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I bought
some utility software from a company called Funduc. Having previously
used
their app, Search and Replace. I was upgrading to Replace Studio Pro.
Out of
curiosity, I did download some of their other apps to give them a test
drive.
See if there was any nice features I would recommend you consider. I
had no
intention of moving away from Foldermatch, it is a brilliant app which
I have
used for 15 years and have the license and you are always responsive to
feedback.
After
giving Directory Toolkit and Duplicate File Finder a quick run, you are
safe if
anyone ever does a comparison on the them versus FM and DG.
Your GUIs
are far richer, the options in FM v Directory Toolkit, you are
superior, speed
is better, you nail it in all metrics that count for me.
I am not as
familiar with DG but I am going to buy it, it is nicer to use than
their app and
my initial impression if your functionality is better but I couldn’t
give an
authoritative answer on that.
Anyway,
credit / praise where due, keep up the great work churning on a great
app.
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I'm always
happy to tell people about the software, its awesome. And the
support is old fashion style, cannot fault it in any way.
Wouldn’t use anything or anyone else!
Doc Baldwin
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I
just want to congratulate the development team for a beautiful product.
This is one of the must-have applications for the pc and I
have been
using it with pleasure for many years! Thanks for the great
upgrade.
Don
M. PhD
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"We
are
migrating a large amount of source code from one control system
(Microsoft Visual SourceSafe) to another (Microsoft Team Foundation)
and FolderMatch has been a phenomenal tool to use to make sure that the
files all got moved correctly. There is nothing better than
seeing a entire directory structure marked with all “green check
marks”!!! Thanks for the excellent app!"
Ken
C - Agilent Techologies
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This
is a
fantastic utility! I maintain 2 duplicate sets of files, one
on
my PC and the other on an in-house network for shop personnel to access.
I used to spend hours in windows explorer checking for missing/outdated
files on the network drive.
There are currently 5,000 in each area, and Folder Match finds all
discrepancies in about 5 seconds.
I
LOVE IT!
Mike A.
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"I
used
to work at LapLink where I helped conceive some of the folder cloning
capabilities, and so I appreciate all the flexibility that your
software provides. Most synchronization programs don’t “get it” and
bring back unwanted orphans."
Peter
R.
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Thank
you so
much for this version! I can not believe how fast it is! I
thought someone had slipped a 50 core –i12 processor in my computer
while I was downloading this version.
Max A.
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"Best
Program I Ever Downloaded!
This
is a MUST HAVE utility. It works perfectly and is VERY easy
for
the novice to learn. Remember all of those JPG images whose
names
you changed? No problem, this bad boy will find duplicate
files
even if they have different names! REALLY! I simply
cannot
recommend this program enough."
Scott (as
posted on CNET
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I
just want to congratulate the development team for a beautiful product.
This is one of the must-have applications for the pc and I
have been
using it with pleasure for many years!
Don
M.
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Im
always
happy to tell people about the software, its awesome. And the support
is old fashion style, cannot fault it in any way. Wouldn’t use anything
or anyone else.
Doc B.
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"FolderMatch
is indispensable for my business."
With
multiple backup copies of files scattered around my computer and
networked
drives, it doesn't take long for clutter to pile up. FolderMatch is an
efficient, easy to use tool for consolidating files and deleting
unnecessary
duplicates. I couldn't do without it. This company is very responsive
to
customer inquiries and works hard to maintain good rapport."
DCpix
"I have tried several other
sync packages and feel that while they seem to have some good features,
they fall short in ease of use. One look at FolderMatch told me that a
lot of good thought went behind the design of the user interface. Your
selections of the "Method" to synchronize is crystal clear and provides
users with an extra level of confidence that the software is going to
do
the option that you want. With your competitors, I'm never sure if the
synchronization is really going one-way."
Lee Rautenberg
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Creator
of the pcANYWHERE
software
*pcANYWHERE
is a trademark
of Symantec Corp
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"Absolutely
indispensable" Four
years ago I
searched for a program to synchronize files between my desktop and
laptop
computers, and this program was the only one with the features I
needed. I
still appreciate how fast and easy FolderMatch is to use.
