# Desktop Uploader - False Dupes ---\> just destory the POS **URL:** \ **Category:** Contributing and equipment\ **Created:** [June 22, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-false-dupes-just-destory-the-pos/5030 "2021-06-22T22:56:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-false-dupes-just-destory-the-pos/5030/1 "2021-06-22T22:56:43Z")
I’m sorry. I know how hard it is to deal w/ people who are being shrill. I’m being shrill. This desktop uploaded sucks and should be destroyed. It’s failing at uploading pics it should be able to upload. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled it. Same problem. Worse, when going to upload sequences that haven’t been uploaded, it seems to randomly find 10 - 40% of the images to be duplicates. Look, I haven’t uploaded a single damn image form last week. Not a GDO is a duplicate. Absolutely impossible. This tool in the past has been buggy. Taking away the web upload and forcing me to it has found it to still be a big of steaming shit. Sorry to be that guy. I gotta get this off my chest. This is bad. This is walk away sort of bad. ---
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-false-dupes-just-destory-the-pos/5030/2 "2021-07-11T18:11:19Z")
Any chance on this issue being resolved? ---
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-false-dupes-just-destory-the-pos/5030/3 "2021-07-11T18:39:25Z")
Went of for a hike yesterday. Prepped the first batch, @960 photos, for upload. That is _ **IMPOSSIBLE** _. 960 photos of me driving my car. I’m moving. I’m going. I’m moving. There is not a signal duplicate. ---
**Author:** ![tastrax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/tastrax/32/68356_2.png) [@tastrax](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/tastrax)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-false-dupes-just-destory-the-pos/5030/4 "2021-07-12T02:02:39Z")
Perhaps zip up and post a few images somewhere so others can look at them and see if there is some other issue. Check the EXIF data and let us know what is in there. ---
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-false-dupes-just-destory-the-pos/5030/5 "2021-08-16T14:59:33Z")
Thank you. Good idea. The rub is the windows uploader does not log which images failed. It merely states X of N failed. Can’t find anything in it’s logs about which failed. FOr sure, no single set of logs that would make it practical to find that. If I could know which was failing, I could check to make sure they have exif, et al. Or is there some log written someplace I can’t find? ---
**Author:** ![nikola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@nikola](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/nikola)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-false-dupes-just-destory-the-pos/5030/6 "2021-08-16T15:08:04Z")
Since version 2.0.4, desktop uploader no longer tries to detect or flag duplicates. Please try again with the latest version and let us know how it goes! ---
**Author:** ![allen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/allen/32/137_2.png) [@allen](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/allen)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-false-dupes-just-destory-the-pos/5030/7 "2021-09-09T16:00:28Z")
The windows app does not appear to provide a version. Is there a way to determine that? Or do we have to uninstall and grab the new version for download from someplace? ---
**Author:** ![tastrax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.mapillary.com/tastrax/32/68356_2.png) [@tastrax](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/tastrax)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/desktop-uploader-false-dupes-just-destory-the-pos/5030/8 "2021-09-09T21:57:23Z")
It does these days under Help/About. The app checks each time its started and updates as required