FreeFileSync Forum

Hi, I'm new to FreeFileSync, but yes, you can use the 'two way' option and google drive for both PC's

Home PC > {Google Drive}
{Google Drive} > Work PC

..and vice versa.

You can setup an auto sync so that it runs at the end of your office hours, or hourly, or manually when you feel the need ...

Thanks for that. I'm new to this kind of stuff. Having played around with FFS a little, re-reading your earlier reply makes sense, \ThisAndAllitsContents\*

Is there any way to stop the items disappearing from the "overview" once you add them to a filter? They disappear for both include/exclude ...

It would be great if the default listing was gray and anything that's filtered with Includes or Excludes becomes colorized. Currently, if something is added to includes/excludes, it is removed from the list. Which makes it difficult when I am trying to find the right folders/files I want to choose ...

Ok, something strange seems to be happening here. I have 3 includes, only ZProjects is showing in the overview list on the left. But not ZStartup or Recovered files. Bug?


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EDIT:
I closed the app and went away for a while. Came back and tried it again and this time the ...

Yes totally agree with a collapsible folder tree. I have a plethora of files and folders in my design and music production folders that I need to easily keep track of (both installed apps and appdata), and presets for apps in different locations.

Thanks! The "include" idea. Yes, that's so much better and I can avoid the temp/cache files by checking the overview. Then I can further refine files I don't want within a given folder with exclude.

For me at least, the popup warning info isn't very clear for a new user. You've explained it ...

Also, on a FULL program folder backup. How can I exclude all root level files of a folder, without affecting subfolders?

This is my main backup folder:
C:\Program Files\Pixologic\ZBrush 2019\

But, I want to exclude root files and various subfolders/files using a wildcard instead of having them ...

Hi, Due to having to recently re-install windows again after a few months, it's always so hard to copy the right settings for my applications before anything might go wrong. I backup AppData, and various other locations to my D drive. There are a lot of temp/cache files that I filter out, but find ...