Provides plenty of
options so you can zero in on just the files you want to synchronize. I
use it
on my home network, and then take my laptop to work and synchronize
folders on
my other various computers and network hard drives using
FolderMatch
from my laptop. An excellent tool!
CKniess
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"Powerful
yet east to use - a hole in one!" Great for synchronizing
photo
files, use the "contents" compare method to be sure the files match
after moving or copying. ...Highly recommended for
Photographers
with lots of digital photo files to track and backup
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"If
you need to clean up multiple, random copies of "stuff"
(tech term) look no further - this is nirvana!
"
Does
EXACTLY what it is supposed to do, WOW, how novel! It is extremely
fast, very intuitive and downright FUN to use
'cause I've been putting off cleaning up all my stuff (2 int &
4 ext HDD's,
thumb drives, etc) for way, way too long.
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Product
is flawless. Works great on Win 7 64
ultimate. The best of the best though is their customer service! Quick
and
accurate responses every time...
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My
programmer missed some important files during a server migration.
FolderMatch restored the missing files from the old server within
minutes.
Great product! Highly recommended.
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Great
tool for synchronizing files, folders, drives. Intuitive
interface. Can easily manage how the results are
displayed. Flexible criteria and compare options. Appears to be much
faster
than some of the other products I tried. Works with local, mapped, and
networked drives.
B.
Snyder
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If
you want to quickly and easily compare your
folders and drives, and compare files, I can't imagine anyone
developing a
simpler, more effective solution than FolderMatch. It is totally worth
every
cent.
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This program has saved me hours (if not
days) of work. A while back
Windows decided to corrupt a lot of my data on my 2nd disk during an
UNSCHEDULED disk check. DO NOT USE FILE INDEXING! (if the index gets
corrupt,
your data is hosed... Anyway, I recover all the deleted data to a
specified
folder using another program. This left me with a very large amount of
files
that may or may not be duplicates when included with the data that was
still
existing on the disk. Now my data was taking up 500GB instead of 250GB.
This
would have taken me weeks to sort through. The Find Duplicate Files
feature let
me scan all my had disks and showed me which files were duplicates. I
simply
let it delete all the duplicates it found in the "recovery" folder
restoring my disk space, and leaving me with less to sort through. I
also use
this program to backup, and sync my USB Memory Stick, and to view the
actual
differences in text files. Like I said...WORTH EVERY PENNY!!!
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"I
have tried the LapLink program, and it does indeed allow me to easily
update
my files through USB, but their software program leaves much to be
desired
when compared to FolderMatch! I wish that Laplink would have
purchased
the rights to FolderMatch for about a million dollars!
Perhaps you
would have liked that too?! "
Stephen
M.
"I
downloaded your product
and was impressed with its overall ease of use, speed in
calculating
file differences and stability while running in a Windows
2000 RC2+
environment. " "I played with your new
version of FolderMatch 3.0.0 and found it to be stable, nice looking
graphically,
and quick at analyzing file differences compared with other
synchronization
software that I have used....I really enjoyed using your
software.
It offers several improvements (especially the advanced detection of
file
differences) over the other products that I currently use.
I
love FolderMatch…I feel FolderMatch is the best,
by far. I have been a registered user of
this
application for four years; it's one of my favorite PC applications and
I feel
it amply deserves all the awards it has earned over the years. As as
I'm
concerned it's by far the best PC file synchronization application out
there!
This
is an awesome program. I have so far deleted 675GB of
duplicate data!
I'm a long-time FM devotee
and am very pleased to see
that you are
continuing to develop FM. Microsoft still didn't get it
right with Vista, so we need you!
Miles O.
"This software appears to be
far more
capable than others of it’s type! I’m finding it very useful."
Anthony Z.
