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The one that has this issue is branded Lenovo, processor Intel i7, graphics card nVidia RTX 4070 Ti.

The one that does not have it is branded HP Omen, processor AMD Ryzen, graphics card nVidia RTX 3080.

Practically no other differences, the same antivirus etc.


xCSxXenon is correct. Other than ...

I have another almost identical Windows 11 machine paheikki, 17 Jan 2025, 10:33

What difference(s) are there between the machines? Different graphics cards?

Are both machines Windows updated identically? Graphics driver updated?

You really ought to post your OS and version.

If you are running it on Windows though, you can probably get away with simply restarting Explorer in your task manager. Not a fix but quicker than doing a full restart.

Having a look at my .ffs_batch file, I can see this :

<Exclude>
<Item>\System Volume Information\</Item>
<Item>\$Recycle.Bin\</Item>
<Item>\RECYCLER\</Item>
<Item>\RECYCLED\</Item>
<Item/>
</Exclude>

So I think that Hidden/System files and folders are "semi-auto" excluded with that piece of ...

To clarify why it renders file syncing useless:

File syncing saves time by rendering repeated manual file copying unnecessary. Having to click through extensive lists of files in the Compare window, is extremely time consuming and has to be done with every single sync task, UNLESS ignoring these ...

To add to Plerry's solution, hidden files are typically few and far between besides the defaults, so excluding is the best in my opinion.


Horse hockey. Hidden files and folders are a major problem with any syncing software, ESPECIALLY if you want to sync with an online folder system, such as ...