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The API that the Windows Recycle bin exposes is not the issue. Other softwares like Teracopy, DigitalVolcano's Duplicate Cleaner, etc... call the window shell directly while deleting files (can even 'undo' via explorer shell) and hence show the proper message popups (same as to deleting files in ...

This bug in FreeFileSync is still present :(

Easy to reproduce:
Eg...:
1) Mirror Folder A to Folder B with say a few files with size 2gb like abc123_2gb.mkv
2) Set folder B drive's recycle bin limit to 1024mb or 1gb. (Please note the original values to restore later)
3) Now delete abc123_2gb.mkv from A
4) Compare and then Mirror Folder A to ...

Hi freefilesync, Please solve this issue.

To others, use the Pause (instead of Stop) when in doubt and end task after.

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.


I too can confirm this ...