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MS Defender is blocking download of v10.0
AnyOne
Maybe if enough users complain to MS, they'll eventually fix their AV... Even the FFS exe *after* installation is flagged with "PUA:Win32/InstallCore", which is ridiculous.
Zenju
7 May 2018
1 reply
Zenju
7 May 2018
547
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How do I silence the "ding"?
gogreen1
Thanks. Done!
gogreen1
6 May 2018
2 replies
gogreen1
6 May 2018
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FreeFileSync has become extremely slow
jmerlog
Since some months ago I noticed FreeFileSync has become too slow. To synchronize 10 MB it takes almost half an hour, very strange, because for such an amount of data it usually too…
jmerlog
6 May 2018
0 replies
jmerlog
6 May 2018
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Realtime Sync Documentation
huuurz
Thanks for the fix, I hope it was helpful and not too picky :-) (can be closed)
huuurz
5 May 2018
2 replies
huuurz
5 May 2018
695
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Still on Donation Edition Key
iLoathePCs
I can resend confirmation emails, no problem, I just need some details that identify the donation, like an email and date, or amount, etc. However, since the FreeFileSync Donation …
Zenju
5 May 2018
8 replies
Zenju
5 May 2018
2763
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Mac Os Sierra- error: Cannot find the following folders:
JeanMartin
[Quote] This isn't an error message in a technical sense, because there isn't a function call that failed. It's just that the folders mentioned do not exist.
Zenju
5 May 2018
4 replies
Zenju
5 May 2018
1111
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Filter TAG COLOR on MacOS osx
laversa
Hi, does anyone know if it was possible to filter the colored tags for mac? I need, in a folder, to filter all files or folders tagged with green.
laversa
4 May 2018
0 replies
laversa
4 May 2018
332
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Need more 20 Days to copy 36GB !
Eng_Musab
Dear Team, Thank you for the free software, it is good and helpful, I used it to Sync my Android mobile (OnePlus 3) with my laptop but after I select all my important folders and c…
Eng_Musab
4 May 2018
0 replies
Eng_Musab
4 May 2018
225
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batch file close down options
scousep
[URL]
Zenju
2 May 2018
1 reply
Zenju
2 May 2018
296
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Problem with Downloading Version 10 - Symantec Antivirus Alarm
Barny
There isn't, and the Symantec detection is garbage: [URL]
Zenju
2 May 2018
1 reply
Zenju
2 May 2018
437
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Cannot instal Version 10.0 on OSX
DDSteve
Update - it seems that the first attempt to instal did something unpleasant to OSX, as I subsequently found that the Finder would not respond. After a restart of the machine, FreeF…
DDSteve
2 May 2018
1 reply
DDSteve
2 May 2018
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Question about new two way sync
Gotaquestion
Would love to have a reply on this, as I am trying to set up a batch file to sync all downloaded music files between phone and pc!
Gotaquestion
1 May 2018
3 replies
Gotaquestion
1 May 2018
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Open Candy/Malware
FFSmonkey
It's interesting how some AV engines still can find something that is not there. In reality their "algorithm" seems to be a simple string comparisons on the file name containing "F…
Zenju
1 May 2018
1 reply
Zenju
1 May 2018
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2 equal syncs, one database?
JimVBrook
Yes, and it's not a problem.
Zenju
1 May 2018
1 reply
Zenju
1 May 2018
287
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FreeFileSync 10.0 not working on XP (bcrypt.dll)
Jegres
[Quote] I have the same problem but with Windows Home Server v1, which is a hybrid of Server 2003. V9.9 works fine, but v10 gives me the same error as above.
p3yot3
30 Apr 2018
3 replies
p3yot3
30 Apr 2018
977
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Installation error
PLouis
The issue has been fixed! Please try again with the new version: [URL]
Zenju
30 Apr 2018
1 reply
Zenju
30 Apr 2018
330
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Backup multiple users on MS Windows 7
Metsis
It seems there are different options: 1) The simplest, but probably least preferred: provide the admin-user access to all (or at least the relevant) user-sections in C:\Users and s…
Plerry
30 Apr 2018
1 reply
Plerry
30 Apr 2018
396
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Installation Error
retired97
It seems crashes with 0xc0000604 are caused by Malwarebytes.
