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Oh nuts! All that for an empty dump file!

OK, I'll install a later version and we'll see what happens. All in all, these dump files are very rare and I like how the application works.

Yep, it's the forum application. Every time I type an at sign and post, it is changed to "[AT]" when I click Submit.

Do you have an email address that is not connected to this forum? A shared file server?

I have an idea. I'll post it to my public file server and post the link here:

https://www ...

I received an email from "forum@freefilesync.org" (you?) but there is no log of it here. Not sure if I should reply to that email directly or post again here.

The "[AT]" isn't anything I entered - it's inserted by the system.

So...how do I get this dump file to you? Every time I send to "zenju ...

I resent to the same address and received the same error.

That's the address I used before and it bounced with the error I documented above.

I sent it to zenju@freefilesync.org.

This was the response:

Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:

zenju@freefilesync.org <mailto:zenju@freefilesync.org> A problem occurred while delivering your message to this email address. Try sending your message again.

Diagnostic information ...

A "CrashDump" file appeared on my desktop. What do I do with it?

The compare lists a pair of files as being both changed since the last sync but one side is missing as if it doesn't exist (it does exist). When I force a direction the only option I have is to "Copy new item to ..." which fails with:

Error Code 183: Cannot create a file when that file already ...

When using Mirror, if a main folder is missing, create it without asking me. There is no reason not to. The error message even states that "Missing folders are created automatically when needed." I have to click "Ignore" to get the job to continue.

The ONLY case where I can see an issue is if I ...

Please add an option to delete log files older than a parameter number of days.

I started with the status "Both sides have changed since last synchronization." I deleted one of the files using Windows Explorer and re-ran the sync. The same status is still displayed even though the file is gone and that side of the Compare view is empty. I suspect this has something to do with ...