FreeFileSync Forum

The time remaining on the GUI jumps all over the place. Is it possible to keep it more consistent? It jumps from a couple of minutes to a couple of hours. It is hard to determine w…

Can you add the option to view the File Path in the Configuration Files Path within the GUI version of FreeFileSync? More specificically, in section 10 of the image linked below, i…

I have just heard from a friend that you are removing a lot of languages, because testing all the lang files has become too difficult. It is a shame to let all that translation wor…

Hi All, FFS 7.4; SBS 2011 I am trying to sync MicroBiz's data files. I am getting Visual Fox pro errors and MicroBiz errors complaining that the some file or such and such is read …

I use FreeFileSync (FFS) to sync folders/files for Dropbox & Google Drive. Google Drive always report can't sync file for sync.ffs_db, but Dropbox can sync it. When I change sync.f…

The official pre-compiled portable versions for Debian are available at: [URL] [URL]

Just double-click the .ffs_batch file instead.

[Quote] I'm not able to reproduce this hang with FFS copying an encrypted NTFS folder to a FAT usb stick on Win7 x64. Do you have some specific steps that would allow me to reprodu…

You can look in the download archive for the latest FreeFileSync version that supports Ubuntu 14.04: [URL]

i wish in the next big update a smelt of RealTimeSync from main interface or start RealTimeSync abouve main interface (ask for losing main gui) or made easyer handling :-) and add …

1. wish a support-button by "help"! 2. search for egins of support in your tool. mabe poll?! ---------- great work!

So files on one side and zip file on other side. Would allow files to be stored&synced as zips as a space saver.

Dear sir, 1. The action column(middle column) can be removed by just color coding the result rows. 2. Please provide sync history for each profile with 'auto delete old history'. 3…

Zenju, I think a useful addon it would be to have a way to pause folder comparisson, and execute the sync of the compared files up to that moment. Sometimes, when there is lot of f…

MacAfee, commonly held to be the worst of the bigname paid-for anti-virus products, is blocking Free File Sync with its web advisor internet explorer plug in. I would urge all user…

Just posting this here for closure. The problem was with this theme: [URL] more specifically. After commenting these lines in theme/Sable/gtk-2.0/gtkrc it worked. style "menu-text"…

I am using FreeFileSync to transfer files from one server to another. One is local the other UNC path. I have checked the options to transfer permissions and it seems to partly be …

Hi, Can buttons be properly labeled, instead of icons being used? Being visually impaired, I use a [URL], which reads the contents of a computer display. It detects the UI elements…

I assume you mean "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows". I don't get VSS erros when copying these files on Win10. Interestingly they are removed from the VSS …

That would be the icing on the cake. I love this program and that would be an excellent addition.

[Quote] Hi, thank you for all. In this moment the option "fail-safe copy" seems not to operate. In both cases (flagged or unflagged), when I start the synchronization, the space av…

Disk space has always been pre-allocated when copying files with FFS.

Hello gentlemen, when locking sync.ffs_db in the file system, the logic behind that implicitely expects, that there is only one version of this file. And that this one version is l…

> Warning: Not enough free disk space available in: > Available: 41.2 MB > We have been able to copy more data over than the space limit. Then you're probably testing with an admin…

I get this error when I try to copy files to a SFTP Error Code LIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL: SFTP Protocol Error LIBSSH2_FX_PERMISSION_DENIED (libssh2_sftp_rmdir)

Whenever I run a sync for the first time I always get an Error dialog stating that the program can't find the target folders, I'm then asked if I would like to 'ignore the error & …

GetLogicalProcessorInformation (and thereby also FFS) needs XP SP3.

Feature Request : Check Boxes Please I suspect its been requested before, but I'd like to put in a vote. Would it be possible to have the "Browse" button call up check boxes and al…

Hi Plerry, thanks for your colaboration. I'm currently (long time ago) using it and it works, I think my original post was misunderstood. I have no problems. Thanks anyway to all o…

Dear friends, FreeFileSync is a powerfull software. - Could you please add new function in delete option (Delete files --> Versioning --> Naming convention --> Time stamp). - I nee…

you asked twice, I answered on the other side

I'd like to synchronize my NAS drive to an external drive (Z:), every time trying it I get following error: Cannot set directory lock for "Z:\".Cannot write file "Z:\sync.ffs_lock"…

When a Time Machine volume is "mounted", you can see the folders/files via Finder. However, when I try to compare those files with the local folders I have restored to, FFS gags be…

What about FTP, FTPS, or FTPES?

Fixed, column label font and background color are now retrieved from the system: [404, Invalid URL: https://freefilesync.org/FreeFileSync_7.3_beta_Debian_8.1_64-bit.tar.gz]

No, there is only a single FFS process.

Awesome, can this be set in GB as well?

Finally I found a solution by enhancing my Batch: REM Prepare datetime variables: FOR /F "tokens=1,2,3,4,5 delims=/. " %%a IN ('date/T') DO SET CDATE=%%c%%b%%a FOR /F "tokens=1-4 d…

Thanks for the very fast reply and insight to your thinking. Much appreciated. I agree making them obvious initially is a good move coz I noticed them and had a look. Usually for m…

Let's say I have a folder named ABC that I backup with it's contents to second drive. Now, I want to change ABC folder name to for example CDE and have FreeFileSync just to update …