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I see how this isn't a 'fault' of FFS but I also see how it could be unexpected.


I agree completely with this, I'd love either a prominent warning that the recycle option may silently delete files or some sort of workaround to try and avoid the silent deletion. For me this all stems from the ...

Just for the record, all the behavior described is just standard Windows Recycle Bin. If a file is moved to the recycler, and it's larger than the limit, it's silently deleted. If there's enough space, but the sum of all files in the bin is larger than the limit, then files are silently deleted ...

https://www.howtogeek.com/366395/how-to-change-recycle-bin-settings-on-windows-10/


I understand how to make my recycle bin bigger.

When you delete files from within FreeFileSync with the "recycle" option checked and the dialog says "Do you really want to move the following x items to the ...

To reproduce:

T:\ShadowPlay>fsutil file createnew T:\ShadowPlay\testbig 30000000000
File T:\ShadowPlay\testbig is created

T:\ShadowPlay>fsutil file createnew T:\ShadowPlay\testbig2 30000000000
File T:\ShadowPlay\testbig2 is created

T:\ShadowPlay>fsutil file createnew T:\ShadowPlay\testbig3 ...

I have now confirmed this is the case. I've lost 35GB of ShadowPlay footage to this bug :(

Hi there. Regrattably and sadly I believe I have discovered a FFS bug.

I haven't confirmed this myself yet, but I believe this is what has happened.

In the event you attempt to move more than the recycle bin limit from the FFS GUI, the overflow is silently deleted.