Looking for a program that can check if there are any files missing in one directory compared to another

I’m not sure if a duplicate finder is the right tool for this, but I’m looking for a way on Windows to scan the files in two directories and find out which files are in one folder but not the other, using a method like CRC or hashing instead of just filenames. I’m trying to merge some data that I know is almost identical, but there are a few random files that are present in one folder but not the other, and unfortunately, all the filenames are different.

For example, Folder 1 has “File1,” “File2,” and “File3,” while Folder 2 contains “FileA,” “FileB,” and “FileC.” Files “File1” and “FileA” have the same data, as do “File2” and “FileB,” but “FileC” doesn’t match “File3” or any other file in Folder 1.

You can try out musoq, in the repo there should be query that allows to do that

Win merge will do this. It will compare 2 folders and show all the files that are different, files missing and it will compare the changes between files if they have the same names.

Doesn’t Robocopy have a feature for this?

I think Microsoft PowerToys has a duplicate file finder that supports hashing. It can work across multiple folders, so it might do what you need!

I use dupeguru…you can give it a try