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Windows XP, SP3.

Beginning with v6.11 I started getting errors. The error ("Error Code 299", see image - http://imgur.com/L4T5QF7 ) may occur randomly. One time I can launch FFS without any problem, while the other time I can not... As a result I always have to return back to working well v6.10.

Please check it.

Thank you for the idea. Testing it this way now :)

I've noticed that when I run one folder test and watch Networking tab in Task Manager, it shows steady 3% utilization. When I run the whole synchronization, I'm getting up to 20%, slowly degrading to 15%, 10% etc. Of course it means that less ...

Thanks a lot, Zenju. It's very interesting. In my case I have 11 folder pairs to compare. It means that 22 additional threads are created at Compare time, all working in parallel. And because network is slower now, I start see networked path in status line after a while... It seems logical ...

While we've found the problem, I'd like to take the opportunity to ask you a question. I'm observing strange behavior of FFS and can't find an answer why is it.

I'm moving (upgrading) form one HD disk to another and from WXP-SP2 (all updates are up to SP3) to WXP-SP3. Both HDs (data drives) are ...

That's it. The problem was with Volume Shadow Copy component. And it works now well. Thank you for the fix!

Thank you, Zenju.
I'll test new files soon.

OK. Please let me know what you see there.

And here is stack, produced by WinDbg:

0:000> k
ChildEBP RetAddr
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
0012b2c8 01c89e27 ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet
0012b3a0 7c910222 0x1c89e27
0012b3cc 7c910222 ntdll!RtlAllocateHeap+0x15e
0012b3d0 7c911046 ntdll ...

Report above was produced by "dumpchk.exe" v5.1.2600.0.

Here is report, which is produces with "dumpchk.exe" v6.7.5.0. I've removed Streams 0, 1, 2 as they're the same as already reported above. I hope this report will help you to find out the problem with crash.

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger ...

I guess I've found one. It's "dumpchk.exe" and it produced this analysis report:
------------------------------------------------------------------
Loading dump file D:\Sys\bin\FreeFileSync\exception.dmp
----- User Mini Dump Analysis

MINIDUMP_HEADER:
Version A793 (5128)
NumberOfStreams 8 ...

First run of no-opt version has produced "exception.dmp" file.
What tool you'd recommend to open and view the file? I'd like to see its content before I send it to you.

You're right. CPU doesn't support SSE2 instructions. Official build v5.22 has fixed that and it was working well until two days ago. And now I'm stuck with new problem.

Unfortunately the two new packages have similar problems:
debug-no-opt FreeFileSync_Win32.exe [CRC32: C6FCA9D9] Offset: 00005cd0 ...

Unfortunately I can't launch either of the them. Both are crashing at start:
[404, Invalid URL: http://freefilesync.sourceforge.net/FreeFileSync_5.22_Win32-debug-no-opt.zip]
Error signature:
AppName: freefilesync_win32.exe AppVer: 5.23.0.0 MosName: freefilesync_win32.exe
ModVer: 5.23.0.0 Offset ...

Trying to synchronize WXP-SP3 computer and FFS v5.22 (32bit) suddenly has started to crash in the middle of "Synchronize" execution. After that there is no way to pass that step. I'm always getting the same crash again and again... :(

Error signature:
AppName: freefilesync_win32.exe AppVer: 5.22.0 ...

That works. Thanks!

a. I can't download debug version. I'm getting 404 error in different browsers.

b. I'm afraid to sent binary dump of my computer's memory for security reasons.

c. I've saved image of "Error Report" dialog (I don't see way to save its content other than in image form): [404, Invalid URL: http ...

Windows XP SP3, 32bit here.

When I try to launch new FFS v5.21, it always crashes with this message:
AppName: freefilesync_win32.exe AppVer: 5.21.0.0 ModName: findfileplus_win32.dll
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 000011a3

In this forum I found suggestion to rename "findfileplus_win32.dll" file to avoid ...

It'd be nice if we had an option to turn on or off particular folder pair(s) in synchronization session. A check box, next to each pair, would be sufficient to temporary exclude some pair(s) from current processing.

I have a long list of pairs, but not always want to sync all of them...

I guess, you're right. Format was changed and my settings were gone... I've
noticed that just now.
How to change the order of commands in global settings dialog?

I've got it working.

Apparently one of the latest updates has silently removed the tag
<ExternalApplications/> .

I've restored it manually by entering those applications back. Unfortunately
there is no way to define an order of those applications in context menu and,
most importantly, the ...

I used to compare content of a file that I've changed since the last sync
session by launching my custom file compare program (BCompare.exe). In my old
configuration I highlighted file in FFS and clicked on "Enter". Then external
file comparison program was launched, opening that highlighted file ...

Thank you for some kind words.

With regard to the dummy folders (A1 and A2) I guess I was thinking in
yesterday's terms. Those folders were created and used in profile since there
was difference between main folder's pair (and I used those two empty folders
as that pair) and the rest (the rest ...

You're right. Dialog box can have "Yes" and "No" buttons. They require user to
make explicit decision. If there is a third "Cancel" button - the user has a
chance to postpone that decision, by canceling the whole action, asking for
that decision. Example - you close editor, that has opened files. It ...

> For v3.11 I'll change to "Menu". Hopefully that's the one-serves-all
solution...
Thanks. That's what I see in WXP: [404, Invalid URL: http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9855/ffscolortheme.png]
BTW, dialog on this picture asks: "Do you want ...". The expected answers are:
"Yes", "No". The ...

Running the latest v.3.10 I've noticed:
1. It's hard to read black font on dark gray background (default theme).

2. It's hard to work with 10 synchronized folders at the time when you can see only one of them...
Look at the picture:
[404, Invalid URL: http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/8996 ...

I'd say - go for it.
But reserve an option to turn it off just in case. Or even better - offer
action to restore the local time on remote FAT volume if user will ask for
it...

So, if I understand you correctly, in backup volume (using FAT) you want to
save time stamps in UTC (and not in local time, as they normally would). And
the time is converted by FFS on the local computer using its time zone. Then
you can move that backup volume (despite the fact that it's FAT) to ...

>>Then let's do it just for at least the mirror mode only.
>As for the mirror sync there really is not much to do: Instead of
>only 1h, multiples of 1h would be allowed. So the only functional
>advantage would be support for moving between different time zones.
>Honestly that is not that big a ...

>>And if you compare files using the technique provided in the 1st
>>post - it will work
>... for mirror sync only. When using other variants like <Automatic>
>there are still issues remaining.
Then let's do it just for at least the mirror mode only.

While I can see some cases where Automatic ...