FreeFileSync Forum

I believe it is comparing the contents of a license file to a database, and even though it is free, it is seeing the license tied to a different hardware ID. You may just have to fresh install on each.

Can you manually go into that folder and confirm whether that file exists or not?
Also, you donated, not paid for support.

That looks like it is trying to copy a file into a zipped folder, which is odd because zipped folders are typically treated as a single file, not a folder. Try deleting the zip from the destination and manually copying it from source to destination.

No, that is no longer a sync. You could manually exclude, but that sounds inconvenient in your situation. You could just delete them from the phone after sync, so it only copies new files and leaves everything on the right untouched.

So, you are trying to sync the source with just the folder and file NAMES of the destination?

The portable version goes in a folder other than the program files folders. Usually this is a USB flash drive

The sync order of operations seems to be ordered the same as the preview window, in my experience. I usually only see the current folder get created, then the files in that folder, and then the next.

Markusoft, you are talking about a form of wildcard. The problem is, the wildcard needs to get it's info from somewhere. To do what you are wanting would require, essentially, an environmental variable that can be passed through the filter so the dates can be parsed from each file.

The program is specifically created for backup/sync. It does not support more features than it is designed to do. What you want is completely separate from the function of FFS. You can right-click > show in explorer > then rename from there.

Both of your posts are filled with grammar mistakes that make it difficult to interpret your issues.
"only the deleted and new files can be viewed copied" what??
"folder I want to move a filter on RIGHT" Move a filter???

File date/timestamps should be preserved under the right conditions. Folder date/timestamps can't though, due to the way Windows creates directories.

I would disagree with that. The goal of the program is to sync a source and destination, not deduplication. There are many tools with pre-tested algorithms for that

The sync option needs to be two-way so a change on 3 would sync with 1, then that would sync with 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

Shows picture of almost exactly what we want.
Doesn't even hint at how to get it done.
I'm guessing the source code was changed

You would sync: 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-1 Not pretty, and will take 5*idledelay seconds to propagate through all server locations Or sync: 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 Which is probably better since it only takes at most 2*idledelay seconds to propagate and only needs 5 sync jobs in one batch. It will only hav...

Admin permissions doesn't necessarily give you permissions to do anything anywhere. You either need to give yourself full control on the directory, or uncheck the option in FFS that locks a directory during sync

You cannot do what you are trying to do. RTS monitors the folders in the sync and will start a batch job when it detects a change or when it is connected. mtp DOES NOT support this, so RTS will never see the phone connect to the computer. This is not a problem or feature missing from RTS, it is a fe...

The major issue is your spotty connection, not the program.
What stops you from starting the sync again? It should restart where it left off.
You could also temporarily exclude all but the newest 20% of files and sync them in smaller batches.

Are you using donation edition?

Imaging is best for full drive backups.

Windows has a 260 character limit I believe. Is it only a single directory? What reason does it give you for the failure to create a directory.

I don't think there are plans in place for that yet.

Use RTS. It will monitor the two directories. Once you plug it in, it will see the directory, then trigger a sync after the idle delay time you set in RTS.

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...

Not priority, but +1

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...