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No worries ... just be careful running under a normal user account, it might not always work. That's why I run the service under LocalSystem (which gives the FFS job full administr…

Thanks tob9999 sounds like a pretty good service but I want something I can access offline, i.e. no internet. I have thought of something and will give it a try: Move OneDrive to E…

Did the FFS log-file of the initial (date+size) syncs report any warnings/erros about the seemingly missing files? Note that FFS excludes files, file types and folders that meet on…

When I update the file in my google drive, FreeFileSync will delete or move the old file and upload a new file. But, the new file ID is different from the old one. This will make t…

If you want to continue using different folder names inside your left vs right root location, the only way is to define more detailed left-right folder pairs, possibly in combinati…

better this way it's an HTML it open in browser directly You are Wonderfull ! Alain

I wish layout was user-selectable, too :'(

Have you previously already installed the non donation edition? Then of course it will replace the free version. Also files in the temporary extraction folder. A downloaded file ne…

Long ago we had a machine with not enough drive space. Probably months later we found out some folders are empty. Arguing the lack of space caused it. So the moment the space lacki…

Was the word-wrap of the log files changed between 9.1 and 10.24? The newest 'Notepad' is now capable of the unix format. But for downwards compatibility it should have stayed for …

Thanks for the reply!. I just make copies in external drives I attach to my computer, no clouds involved. I'm not using Windows I use MacOS :)

Yes, thanks I did the same reasoning. without that dir, it's working fine. Nonetheless, no idea what I was getting the error for. Alain

OK I'll continue further discussions in [URL].

The file grid has been completely overhauled in FFS 11.0, solving almost all issues that came up after the 10.25 tree view update. I've posted an update on this thread: [URL]

[Quote] But there are missing path of folders. It will be super, when in Item Name view will be foders shown with paths...

I think FFS creates temporary files ending with "... ~<session>.ffs_tmp" for synching then moves them to the original file name when successful. So just from my debugging, it copie…

For all clarity, and supplementary to xCSxXenon's reply: *.ffs_db files are created and used by FreeFileSync (FFS), and are fully unrelated to RealTimeSync (RTS). @istrauss: your a…

Hi there, I work in a shipping company and my vessels don't have access to internet at all. Our currently planned maintenance system (PMS) used a simple application tool that sends…

Hi I have changed the global settings and set the Log File output type to "Text" instead of "HTML". I did this both via editing the settings file directly and via the GUI. This is …

Forgive me if this has been asked before, or I'm misunderstanding the "time span" option, but... I get the impression that if you're sync'ing 2 folders, even when using indicating …

[Quote] Never noticed that! Sweet! Would still love to see it a little more obvious but it definitely helps (and gave me enough confidence to pull the trigger on attempting the oth…

- fast "moving" by clicking is a god idea - To collapse as in the left overview would just be intuitive For different 'operations', after collapse could be used a unique symbol, no…

Hello, Thanks again for your answer. Indeed I checkmarked the detection of moved file. I disabled it and now all works perfectly without error. The time long of Sync is not a probl…

If I add a folder pair to a configuration anddo not save the configuration - I am asked if I want to save upon exit. However, if I initiate a sync, and from the "When Finished:" dr…

I was looking around for the exact same thing. Is there a public repository somewhere?

This would be an awesome feature!!

Hi, I strongly recommend that you block the bots crawling around this forum: As reported on the login page: In total there are 20 users online: 6 registered and 14 guests Registere…

Thank you for the detailed explanation, John! I really appreciate your input, as, without your help, I would never have heard about Veracrypt, or thought about the potential risks …

I think things are back smooth on exFAT on USB key. So no need to experiment further. NTFS on usb sticks is known for lot frequent read/write USN journal etc. while not in FAT32. B…

Mostly fixed for the next version: [Attachment] I've added comparison and sync variant icons that are still visible during sync but kept the grey variant text for aesthetics.

This version refuses to sync desktop folders begining with a space. All my folder on macOS begin with a space and this was never a problem before. This is a step back. I've reverte…

The download asset for Linux is a tarball, i.e., a compressed tar file. To extract the files, right-click the .tar.gz file in your file manager and select "Extract here" or "Extrac…

In the new version, the paths in the comparison view under Windows have been changed from backslashes to dashes. I can't understand why this has been changed, it's against any kind…

This problem still exists in Ubuntu (Xubuntu) 18.04. Here's the result of ls -l in an affected folder: root@OptiPlex780:/media/kent/3F226CEF1B70943F/Backup_2/Everyone# ls -l ls: ca…

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Hello: I've thought this through, and I think it's a valid and workable request: Assuming Realtime Sync gets passed a useful filepath from inotify (or whatever the underlying files…

Just a suggestion... do you think it might be possible to remove the archive-bit on synchronized files? This would allow the user to verify that files are getting sync'd. Kudos, fo…

Good idea, so you can keep track of FFS runs without occupying any disk space. But advantage of the "don't create log" option over "create 0 byte log" is that RTS is not triggered …

Obviously, to the extent one has full control/access to lower level features there are possibilities. However, often syncs are made to network or even cloud resources. Normally the…

hi thks for your reply...unfortunately it is not so clear for me! would you please be so kind to explain better...thks

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That happens all the time. It's got something to do with that variable name not being a public variable in the libssh2 headers. Here's my patch for it: [Code]

Look into setting the [URL] flag to True.

You may use the Task Scheduler to run tasks. With the proper settings, tasks can be run under specified user credentials without that user being logged in. You can then run FFS syn…

I support the request to sync (copy) timestamps as I use it often in Beyond Compare. We should be aware that a full comparison is not cheaper than a copy. But there are situations …

How are we to understand this? Will the data be able to be copied remotely? Without having to have a program running on my PC?

Thanks @Plerry, got a knot in my thougths an supposed FreeFileSync uses a predefined directory for configurations... You got me on track again. Klaus

I have two fast HDD with 12 TB & 8 TB. I observed that the content compare starts with a good performance of 160 MB/s and after a few seconds is falls most times down to 90-100 MB/…

[Quote] Implemented for FFS 10.26.

It looks like it uses FFS servers to send the emails, rather than sending via the program or a user-choosable email (though the latter would require integrating a lot of email func…