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Hi Ubin C:\Users\Default.migrated\ is a leftover of any Windows 10 major update. Probably you may delete it without loosing nothing important, but to be sure, open it and check for yourself. If User Account Control ask for permission answer yes. After giving permission, a one time only procedure, th...

Probably you mean /f

Taskkill without /f is like closing an app clicking the upper right corner X:
if the app is in a state where it can be closed, it close with regular housekeeping, otherwise none is done.

Try Taskkilling FreeFileSync! Microsoft TechNet - Taskkill edit: I have done some testing but seem possible only using the syntax that force close FFS: taskkill /f /im freefilesync_x64.exe The correct way of closing FFS should be: taskkill /im freefilesync_x64.exe but is ignored. edit 2: The correct...

You can have many folders pairs as you want in the same configuration/sync job.

Example:

C:\A\ -> D:\A\
C:\B\ -> D:\B\
C:\C\ -> D:\C\

And so on.

Then should be of help to read the online Manual and to look at the video tutorials.

You must use the Windows Task Scheduler.

Tools, Options, Show Hidden dialogs again

Let's say i want sync only .reg files from the folder c:\documents, excluding every other filetypes. When I filter everything with an asterisk (*) in the exlude list and add *.reg in the include list, it doesn't work because I assume the exlude list has priority. Like the manual says: I will try to...

I think you can't.
But why not give it a try?

If the running executable is the source and not the target should not be an issue at all.

It was not necessary to delete them, it was enough to move them to your preferred folder(s) (better with FFS closed).

Then in FFS you would have reopened them from the new positions.

You should/must choose the folder location best for you when saving your configuration/sync job and you should give it also a name:
- from the toolbar Configuration using Save or Save as...
- from the menu File

There isn't a default configurations (sync job and batch job) location, you can save them where you want and FFS will list them anyway, as you have already discovered.

Re-reading your posts now I understand your needs and in FFS in "Synchronization settings", "Variant", "Category" is missing "Left size is bigger".

Did you tried User Manual - Exclude Items via Filter ?

Did you tried User Manual - Comparison Settings and User Manual - Exclude Items via Filter ?

Beyond Compare handle it in this way. Classic, you have selected the two folder you want compare, click "Compare": screen_20171219_112022.png You have selected the folder you want on the Left side, click "Select Left Folder for Compare": screen_20171219_112050.png You have select...

Try disabling the real-time protection of your antivirus before running the sync and re-enable it at the end.

Sorry, the link in my previous post was wrong, now is correct.

Take a look at the linked manual page.

On FileHippo you can go back to FreeFileSync 6.14!

FileHippo.com - FreeFileSync old versions

On UpToDown you can find FFS versions from 3.12 to 6.15!

UpToDown - FreeFileSync old versions

FFS always logs its sync activity in the file

C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\FreeFileSync\LastSyncs.log

with recent activity on top.

But you can specify a log file specific for your sync job if you save and execute it as a batch job.

User Manual - Schedule a Batch Job

Why should "Beyond Compare" find anything that FreeFileSync does not? Zenju, 07 Dec 2017, 19:37

Just to give dasmueller an option to verify that FFS does its job correctly or find the reasons if not.

@dasmueller

Try to compare using "Beyond Compare", you can try it for 30 days.

Use the "Binary comparison" in "Compare Contents..." in the Actions menu.

It can compare a folders tree without intervention and gives you a detailed report at the end.

Try:

start /wait "C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\FreeFileSync.exe" C:\scripts\SyncWAFS.ffs_batch

Rename the corresponding file on disk, whether it is a .ffs_batch or a .ffs_gui file.

Then Open it from FFS and Remove the old name from the list.

@Silhorn
Did you setup "Detect Moved Files" ?

User Manual - Synchronization Settings - Detect Moved Files

Zenju, FWIW, thf is speaking about "move" (copy) from source to target not between folders on the target.

Take a look at the options available when you need to schedule a batch job:

User Manual - Schedule a Batch Job

The generated CSV file contains the folder pairs and eventually the files shown but you must at least have done a compare.

May be has changed location, now it is in the Synchronization Settings panel [F8]

Run command after synchronization:
On completion:
On errors:
On success:

Try it!