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Detection of changed files is fully supported for local file systems (since Windows XP). For network shares it may or may not work, especially if client or server OS are older than…

Any decent modern router has QOS, and will prioritize real-time application traffic (VOIP and some multimedia) over file transfer or web browsing, either by default or otherwise af…

[Quote] You'll probably want to disable it.

> The simplest way to do this is to restart the operating system. Hmmm, so restart the computer, close all programs, etc. takes about 20 minutes here until all of the programs are …

Suddenly FFS does not start anymore, a message occurs instead, something like: Error Code 32 - File cannot be accessed because it is used by another process. How could I make it st…

Can one rename a file shown in the result list after comparing?

I typed in .* to try to filter out all files that start with . but it doesn't do the job. Neither does .*.* or \.* or \.*.* Can anyone help?

SFTP is not (and cannot be) supported by RealtimeSync.

Hello, I tried to install FFS 7.2 on my Win7 prof. 64bit system but just as I reached the installationprocess the installer closes and stops installation. Same problem with every o…

I have the same questions, and did not yet find a solution with FreeFilySync yet. Did you meanwhile find one? I found this: [URL] but imho the approach does not work.

Generally FFS is always compiled for the newest Ubuntu/Debian system available. Versions for older systems can be found here: [URL]

I've just been looking more at the sync I'm doing and it looks like the sync has broken, so the flatline might just be the files not copying.. The copy looked to still be processin…

For the record: FreeFilesync copies and displays all files, no matter the extension, with a single exception: "sync.ffs_db", which is a FFS-internal database file, which shouldn't …

The problem with recursive creation of temporary recycle bin directories has been fixed for the next release: [404, Invalid URL: https://freefilesync.org/FreeFileSync_7.3_beta_Wind…

When I try remove the file

Maybe the reason are wrong credentials to the qnap which are stored in the Windows Credential Manager on the W2012R2?

[Quote] Well, that would explain it! I incorrectly assumed it was idle time for RTS itself, so it would sync every 10 minutes. You're so fast in replying, thank you!

Follow up — our server does not have SFTP functions.

if you right click on the top of the two file lists you can add date+time on both sides. you might want to start off with two-way rather than mirror and do things by hand until you…

I want to back up our hard drive to a network drive(NAS). To get access to our network NAS I need a username and password. free file sync says it can not. Win7 backup ask a passwor…

[Quote] Thank you very much, i shall try it certainly. FFS is an excellent tool, so the good news that it supports cloud services.

Can you send me a process monitor trace when this happens? [URL]

[Quote] Issue is fixed, just re-download FFS 7.2.

I can sync to the networked drove using the same credentials using Windows 7 and ffs7.1. I'm not sure if I need to change something or if it just won't work in Linux

Perfect Zenju! Thanks for your great work.

FFS propagates all errors it receives from the operating system, so copying a corrupt file will fail if the OS reports an error and will succeed if it reports success.

I think i've found the solution. I'm using a sandbox program to install FreeFileSync in portable mode with the /NOCANDY command. But if i use VirtualBox and then copy the Folder it…

I can confirm the new v7.2 works fine on my system. Thank yo for fixing this so quickly!

Thanks Zenju :) 1) Yes a local configuration issue is what I found blurb on but have no idea what. I have noticed Window 7 (x64) and my system do not like one of my USB ScanDisk Fl…

@Wm: Please, what was your intention for posting?

When trying to install on Ubuntu vivid, I got the following errors The following packages have unmet dependencies: freefilesync: Depends: libboost-system1.54.0 but it is not going …

I managed to deal with quotes using below script. How do I merge the new folder pair with the existing pairs instead of replacing them (as I understand from the help file)? How can…

The error still appears approx. every one out of three times. It's a virtual machine on Hyper-V, if that would make a difference. Screenshot attached. Let me know if I can be of as…

Have you searched these forums? There are plenty of posts on this topic.

Anyone? For now I have disabled lock file creation but would like to know how to resolve it properly.

FreeFileSync supports SFTP directly as of version 7.2 which also handles setting of modification times.

FreeFileSync supports SFTP directly as of version 7.2.

FreeFileSync supports both MTP (mobile devices) and SFTP directly as of version 7.2.

FreeFileSync supports both MTP (mobile devices) and SFTP directly as of version 7.2.

FreeFileSync supports SFTP directly as of version 7.2.