Hey, i have a problem.. my 'downloads' folder has grown MASSIVELY huge.. like: 3.70 gigs - 3,360 files - 394 folders but, that contains my old downloads (backup from previous install)..and my new downloads. so what i would like to do is create a program or batch file, whatever, to make a list of all of the files in each folder, and have it delete the duplicate files.. or at least put them in a folder somewhere so i can delete them. yea.. i think i'd like that better. i know how to make a list of the files in the folder (cd\, cd downloads, dir /s /b > c:\downloads.txt - which is a 277kb txt file btw) but i dont know how to check if theres dup. files and how to delete them. so how do i go about this? i know C, C++, and a little batch scripting (nothing too complicated however). thanks

Just because the names are the same, does not mean they are duplicates. You also have to check file sizes and even compare them to make sure. Why not just delete what you don't really need, what you can download again and then copy it all to CD-RW's. There is no reason to use your disk drive for storing things you may never need. Get it all onto CDs.