SewCLEAN USER MANUAL
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1. au SLC Tex J E Test Designs Cl Embroidery Batch gt PY UTH Caenreeriner STEP 1 Expand folders from the directory STEP 2 Select criteria by checking appropriate boxes above for performing the duplicate tree by clicking the Then select folders search Then click the Start Duplicate Search toolbar button to begin the search ifto be searched for duplicate embroidery jiles by clicking the adjacent check boxes TA ror FA press FQ J de Figure 1 ms x Files to Search for Duplicates 0 SewClean tir Once the folders have been expanded you can click with your left mouse button the adjacent check box es to begin searching them for embroidery files Generally the higher up closer to the root folder in the tree hierarchy that you click a check box the more subfolders will be searched for duplicates and therefore the longer it will take to perform the search Therefore to speed up the search process you can restrict the search to a smaller subset of all folders on your system STEP 2 Once you have chosen the subset of folders to be scanned by clicking the appropriate checkboxes the empty screen on the right of the SewClean workspace will populate with check boxes that allow you to select options for controlling how the duplicate search will be performed See Fig 2 where the folder Emb CD has been checked Note that the title bar of the right pane indicates the number2. finished it will automatically maximize itself STEP 3 Begin STEP 3 by clicking the Start Duplicate Search spyglass button While SewClean is searching for duplicates a status report will be printed out in the right pane see Fig 3 This indicates what activities are currently being performed Depending on how many folders are being scanned this step may take anywhere from several seconds to minutes or hours The elapsed time for the search appears in the upper right corner of the pane title bar and the number of files remaining to be read is indicated in the workspace A SeaClean CF File Help a gt ja at GJ e Check Folders to Test for Dupbcates gF Documents 1 COR Files 4 SewClean Cl Deta Feucets gt 5 A Dis ssembly i 4 A Embroidery k CM Babytock g 2 Finish reading files in selected checked folders a Bed Fite Reading pattern information remaining files to parse 60 S E Bees Path C Users Steve Documents Embroidery 4 Bees Folder Emb COD M CE Cross Stach a H A DST Test 0 EMS DK sa M Emb o 1 OA Embroidery Catalog C Erroll Cl Invalid Ten ea Od 150 f es a i Single PES Test S E Single Zip CI SLC Test D Test Designs C Embroidery Batch UTI OC arssmee iraner wor STEP 1 Expand folders from the directory WAIT FOR PATTERN INFORMATION EXTRACTION TO FINISH To cancel search click tree by clicking the Then select folders any box in the directary
3. of files found in the checked folder s In this case there are 782 files in the folder and its subfolders that will be checked for duplicates when SewClean executes SewClean Manual Ye A SenClesn Ar md EA Fie Help lejx Check Folders to Test for Duplicates fies to Search for Dupbcates 782 CE Documents am J COR Files g Delta Faucets l ZIP4RAR Files DisAssembly H 0 Embroidery 14 Babylock 14 Bad File 4 Bees Only Selected Folders CJA Bets i Ed Cross Stitch All Fooed Hard Onves 1 de OST Test Ble EMB DK Pent ner V fmb COD M All Removable Drives USS 4 Embroidery Catalog t Eroii All Network Dres CJ invalid Test 4 ISO Files Tdi Single PES Test M Minimize SewClean while running i 14 Single Zip 4 SC Test HB 144 Test Designs 4 Embroidery Batch Scan Comoressed Files Slower Select Duphcate Search Folder Options rn en FY EITRAL Cam STEP 1 Expand folders from the directory STEP 2 Select criteria by checking appropriate boxes above for performing the duplicate tree by clicking the Then select folders search Then click the Start Duplicate Search toolbar button to begin the search to be searched for duplicate embroidery files by clicking the adjacent check boxes oa For Help press Fl Figure 2 Next there are various options which can be chosen that effect the way duplicates are found ZIP RAR Files If this item
