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* Open the Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del then Start Task Manager), select the RTS task or process and end it. OR * If you have manually started RTS: restart your computer or logoff th…

Thanks Zenju. You have answered the questions 100% correct. Thanks so much.

Stretch is the next Debian-Version, coming soon, now in Freeze-State and stable enough, to use it, before it is official released. But Freefilesync is really irreplaceable, it is a…

2 Requests: - Through the green + button add '.ffs_gui' configurations - Button with a command line generator on the tab "Synchronisation [F8]". This button would generate the comm…

Sorry for the delay, spent all day setting up and trying to recreate the error. No "luck". The only change that i can see possibly fixing the problem is I updated to your software'…

Hello For me i found a solution. May someone helps too... 1. Sync All Folders with an Reference against each other with Free File Snyc which are have similar Folders and Files. 2. …

Hi, I'd like to configure symbolic link handling seperately for a) links targetting an onbject INSIDE the synced folder structure and b) inks targetting on object OUTSIDE the synce…

Please don't double post. [URL]

I've only found one topic that talks about this a little bit and only states, that without a service on another computer it does not make much sense in a network (which is logical)…

Hello, I have to synchronize many folders, from a disk to an other, named in the same way : (01) Photos > 2016 Sem 01 > 2016 Trim 01 > 2016 01 (02) Photos > 2016 Sem 01 > 2016 Trim…

The first one, which is the length of the file content.

[Quote] In line with my earlier reply: When you manually run the task, you run it with your then current user credentials. For that user a mapped drive Y might "always" be mapped t…

The Donation Edition now supports multi-user licenses: [URL]

Hiding the notification area icon once is enough, since Windows stores this setting at application-level. Once set manually, there shouldn't even be a short flash anymore.

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Hello, I'm trying to sync a massive file system from one NAS to another. The problem is the files were built with a Mac, which apparently has no compunctions about putting characte…

If files are compared by content, this may take hours just like the sync afterwards. So it would be just logical to allow to pause it.

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Is there a command in AppleScript that I can use to get RealTimeSync to start? I want to start the app when I boot up my Mac and get it to work immediately without prompting me to …

Thank you.. it happens that I have several gmail accounts but in one of them when synchronizing with gdrive app "sometimes" delete several files, random files, I´m the only one who…

Hi. Firstly ... huge thanks for making this software! Really appreciate it . And my question Is it somehow possible to do compare all subdirectories of testSource to single directo…

Thanks Zenju, that's interesting information. Then, I don't know what's happening: when using a Windows file manager (xplorer2 in my case), I see sometimes files with the same size…

[URL] And the Link: [URL] You must use the Button on the right Side!! ;-)

What "portable" version are you having the problems with? My 8.6 version is totally portable. Sync it over rsync or SFTP to laptop. If move the the folder anywhere it (just confirm…

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Can you post the file content of the file that leads to the "doesn't contain a valid configuration" error?

Hello, I made my second trials with FreeFileSync today. I want to sync two directory trees of two Win 10 Computers. Operating System Win 10 Pro both computers Filessystem: NTFS Tas…

Hi, Thanks for this great program! I would like to suggest that, in addition to copying files from location to another, that it would be very useful (for me anyway!) to be able to …

I run a backup every day and I always get a warning. Heads up, some people may lose access You moved "sync.ffs_lock" out of the shared folder. I am syncing from Google Drive to a l…

Well, creating backups from one location and syncing two locations are slightly different things. Versioning is meant to provide different versions of the file in case we have to r…

I have used your software daily with the "Update" setting to update a large picture folder (>400 GB). This took just 3-5 minutes, depending on the changes I had made to this folder…

Yes, since 7.0 but it requires Vista or later.

Good timing, I just updated the [URL] about this.

1) Enable SSH on Godaddy (Cpanel) 2) Use the user name you used to log on to Cpanel instead of those created in FTP Accounts menu 3) Port = 22

Hi guys, I'm looking for a software to sync three DS-Stations to eachother. First I thought that Cloudstation could solve this but CS could not sync more than 200.000 files. So I c…

You can use the standard FTP syntax with FreeFileSync, i.e. [Code] and enter the password directly into the folder input field before starting sync.

I recently installed FFS, having last used it at least a year when I then uninstalled it. I now periodically get a screen message - see screenshot - [Attachment] "Cannot find file …

Hi! Thanks for your program! I create new task (every 5 min) in windows scheduler according to manual ([URL]). Task works, synchronization works! But the status is still RUNING, an…

Hello, I found a solution to the error code 32. A permanent and 100% working solution. It's a workaround but works great. I have 5 sync jobs that I run using a Scheduled Batch file…

Or could you tell me how to install FreeFileSync on ubuntu 14.04? Can I installed the last version of FFS or should I install FFS 6.2 for Ubuntu 14.04. I need sftp. Thank

[Quote] Thanks you very much :D, i will try it.

Thank you! Simple and elegant solution

Hi, I'm trying to run the sript in a Task Scheduler of Windows 2012 but it's no working. It runs double-clicking but not in the Task Scheduler. I've tryed both ways: using the scri…

Thanks, Zargron!

The primary purpose of FreeFileSync (FFS) is to duplicate the file/folder structure of one location with the file/folder structure of another location. In other words, make the con…

Thanks and sorry for this later reply - some health issues at the moment. I've just realised what's going on - I didn't know that the Select View buttons worked in conjunction with…

Please add an option to delete log files older than a parameter number of days.

Should I assume that silence means it won't happen?

FTP will be supported in a future version: [URL]

Hello, I have a lot of mirroring jobs and some are backing up read-only network share, others are backing up local directories. With the default value of LockDirectoriesDuringSync …