FreeFileSync Forum

The absolute very first item of the FreeFileSync (FFS) Manual is:
"Basic Usage:
1. Choose left and right folders."
which obviously constitutes a (left-right) folder pair ...
Obviously to you, quite obviously, not obvious to me. I searched for 'folder pair' being the most sensible thing to do, and it ...

OK I have 2 notices that come up all the time about conflicts. 1 is that both files have been updated since last time. I mean, that's not possible when 1 set of files sits on a backup drive doing nothing, and the other set of files is used.
However I am not a techie so, how on earth am I supposed ...

Hmmm I will have to investigate this. So you can't select a subfolder to filter out? Just a master folder?

Got it, thanks very much

I don't use the spacebar but I didn't know I could with that with the right click. I shall investigate :)

OK I will set a test up and learn filters, thanks :)

In the folder there is a subfolder and that 1 file FirstRun that I want.
The way I have done it this time is to include the main folder, then click on every single file in the subfolder except for the one I want and the Firstrun file so that they get copied alone.
I've never even looked at filters ...

As part of my portable browser installation there is a file called FirstRun that has no extension. If I include the parent folder it gets copied across with everything else. But I only need that 1 small file, but FFS can't see it if I try to add it as a file.
Is this possible to do and I am just ...

I'm a long way from rich but I can afford a computer and a backup drive. So I can afford the odd few $ to send to FFS. Please put 1$ a month in a jar and then send it to them at christmas. At least its something. :)

Once you run compare you have the 2 main windows marked relative path.
On the left windows are the files to be written, on the right the destination path.
Between the two windows there are 3 columns. 1 marked 'action', 1 marked 'difference' and 1 with no mark but it lists checkboxes all of which are ...

Once you run compare you have the 2 main windows marked relative path.
On the left windows are the files to be written, on the right the destination path.
Between the two windows there are 3 columns. 1 marked 'action', 1 marked 'difference' and 1 with no mark but it lists checkboxes all of which ...

Hmmm...thanks, but raises more questions lol but also I'm not into 2 way stuff, mirror mode does the same but more easily methinks. The files are not taking any space anyway so no worries, I was just curious.

I've been meaning to ask for ages and never remember, what is sync.ffs_db? I can assume it's some kind of record of that folder that speeds up scanning in future? But I don't actually know.

It has to be said that most of the people I know are like me, we won't use the cloud. I have a 12 portable drives all for different purposes and I love my system. They all last about 8 years before I get rid, they all are quite fast through USB C, and I saved clicky backup links to my desktop for ...

I've been using it for over 10 years and apart from a few catastrophes with not understanding what all the backup jargon meant, it's been the mainstay of my backup routine.
I've tried dozens of other ones and none comes close to ease of use. (Although some have much better help files that I can ...

Can anyone explain this in newbie speak? I've read it like 3 times and I'm none the wiser :(

Have you tried Partition Magic to recover the partition itself?

Quick update. I paid my dues this year again as I do often as I use this program weekly at least. I had a drive die on me so I replaced it and I decided to set the new shiny one up so that it backs up automatically when inserted...it didn't work ahha I'm past being pizzd about it now, just thought I ...

Sometimes I click on a folder and all of it's contents are taken out of the sync window. That's awesome, except it does not do it every time? I can't work out why it does and sometimes does not.
After comparison scan, I'd love to click on the cache for my browser and have the whole folder ignored ...

Right I've started afresh, I followed the video tutorial step by step, to the letter, pausing and restarting the video as I copied the steps.
It does not work.
I think it's been about 4 years now I have been trying to do this an failed every time so this is my last attempt. I'm off now to find a ...

Nope. It absolutely refuses to work. I've been trying this on and off for years and I have never got it to work. I have to physically start realtimesync after every reboot, which kind of takes away the entire point of having something that detects the usb drive going in.
There's something amiss ...

OK I knew what the X's were for it was the .real file I was missing.
However, I finally found it and with respect to Zenju who has created a fabulous program, he need to look at the amount of people who get stuck on the same issue so there is clearly a gap in the manual.
Anyway, I finally found ...

OK...I give in...where on earth do you get the xxxx.FFS_real file from? I can't see any way at all to make one and there isn't a one in any of the folders.

OK lemme try that see if I can get that to work

I shall copy this but in about 4 years of trying I have never been able to get it to work.
I have FFS on the C drive. A shortcut to RTS in startup folder and there are about 8 folders on a backup drive listed in the batchfile.
RTS icon does not even display in the taskbar once I've rebooted. It's ...

I have tried now for weeks, spending hours on getting RTS to work. But no matter what I do I can't make it work.
I have gone through the instructions step by step, over and over again and still it refuses to work.
Does this feature actually work with Window 10 64bit? Or have I been wasting my time?

I'm familiar with USBDLM and used it in the past. FFS works perfectly on a windows 7 box, just refuses to work on windows 10

This had been driving me nuts for days. I hvae done EXACTLY what it says in the help file. I have tried spelling out the path, I have tried putting the path as [path]\ffsbatch. I have done it countless times and it either just doesn't work, or it asks if I want to run FFS so then I have to be there ...

Excellent! thanks :)

To use Windows shadowcopy FFS must be run in admin mode. I have the program stored on a portable drive and always run it simply by clicking the .exe file of the program. Is there any way to make it automatically run in admin mode, or make a shortcut to the .exe file that does the same thing?