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Compare was successful and after the search it said "no files to sync" and red "x" was displayed. But I found the cause of the error indication, even after a successful compare. It was after loading my old configuration files into FreeFileSync. If there is no prior sync recorded then even a valid ...

Thank you xCSxXenon! I found the files (ending in ".fss_gui" in a standard folder I would use. It was so long ago that I don't remember picking the folder. I opened them all in the configuration window and they are now all listed again. Thank you! I have one other question. When I ran them all I ...

I did not specify where to save the configuration files. I only know this location because that was the path given in the error message. Where does FreeFileSync save the configuration files and what is the name they use? Also, why would FreeFileSync now delete them after a couple years, even though ...

I recently had an error "File "D:Users\Bill\AppData\Roaming\FreeFileSync\GlobalSettings.xml" does not contain a valid configuration". After reading your forums it was suggested to re-download and re-install FreeFile Sync, which I did (ver 13.6). After installing (into the same folder) the above ...

Thank you Pierry for the prompt replies and helpful list of things to check. This set of folder pairs are between a laptop and cell phone. I reattached and restarted FFS to do another compare to provide you results from your statements. Surprisingly, today it worked and found about a dozen files ...

Thank you for your help. I have never knowingly set any time span and just checked now to confirm that it says "None" for all file pairs. Also there are no local settings for any file pair. It worked the day before with version 12 (which copied new files) but the issue happened with the first run ...

I updated to 11.13 and now with the new version when I compare (or synchronize) existing folder pairs it always says "completed successfully" even when new files have been added to one of the folder pair. So FreeFileSync no longer finds unmatched files. I did not change any parameters. I also tried ...