Folder Match is a world
class product. I
actually use it from
a Windows XP instance that I run on a virtual
machine on a MacBook
Pro to compare folders between the Mac
partition and some Windows servers.
John T.
England
"great
program"
I
have downloaded this program,
was looking for duplicates in several backups i made (10GB each). First
I ran into an error but techsupport at foldermatch sent me a patch the
same day and everything worked fine. This is the only program you need
for comparing and synchronizing directories and removing duplicates. It
has a very nice interface, no need for the help section, very
intuitive,
and the most important thing for me, when deleting duplicates, you can
choose which ones where to delete, for example, delete only the
dulicates
occurring in this main directory and keep them in this one. Many
options
for this available in a pull down menu. I love it, no need for any of
the
other synchronizing programs, CNET should review this one
immediately!
Casper
CNET
User Review
My
programmer missed some important files during a server migration.
FolderMatch restored the missing files from the old server within
minutes. Great product! Highly recommended.
This is
one of the few shareware
programs I would pay for. I needed to backup my data files selectively
for
certain folders and subfolders. I wantoed to be able to have usable
copies
of everything on two separate disks but did not want to create a
complex
set of backup rules. FM worked like a charm. I found it easy to use and
extremely flexible in how it handles different types of comparisons and
syncronization.
Eric
M
File
Transit site
"FolderMatch has not not
let me down yet. The Seagate utility supplied w/ Windows gave ME FITS
ON
A REGULAR BASIS."
Jim
C
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"I love your
product.
I have been wasting hours every week fighting with LapLink to keep my
laptop
and desktop computers synchronized. LapLink would take
forever to
get ready to synchronize and then fail and I would have to start all
over.
FolderMatch NEVER fails when I'm doing a network sync. And
it's fast!"
Tom
Camargo
Kudos
for Customer Service:
"I'm
pretty impressed by
the quality of your service, as this is the first time I send a query
on
a Sunday and receive an answer the same day: I greatly appreciate!"
Omar
B
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"It's
been a time saver and
couldn't live without"
Before
using this product
I had to do everything manually between computers on the network, file
by file. FolderMatch saves me countless hours everyday.
Dean
"Best
program I ever downloaded
!"
This is a "MUST HAVE"
utility
! It works perfectly (as described), and is VERY easy for the novice to
learn to use. My interest was getting rid of duplicate files. The
program
does a WHOLE LOT more, however, and it is capable of some AWESOME
stuff!
Remember all those JPG images whose names you changed? No problem. This
bad boy will find duplicate files EVEN IF THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES!
REALLY!
I simply cannot recommend this program highly enough.
Scott
from
Maine - Cnet
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I have been very impressed
with FolderMatch. Based on my experience with it, I would not
hesitate
to try any other utilities you might have. Thanks again for
the great
work. Companies like yours make computing more enjoyable
(which I
can't say for most software vendors).
Greg B
An
excellent program that
I recommend (and will continue to do so) to anyone that wants to clean
up and organize their hard drives and files!
Mark H.
Just
wanted to add my praise
for FolderMatch. After many years and many computers I had
thousands
of files on floppies, Jaz drives, CD-R's, multiple PC's, and all over
the
place. Duplicates aplenty and a huge job to
organize. FolderMatch
made the job much much easier. I use it constantly. It's a
joy to
find those rare gems of software that actually do one specific job
excellently.
Jay T
I’ve
been testing your program
for the past few weeks as a means of synchronizing files between a
desktop
and laptop computer. It works just as advertised. Before licensing it I
did an intensive search of the web for a better alternative. I
downloaded
two other programs. Neither of them performed up to FolderMatch
standards.
Thanks for a great program.
Robert A.
University
of South Carolina
FolderMatch's
comparator,
is by far the very best I know of. All comparator's,
including UltraEdit's
comparator and UNIX's "diff", "bdiff" and "sdiff" comparators, all show
the lines where there are differences, but none of them show those
differences
with the clarity and detail that FolderMatch's comparator
does. For
instance, the two detail lines at the bottom of FolderMatch's
comparator
window with highlights of the actual characters that differ in each
line
are fantastic! I can tell immediately why the lines are
different.