4. Bin it possible othenvise delete from computer f Send to User Recycle Folder CE mbroidery Dupes Compressed AIP RA amp R Files C Send to System Recycle Bin f Send to Compressed Folder CAE mbroider Dups lompressed There are two options for both ordinary uncompressed files and files store in ZIP or RAR archives Destination options include the Recycle Bin or a user defined folder A separate folder option is provided for compressed files Click the browse magnifying glass icon button to look for possible user folder locations or enter the name of a new or existing folder in the edit box Files sent to the Recycle Bin can be either restored by right clicking on the Recycle Bin desktop icon and choosing Open and then restore items from there or permanently deleted by choosing the Empty Recycle Bin option Since there is no way to write a RAR file outside of the proprietary WinRar software SewClean will extract the files from the RAR file archive that are retained not duplicates and rewrite them to a zip file with an extension rar added to the file name NOTE OF IMPORTANCE Care should be taken when specifying the Recycle Bin since only files on hard drives of the current computer not networked drives will be placed there Other files will be deleted and are unrecoverable For safety it is advisable to send duplicates to the user defined folders and delete them from there when they are no longer nee
5. SEWCLEAN USER MANUAL V1 2 4 FEBRUARY 14 2013 S amp S Computing Oak Ridge TN 37830 Table of Contents la es He RENE 1 Getting STATEN Lunn 1 Me 7 Be SIV E phe erst etn we ose sao ebe ve A serene A eae EA dee eee 7 TONS 10 0 NU a 7 Help Menu rrnnnennnnnnnnnvnnennnrnnnnnnnnennnrnnnnnnnnennnrnnnnnnnnennnennnennnnennnennnsnnnnennnennnnnnee 7 FIERE 1 lait 0 ME 8 FDA vvrvrv4v4vvv474v4vvevv7v4vvv vn 8 Delete Duplicates rarrrnnrennnrrnnrrnnnevnnrnnnnnnnnennnrnnnnnnnnennnrnnnnnnnnennnsnnnnnnnnennnennnsnnn 8 Sjo fo p 510 11100 0 PE 9 PETN 9 PINE FOO tacts caie vaste ne sane darese cate sasiexe ER R N ERREEN 9 EEE NN 11 Help COMMANAS rrannnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnennnnnennnnnennnssennansennnssennassnnnnsennnnseen 12 FGD LODIG S essri EE E ENER 12 PV 12 Update INOW sacecicsesiccteiuuccnvienctienntscuseciksesiciccctivnctnuuseslusesisgetieushoausesikeesiecttiesetaauxesisecuics 12 Change MISON LOO aar 12 FOOD EEE 13 Main Toolbar SewClean Manual Introduction Getting Started Welcome to SewClean the embroidery file duplicate cleaner You may use SewClean to find and select duplicate embroidery files on your hard drive or removable writeable media and to safely remove them Duplicates may be deleted to the Recycle Bin where they may be recovered if desired or moved to a user defined folder for future deletion The SewClean workspace is divided into two panes The left pane cont
6. ains the folder tree showing all the folders on your computer including any attached removable media drives and networked drives The tree can be expanded or collapsed by clicking on the marks beside the adjacent drive name The right pane is a work pane which displays different aspects of the search as will be described below The following discussion mirrors the various steps that appear as reminders at the bottom of the various panes STEP 1 To begin using SewClean expand the folder tree in the left pane which displays the top level folders on your computer including connected external drives and networked drives Click on the sign to open subdirectories This is similar to folder navigation in Windows Explorer except that only folders and no files are displayed In this way you can navigate to a folder or group of folders containing the embroidery files that you want to check for duplicates In Fig 1 the Documents folder has been expanded to reveal several sub folders which are known to contain embroidery files SewClean Manual SewCiean EES EA File Help Check Folders to Test for Duplicates CO Documents 3 A COR Fies Cl amp Delta Faucets D DisAssembly D Embroidery a Babylock Os Bad File Bees CIA Bees H O Cross Stitch HCA OST Test H 04 EMB DK Ob Emb co 0 Embroidery Catalog Cd Eroll CA Invalid Test aA ISD Files HCE Single PES Test Cl Single Zip
7. changes made to SewClean SewClean Manual Toolbars Main Toolbar SewClean Toolbar P ii The toolbar is displayed across the top of the application window below the menu bar The toolbar provides quick mouse access to tools used in SewClean Click To Search folders for duplicates of files in selected folders checked in left pane Delete selected duplicates Select criteria to guide searching folders for duplicates Select destination user defined folders Recycle Bin for deleted duplicates Get context sensitive help for items on the toolbar
