitor tool pane, adds the disk transfer rate tool pane and adds the disk IOPS monitor tool pane allowing one to monitor the status and the performance of the hard drives installed in the computer during duplicate files search operations. In addition, the new product version improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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28-Oct-2025 - DupScout v17.4 adds support for new file types to the built-in file classification plug-ins allowing one to categorize and filter duplicate files search results by the file type. In addition, the new product version improves the performance of the duplicate files search operations on multi-core and multi-CPU systems and fixes a number of bugs.
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29-Sep-2025 - DupScout v17.3 adds the ability to export the categories of duplicate files search results to the JSON report format allowing one to generate various types of charts using AI analysis platforms. In addition, the new product version improves the main DupScout GUI application, improves the network search dialog and fixes a number of bugs.
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25-Aug-2025 - DupScout v17.2 improves the timeline charts allowing one to display the number of duplicate files and the amount of duplicate disk space per file creation year, last modification year and last access year. In addition, the new product version improves the support for AI integration, improves the DupScout Server web management interface and fixes a number of bugs.
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23-Jun-2025 - DupScout v17.1 adds the ability to export duplicate files search reports to the JSON report format, which is especially optimized for structured, hierarchical datasets and allows one to analyze the duplicate files search reports using external analysis tools and various AI platforms. In addition, the new product version improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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1-May-2025 - DupScout v17.0 adds the duplicate files search reports sidebar view allowing one to open previously saved duplicate files search reports directly from the DupScout GUI application. In addition, the new product version improves the layout of the DupScout Server GUI application, improves the duplicate files search log view and fixes a number of bugs.
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21-Mar-2025 - DupScout v16.9 adds disk space usage pie charts to the built-in disk space monitor allowing one to continuously monitor one or more disks or network shares and send E-Mail notifications or perform automatic duplicate files search operations when the amount of the free disk space drops below the user-specified limit. In addition, the new product version improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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26-Feb-2025 - DupScout v16.8 improves the fault-tolerance of the duplicate files search operations, improves error reporting and improves the multi-threaded duplicate files search mode allowing one to search duplicate files in multiple disks, directories and network shares simultaneously. In addition, the new product version improves the DupScout Server product version and fixes a number of bugs.
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29-Jan-2025 - DupScout v16.7 improves all types of duplicate files search reports, improves the main DupScout GUI application and improves the file matching rules allowing one to search specific types of duplicate files. In addition, the new product version improves the DupScout command line utility and fixes a number of bugs.
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25-Nov-2024 - DupScout v16.6 adds the ability to display pie charts showing the number of duplicate files and duplicate disk space per file extension, file type, user name, etc. for files created, modified or last accessed during the user-specified period of time. In addition, the new product version improves the consolidated duplicate disk space pie charts, improves the DupScout Server product version and fixes a number of bugs.
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16-Oct-2024 - DupScout v16.5 adds the ability to display consolidated pie charts showing the number of duplicate files and the amount of duplicate disk space per user group. In addition, the new product version improves the fault tolerance of duplicate files search operations, improves the file properties dialog and fixes a number of bugs.
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18-Sep-2024 - DupScout v16.4 adds the ability to customize file classification plug-ins allowing one to search duplicate files by the file type. In addition, the new version adds support for new file types to the built-in file classification plug-ins, improves the duplicate files properties dialog and fixes a number of bugs.
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30-Jul-2024 - DupScout v16.3 adds multiple GUI layouts allowing one to show or hide different parts of the DupScout GUI application and change the style of the main toolbar. In addition, the new product version improves the DupScout Server product version and fixes a number of bugs.
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2-Jul-2024 - DupScout v16.2 adds the ability to display in any of the left side-bar tool panes a system status monitor showing the current CPU usage, memory usage and the amount of the free system memory. In addition, the new product version improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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14-Jun-2024 - DupScout v16.1 redesigns the built-in disk space monitor allowing one to continuously monitor a number of disks or network shares and send E-Mail notifications if the amount of the free disk space drops below the user-specified limit. In addition, the new product version adds support for the Windows Server 2025 operating system, improves the DupScout Server product version and fixes a number of bugs.
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23-May-2024 - DupScout v16.0 adds the ability to display full-screen presentations on projectors and large screens showing user-selected duplicate files analysis charts. In addition, the new product version improves all types of duplicate files search reports, improves the performance of the duplicate files search operations, improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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27-Feb-2024 - DupScout v15.9 adds the ability to perform batch duplicate files search operations on hundreds of network shares and save duplicate file search reports for each processed network share in the DupScout reports database. In addition, the new product version improves the DupScout Server product version and fixes a number of bugs.
