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OK I'll take back the profanity part as Bowflow did that. But ultimatly Bowflow said oh I did it again and now it's fine. Well if nothing changed how now suddenly does it work fine? User error? Very good chance someone inadvertently clicked and didn't even realize it. Just like those who complain ab...

If you don't have a test environment then you need to create one from your prod environment, no questions asked. Just deleting config files from the list wouldn't do what you are saying. That being said you need to try to replicate what you did that caused this. I know Zenju is the developer and he ...

Well if you have no intention of trying to reproduce this in a test environment then I would say that you may be better served working through this on your own. Unless you can help us help you more, there may not be much we can do for you. Just deleting a configuration in the configuration window, a...

And if you have it set to be silent that would happen. This is definitely a config issue.

I think it's the setup of your sync. How is it setup? two-way, update ,mirror? When you run a sync, especially in silent mode, it's not going to ask you at every file "do you want to delete." Check all of your settings.

Full control or not if a file is locked by another process you'll get access denied. It's not a FFS issue. Trying to backup system folders?

Did you setup RealtimeSync?

What have you setup to automate syncs? By default FFS doesn't setup any automated syncs. And if you plug in a USB drive and it gets assigned E: by windows of course a backup would go to it also.

Have you yet searched this forum for Error code 5? There are many posts that my address your issue.

What countdown? I click compare and FFS starts its scan comparison.

The icons down the center means the files exist on the left side only. So it will add them to the right. hover you mouse over the icons in the center column and it will tell you that. click the circular arrows at the top of the center column and the icons will change giving you a better view of what...

And you need to get the other windows out of the picture.

And what are the arrows down the center look like. Your screen shot is too smaall.

You need to make sure that the user the task is running as in the scheduler has rights to the shares.

What directories are you trying to sync?

If you look in the help or search this forum there is a huge amount of info.

Or Scheduled Tasks?

Is FreefileSync or RealTimesync in your task manager?

You need to take the time to search the forums before asking questions. Many of these are already answered. viewtopic.php?t=2060&p=8796#p8796

Your trying to do a move FFS is intended to "sync" as the name implies. I would just write a script using Robocopy and ForFiles from Microsoft.

Why are you making separate batches rather than putting all of the folder pairs into 1 batch?

Set it up just like any other task that you would run in task scheduler. Be sure to set it up as a user that has all the privileges that your sync routine needs. i.e. File and folder privileges.

Dirk, I would look at the help in FFS it is very helpful and I would create test folders to see how each of the functions work so not to destroy your live data. As it looks like you are a newbie at this, looking at the help, searching the forums and running test scenarios first would be your best be...

hi - maybe i missed it - i did receive an email about an update (thank you!) - however i don't know what the changes are or where to find a changelog. great program - i had some issues that i was able to work around - really helping me out with my backups, and cheap little me even donated! thanks s...

Bottom line end of subject, not all USB sticks are created equal. A 32gb USB 2.0 is only that speeds not guaranteed. I've been there done that.

Try a different memory stick or external hard drive

I am using W764 & FFS 5.12

PC issue? I transfer 11.2 GB from my laptop to my USB 3.0 hard drive in 2 minutes 56 seconds.

OK. So now your running 8 simultaneous RTS's on an old PC sucking up memory? I ran this command: I:\PortableApps\FreeFileSync\RealtimeSync.exe i:\DocsSyncJob.ffs_real and RTS started right up in the tray, I din't have to click start.

Now that's a scary script. Why in Gods name are you running RealTimeSync again and again and again. create a regular FFS sync for all 8 folders and run RTS once.