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You can set that manually. It wouldn't be appropriate for FFS to set it as a system file, because it isn't one

FreeFileSync automatically deletes empty versioning folders. Perhaps in your case, the folders are not actually empty and contain hidden files?

I believe the warnings (if read) would have told OP exactly what's going wrong, and as an added bonus even told which exclude filter to set to avoid the recursive versioning issue.

[Quote] Does this trigger and break a batch job initialized by schedule crontab? Is there a way to setup such a trigger to fail the batch? If say the sync is larger than 50%, or 20…

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Sounds like a write cache filling up and then the the write speeds drops to 'normal' speeds

You are a chief ! Thank you very much ;)

Just an update in case anyone else encounters this issue.... I was now getting a "Nothing To Sync" log file every 10 minutes. I tracked this down to my RTS monitoring my DropBox fo…

Post the contents of your Sync2.ffs_batch ?

I was not able to find the solution but found workaround. crontab in OSX support @reboot. I have used this to my FreeFileSync shell script. I also start same script every hour. And…

Thanks, i use KDE

Thank you, therube, I will try that. It takes me some time because I'm not used to typing code, finding the mount points, etc. I just have one additional piece of information since…

How is your PC communicating with the NAS servers? What software and protocol are being used? Do you have some special Windows software for logging into NAS"? Mapping a drive lette…

I just saw, that not all files and folders listed at the log are found at the RecycleBin~9sf9.ffs_temp. Some are just missing, since they are also not at the systems recycle bin - …

The database file is either going missing, getting corrupted, or isn't accessible. Before you run each sync, confirm if the db file exists. If it goes missing, you'll see the error…

You can create 10 folders pairs, each pair uses one of the ten source folders on the left and then they all use the same destination folder on the right. Use 'update' sync method. …

[Quote] @wohlfelder - bist du deutscher? Kann man sich hier nicht privat anschreiben? I can only agree, and you don't get any help either, I opened a thread asking for version 12.5…

You are correct! As soon as I said that, I remembered the feature-creep that Windows 11 is experiencing, painting Microsoft in the same light. I despise feature-creep and forced "i…

You, sir Xenon, are a true God among us humans! It did the job, thank you. :)

Does that occur only with a particular file, or only when attempting to write to a particular directory? As in, might the error message be accurate, where this is a permissions rel…

Hello, I am using FreeFileSync v13.0 portable via a Windows batch file to sync several different directory pairs on multiple drives (3+). I am using a generic/comman .FFS_BATCH con…

Edit the title to start with 'Feature request' The dev is very active though and will probably see it even without changing that

Thanks for the confirmation, thats what I suspected. I did check the local recycle bin first and the files were not there. I have enabled drive auditing now so if it happens again …

Thanks for the advice! I'll see if can get a task running for the specific FFS batch file to run at 00:00:01 every day

Try disabling "run with highest privileges" I know the instructions say to use that, but that is probably causing the issue. That setting makes the task use SYSTEM profile, which d…

Thanks - I thought I was going crazy. So I just copied and pasted and ignored the duplicates and that worked fine (not great for actual sync though). I tried sync toy too, and that…

I don´t see a solution for this. The last posting was the thread i replayed and this is an "it is as it is" answer.

For a Rename, here, I suppose (silently) removing opening spaces would be OK. (Better, would be to "display" those spaces, & let the user decide.) Though it should obviously respec…

Hi XCSxXenon, You are right, i never noticed it right of the Browse button, all good now :) Thanks. Mike

[Quote] Then that rules out my thought. So... not sure then.

[Quote] I am not syncing my entire laptop and desktop, I am only backing up my personal files that I want to have a backup of. My wife has a tonne of pictures and videos, that's wh…

Thank you for your reply!

Are you assuming is isn't a file system issue or have you actually verified that?

The receiving folder can't show as J in File Explorer and D in FFS, your paths are incorrect

[Quote] No, frequently, as in a few times per day. Now, it's nearly constant. [Quote] I can test that.

[Quote] Do you mean that you additionally set, [URL]? [Quote] Compare file content, itself, would compare the source file [content] against the target [content], to see if it neede…

The file is a backup that goes to Google Drive and I download it to the computer through freefile. Once it's downloaded I can unzip the rar without a problem.

I think showing the "About" window after an upgrade is unnecessary, or should be optional. It's one click, but also not necessary, especially for the donation version. Can't recall…

This is the issue that I am describing. I did the RTFM part, that's why I am crying around.

[Quote] Ok, thanks for your answer, I look forward to this feature coming a day earlier

Considering 99.99% of people use fiat currencies, it's probably a necessity

[Quote] All this writing/renaming/overwriting takes place only in the source/destination base folders, correct?

Hello, I have portabel version 13 and windows 11. When I run the program it work well. But when I click by right button on icon of running program on taskbar and pin it on, somethi…

Not automatically. But you can manually. See [URL].

Ah yeah I think FFS preserves the timestamp, but I think Windows will 'fix' the timestamp by updating it

What format is used for FreeFileSync's moved/renamed files databases? Are they encrypted SQLite databases by any chance?

Thanks for pointing me to look at the bottom of the GUI window. The "View" was the same for both. What I then noticed was a ! on the Show Log icon at the bottom left. Looking at th…

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Check your browsers history. In my case, in the URL bar, I simply type: 'freefile thank-you', & that is sufficient (in my case) to bring up the needed URL. (If I had to find the ac…

Thank you, I tested your suggestion and it now works correctly.