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Thanks for that, seems to resolve the issue nicely. Much appreciated :)

Will try thanks

Hello! I'm using the free version to test the application with our Google Drive, and the application hangs whenever I select either "My Drive", "My Computers", or any starred folde…

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I shut down the pc and deleted the file on the NAS from another pc. I will describe the problem that keeps occurring with ".ffs_tmp" files once I can decipher the warning messages.

Sure why not, although it's a bit early for GCC 16.

In my tests *both* main window and popup dialog are moved to the first monitor after resume from sleep, even though both were at the second monitor before going to sleep.

@Zenju Thanks for the correction.

Hi, What is the file system format on the external drive? It's best if it were either ext4 or NTFS. If it's FAT32 that's probably your problem. Exfat should work too. Here is a lis…

I'm sorry, it showed zero. I removed items from my Include List and found when I removed \ProgramData\ from the list it not only solved the problem, but it opened up many more fold…

What are the results of manually copying the data?

Most helpful, thank you!

Are you sure that the particular files in your file list do have icons? Do the same files display icons in Windows Explorer?

Hi everyone, I'd like to share a small Python tool I put together to make creating FreeFileSync sync folder pairs a bit more comfortable. The script (ffs_gui_generator_v3.py) provi…

> What do I need to do to have the installation on the new computer show as the donation edition? Kind of an open door: you need to install the FFS donation edition. • If you saved…

I also use similar code, but I would like FFS to handle this by enabling an option in a selection menu, without the need to change folder names manually.

I have part of the problem: When Syncing to my Veracrypt-Container still created directories get the actual timestamp. Actually used distro is a Tuxedo OS(ubuntu-based), synchroniz…

So, it turns out I *didn't* have access to that particular folder even in Dolphin. I don't know how it got to like this, but that one specific folder had different permissions than…

I added new HDs to test and got the same error so it's the NAS, not the drives. Now I see that even my "newer" Western Digital My Cloud EX2 Ultra will end support in 2026 so I orde…

I am trying to set up a batch job with the Windows task scheduler as described here: [URL] After entering the details as described, Windows pops up a properties dialog showing my e…

Where is it listing this "old name"

Thanks for that wise advice xCSxXenon, it worked immediately. It never occurred to me to try the IP address of the NAS drive as an alternative to the mapped drive letter. And there…

I believe it has something to do with an update to the virtualization OS. I’ll see what I can do about it. Thanks!

hello, first power on of this computer (that should have ceased to produce these errors). Today is the 27th, FFS is set up to delete logs after two days, so it should search and re…

Hi, when I'm trying to connect to a SFTP Server. Connecting with filezilla works, but when I connect with FFS, I'm getting the error: LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_RECV: Failed getting bann…

Hi, I am not a mac user and so I have no way to confirm any of my research will actually help you. This link contains some suggestions that might help you get around your problem. …

Hi @somecomputing.com Glad to hear you found my research useful. I've been programming and managing computers and networks since I was in high school and now in my 60s! I rely on a…

If OP is just looking for a "running" indication, can't you just parse the processes list for the FFS executable? [Quote] Evaluate %errorlevel% to determine if it's running

Multiple folder pairs aren't run in parallel, I don't know why you're saying that

Mike, Great News!

I'm getting the above error message together with ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND: The system cannot find the file specified. [IFileOperation::PerformOperations] when I try to sync folders. T…

If you want to use lock files, the user under which credentials you run the FFS instance should have write-access to all base locations involved in your sync. Obviously that user c…

Yep, there is the [URL], but there is also a series of videos in the [URL].

Sorry, not slop as you say. These are the commands that I actually run on my phone. Did ai help me get the job done yes. But these instructions work. If you did a little research y…

I apparently clicked on the download option in the pop up window that appears in the center of the landing page but is not freefilesync. After deleting the setup file from my downl…

Yes, I suspect this is a race condition due to file system buffering. FFS tries to create the directory, which fails (because it's already existing), after that it checks if the di…

> You have couple of shortcuts to exclude a folder temporarily. But those are not saved for next comparison. Those shortcuts for temporary In- or Exclusions exist because they are …

I see a lot of mentions of teradata in the forums, but seems to be incidental. I would like to see the sync operation be able to send the stream of copy operations to teradata so t…

Thanks for the explanation, that makes sense! I managed to implement this by splitting the job with overlap into its own ffs_batch, and then I created a batch script that runs both…

Dear Plerry, Thank you very much. Many thanks. From your reply, I believe I clicked first on Compare and then I configured the synchronization and clicked on Synchronize. So it see…

It's actually working fine, this is an issue with Windows and its desktop.ini files. FFS is mirroring over the "desktop.ini" file, which is causing the display name of the destinat…

Are you using the download link from the email you received? It shouldn't give you PDFs

yup, and the drive was only 7 months old too... will be switching to ironwolf internal HDDs now. i did lose some data because while troubleshooting i changed this large folders nam…

Hello Zenju, I now have a reproducible result with strace. Environment: Zorin OS 18 FreeFileSync 14.8 Target NAS: Synology DS225+ CIFS mount used for most jobs: /media/nas/... Exam…

Saving as Batch file solved the issue.

The warning that folders are significantly different is obviously correct if Q:\DATA 1 Backup is empty at the time you sync W:\ => Q:\DATA 1 Backup sync. But now you fixed your set…

No Ending processes it a forced stop

I realize this isn't a full solution, but there are ways to have xvfb clean up when the X client is done. [URL]

I recently set up a mirror from my Linux server to my Windows PC. For some reason I consistently get an error syncing one specific file. 2:00:10 PM Error: Cannot rename "C:\Users\r…

[Quote] This! Thanks to your before/after posts of "ip link show" the problem becomes clear: eno1 and eno2 are bonded, thous return a locally-administered mac, just like the WLAN i…