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I can compare, or synchronize, files and folders without including hidden files and folders? Thank you for your help.

I was using WS_FTP. This app is much better. The only differences: 1) The 3-thread FTP takes files in a random order. I'd like them to post in alphabetical order. I use the last fi…

That depends on the warning(s)! Click the Log-tab to see the warning(s).

Appreciate any help or input this. (1) I have app created files that I don't need to Mirror that have different names but the same extension, like 2f8b7d3c55d88d.CBM and they are c…

Doesn't anyone else use Remote Desktop to sync files with a remote PC?

The source file is "sparse", right? FFS falls back to BackupWrite in this case because Windows cannot copy sparse files with CopyFileEx. FFS only does so if the target file system …

I am running V10.10 on win7. Task Scheduler says that it ran my .ffs_batch file at 5 am this morning, but there was no window from FFS showing a completed status, & no copied files…

I've made a few tests and am able to reproduce the crash on LMDE2 (both mate and cinnamon). However FreeFileSync runs fine in LMDE3. It seems most likely that the crash is not caus…

Maybe related to this issue? [URL]

Hello! I want to backup some files and folders from a directory but I can't memorize this selection. Whenever I execute the saved file I need to choose that things I want to backup…

Exactly, I'm just wondering why you didn't get an error message when starting RTS that would have explained just that.

Hello, I have tried two different USB flash both with BitLocker and without it. There is no problem when I copy-paste files via the windows explorer. The problem with the very slow…

This should be solved with the following beta: [URL]

I added a new user on my NAS that matches the account being used with the Task Scheduler. The batch file now runs via the Task Scheduler. Thanx!

indeed! thx for the quick response!

So I have 2 hard drive that I use as back up to the file I have in the 2 drive are similar and I sync them all the time. I work all day on a project in Premiere, saved and synced t…

Hi Zenju Thank you for your fast reply. I just found out, that the log files only get deleted when new ones getting created. So I let the system run and check if the new log files …

It's right next to (S)FTP: [URL]

Here are the steps that I followed to install FreeFileSync: Download FreeFileSync 10.3 archive from official site, extract it, create necessary shortcuts (.desktop-files), add to P…

[Quote] This FAQ item lists all currently known reasons for discrepancies: [URL] [Quote] Reading a folder's content is done via a single FTP access, so it would make sense that the…

I've also just checked with FFS 10.10 and I can see "." files in the list and confident they will sync ok. Dot files are also Linux system files and I have known some NAS drives to…

I've seen previous posts on this topic but no replies. Freefilesync will not reliably sync photos, especially when the photos are in nested folders. I used mirror, one way sync. Ap…

yes it work :)

Have you checked the manual/tutorials? [URL] [URL] A mirror sync will adapt the ride side folder to match the left side folder (deleting files & folders that appear in the right si…

Depends on how complete you're talking. FFS will copy files from one location to another. But the C drive is going to tend to contain a lot of stuff that FFS will not copy, such as…

Seems to have been the same error: [URL]

Another case of Windows Defender screwing things up? [URL]

RTS is set to do a one way mirror on one folder. What I have observed is that not all files are syncing when they are updated. At this time it appears to be the same files. If I ma…

Hi, consider a desktop PC and a notebook to be synced. Can I install FreeFileSync on both computers and run a sync once on the desktop PC and another time on the notebook PC, using…

I sometimes run mine with other stuff running as long as I'm not syncing what's being ran elsewhere. But even so I would think it still can be done but the sync would reflect the l…

I've done more testing on this, if I go 5 to 6 days before syncing my email Profile folder the more far reaching folder/file structure is sync'd. But I found this has more to do wi…

Hi, I've made a small donation to support FFS Downloaded and unzipped the Donation edition; ,exe file and a key file. Click on the .exe file to install and get a message 'access is…

Thanks for answering! I haven't installed Linux on anything yet so I can't try it yet (not to mention I don't know squat about Linux yet). I'm trying to anticipate and deal with po…

[Quote] So it seems to need an ASUS board to run.

This happened again, ie during some syncs, the text of the percent synchronization count in the upper left of the synchronization window turns gray instead of the usual black. Does…

Thanks...Option 1 does what I need.

jeez, bad day, just found the default log path in options, obviously !

The general idea is to activate it once (which is done automatically upon the first start) and never have to do it again. If no internet access is available for this first run, a k…

[Quote] Really? Aren't these just AppleDouble files for file names starting with a "."? The reason FFS had this filter previously was because of "._.Trash". What FFS needs is an op…

I assume legacy FTP without UTF8 support?

Fixed: [URL]

Ahhhh!! So simple, when you know how - and I obviously looked in the wrong place. Many thanks, much appreciated, all is now working well.

Anyone?

I change my question to solved. Wanted to give me a reminder to syncronise when more then 8 days passed since last syncronisation. (use a script in autostart for that) I take the d…

Thanks for the thanks, appreciated and my pleasure. [Quote] If you are sure that left over [WhateverName].ffs_gui files are configuration files that you no longer want to keep then…

This is normal behaviour for FFS -- I get such warnings from time to time myself on Mirror syncs, I just select to Ignore the 'warning' and things proceed fine. However, from memor…

Please excuse me for my poor Englisg... I have done correctly a synchronization (mirror) of my pictures. It has taken 2 hours. Well, if I make a little change on my original folder…

I have since been able to open and run FreeFileSync - thanks very much indeed, James

[Quote] Yes, that would be great!

if the target file is newer than the source, besides the "do nothing" option, maybe there shoud be a "ask user" option?