8. ded Also note that files marked as duplicates on CD drives will not be deleted or moved Shortcuts of Toolbar hu SewClean Manual Language Support Click on this Options menu item and select the desired language for displaying the SewClean commands and user interface SewClean Manual Help Commands Help Topics Use this command to display the opening screen Get Started of Help From the opening screen you Can jump to step by step instructions for using SewClean and various types of reference information Once you open Help you can click the Contents button whenever you want to return to the opening screen Auto Update Use this command to toggle turn on off automatic updating of SewClean software When this menu item is checked unchecked auto updating is allowed prevented With auto updating allowed the S amp S website will be checked whenever the application is opened but not more than once daily for available updates If there is an update available the user will be given the opportunity to install it The installation will automatically close the SewClean workspace remove the older version install the update and restart the application Update Now Use this command to search the S amp S website immediately for the availability of an update for SewClean If an update is found the user is given a choice to install it Change History Log Use this command to display the history of
9. idery Batch LITLA Camera me STEP 1 Expand folders from the directory STEP 3 Cui C ck on mdradual files to change toggle their deletion state Or clear ALL tree by clicking the Then select folders files pending deletion by clicking on any white space in deletion pane Then delete the to be searched for duplicate embroidery selected duplicates by clicking the cut toolbar button To change file extensions for files by clicking the adjacent check boxes deleting duplicates open the Duphcate Deleton Criteria dialog from the toolbar 7 Figure 4 Depending on how the Deletion Criterion were selected you can change them by clicking the toolbar button certain duplicates will appear with a red X through them to indicate they are ready to be deleted At this point you should review the duplicates that were selected by SewClean based on your deletion criteria and determine is any are incorrect false duplicates This can occur in rare cases when the stitch count color count and pattern size criterion used for matching are met for two files but the pattern is still different In such case visual inspection of the duplicate icons chosen for deletion is the only way to remove such files from the deletion list This can be done by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the icon of the false duplicate s Performing this action will remove the red X from the file you click and remove it from the deletion li
10. is checked then when SewClean scans the various computer folders for duplicates it will look inside all compressed archive files too This can significantly slow down the duplicate search process If you use compressed files only for backing up your embroidery files it is recommended NOT to check this option Note that any Zip or Rar files in the selected folders will be scanned for duplicates even when this option is unchecked Only Selected Folders Check this option to restrict the duplicate search to the folders you selected checked in the left pane Otherwise all folders on your computer will be searched subject to restrictions set by the following items All Fixed Hard Drives Check this option to scan all the fixed drives in your system This excludes external or network drives All Removable Drives Check this option to scan removable drives USB that are currently attached to your computer All Network Drives Check this option to scan all network drives There is a button at the bottom of the right pane that can be checked to minimize SewClean while it searches for duplicates on your system SewClean will minimize when the duplicate search button is clicked This is a useful option if your search path contains a lot of folders and a SewClean Manual files Since the search may take several minutes while SewClean is performing the duplicate search you can run other applications When SewClean is
11. lp Topics List help topics Auto Update Allow updater to search once daily for updates Update Now Checks website for newer version of software About SewClean Display program information user registration and version number Change History View text file containing history of program changes Log SewClean Manual File Commands Find Duplicates Use this command to begin searching for duplicates of the files in the selected folders in the left pane Before clicking this toolbar button you must select certain criteria to guide the path that will be searched for duplicates See Getting Started STEP 2 for more information Duplicates will be marked for deletion and appear with a red X through them based on the deletion criteria chosen in the File Deletion Criteria dialog Shortcuts C Toolbar p Delete Duplicates Use this command to delete the selected duplicates The duplicates will be placed in the folders chosen in the Duplicate Folders dialog Shortcuts Toolbar SewClean Manual Options Commands Deletion Criteria Use this command to open the dialog below which is used to select file extensions that will determine which duplicate types to delete and which to retain You may choose up to three different file extensions below we choose only two pes and jef for the embroidery file types that should be retained not deleted during the duplicate scan The way these extensions a
