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Thank you for that! I guess I wasn't expecting such a long procedure just to rename a session. I opened a [URL] to maybe make this easier in the future

I urge you to please consider first viewing these tutorials: [URL]

@Silhorn Did you setup "Detect Moved Files" ? [URL]

I think the problem is that the files that copy over bear a more recent file date than the original ones, which makes them not identical and thus subject to being overwritten. I co…

Hello all! I'm running a scheduled FFS task on Windows Server 2016. The task takes the data from folder A (network shared from windows) and sync (update) to folder B (on a Synology…

Yes, Copy is the correct word, and its from source tablet to target server.

Cannot read directory PATHNAME. Error Code 1006: The volume for a file has been externally altered so that the opened file is no longer valid. [readDir] i am getting this error rep…

Sorry, I didn't get to this issue until today. So I think I owe you an answer. No the Explorer copying didn't work either for some reason. But from the 14.11. to the 15.11. somethi…

Take a look at the options available when you need to schedule a batch job: [URL]

The generated CSV file contains the folder pairs and eventually the files shown but you must at least have done a compare.

May be has changed location, now it is in the Synchronization Settings panel [F8] Run command after synchronization: On completion: On errors: On success: Try it!

Ah, ok, thanks. Unfortunately, don't have ideas for a better word. Maybe just simply: "On success and On error"? But coming back to the functionality, on success means the success …

Thanks, that did the trick. No idea why as it adds the same text to the exclusion filter: *\#recycle\ Anyway, thanks a lot!

[Quote] Yes I just tested this, setting up two files with the same name that will conflict, and on clicking the "Synchronize" button FFS puts out a warning dialogue window that the…

If all files left and right are equal, the compare-result window will be empty, as FFS does (by default) only show the differences (with intended actions), and the conflicts (if an…

Beginner issue, but stuck. MacOS 10.12.6. Two folders of photos, one on laptop, one the desk. I just want to combine them in one, but the two-way sync wants to delete a bunch of fi…

This is a known "design issue". The current concept is that macros are substituted before being used by the folder pickers. So as long as the macros are inserted after using the fo…

There wasn't actually any problem such to motivate my question; rather it had to do with a comparison of features between this software and another. Thank you for your time.

Hi, I am using TotalCommander (TC) from Ghisler.com. There you can use a multiple renaming option and use placeholders (in FFS macros). In TC it's possible to use parts of the file…

Can I use the cloud sync setting with GoogleDrive? What is the IP / Server name & Port # if so Thanks!

Update: Switching to SFTP instead of SMB made it work properly. For reference: Linux and Samba do not play nicely with file ids as far as I can tell.

Auto-retry is used for FFS batch jobs and the synchronization part of GUI syncs, but currently not for the comparison phase. The reasoning is that the most-likely error is a folder…

[Quote] @Gianni1962 Summary shows something went wrong but doesn't specify which files are involved. @Zenju One of my favorites!

Yes, that is how I remember it from MS-DOS/FAT days - 1/1/80 being a default for "no actual timestamp". But those files have been untouched for decades, and something, somewhere, h…

[Quote] Thanks! I'll try it next time. Plus, it was my first time to run the sync so there is no deletion, only copying to the backup folder.

I connected my pc and my laptop with an USB 3.0 Smart Link Cable. Now I would like synchronize my files with FreeFileSync but not with my network but with the usb cable. How can I …

When I select the comparison method as file time and size then I can successfully synchronize locked files (copy locked files is enabled). When I change the comparison method to fi…

That's already included. Just use an alias from the folder drop down list. See also: [URL]

I have been using FFS for a little while now and I just updated a Real Time Sync batch file to include versioning. I have an issue that is probably simple to fix but for some reaso…

Does this help? [URL]

[Quote] This sounds like you don't have permission to write the file /run/user/1000/gvfs/sftp, and maybe anything in the folder? Setting this up was tricky for me after decades of …

Huh?

Hi I use freefilesync already for a while and it does work fine. But since a both a new smartphone with android 7.0 freefilesync does only work with media-files as audio, video or …

src/ui/on_completion_box.cpp is missing! thank you

(and while I'm whining, an apt repository would be great ^^)

Hello. I have a Samsung J7 Prime running Marshmallow. I tried to synchronize one folder of the phone with another folder on my PC using FreeFileSync and it worked fine. Now, I want…

Thanks for the reply. I'm not saying it can't be my antivirus but I've never seen it delete something silently with no notice in its log. Virus definitions are up to date. I will t…

Hello, I already own the program FreeFileSync for some time. Due to a new set up of my WLAN, I had to reconfigure the program now synonymous. I used to be able to mirror my files f…

I'm not sure you can do it, but take a look at the samples on this page in the manual: [URL] Search for: Example: Exclude a sub folder except for certain files

NEW INFO! I was sure I'd had no problems in the past comparing tree structures like this, so I uninstalled version 9.4 and reinstalled version 9.1 (Build: May 23 2017 - Unicode x64…

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Choosing ignore the sync is running OK, but only once ! The second time you have to do compare and choose ignore again.... If this job is automated using the task scheduler how can…

Drive-letter mappings (in casu: "g:") are user specific. Make sure that for the specific user credentials under which the scheduled task is run, a drive letter mapping g: is define…

[Quote] The problem is that FFS is not allowed to access the root folder "/". If you'd manually enter the server directory "/home/username" everything works fine. So this is mostly…

You're looking for: Menu -> Tools -> Options -> Automatic retry on error

[Quote] Is this still the case? I have reason to believe that Microsoft has been making drastic changes to their symlink handling. I believe a good example of this to be directory …

It seems that merely moving the file which triggers the error outside OneDrive folders, waiting OneDrive to recognize the changes, and then moving back to the original place solves…

Hello, I've managed to build FFS for RHEL 6 and RHEL 7. The trick to build FFS on Linux is that you need libraries that are newer that what Linux distributions usually provide: - A…

[Quote] Have a look here [URL] it could be related to the file system you use...

maybe solved ... hadnt mysely installed google sync software ... an new win feature ?? deactivated all google entries in autoruns, restart .. and freefilesync working !