All other comparators force me to view why the program has singled out
the lines as different. And now that the developers
have added
a difference navigation window, they've made it even better. In a
nutshell,
when it comes to comparing either directories or files, I look no
further
than FolderMatch; it does the job, and it does it very very well!
Wayne
S.
Thank
you for a terrific
product. I had been looking for something to do
two-way synchronisation
between my laptop and desktop for some time. I have tried
TrueSync
and IntelliSync in the past - both have a terrible interface.
A colleague
at work stumbled across FolderMatch and forwarded the reference to
me.
Thank goodness he did. I tried it out yesterday
evening,
and within an hour
purchased a license. It works perfectly in a totally
intuitive way
- also coping with the fact that one machine is NTFS, the other is
FAT32.
This morning, the license code was waiting for me in my in-tray -
thanks
for the very quick response.
Simon F.
"Must
have file/folder compare/sync
utility" I have looked at many different
file/folder compare/sync
utilities, both commercial and shareware/freeware. There is nothing
that
comes close to the thoroughness of FolderMatch. The author accounted
for
every type of comparison and sync method and coupled it with a very
functional
interface.
"I
have
to travel to international
meetings every 6 months or so. I typically have to take 400
to 500
electronic documents with me. In the past getting these
documents
ready and loaded to my Laptop took about 5 or 6 hours of work, and lots
of frustration. Even then I was never absolutely sure I had
all the
documents I would require. Now with FolderMatch this job is
soooooo
easy. It takes about 20 minutes. It is a great
product, and
saves me lots of time. Also when I return and have new and
some revised
documents, realigning my database will be so easy. The
product truly
is a God Send to me.."
John
Hopkinson
Security
Architect
ISO
I've
looked at a number of utilities
which purported to help keep two folders synchronized. Some worked,
some
didn't, and some were not too friendly. So far my assessment of
FolderMatch
puts it in the 'just what I need' category
Woody Leonhard
Woodys
Window Watch
I
simply would like to tell
you that FolderMatch is really an outstanding utility. Few software is
as
useful as yours in daily uses.
Daniele
Radogna
Italy
"One
of
the best synchronizers
available. There are other good ones available but they cost much more
and are so much more complex to use. Tons of features! My vote for best
bang for the buck."
"I've
looked at dozens of
these type of programs. Most are very difficult to figure out or are
very
inflexible. This program is very attractive and easy to use. Many
different
ways to compare and sync are offered. I was up and running in a matter
of moments. One of the best out there! ...."
both were
signed
"Anonymous"
32Bit.BHS.com
"These
synchronizations (between
my three CD/RW disks) were the reason I sought out and subsequently
purchased
FolderMatch, but has been used here at work to sync large directories
on
Novell servers. I recently had the occasion to copy a large number of
files
from one Novell server to another, and the copy was interrupted in the
middle of the operation. I was ready to start the copy afresh, and
realized
I could use FolderMatch to only copy the ones that weren't already
there.
It worked fine, and took about half the time a full copy would have
taken.
Thanks for a great utility. It is truly one of my Essentials
now."
Ray B.
"Until
I changed to Win 2000,
I was a great fan of Norton Navigator and used the synchronize function
at least twice a day since I travel (with zip disks) between my home
office
and my city office several times a week. I have been trialing all the
synchronizing
programmes but find none as easy and friendly as FolderMatch. "
Andy L
Thanks
for your fast help.
The programm is great, i have downloaded many Trial Versions of this
Programm
Type FileSync Tools, such as PowerSync Synchronizer and many
many
more) and tried some out. And I think FolderMatch is the programm with
the best surface and the easiest handling ....
Sebastian P.
I
just upgraded (for FREE,
using advertised rebates) to LapLink Gold. After installing it, I was
disappointed
to learn it *still* doesn't work as well as FolderMatch. So I bought
FolderMatch,
too!