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26-Jan-2024 - DupScout v15.8 improves the duplicate files pie charts dialog, redesigns the file copy options dialog, redesigns the file delete options dialog and adds the high-performance directory scanning mode for the file delete operations. In addition, the new product version improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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7-Dec-2023 - DupScout v15.7 improves error E-Mail notifications allowing one to send a notification message when a duplicate files search operation fails or completes with errors. In addition, the new product version improves the performance of the duplicate files search operations, improves the DupScout command line utility and fixes a number of bugs.
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23-Oct-2023 - DupScout v15.6 adds the ability to exclude directories listed in a user-specified text file from the duplicate files search process using an exclude macro command. In addition, the new product version adds the ability to show and export duplicate files hash signatures, improves the duplicate files set dialog, improves the DupScout Server product version and fixes a number of bugs.
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13-Sep-2023 - DupScout v15.5 adds the ability to display pie charts showing the number of duplicate files per network share for user-selected types of files allowing one to understand how specific files are stored across the entire network based on the file type, creation, modification or last access dates. In addition, the new product version improves the Excel and CSV duplicate files search reports, improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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15-Aug-2023 - DupScout v15.4 adds the ability automate the DupScout Server duplicate files search operations and report management operations using the DupScout command line utility. In addition, the new version adds the ability to archive duplicate files search reports from the DupScout reports database to a user-specified directory, improves the DupScout line utility and fixes a number of bugs.
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24-Jul-2023 - DupScout v15.3 adds the ability to display charts showing the number of duplicate files and the amount of duplicate disk space usage per server or NAS storage device for user-selected types of files allowing one to understand how specific files are stored across the entire network based on the file type, creation, modification or last access dates. In addition, the new product version improves the default file classification plug-in and adds support for new file types, improves the DupScout Server GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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6-Jun-2023 - DupScout v15.2 adds the ability to categorize and filter duplicate files search results by multiple levels of top directories and improves the top directories charts. In addition, the new product version adds the ability to filter the detected duplicate files by the file name length allowing one to identify files with long file names. Finally, the new product version improves the DupScout command line utility and fixes a number of bugs.
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10-May-2023 - DupScout v15.1 adds a built-in disk activity monitor, which can be displayed in one of the status views in the DupScout GUI sidebar showing the current disk activity level, the disk read transfer rate and the disk write transfer rate. In addition, the new product version improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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20-Apr-2023 - DupScout v15.0 adds the ability to customize the main DupScout GUI application by rearranging status views in the GUI sidebar. In addition, the new product version adds a built-in disk space monitor, which can be displayed in one of the status views in the GUI sidebar. Finally, the new product version improves the built-in file classification plug-ins and fixes a number of bugs.
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9-Mar-2023 - DupScout v14.9 adds the ability to search duplicate files by the file user name using regular expressions allowing one to search for multiple user names with a single duplicate files search query. In addition, the new product version improves the duplicate files search rules dialog, improves the DupScout Server GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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8-Feb-2023 - DupScout v14.8 adds the ability to save duplicate files search tasks log files and error log files in a user-specified directory. In addition, the new product version adds the ability to send E-Mail notifications when a duplicate files search command fails or completes with errors. Finally, the new version improves the DupScout options dialog, improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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12-Jan-2023 - DupScout v14.7 adds charts showing the amount of duplicate disk space and the number of duplicate files per top directory to the PDF, HTML and Excel summary reports. In addition, the new product version improves the duplicate files reports dialog, improves the DupScout Server GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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14-Nov-2022 - DupScout v14.6 adds the ability to display MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 or SHA-512 hash signatures for one or more duplicate files allowing one to verify that all of the detected duplicate files are identical. In addition, the new product version adds the ability to export the hash signatures to the PDF and Microsoft Excel formats, improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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26-Oct-2022 - DupScout v14.5 adds a new duplicate files search wizard and improves the HTML, PDF and MS Excel duplicate files search reports. In addition, the new product version improves the DupScout command line utility allowing one to execute pre-configured duplicate files search commands from scripts and batch files. Finally, the new version improves the DupScout client GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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14-Aug-2022 - DupScout v14.4 improves the duplicate files search options dialog and improves the duplicate files filters and categories allowing one to search specific types of duplicate files using one or more user-specified file matching rules. In addition, the new product version improves the duplicate files search results dialog, improves the main DupScout GUI application and fixes a number of bugs.
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12-May-2022 - DupScout v14.3 adds the ability to search duplicate files by the creation week day, modification week day or last access week day. In addition, the new product version improves the performance of the duplicate files search operations, improves the DupScout Server product version, improves the file properties dialog and fixes a number of bugs.
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