Finding duplicates after relocating

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Clairekun

Hello,

I would like to know if there is any way to find duplicates in the same main folder, where those duplicates have been relocated into subfolders. For example:

C:/Documents/Files/File.txt
and
C:/Documents/File.txt

This happened after syncing and not realising I had reorganised some parts, so I ended up with the same file in several different locations by mistake. I have over 20 000 files in my main folder, so searching one by one is out of the question.

Thank you.
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Plerry

What about using a duplicate file finder ...?
There's a whole bunch out there. See e.g. here or here.
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Clairekun

Thank you. I am aware of duplicate finders, but I was hoping to find a way to do it via Freefilesync instead. If it's not possible, though, I will use the ones you suggested :).
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drpeppercan

Hi guys!
Is this still the same situation?
I mean to say, a third-party app needs to be used to find duplicate files?

Thanks guys!