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Thanks to all for the replies. A simple chkdsk of my hard drive solved the problem.

RTS setup is the same on Windows and Linux. The only difference is how to get the RTS config to autostart upon login/bootup. This is something you should be able to Google for your…

[Quote] In my case it was a WIn7 box, running for many years, so it's entirely possible that something modified theme settings... well over a decade ago at least, so I really can't…

I've just come across this as well. I happened to be doing my monthly backup to external USB hard drive and forgot it was running. Later, I was doing some iperf tests of my Wi-Fi a…

Fantastic! This version can achieve this effect!

Supported with FreeFileSync 14.6! [URL]

Can I ask about one other thing? I want to backup my timeshift data to my NAS. I'm running into permission issues. Even when I open the terminal and sudo chmod to take ownership of…

There is a section on that page for Linux scheduling [URL]

I would hope the files were larger than being empty. Impossible to say what happened, but this is why verifying before deleting is so important. Try copying data to the RAID manual…

For finding files, there is nothing better then Everything. Find pdf's in the 4th directory level. Find pdf's in the 4th directory level & have the string "docs" in a directory or …

It must be something with Core FTP Server. I just installed the freebie version of SFTP Server and FFS is running the comparison seemingly fine.

[Quote] Amazing - Shows everything, and went through to test as many windows as i could access and all are showing as right size, and resize function is great for a long directory …

On Ubuntu i'm trying to sync a local folder with a folder in my google drive but is disable. Can anyone help me . Thank you

Well, I stand corrected! I have FFS as a macOS dock icon, and if I launch it using the dock icon, then any further attempt to launch it via the dock flips back to the launched wind…

Yes, it works perfectly for me. Will report back if i find any issues with it.

Any recommendations?

[Quote] Thanks for your answer. Sometimes I'm stupid :)

thank you for this info. yes, I liked the windows versioning, it is well integrated in the windows shell/explorer and easy to use. Yet, it is not working anymore in Win 11 as I wan…

No, but you should be able to remove the readonly flag from the top directory and then all subdirectories and files

[Quote] What file system is shown when you right-click, go to properties in Windows Explorer on the USB-mounted drive? [Quote] Wrong link???

Hello! I use FreeFileSync to back up my local photo library on my Mac. It used to work well and usually took about 5 to 10 minutes. For several days now, I’ve had an issue where th…

Likely just licensing, cloning changed the hardware ID and that probably conflicted with the FFS license. For what it's worth, in the last eight years of being in tech support, the…

In FFS settings, you can check the box to copy ACLs and the such. This would require a resync of the data though. Look into ROBOCOPY, many people in this forum have used that to ac…

[Quote] The Wacom folder is irrelevant, the test was just to prove that a completely unrelated back up folder which has never been part of a back up routing will yield the same res…

> Tested out FreeFileSync V14.5_x86_64_04.102025 Did that come from a repo or from FFS directly? > Tested this multiple times with different directories but with same results. So I…

I was just (trying to) explain how a user can create the described problem. > Since then, I have been scanning from the main directory Although you might not have understood my exp…

In systems with stable file-IDs "detect moved files" works fine, but only as long as you move any left-side files within your left-side location or any of its subfolders, or any ri…

thanks all, Ticket ist off

Android use usually doesn't maintain timestamps and typically changes them to the time of syncing. This also then causes them to be "newer" than the other copies as you see here. I…

"My solution was to just RAR up the entire folder and all subfolders so FFS just sees a single archive file and happily copies it"

Thank you for your swift ad useful reply. Indeed, I received the same warning this morning. A a double click on the shortcut icons to the NAS in the desktop has made the app workin…

There seem to be at least two ways to solve your problem. 1) Run your two separate syncs sequentially, each to a separate Versioning location, e.g. [PathToYourOriginalVersioningLoc…

Hi, File Sync (donation edition) gives me an error when I try to sync some folders located on OneDrive. The error says, "Cannot rename 'Volumes/Backup plus/Onedrive/.sync.ffs_db.85…

Hi, I resolved the error by unchecking two checkbox in the Tools/Options window: - copy blocked files; - copy DACL, SACL, owner, group. I know that it isn't "the solutions", but I …

Program crashes every time I run a scan. It scans everything, says "Generating file list", then once it gets to "Calculating sync directions", it crashes. I'm on linux, so a termin…

> By default, FFS notifies me when a file in both locations has changed and does not copy these files. This suggests you have checkmarked "Use database file to detect changes" in y…

ok, I understand. I was looking for settings before adding folders for copy. It now works. Thanks for the support

Thanks for the reply, but the account info email I received did not include any mention of the donation.

Please forget my message: PEBKAC! I made a mistake, it works. Sorry.

Plerry/Andrea - Thank you for the clarification, I appreciate the help!

Hi, thanks for your reply. I've closed Outlook, right clicked on the FFS link in the start menu and opened as administrator, unticked and reticked "copy locked files", resyncronise…

I have selected the iption of FreeFileSync > Options > Copy locked files a long time ago. I have also added this REG hack to my system some time ago [Code] And have just rechecked …

problem news or solved I found out that there was a problem with vdb4 Database in background, maybe with VSS volume shadow. so I decided to exclude <Item>*.vdb4*</Item> now it's wo…

Sorry.... When i said Sync ....i meant click on Compare... My bad So i click on compare take a minute I sync Then an hour later i click on compare and in 1 second is ready

> 3 Does it overwrite all files when it starts a job? No. Files only get overwritten if their counterpart is different. > 2 Can you set it to start where it left off? Only if you P…

The OneDrive client program is likely not running or authenticated.

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the solution with the bat file in a post process was working for us which is deleting all empty folders ..... i don´t know what the exact problem was with the first problem but it …

I have seen a bunch of posts since 2006, 2012, 2022, 2024 I have a clean mirror sync, do not use the db , dedicade gmail account, pure sync from my laptop to a google account ... a…

Hi! I've got a specific problem and maybe FreeFileSync can help. I'm sorry for my bad english, please ask if something isn't clear. I love Radio plays very much. I copy it to my US…