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Well, the 'second pair' isn't a whole other configuration, you can have a single FFS config sync multiple pairs. Then it's still a single action to sync everything

https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#limitations If you have a GB of RAM free, you should be fine. Files added during the sync won't be transferred by FFS until another comparison/sync is performed. You could put put them in readonly mode, or simply run another sync to catch any remnants. It seems odd t...

> RTS still detects changes even if a sync is actively running, as far as I can tell. From the RTS Manual page Limitations: ... While RealTimeSync is executing the command line, monitoring for changed files is temporarily inactive. So, if your RTS command-line is set to execute an FFS sync, RTS is ...

You can create a second sync pair to do this. Click the '+' and sync that subfolder directly from the "source" to the "destination", then change the inclusion filter for that pair by removing the '*' and adding the individual subfolders, leaving the exclude section as default. X:...

I made the MISTAKE of donating! In the process my email address and real name were leaked and are even displayed on the website when I go to the About page. I need both removed from any database. Please advise how to get that done. You may want to never use the internet or literally any service in ...

Well, you could run a comparison, show only equivalent items, select all on the backup-NAS side, and then delete it

I have to assume that these files are basically templates to base the operable configuration files on and that they a placed on any connected drive at thee time of install. This is wrong and probably where the confusion is. The configuration files can be stored wherever you choose. FFS doesn't dict...

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FFS is a syncing program, so there's no way to perform file conversions via FFS. You should have no problem simply mirroring the local GDrive folder to an external drive though. FFS provides filters to include/exclude whatever you want

Running as admin and allowing locked files might work, but it isn't the appropriate fix for you. I encounter the same "issue" because sometimes I add or remove data while a sync is running, leading to errors sometimes. I have my setup configured to ignore those errors because RTS will dete...

I'll make this very clear and that is if you create the software and put it out there for others you need to be supporting it. " GPL clearly explains that there is no warranty for this free software. " Have you purchased a Business license? https://freefilesync.org/faq.php#business Also, ...

It will, it simply showed a warning message. It's a last-ditch effort to help a user prevent themselves from destroying data.

You are correct, RTS waits the 'idle time' before calling the command. It seems that the idle time either isn't high enough or your 'copy to main drive' operation had a pause long enough to outlive the idle time. Either way, RTS should trigger again after the copying is fully finished, allowing FFS ...

FFS uses a LOCK file to ensure only a single FFS session uses a location at a time. It creates it, runs a compare/sync, then deletes it, thus modifying the folder

There are ways to do this, but not easily. FFS is a sync utility and your scenario is really no longer a sync process. You can set each subfolder as a source and point them all to the same destination using the "update" sync method. But this will be very cumbersome for more than a few fold...

Correct, that is how FFS is programmed to work.

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I am a professional IT "expert", that's know I know that you are more than likely SOL :p

The solution to this is to have a better backup system proactively. Unfortunately, software recovery tools, like Recuva and EaseUS, are your best chance and they provide limited results as you see. Even if you had FFS set to delete files to Recycle Bin, 40GB wouldn't all fit in the Bin unless the dr...

Yeah but those are still using the old context menu. I want a way to 'pin' context menu entries to the modern 'simplified' context menu, because I do agree that the old one is waaaay overcrowded

Anytime, it's usually just a network issue that "deadlocks" the connection so the access is "still there" but doesn't work

That's a complex goal lol Sounds like you may be working out of either directory at any time, so you would want to use 'two-way', but 'two-way' will delete files on the right side that have been deleted on the left side. So then I would recommend 'update', but that is a one-way transaction so change...

Would be great if you could easily choose what showed up in the "quick-menu"
Such a shame

Well, ideally, both sides won't change between syncs. Two-way is best used with RTS, so the syncs are automated whenever a change is made. With two-way, you will always get a conflict if both sides have an updated file. Maybe you should switch to mirror? What is your goal?

Add start "" xxxxxx before the RTS command so it looks like:

start "" "C:\Program Files\FreeFileSync\RealTimeSync.exe" C:\Users\sever\Documents\GoogleDriveSync.ffs_real

Add "exit" to the cmd script you created
I stand corrected on njroute22's suggestion!

Reboot the NAS, check for drive health

Yeah, time and size will work fine for that scenario. It doesn't matter whether a file gets bigger or smaller, any change will be detected and then FFS will use timestamps to figure out which is newer from there. If you use 'mirror', the source version will overwrite the destination, whether the fil...

Interesting to see that 'variable drive letters' works even without a drive letter lol
That's nice!