Mike Fry wrote: > On 2010/05/03 09:37, Ron Ferguson wrote: > >> Tony, >> >> I'm sorry, but in this case Legacy are correct. This is basic computing, if >> you have files with the same file name in various directories just how do >> you expect a machine to tell which is the correct one - it cannot see a >> picture. You can't blame the operating system either because it also is >> blind. >> It is rather easy to end up with the same file name for different pictures. It is also easy to end up with the same file duplicated around different folders. For this reason I run a free bit of software called 'Duplicate Cleaner' occasionally to identify possible unwanted duplicates. I don't always delete the duplicates it finds but sometimes rename them to avoid confusion or regroup them into different folders. I haven't put photos into Legacy but if I did I would create a special folder specifically for this purpose and put copies of the original in it. I do this with my web page sites so each site's folder is self contained otherwise the same problem would arise there. This leaves me free to move the originals around to suit other purposes.
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