Michael S
Thanks
for FolderMatch - I have
a million files and only slightly fewer computers. FolderMatch keeps me
sane and serves as my living backup strategy.
David C.
"Really
love what you've
done with sub folders in v3! Great idea, great execution!
...I have
to say I'm impressed with your work. FM is a terrific tool,
and a
superb piece of Windows design work."
John M.
Infopro
Exemplary
Service!
Wow. Absolutely the most helpful response I have ever
received to
a query. You folks at SaltyBrine Software are the greatest.
Howard S.
Galapagos,
Ecuador
"This
is an incredibly useful
tool...easy to use as well. Though its real use is for comparing and
synchronizing
files and folders, there are all these hidden features that are perfect
for a web designer like my self. I think this program ought to come
with
Windows for all users. The program is attractive as well, a nice touch
for an artistic person as myself... ( I also think the price is quite
low...
who doesn't like that?) I have had contact with the company and have
found
them to be as incredible as the program... "
Village Web Weaver
Comment left on SuperShareware Site
"Let
me start off by saying
how impressed I am with your product. I just started a new
job and
needed something to compare and sync thousands of files. I
went out
to www.winfiles.com and looked there and found a ton of products that
claimed
to do what I needed. After trying several, I found that most
were
very hard to use and didn't actually do what I needed. Then I
tried
FolderMatch and the day was saved. Already in the month that
I have
been at my new position, FolderMatch has saved me countless
hours.
Thank you very much!"
Greg S.
"I
am
quite pleased with the
program, especially the checks and double checks to make sure the sync
is the way you want."
David B.
"I
have been using [Name
Omitted], an award-winning competitor of yours, to backup several
important
folder trees from my C: drive to my D: drive. I was very
happy with
the program. Just for kicks I decided to compare these same
folder
trees using FolderMatch. Imagine my surprise when FolderMatch
detected
a difference in a sub-sub folder which your competitor had
missed.
Boy, am I glad that I used your product! I would have lost
this file
had I not. FolderMatch is now part of my backup strategy..."
Jaco A
I
believe in supporting folks
who produce quality hardware and software products. After
fighting
with LapLink for the past several years, I decided I had to find a
better
way to keep certain folders sync'd between
laptop
and desktop.
Ten minutes after evaluating FolderMatch last night convinced me you
had
the answer.
(
I tried several other
offerings on the web as well).Thanks for producing such a great product.
Jim F.
"II
tested the trial only
about an hour and felt its really a must-have! I'm a programmer myself,
considered several
times
to write something
similar, but no time.... It's worth every penny, even at a lousy
exchange
rate. Great piece of software!!"
Wolfgang P.
Your
utility has become very
handy for me. I have a lot of graphics and web files that I work on at
home and at work. I'm able to synchronize files on a zip disk, then
transport
back and forth with ease and confidence that I have everything. I don't
know how many times before when I thought I had all the files I needed,
only to find out that I missed something. Backup programs are too slow
and cumbersome for this purpose, and they don't display the progress as
well either. Thanks again for a great utility . . .
Karl S
WAVE
Design, Inc.
"I have come to rely on FolderMatch
as my primary tool for backing up and synchronizing files. I'm very
impressed
with its stability and its speed - I discarded Microsoft's Briefcase
long
ago because of its poor interface and horrible performance. Before I
found
FolderMatch, I tried numerous tools that fell short of my needs in
functionality,
performance, stability or usability.
I
find FolderMatch does a
much more intelligent job of comparing different revisions of source
files
than our current SCM tool: PVCS Version Manager 6.7
Chris T.
Finally
I have an affordable
tool that meets my needs!"
Duncan
V Essex
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CTO | Global Services
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"FolderMatch
is one of my most
useful programs; I'm not sure I could live without it... On a
folder
and file comparison level, no software out there can beat it!"
Wayne
"I
downloaded a trial of
your program today to sync our web servers and I loved it. It was fast
and simple and the price just can't be beat. "
Mark M
"FolderMatch
saves me time
and gives me the customizable accuracy I need. I use it for
personal
backups and manual server shares replication. Your product
works
for me."