12. pane to be searched for duplicate embroidery files by clicking the adjacent check boxes ey Files to Search for Duplicates 782 34 Elapsed time 25 Computing drive folders For Help press F1 1 EE Figure 3 When the scan is completed the files with duplicates are displayed in the right pane See Fig 4 The file path information where the duplicates are located on your system is indicated along with icons showing the embroidery pattern contained in the files The primary file is shown left justified in the pane with the proposed duplicates indented beneath it Duplicates in the same folder display no additional folder information whereas files in folders that are children of the primary folder have their path indicated relative to the primary folder Duplicates that are neither in the same or child folders have their full paths displayed SewClean Manual 3 File Help Paa J O Check Folders to Test for Duplicates 186 dupecates found m 782 tes searched CE Documents 31 EC COR F es Cl Delta Faucets d gt C WUsersiStevelDocumentslEmbroideryil H A Dis ssembly Emb CD 4 0 4 Embroidery 4 CA Babylock J 4 Bad Fite Cd Bees Cl A Bets vn CJ Cross Sitch H CA DST Test CJ EMBOK H M Emb D vn Embrowery Catalog H A Erroll Jdi Invalid Test Apes 4 CI d 150 Files Single PES Test J 4 1 Single Zip at i H A SLC Test wo au Test Designs C amp Embro
13. re used to select files for deletion depends on the retention logic which is selected by choosing one or the other logic option below If the OR logic option is chosen then only a single file with the selected extension will be retained that is it is NOT marked for deletion The order in which files are chosen for retention is determined by file extension order 1 2 3 chosen If the AND logic option is chosen then up to three file types will be retained for each distinct pattern This is useful for users with multiple sewing machines that need to keep different file types for the same pattern Select Criteria for Deleting Duplicates If none of the file extensions selected below exists ina group of duplicates then the first file in the group will be retained and the rest Pence will be marked for deletion File extensions to retain in order of importance H2 H3 jef Retention logic fe HOR 208 3 HAND 2 AMD 3 Keep only single file Keep up to three file type per pattern types per pattern Shortcuts Toolbar Duplicate Folders Use this command to open the Delete Duplicates dialog see Figure below to set destination folders for duplicate files that will be deleted SewClean Manual Delete Duplicates determine the destination folder s for duplicate files marked for Cancel deletion Select from the options below to Ok Ordinary Uncompressed Files C Send to System Recycle
14. st If a particular icon is not X ed out and you want to add it to the deletion list just Ctrl click on the file icon Finally you can clear all the selected files at once by clicking ona blank part of the right pane Complete STEP 3 by clicking on the Delete Duplicates toolbar button This will delete the selected X out duplicates and send them to the folders that were selected in the Duplicate Folders dialog You can change the destination folders for deleted duplicates at any time by rs clicking the toolbar button SewClean Manual Contact Us If you have any questions about the SewClean program or any suggestions for improvements or additional features you would like to see added please contact us at support sandscomputing com SewClean Manual Menus File Menu File menu commands The File menu offers the following commands Find Duplicates Begin search through selected folders for duplicates Delete Duplicates Delete selected duplicate files move to Recycle Bin or user folder Exit Quit the application Options menu Options menu commands The Options menu offers the following commands Deletion Criteria Select criteria for deleting duplicates Duplicate Folders Select destination for duplicates Recycle Bin or user folder Language Support Choose language for SewClean interface and commands Help menu Help menu commands The Help menu offers the following commands He
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