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Is there a way to make the "compressed" attribute to be synced?
Like that the files in the copy (if NTFS) is compressed too?

I can't get mirror to work anymore. A file has changed on the PC but still is not on the list to be copied even if I have the setup as before (left newer -> copy to right). But still does not show up if the left is newver (have checked the date and time). To me the new version doesn't work and I can ...

When I backup many files to an USB stick the speed falls to 0 when the USB stick gets hot.
Must use pause for a while and then restart (and then the speed is OK for a while).
Is there a way to do this automaticly? Take a minute pause each 5 minutes or so?
If not, is this an idea for a new feature?

After upgrading to the new version I get these errors on each start (log window opens).
Is there a way to prevent that log window sopening or ignoring the errors?
I rund FreeFileSync as System user to be able to backup all files.

13:27:48 Feil Cannot read file attributes of "C:\WINDOWS\system32 ...

There are so many new icons on the info bar that it don't foit together with the "Compare/Sync" bar.
Is there a way to make them smaller (hide icons, smaller text etc)

Of course I have that as well. I do a full image of my drives.
But I like to do file backups as well. And FreeFileSync is great.
But then it's sad that some files in some folders cannot be copied
(and it's strange where those files can be, can be in your roaming profile for an app).

I use FreeFileSync to backup system settings/files as well.
And some files cannot be copied using regular "Administrator mode".
This is meant as an option of course. Not as standard settings.

Possible it is. As "Advance Run" does it. And any program that run as "Administrator" can.
Of course this can only be done if the programs is run as an "Administrator".
And then you will get a warning about that before running the program.

Could we add an option to run copying as "TrustedInstaller".
This is required to copy protected files.
I use "Advanced Run" to run FreeFileSync as TrustedInstaller and this works.
But it would be even easier if you could choss this inside FreeFileSync.

I think maybe I found the reason for the "Error 0x80004005: Unspecified error [IPortableDeviceProperties::SetValues] error when updating files on the phone.
The phone keeps deleted files in a Trashcan.
And then you cannot create new files (or folders) with the same name.
So empty the trashcan (or ...

Some folders won't sync to SD card in phone, only gives like this:
"06:34:10 Feil Kan ikke flytte filen
"mtp:\Lars-Erik's A33\MOBIL SD\Dokumenter\E-post\LarsErik\000000BA~25fd.ffs_tmp" til
"mtp:\Lars-Erik's A33\MOBIL SD\Dokumenter\E-post\LarsErik\000000BA.DAT".
Feilkode 0x80004005: Uspesifisert ...

I try to updatre files from my PC to an SD card in my Android phone.
But I keep getting these errors (do not get them with the phones internal storage):

00:22:01 Feil Kan ikke flytte filen
"mtp:\Lars-Erik's A33\MOBIL SD\FreeFileSync\P7 Synk med mobil (SD-kort)~890c.ffs_tmp" til
"mtp:\Lars-Erik ...

I have lots of pictures only beeing named by date and time (yyyymmdd-hhmmss.jpg).
To make finding thing easier I concider renaming them (yyyymmdd-hhmmss Description.jpg).
Will FreeFileSync understand this and just rename the file on the "other end"?
Or will it delete the file and copy the file again ...

I found something.
On the one "configuration" that leaves empty folders the to and from are: " D:\Musikk\ " and " F:\Music\ ".
On the ones that have no trouble (tested one now and verified that folders was on delete list) it is: " D:\Musikk " and " F:\Music ".
Could the trailing " \ " in the source ...

They where subfolder of a folder path synced. Could this be due to filters. The inlude filters only include (*.mp3, *.m3u, *.m4a, *.wpl, *.jpg and *.png) but subfolders are still processed. Strange thing is that I have other "settings" (for backup to other devices) where this is NOT happening (the ...

Once there was a folder with files that got synced.
Then this folder (with content) was deleted on the source side.
But on the target side only the containing files are deleted.
The empty folder remains (even if it is deleted on the souce side).
How do I get sync to delete folders that no longer ...

Great. Updated as recommended. And my whole layout was reset - again :-(
Why is this happening? Never happended before. Very annoying -/

tried to copy back old settings files. But layout still resets at first start :-(

I have now backed up the settings in the roaming profile in case it happends again
(I found a files that was not corrupted on a older backup). Strange that both files where affected.
My drive is a Samsung SSD, and no other problemes detected (all SMART data says all OK).

This is the 2nd time this happends to me :-(
I started FreeFileSync as always.
Then it presented a messages about invalid/illegal pparameters or something in the profile or something.
And then started with ALL settings, window placement etc GONE.
Terribly annoying. Why is this happening? Is there a ...

If an USB stick is almost full you can't copy a huge file even if it is almost equal to previous version.
Seems like FreeFileSync copies the new version before deleting the old one
(if I delete the old version manually then I can sync and store the new version).

Is there (or should it be) an option ...

When a USB stick is almost full things are really slow.
And it also seems like space is reserved for something.
I'd really like an option that would do ALL deletes before copying new files.
To free up most space before starting copying new files (or updated files).

File copying from PC to Android works OK.
But when I rerun the file compare almost all files come up again.
The date used on the PC is last modified time.
But on the phone date used is created time (the time the file is updated).
Of course that is different that the PC last modified.
How do I get ...

Happended with all the folders I renamed.
Files inside where deleted but not the folder.
No problem deleting the folder from Windows Explorer.

I had some folders containing norwegian characters.
They caused problems for some of my MP3 players.
So I change the names. And synced my SD and USB cards.
New folder was created. Files in old folder deleted. Files in new folder added.
BUT. The old folder - now empty - was not deleted (even when not ...