Mark Holbrook,
UNIX/NT
System Administrator
CSU
Special Projects, Sandia National
Laboratories
"Your
program is great and worth
every penny. It's been quite a while since I loaded a software program
that apparently, doesn't contain any bugs--it just does exactly what it
was purchased for. My hat goes off to all of the developers involved in
this wonderful program!!!Keep up the good work."
Barry B
"I'd
like to commend you on an
excellent product. FolderMatch is an extremely useful tool
for synchronizing
directories over our network"
Joe S.
"I
downloaded FolderMatch and 5 of
the competition last night, tried them all today, and FolderMatch is
vastly
superior...".
Matt G.
"I
LOVE
your interface, and think
it's a great program!!! I've recommended it to people, and
have heard
rave reviews about it from others."
Michael
A
I
am recommending FolderMatch to
the Team here... Many of the programmers are using WinDiff but it will
not do nearly as much as FolderMatch.
Red G.
Intel
"I've
only used your program for
a short while but find it very useful and completely reliable. This is
all I want from a utility."
David T
"Great
product...I use it to move
work between my office and home computers via zip disks."
Mark B.
Unisys
"My
only wish is I had found your
package sooner, I'm finding it extremely useful for backing up key
files."
Keith D
"I'm
deeply impressed. I was very
comfortable with FolderMatch itself but now I'm very pleased with the
company
as well."
Enrik B.
Nortel
Networks
"What
a
deal! Somebody up there likes
me because DARTCY Productions (Now known as Salty Brine Software) has
given
us FolderMatch. An immensely powerful program... "
Chris Spera
Wugnet
Reviewer
"A
very useful file management
tool for developers . Use it to backup your site, restore files from
backup,
detect changes or synchronize your site etc. "
Web Attack
"FolderMatch
is surprisingly
fast compared to other sync utilities. Whether you're a programmer or
would
simply like to update your laptop; FolderMatch is the answer".
Nick Smith
Rocket
Downloads
We
have
downloaded a trial version
of FolderMatch from Tucows and are thrilled at its
performance, ease
of use and presentation.
Royanne Nilson
School
District of Palm Beach
County
I
have
used FolderMatch for six months
now and it has moved from being a useful utility to being
indispensable.
It is bug free and bomb proof. Congratulations and thanks.
David T
I
am a
software developer and am always
trying to decide what tools should I build for myself and which should
I just buy. You have a cool tool at a very fair
price. It saved
me more than it's price in just a couple of uses. ..
Don W.
I
think it is one of the best pieces of software that I have ever run and
it is
very important to me in managing my files on my network.
Alfred
C
The
prince of bargains! Netscape
Reviewer...Germany
This
program is better than
peanut butter Dan G.
You
have a GREAT program here.
The interface and the functionality are exceptional. Keep up the great
work!! Jerry
"FolderMatch
is an absolutley
brilliant product, it has made managing my files a pleasure ..." K
Lycett
We
think FolderMatch is excellent! Jeremy
R.
First,
my project manager adores
your program -- thanks for a great job! Susan Z.
You
have a fantastic, easy to
use product. Mike D.
This
is a *really* useful
piece of software! John P.
Very
clear. Very elegant. No
way you can make a mistake. David B.
This
is a fantastic product!!
I'm only one day into my evaluation but right now I plan to register
it!
Gregory
The
price was right and the
software works very well ... L.B.
Your
product has made my job
a great deal easier. Thanks for a fantastic
program! Tony
J.
Thanks
for all your good work
on FolderMatch. It's a great product! Mark
W.
It
is a nice piece of work.
Good job! Al
C.
...great
software! Arsi
R.
It
is working great...
Dr. Jack B.
Extremely
useful...
Derek H.
Very
nice product...
Chris K.
"You
are the best. Keep up the
good work" M.G.
I
love the product!
John H.
E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T
product.
Linda N.
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