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RealTimeSync, RTS, can be used to execute any arbitrary command line, launching whatever application (not just FreeFileSync, FFS) upon detecting changes in the monitored directorie…

Hi When doing a Backup I get this error: "C:\Users\Public\OneDrive\Bok.xlsx" till "X:\BackUp\Delat\OneDrive\Bok-290d.ffs_tmp". ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED: Åtkomst nekad. [CopyFileEx] Is t…

Thanks for reply, while: I am a friend of clean directories - and in the actual way EVERY backup creates at least one file. And while the process is capable of finding files older …

Are you able to explore that same pairs of folders from within Windows Explore (or whatever is appropriate) or does W/E also give a "Wait" message?

If you are referring to the "swap sides" button, no

Hi. Thanks for the reply Everything looks correct and i selected it by browsing so not a typo. Not sure about the underscore so will check tommorrow thanks 👍

The best time to implement a good backup strategy is before losing data, but the second best time is after ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Quote] Sorry, my bad. That should obviously have been: Try setting the RunWithBackgroundPriority flag to "true". Note that this flag is a FreeFileSync (FFS) setting, and does not …

Well you can use an alternate GlobalSettings.xml. [URL] You'd have to set it up & use a particular desktop shortcut (or similar) that referenced it...

ok thank you!

Silly me. I forgot about that. Works fine now. I guess I’m used to windows .exe files….. Thanks very much!

thx

Now I have found that I have to turn off Fail safe copy in Tool Options. Now it takes few seconds to sync.

There is a blue arrow you can click during a sync to minimize it to the system tray. [Attachment]

[Quote] This is such a dumb and backhanded statement. Your logic clearly differs from the majority, so this statement only implies that others' logic is wrong and yours is right.

Yes, I carefully read docs. I understand how can I use for may need. Thank you for very power and useful program.

Great, thanks! 👍🏻

You can copy a list of files whithout their relative path manually (uncheck "keep relative path"): [URL]

Try looking into using [URL].

A year later, I would still need and wish for folder (aka directory) versioning. I think it would make the app complete. It would also be worthy as a paid option.

Many thanks Zenju, Yesterday I ckecked the DNS records of your first response and I was able to achieve my goal. At first glance I didn't realize that if I click on the "site" that…

Computer reset... hmm. Have a backup of your web browser "Profile" directory? If so, a URL of, a (browser) history search of, 'freefile thank', might turn up your wanted donation l…

As written in the title, I want to do volumes backup. I know there exists other docker based solutions but they don't seem easy. With Duplicati I have other issues. How do I login …

[Quote] Ah yes. Since only directories are valid options for selection, only they are visible when browsing via this button.

This sounds more like an issue in the FUSE process. Are you sure that the password(s) in the credentials file are correct? Are you sure that the file is actually intact and readabl…

[Quote] This was going to be my next question; whether or not the OP had configured symlinks at all. Weird that it worked until a version update, related or not

If you want to keep the overlay on without the error happening, you can just add *.lock_* in the filters (F7), that solved it for me

Thank you for taking the time to give me so much details. It's all clear for me and on top of it I learnt! No regret I made a donation few days ago and will probably again in the f…

Your donation gets you access to FFS for all platforms. Just visit your unique URL and download the Windows version from there!

Just as a last update. Got the new drive in today. Got it formatted to APFS. FFS pushed a full backup to this drive from the image drive I have 1.25TB in 20 minutes.

Everything is great here Very good, thanks for your help Regards, Michael

Tanks Plerry. Of course, I wll read the notes about that risk. Stefano

Hey, thanks for the fast reply. With the linked beta version, on first sync I get a complaint that the db file is missing (see attachment) but when I click 'ignore' it creates the …

Perfect! Thanks a lot xCSxXenon

If RTS is set to monitor it, RTS will simply wait until the location becomes available again If using Task Scheduler, it will trigger a FFS sync, but that will error out since the …

I have used FreeFileSync on trial for a few months with no problem, but today I updated the version and am now frequently receiving the following error message: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>…

You can probably switch to a 'mirror' sync and achieve that behavior

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm almost certain that I have never knowingly saved configs to documents' I don't recall ever seeing them anywhere except in the UI. Obviously I reali…

Not preferred, but you can prevent the use of *.ffs_lock files by setting the [URL] in your GolbalSettings.xml file to false. Make sure to read the risk/disadvantage of setting tha…

Thanks for your help! I'm not sure what went wrong but it seems to be working correctly now.

[Quote] That is not what was happening. It was 2 files with exact same name in same "folder" it would break sync if this condition happened. It happened because more than one pc wo…

This is unrelated to FFS

With [URL] (1.5 Alpha), you can do something like: ?:/LIB/ distinct: file: Which would search for distinct file names within a [drive]:/LIB/ directory tree. Like I have C:/LIB/ & K…

Just a note, when a RTS configuration is launched, it runs an initial sync automatically. I don't if that is documented, but every time I have ever started an RTS session, it runs …

Got it, thanks! And for any future readers: Use Mouse/hover and delete key. You just move the mouse over the directly selection and then tap the delete key. Item should disappear, …

Hmmm... I see. Ok, thanks!

Yes @therube, that seems like an excellent solution. As I am relatively new to FFS, do you believe there are good chances that this will be implemented fairly soon? What is the pro…

> ... synchronization will occur after I have modified the file and during my idle time No! Whenever you modify a file in a RTS monitored folder (or any of its subfolder), the idle…

> I don't see a way to post a screenshot See: [URL]

If you checkmark "Use database file to detect changes" in your Synchronization Settings (F8), will detect a rename of a file (or a move within a base location), during any consecut…