This document provides instructions for finding duplicate zip files across subfolders using Windows Search features or a third party program called Clone Files Checker. It explains that zip files can be encoded and scattered across subfolders, making them difficult to find as duplicates using basic search. It then lists steps to modify Windows Search indexing options to search all drives and locations for duplicate file names, or alternatively to use Clone Files Checker which can automatically scan directories for duplicate zip files.

2. It isn’t easy to find duplicate zip
files. Your Zip files contain
numerous other files encoded and
scattered everywhere in
subfolders. Even if you use
Windows Search feature to find
your files with same name,

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.bik
.bkf
.bz2
.bld
.daa
.dpe
.egg
.egt
.ezip
.gho
.ghs
.gz.
Jar
.lz
.tgz
.tar

9. 1. Press Windows Key + C.
2. Charms Bar will appear. Click Search
icon.
3. Type “Indexing options” in Search Box.
4. Click Settings icon.

10. 5. Open the keyword from your
Search Results.
6. You have now Indexing Options
dialog on your screen. Click Modify
button.
7. In subsequent Indexed Locations
dialog box, click “Show all locations”
button.
8. Check-up all drives displayed on a
listbox. Click OK | Close.

11. Yet another option is using Clone
Files Checker. It automatically
performs all triathlon of searching
selected directory for duplicate zip
files. Install this program, and set
up a custom scan. Check-up
“Archives” box under “Custom”
scan options. This makes your
search easier.