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Hi. I have several RAR archives in a source folder, each from 2.8Gb to 26Gb. FreeFileSync doesn't see them when I click Browse on that folder's button in Source list.


This doesn't make sense as xCSxXenon already pointed out. The folder picker doesn't show files.

Like I said, we can forget ...

long path or file names

How long is long?
What OS (file systems) on source & target?

I've got

522-char full path length

C:\Local\SANDBOX\CLEAN\drive\E\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 91.0\PROFILE\storage\default\moz-extension+++334f1b5b-4f41-4a3f-b743-0da5d57ee10d^userContextId=4294967295\idb ...

Could it be that you have a RAR file entry (e.g. *.rar ) in your Exclude Filter .


No the exclude folder is default. I found what the issue was. Long path names. It's definitely a bug not to have any warnings about files with long path or file names excluded from backups!!! Some backup files ...

I'm using FreeFileSync for 6 years. FFS doesn't synchronize the RARs in question and Preview scan doesn't list them as new files! No warning message either.

Hi. I have several RAR archives in a source folder, each from 2.8Gb to 26Gb. FreeFileSync doesn't see them when I click Browse on that folder's button in Source list. As a result, the files are not synchronized. Version 14.10.

Please help.
Thanks.