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What OS & version?

Maybe UAC is turned off & that is somehow affecting things? What OS (& version at that) are we talking about?

The entries are "correct" in the sense that they are used by some device manufacturers.

[Quote] A FreeFileSync "bug" that's unrelated to the speed issues: Actually it's just overzealous error reporting due to a second failed cleanup attempt. TODO.

Hello! Thanks for replying! Sorry for not being clear. The file paths are on the screenshots. The hard disk is left and the destination drives are the two on the right. When I comp…

I take it your sync is ongoing, yet can't go further, at this point, cause there is no space left for it to continue? So like in floppy days, you want the backup to pause, prompt y…

(Heh. You beat me by 1 minute.)

[URL] [URL] Probably use 'two-way'

Zenju, thank you for posting the image. I tried to figure that out but the image button only inserts the html code for the link. So I uploaded it to my onedrive just so I had a lin…

I've manually marked the device as deleted once more. Remove and do *not* use FreeFileSync 13.6 on your old device anymore. You may now install on the new device.

Done.

The underlying OS's file system should not matter, so long as you can communicate between the various systems. So if you can set up a share between Mac & Windows, FFS should be abl…

Hi, In the 13.7 version, I get only the dark mode and prefer the lighter mode. I am unsure if it is a problem with my desktop setup, but all the other apps, such as Dolphin (KDE) a…

Hello, Il have deleted all my local profile and all is working properly now. Thanks for your help. Regards

Yes, the setting is variant-dependent.

> Recently, FreeFile Sync has been telling me that the recycle bin on these drives is not available It seems unlikely that this would be only recently, unless you changed the Delet…

Hi I can successfully manually copy all the failed photo files to the backup drive. I wondered why the FFS 13.6 always fails after working awhile. It is disappointing because it is…

[Quote] It is peculiar that the error code would be ERROR_INVALID_PASSWORD rather than e.g. ERROR_BUSY.

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[Quote] This actually happened to me last night. Power in our area went out but my network equipment is on a UPS so it never turned off. Something got out of whack after my ISP inf…

It shows in Launcher but not in the Applications quick link in Finder.

Hello. Error: ERROR_BUSY: The requested resource is in use. [resources->GetStream(objectId.c_str(), WPD_RESOURCE_DEFAULT, STGM_READ, &optimalBlockSize, inStream.init())] Windows 11…

Hi, is it possible to use your own mailserver with the current version? I have purchased the current Business Edition version but cannot use the mail service as our servers prohibi…

Compare was successful and after the search it said "no files to sync" and red "x" was displayed. But I found the cause of the error indication, even after a successful compare. It…

When it says it "can't find the file", does it specify which file? As in, the .ffs_batch file or the FFS executable file? If it can't find FFS itself, try uninstalling and reinstal…

[Quote] I agree, not caused by FFS. But! If a dump can reveal a smoking gun for a fault in the Windows installation or the environment itself, I have no qualms about assisting othe…

Please, no [URL].

So, in the Sync Settings (F8), select the Update sync variant instead of the Mirror (or Two-way) variant.

[Quote] Good thinking, I will take that timestamp approach then.

Didn't realize I hijacked a thread. I thought this was a general bug-reporting thread. That's what showed up when I searched.

[Quote] With regards to SFTP you can only configure two things, connections and channels per connection. [URL]

Hello, when I try to sync from my Linux drive to an USB Stick formatted with exfat I get the following error message: "The file "/media/ulf/PC-daily-BK/documents/BDA_CometDECT__07_…

Later It's still not right. When I switch to my other USB drive which I use for backing up the C: drive it filters out 1.15 million files, but still wants to create nearly 430K fil…

I have 2x Win11 PC'c and a 1x Win10. The FreeFileSync scrollbar does certainly seem to be smaller than other programs on Win11. That said, yes all the scrollbars are smaller in Win…

GTK3 and now 4 have always had their own bizarre choices and ignore any downstream developers and users. It's a nice toolkit, if the quirks aren't breaking features you wish to use…

[Quote] I get this error. Edit: fixed by running: [Code] Maybe the installation script should check for dependencies and install the missing ones.

It works! I just tested it with….azure file shares mounted over internet. (Smb3 with encryption and ip whitelisting ) The nice thing is that this function is not so chatty as a nor…

Hi FFS support, have you been able to find solutions to the mirror sync's erratic behaviors? A mirror sync isn't really such if it cannot consistently make the target an exact copy…

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YES !!! - although the versioning directory is on another drive, which i had forgotten i had designated on this comparison. many thanks

Thanks for your reply, xCSxXenon. I looked at the thread that you linked, but I don't understand how it applies to my situation. If "multiple instances" means more than one FFS job…

Hello! Can I configure FFS so it executes the same task regardless of which OS I am using at the moment? I want to dual-boot Windows and Linux and my backup should start automatica…

I sent the info to them also. I just thought you should be aware. I'm sure it is frustrating to develop software and have this happen. Apologies if I was incorrect.

Hi I'm syncying large files (hundreds of GB per file) between two external disks. While the file is in sync, I can't download files using chrome as they seem to download but don't …

Will check it out, thanks!

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation! It makes sense, I will configure the task as you described. Thank you again man! :)

Filters attack with a vengeance lol

[Quote] Where are the config files saved that were disappearing? Somewhere on the local drive, or network location, portable USB stick...?

Do you have write permissions for "Z:\"?

Unfortunately, after years of using FreeFileSync, I'm going to have to find another product. I need real support and can't wait forever. It was a good run.