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I'm guessing that is caused by the method that Windows is shutting down. It looks like either the display driver is unloaded, or dwm.exe(desktopwindowmanager) is partially shut down. You may create a batch script that contains two lines. The first that runs the sync and then "shutdown -s -t -0&...

Create and save a job in FFS. Find that file in "File Explorer" then drag it onto the RTS window. It will auto populate the monitored folders with the source and destination. You can change the idle delay, then save the RTS job. You can then run "start "" "%PROGRAM FILE...

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When you set those exclusions, that stops it from moving, copying, and deleting those exclusion. FFS didn't even attempt to detect any differences for those three directories, it just lets them be. It didn't detect that it should delete them on the destination because you explicitly told it not to e...

Arthur, monitoring a directory via a SYMLINK is not supported by Windows. It has nothing to do with FFS or RTS. RTS change detection =/= FFS difference detection. The problem here lies in what triggers the sync. FFS uses user interaction to trigger it, where RTS monitors changes to trigger a sync. s...

The error makes it look like that file is broken. FFS says "How big is this file?" Windows responds "119701490 bytes" FFS then says "Cool, I'll copy that file to the destination, HEY WAIT. That file is really only 4 bytes, and I don't know what to do. I don't want to overwri...

No clue what you guys are doing wrong, but FFS absolutely created new folders when they appear on one side only, as long as your sync settings are correct. That picture shows an attempt to sync a folder on the left with nothing on the right. It doesn't know if you want it to sync to a folder on the ...

That is such a niche scenario... What happens when you run out of space on the tape? Doesn't it just give you an error and pause the transfer, then gives you options to retry, skip, cancel, etc.?

So, on version 10.15 in Windows 1903, I can ONLY delete them if I highlight them with the cursor, then Shift+DEL. Navigating with keyboard does not work.

As long as FFS uses the basic file manipulation, it won't be possible. As Plerry stated, it's using the same process that a user would when manually syncing files. It is just able to create a "table of contents" of differences and can enact the copy/move/delete commands much faster. It wou...

The two pictures do show the same file being transferred. I'm guess whatever you are syncing from/to does not handle pausing in the middle very well, or at all. I don't think FFS just stops, I believe that it requests a stop and then waits for a signal to do so. I would try syncing those files betwe...

FFS doesn't prioritize anything based on size. It is all based on newer or not existing. Check your sync settings.

What is a "long time". There are a few things that it has to so before it can pause. On a 1mb/s connection, I could see it being an issue. I sometimes have to wait a few seconds even on gigabit local transfers.

Reinstall the program first

Typically that is caused by the permission settings on the NAS. Can you manually copy files to/from the server using just explorer?

That file may have a corrupted file header, causing FFS to be sent an expected size but then it is transferring a different size, causing the error. As far as why that could happen or how to fix it, sometimes corruption happens, try to manually move that file then try syncing again.

That depends how the corruption occurs. If you open a Microsoft Word file in notepad, edit the foreign characters, and save it, it will corrupt the file, but it will still be perfectly healthy as far as the OS and other programs are concerned. If a drive is going bad and a SECTOR has corruption, it ...

You need to run the program off of a USB drive. You'll want to put the portable files on the USB drive and open it on your main computer first, to activate.

More info: https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#multi-user

Create a job and save it with "update" as the synchronization method.

In layman's terms, just create one large batch job out of all the jobs you want.

This may be related to a recent issue where MTP was brought up. MTP has some issues sometimes with response times.

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This error is saying the data is unreadable or corrupted, correct? If so, you may want to check the settings again to see if "ignore errors" is checked. You may also attempt to create a new sync job and see if it works after that.

I am using FFS to sync between two PCs on my LAN. I am getting error messages whenever FFS encounters a filename or folder with a non-standard (accented) character in it, such as é or ç - so music files by artists such as Michael Bublé or albums such as "The Haçienda Classics" are failing...

You have to choose it in that menu I posted above. The five categories are 1) File exists only on left side 2) File is newer on left side 3) Unresolved 4) File is newer on right side 5) File exists only on right side You'll want to change the fourth option to "Update left item". This will ...

No, the same options are in the free version as well

Click the green gear for sync settings 2019-07-19 12_29_51-FreeFileSync 10.14 [Donation Edition] – Folder Comparison and Synchronization.jpg Hover over the five icons to see the different possible sync conflicts. Then hover/cycle through the choices on the bottom to select what you want to do for th...

If you are running your browser from a monitored folder, it is triggering the sync. A browser works by downloading data temporarily to display, then deleting it, registering a change and triggering RTS. The donation version is for one local install only and can be used on a USB drive without issue. ...

Same issue on Windows. No combination of ALT/CTRL/DEL/SHIFT will remove the listing. It only applies that action to the text in the text box