Entire collection of photos duplicated up to 50 times

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December 26, 2021
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My entire collection of photo's has replicated up to 50 times each. How can I delete all these duplicates?

My watched settings were accidentaly set to the whole drive, could that have caused all the duplicates?

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MichelBParis

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You may find some instances of a similar problem (not only a few duplicates, but maybe 50 like in your case). They were not attributed to the 'watch folders' but to other external factors:

- videos saving different scenes (I am not competent for video)

- backup processes like ones used for Macs

- Import issues direct from cameras (don't produce 50 copies)

So, please state your own specs, OS and version, PSE version, backup or Cloud solutions used.

R

Roger C.Author

Participant

Hi Michel,

Device name DESKTOP-A6CN1DV
Processor AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor 3.40 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB
Device ID 3D73D7F0-07B0-4372-A25E-6D6F073F0A32
Product ID 00330-71353-42383-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version 21H2
Installed on ‎2020-‎09-‎20
OS build 19044.1415
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3920.0

Elements Organizer 18.0.0.0
Core Version: 18.0 (20201207.m.154403)
Language Version: 18.0 (20201207.m.154403)

Current Catalog:
Catalog Name: My Catalog
Catalog Location: C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\My Catalog\
Catalog Size: 1.3GB
Catalog Cache Size: 1.8GB

System:
Operating System Name: Windows 10
Operating System Version: 10.0
System Architecture: AMD CPU Family:15 Model:8 Stepping:2 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2
Built-in Memory: 31.9GB
Free Memory: 24.4GB

Acronis True Image used for backup.

The file copies each seem to have their own unique file number, usually in an increasing sequence from the original.

Roger

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