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I did what I suggested above and syncronised the warning variant and it has removed the warning exclamation mark, so all good. It took all but 2 minutes Thanks again for the sugges…

Can't find any concrete info on what that directory is used for, so it probably has no need to be backed up. I would exclude it. It's definitely a system file location, and FFS isn…

Perfect answer...just what I needed. And such a quick response. Many thanks. --RK

Aren't we lazy.

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Hm. I seem to remember a maximum of 3 installs. Maybe that changed?

[Quote] Same here. There seems to be a two week timeout before a device can be removed. Which would be reasonable if the device was identified correctly. Instead of reducing the ti…

I have the same problem. I understand there could be a problem with reporting changes to system from a remote location, but is there any way to fix this or apply some workaround? I…

You don't want to go down the rabbit hole of File Explorer context menus. The way items are added and the order in which they appear is completely FUBAR. I just wanted to group som…

Yes, use the star version since a '*' is a wildcard that matches anything

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Yes, the executable itself was not locked, but it was the one locking the file. It's an Nvidia feature to do stuff, but it requires saving data into a temp file, which is what you …

> I still don't get it, because I need this particular folder to be treated differently then the rest of the sync. So I need to specify the folder in the rules. As per my previous …

I have setup a local NAS with a hard drive attached to my router in one location and the same setup at a different location (different ISP and IPs). I have established a VPN betwee…

1) Basically the same as far as I can tell. Possibly an older layout may have provided a more prominent use case for the checkboxes 2) Can't you just run the sync? Then the modific…

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Hi Zenju, Sure , I will update the application. Also, would be there any data loss that can happen if we delete the Recycle Bin folder? is it a folder that will be created by FreeF…

[Quote] Then it would appear that is the case. Explain your sync settings & what you are doing.

FFS shouldn't be leaving any temporary recycle bin folders, FFS deletes to the "Recycle Bin" that Windows uses, if set to do so. Don't check the actual recycle bin folders on the d…

Don't extract to the Program files folder, that it not how you install programs onto a computer. You extract/unzip the compressed folder you download, then run the exe inside the e…

Don't install anything to do this, it's very easy to Google how to set up a network share on both macOS and Windows. Share the folders that you want other computers to be able to a…

You could write a .bat script that runs the syncs via command line, one after another. Or use post-sync commands in one config to call another to run

As you can see when comparing the [URL] silent installation is only a feature of the business edition. So, the error notification is correct.

[Quote] You sort of can. You could save each left-right folder pair as an individual *.ffs_gui or *ffs_batch sync configuration. By selecting multiple of those saved sync configura…

[Quote] True in essence, but worded a bit imprecise. After the RTS-launched FFS sync has ended, the next change in the RTS monitored folder(s) will make RTS launch a renewed FFS sy…

> And for which purpose is the Option "comparsion"?... What about being able to detect which files require sync actions ... Besides that: "comparison" is not an Option; it is a man…

[Quote] This is wrong and probably where the confusion is. The configuration files can be stored wherever you choose. FFS doesn't dictate where they go, mine are in my local Docume…

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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. FF…

[Quote] Not even remotely true, but you knew that before you posted. I have done countless searches for a solution and every reference to this error has nothing to do with actually…

@daviank, what you missed is that the user ran crontab -l as a regular user, so it was just going to use his user, with no field for setting it because he cannot change it. Otherwi…

Hi, I have good luck synchronizing files to and from my Android phone using SFTP which is the protocol that free file sync supports natively. The SFTP server program that I use on …

UPDATE: Problem Solved - Explanation - New problem Brain Fart Active: While I had verified that I had permissions to the files "*.ffs_gui", I had not verified permissions to the dr…

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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

[Quote] Well, thank you for your efforts but then I am in HUGE trouble!😭

Hi! I want to donate this great application, but I am from mainland part of China, but it disallows me to do so based on my location. What should I do, if I have't a credit card, e…

How about telling us about your setup? Anything here pertain to you, [URL] ?

Same error here. Don't know enough to try anything. First time using FreeFileSync. Looking for an alternative to GoodSync. Help?

Thank you for the reply - Yes, I currently do work out of either directory. WIth your explanation, I now understand the problem. I'll give much thought as to how to modify what I d…