Zenju
29 Apr 2018
1 reply
Zenju
29 Apr 2018
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Three ways sync
AlexGiov
Yep! Extremely clear, thank a lot for help. I'll do a batch like this: Run (two step) comparison and execution of A < > B Run (two step) comparison and execution of B < > C Run (tw…
AlexGiov
29 Apr 2018
5 replies
AlexGiov
29 Apr 2018
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Ver 10.0 - Real Time Sync stopped working
scousep
Hi, just upgraded to 10.0, now RTS has stopped working. Cmd line and batch file are the same. What do I need to change please? Thanks Simon
scousep
28 Apr 2018
0 replies
scousep
28 Apr 2018
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New user here!
taob
Okay, great!
taob
27 Apr 2018
2 replies
taob
27 Apr 2018
427
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RealtimeSync not work
rylchen
[Quote] Your command line is incorrect. FreeFileSync.app is just a folder and cannot be executed from command line. To get the correct command line just import a .ffs_batch file in…
Zenju
26 Apr 2018
5 replies
Zenju
26 Apr 2018
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move file to archive folder
Pit94
Just enter the full FTP path to "archive" where you want the file to be moved to. Copy and paste the FTP path from the main dialog to the versioning folder input field on the scree…
Zenju
26 Apr 2018
1 reply
Zenju
26 Apr 2018
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Error Code 56: The network BIOS command limit has been reached. [ReadDirectoryChangesW]
JaccoVE
I found the error. I was using Windows task scheduler to start RealTimeSync after logging in, but that seemed to open two instances of RealTimeSync causing this error. Solved it by…
JaccoVE
25 Apr 2018
1 reply
JaccoVE
25 Apr 2018
678
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RealTimeSync not syncing
jsab
Solution: if auto sync not run - reduce idle setting until sync work read [URL]
deus
25 Apr 2018
2 replies
deus
25 Apr 2018
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"Cannot find the following folders"
Zig
If the issue really *is* a timeout, then increasing "FolderAccessTimeout" will help ([URL]) or simply "retry on error" once with a sufficient delay.
Zenju
20 Apr 2018
1 reply
Zenju
20 Apr 2018
1277
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Task Scheduling Issues
nibz
[URL]
Zenju
20 Apr 2018
3 replies
Zenju
20 Apr 2018
791
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SFTP sync not working with Bitvise SSH Server
alextorex
I saw other commercial app uses P2P protocol for remote sync. It is freaking fast vs FTP.
alextorex
16 Apr 2018
3 replies
alextorex
16 Apr 2018
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*.cr2 files
john
Cant seem to sync .cr2 photo files. these are RAW photo files. Any way to make sure they get copied? John
john
15 Apr 2018
0 replies
john
15 Apr 2018
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Question about filter syntax
Illioc
Wow, I indeed didn't think about the "root" aspect. The other files I filter (*.mp4 & *.mkv) are actually in the root of one of the folders, that's why this filter worked. :) Thank…
Illioc
13 Apr 2018
2 replies
Illioc
13 Apr 2018
756
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Command to run all jobs?
gogreen1
OK. Thanks, Gianni1962.
gogreen1
12 Apr 2018
2 replies
gogreen1
12 Apr 2018
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LIBSSH2_ERROR_TIMEOUT 15 seconds timeout [libssh2_sftp_write]
1297christian
Yes, "automatic retry" with a delay will work the same way a manual retry does.
Zenju
12 Apr 2018
5 replies
Zenju
12 Apr 2018
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Compare by file content : no more update attributes (from version 7.9)
xander-27
OK, thanks for clarifying. And for all the work done so far.
xander-27
12 Apr 2018
2 replies
xander-27
12 Apr 2018
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FFS stucked off screen
chrome99
Ps - yeah, would be good to have the standard Mac 'window' item added in future updates.
