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The only downside of that solution is that you need to have the VeraCrypt software installed on any computer that you want to use to access your encrypted volume, but if you're always using FFS too then that shouldn't be a big issue for you. There is a portable version of VeraCrypt. Just look on th...

I tested this on my own system -- FFS 10.9, Windows 7 SP1. Result was no problem with files beginning with 'dots'. Your filters look fine to me too, assuming that the files that start with a 'dot' aren't in the subfolders you have excluded.

When you create a new configuration to get it saved to your preferred path use the "Save As..." buttons at the top of the Configuration Pane. (Two buttons there (1) Save as... (2) Save as batch job...) Using those buttons you can drill to the folder you want the file to be placed into. Onc...

I'm not sure what to conclude regarding the differences in file count. If you read the FAQs article that I pointed to it could well be the case that Windows is miscounting the files. The article does give some hints as to how you can test this, so you would have to do those tests yourself to help yo...

P.S. I just tested doing a mirror sync on my entire Favorites folder. The source Favorites folder contains the following folders and I have shown the names the folders get at the destination for the backup: Favorites Bar --> Links Microsoft Websites --> Microsoft Websites MSN Websites --> MSN Websit...

I don't know why you are getting a different file count reported by Windows Explorer Properties. However, you might find the following helpful to troubleshot on your own system: Why does Windows Explorer show a different number of items? That said if you are doing a manual/visual count yourself and ...

Step 4. I'm not sure that is necessary to click 'new'. When you save the configuration that is it 'set in stone' so to speak. So, if you want to, you just run the compare at some point in time after the sync and any differences will show up.

Then I would assume that the reason the video is doing so is because that first sync was in effect a test sync -- hence, if you are happy with the results then you would save the configuration at that point in time so that from there on in you could run the same compare (and check that the proposed ...

Yes, it is okay to save the configuration before doing a compare or running a sync, so long as you are happy with the configuration that wouldn't be any kind of a problem. But I am still puzzling over why you seem to think it is necessary to keep saving a configuration all the time -- if you haven't...

Ted, you only need to save a configuration once you have created it and you have tested it as fine. Once that configuration is saved you never need to save it again (unless of course you make changes to it which you want to keep). It is not necessary, in normal day-to-day use, to save your configura...

Will everything still be OK to save the configuration several hours after completion of the backup? I can't think of a reason why you need to save the configuration after you have done a backup. Is that something you think you have to do to use FFS for backing-up? I would suppose that if you were j...

You're welcome, Ted. Good luck with it. Once I gained confidence in FFS I find that it saves me hours compared to how long it used to take me doing manual backups.

Just extract the contents of the zip file you downloaded into a single folder (this will give you two files in the folder). Then launch the FFS installer. During the install routine select to 'install' as a portable. You don't need to download a separate 'portable version'. There is an illustration ...

As far as I am aware if the source drive and the destination drive are both formatted NTFS then that would avoid any daylight saving time issue.

Yes, you will have done everything correctly. As you have worked out, just run the comparison again after the sync and it will show up any differences in terms of what Variant you have chosen in the Comparison Settings (i.e. File time and size, File content, or File size). To see what Variant you ar...

As far as I know, yes, the same principles apply to HDDs as apply to a flash drives. As to setting up multiple folder pairs and making mistakes, which you then correct/amend, any changes you make won't be saved to the configuration until such times as you save the configuration. You can make changes...

Yes, I just thought of that myself and was going to post in. Glad it got solved!

No tips or warnings I'm afraid, not an area of expertise on my part. If it was me I would reformat the drive and try again. If the same kind of thing was happening then I'd guess the drive was flaky and get a new one. That said, your guess would be as good as mine.

I'm not entirely sure I understand your first question but for what I think you are asking: Yes, you can use the already existing volume name of a flash drive or you can change the volume name to anything that suits you. If you do change the volume name then this shouldn't have any effect on other u...

Well, if you are sure you want to delete the files, then give IObit Unlocker (Portable) a try. See if that helps. To use it just download the installer. 'Install' to a folder of your choice. Then launch it via the file titled IObitUnlockerPortable.exe inside the folder you 'installed' to. Note that ...

The errors won't make any difference to your configuration file. The configuration file only gets saved when you physically give expressed permission for it to be saved. This is very useful. Let's say you have a configuration set up the way you would like it to be and that you have saved that config...

You need to do the following: (1) Extract all the content of the zip file you downloaded into a single folder. So that will be two files in that folder: FreeFileSync_10.8_[Donation_Edition]_Setup.exe (and) FreeFileSync_10.8_[Donation_Edition]_Setup.key (2) Then from inside that folder launch the Set...

I invariably run FFS with Explorer windows open - haven't come across any problems in that regard. However, might be worth mentioning that I have one program Stickies (PortableApps) that creates a temp file that FFS can't deal with. The warning I get from FFS is: Error Cannot read file "D:\Stic...

I would think it is entirely up to yourself. I have one sync setup using two folder pairs and saved as a single configuration file. I use it often and it works fine that way. However, if you want to save each of the folder pairs as separate configuration files you can do that too. If you do this and...

Miguel, To see what is in the Recycle Bin just double-click on it and it should open an Explorer window showing the contents. Alternatively, you can right-click on the Bin and select Open . Once you can see the contents of the Bin just select, by the normal means, any files/folders that you want to ...

Yes, tracy. I never use the Recycle Bin myself (always do 'permanent' deletes) but I just did a quick test of this on Windows 7 and restoring files from the Recycle bin does indeed put the files back to their original location (at least for my quick test).

Just to add to Plerry's excellent explanation, that the size of your Recycle Bin might be critical in this. If you have set your Recycle Bin to a small maximum size but FFS has deleted an amount of data that exceeds that maximum size -- just as you inadvertently instructed it to do -- then you may h...

As far as I am aware, provided the appropriate setting has been enabled, FFS keeps the data of what has been synchronised in a file titled sync.ffs_db See this manual page for more details: Synchronization Settings Note that the file is a 'hidden' file so you need to setup your system to 'show hidde...

+1 for this request. Maybe even prepend it to the log file (as content) too once all syncing is done.

Hi Adios, I don't have enough expertise with FFS to say if it can do this but my own usage of it would suggest that it can't. However, for what it is worth, there a program called WinMerge that does do this. Apart from comparing folders/files it can also open files themselves and show if there are a...