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Thank you! Just now saw this.

Here you go: xCSxXenon, 26 Aug 2024, 19:04

Thank you so much!

I'm new to this… do I understand correctly that I would need to use this to do the backup from the command-line?

Two options:
1) Create a batch script that first kills Firefox and then runs the FFS sync
2) Run FFS as admin and enable "copy locked files". This will use the Windows VSS to get a copy of the files, even when in-use.


I guess maybe I wasn't explaining the issue well.

I'm looking for a solution ...

Thanks.

I didn't have parent.lock in my list of files to sync. Remember I'm not syncing the entire profile. I have now added it.

I guess what I was hoping for was a notification *before* the syncing started, not an error message after syncing had begun.

It's important to me that I have a backup of my FireFox profile. Using a small app called fBackup I have come up with a list of essential files and folders to backup. I have also found the important plugin data folders and can back those up too. I do this to avoid having a gigantic backup that ...