Dylan1982
11 Apr 2018
4 replies
Dylan1982
11 Apr 2018
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"Error Cannot move file Error Code 17" for temp files on backup disk of moved sym-linked subdirs
kds-kds
Finder is not 'reporting' anything – how could it? So there is nothing to 'compare.' I provided all the output from FFS in generalized form and also a specific copy-paste. I don't …
kds-kds
9 Apr 2018
8 replies
kds-kds
9 Apr 2018
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error code 122 - copyfileex
nitram8
Can you paste the full path here?
Zenju
9 Apr 2018
1 reply
Zenju
9 Apr 2018
596
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HDD eject
Symphony
Check this: EjectMedia [URL]
volker01
8 Apr 2018
4 replies
volker01
8 Apr 2018
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Error while compiling version 9.9
Nori13
Hi, Initially I was thinking (I don't know why I didn't check that before) that there are separate executables for UI and command line, but I obviously was wrong. rsync is a great …
xurc
5 Apr 2018
15 replies
xurc
5 Apr 2018
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Which version is least likely to run into dependency problems on linux?
pstnta
Unfortunately, those are all pretty different and have high chances of dependency problems on Arch Linux. You could just try them. I know that on my Fedora system, the OpenSUSE pac…
bgstack15
5 Apr 2018
1 reply
bgstack15
5 Apr 2018
573
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separate Folders by letter
Philonmetal
Uh, that works great! Thank you!!!
Philonmetal
1 Apr 2018
2 replies
Philonmetal
1 Apr 2018
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Versioning - Define how many versions to keep
TonyF
LOL ... and then I just saw this discussion: [URL]
CaptainStarbuck
1 Apr 2018
13 replies
CaptainStarbuck
1 Apr 2018
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RealTimeSync Failure code 1: [ReadDirectoryChangesW]
Kerstin
Not only does the function fail, the directory monitoring is unsupported on the file system. You can delete the directory from the list, to "make the error go away", as long as the…
Zenju
1 Apr 2018
3 replies
Zenju
1 Apr 2018
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Date and time stamps... new topic (I believe)
LorenzoM
I use FFS to manual sync, as mirror, some folders of my notebook with my NAS, mapped as network driver. I detected the following problems: 1. with FFS 9.8: new files have the "orig…
LorenzoM
31 Mar 2018
0 replies
LorenzoM
31 Mar 2018
345
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time lag between win10 and external network media player
asaph
[URL]
Zenju
26 Mar 2018
1 reply
Zenju
26 Mar 2018
249
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SFTP Sync
CarloP
Is this problem reproducible?
Zenju
24 Mar 2018
1 reply
Zenju
24 Mar 2018
575
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FreeFileSync cannot see files in folder
H27AwqS2I4m4
FreeFileSync worked fine for the first few days. However, today I can't see files in some of my folder. I didn't change any setting or options. If I click on "browse" from the Free…
H27AwqS2I4m4
24 Mar 2018
0 replies
H27AwqS2I4m4
24 Mar 2018
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Configuration settings are not saved
je22
Hi, when I have configured the settings concerning comparison and sync - it isn't possible to save them. When I try to use these settings (Loading the file) the adjusted values don…
je22
23 Mar 2018
0 replies
je22
23 Mar 2018
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sync.ffs_lock being constantly modified
Rolf
Hmm, thank you for the tip. I will double check my settings then. By the way it's a really genius tool, the best I ever had for syncing. Also much appreciate the responsive support…
Rolf
22 Mar 2018
4 replies
Rolf
22 Mar 2018
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FFS does not create folders in mirrored drive
Raptor88
OK, I think I figured it out. ... 1. I originally had the batch job to mirror the folders from D:(HDD) to C:(HDD). ... 2. I changed the existing batch job to mirror from D:(HDD) to…
Raptor88
21 Mar 2018
2 replies
Raptor88
21 Mar 2018
360
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Secured copy
mgth
Hello, Secured copy is a general option. Is it possible to have it disabled for just one task ?
mgth
21 Mar 2018
0 replies
mgth
21 Mar 2018
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